The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review

This is known as meditation, and it is a general term for the highest form of consciousness. There is nothing more pure than consciousness being aware that it is aware

The main objective for enlightenment is letting go, not necessarily achieving the highest state of consciousness, so enlightenment can actually be more accessible than people may realize. They simply need to turn their consciousness inward on itself and practice being aware of being aware.

Focusing consciousness on awareness is the key to inner peace.

While they might differ in religious beliefs, their innate spirituality is the same, as they all point to achieving enlightenment, connection with a higher power, and pure, ultimate awareness

being, conscious of the body and mind attached to themselves, the aware being. Since that is not a common or socially acceptable answer, the person might then revert back to assigning themselves

They might also describe themselves by their job, career or personal goals, physical characteristics, habits, or religious beliefs

By letting go of the angry and stressful thoughts, as well as the emotions, and finding a solution, the person takes a step toward inner peace

the few things an inner voice chooses to fixate on can be telling about the person

As with reading words, the act of perceiving objects in the outer world is more quickly accomplished by awareness than by an interpretive thought process

As soon as people realize that the voice inside their head is not actually them, they can stop being so hard on themselves for negative thoughts and stop ruminating in negativity. Instead, they can learn to control the passage of thoughts, hone the habits of their minds, and learn to change thought patterns and be more optimistic