Jun 11, 2026 · 48 min · 10 segments
Spiritual growth is not about escaping life or reaching for God outside oneself, but about letting go of the ego self that constantly tries to resist and manipulate reality. Human suffering comes from…
Michael SingerHost
Because your ego, what is it? It's a problem, and don't make believe it's not.
We'll talk more as we go along, where it came from, what it's doing, but it's very distracting.
I'll tell you, you go to a party, you've been looking forward to that party for months and so on.
You go there with your friends, and you get in there, and all of a sudden your mind says, "I'm not comfortable here.
What does that mean? It means your consciousness, your awareness of being, the witness, call it whatever you want, your awareness of being, you who's in there, gets completely distracted by what your mind has to say and what your heart has to feel.
It loves one minute, and they don't talk to anybody ever again, and then it thinks you're doing great, and it thinks you're doing terrible, and, and it is just like, that thing's all over the place.
The human heart, now there's a spiritual heart, but we're not talking about that.
Your heart can really distract you, can't it? Let's say all of a sudden it opens up, and y- you fall in love with somebody, but you're married and have two children.
Whether you go with it or not, you have a problem, right? But what if it closes, and you're married with two children, and you get all uncomfortable going home and so on, right? It gets all weird inside.
So this thing about follow the heart, yeah, when the heart's purified and flowing Shakti all the time, go by all means, right? But that's not what a human being normally feel.
Because your ego, what is it? It's a problem, and don't make believe it's not.
We'll talk more as we go along, where it came from, what it's doing, but it's very distracting.
I'll tell you, you go to a party, you've been looking forward to that party for months and so on.
You go there with your friends, and you get in there, and all of a sudden your mind says, "I'm not comfortable here.
What does that mean? It means your consciousness, your awareness of being, the witness, call it whatever you want, your awareness of being, you who's in there, gets completely distracted by what your mind has to say and what your heart has to feel.
It loves one minute, and they don't talk to anybody ever again, and then it thinks you're doing great, and it thinks you're doing terrible, and, and it is just like, that thing's all over the place.
The human heart, now there's a spiritual heart, but we're not talking about that.
Your heart can really distract you, can't it? Let's say all of a sudden it opens up, and y- you fall in love with somebody, but you're married and have two children.
Whether you go with it or not, you have a problem, right? But what if it closes, and you're married with two children, and you get all uncomfortable going home and so on, right? It gets all weird inside.
So this thing about follow the heart, yeah, when the heart's purified and flowing Shakti all the time, go by all means, right? But that's not what a human being normally feel.
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