The untethered soul
What would it be like to be free from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to find this kind of inner peace and freedom? The Untethered Soul offers a simple, profoundly intuitive answer to these questions. Whether this is your first exploration of inner space or you've devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you.
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- I've got OCD and I've done CBT, ERP etc. As others have alluded to, you need to realise the work is never done. Recently I've found it more active, but this time - having recently read The Maps we Carry by Rose Cartwright, who was something of a poster-woman for OCD after her first book, Pure - I've tried to go deeper. CBT etc feel like prophylactics. They're certainly useful, but they don't address deeper things, such as learning to be as you are, to observe and integrate your anxiety etc.
This set me off on a harder path of more abstract therapy (I'm working with an integrative therapist who practices across IFS, Jungian etc), meditation etc. The book the untethered soul, by Michael Singer helped a lot to put everything into perspective - the therapy, the anxiety, the day to day - in a way that nothing else had really achieved for me.
Also, a key conclusion of Cartwrights is that individualised change/treatment is important, but it's worthless without community. I think she's deeply, profoundly right.
- Worth looking at the book the Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
- The point is not to feel nothing, the point is not to get lost in the feeling. There’s a big difference.
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- Great way to put it. If you are interested in a more elaborate description, checkout the intro to ‘The Untethered Soul’.
To the people here saying this is just meditation: the problem is that meditation is a solution to a problem most people don’t know they have.
I like this author’s post because of the Becky metaphor. The Untethered Soul goes into detail as to what happens if you keep paying attention to the voice inside your head.
This problem focused approach is more likely to get people meditating than just telling them about the benefits of meditation.
- The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael Singer
It had such a deep impact on me that I ended up using it as a "holy" book to take my oath of Canadian citizenship.
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I have industry experience with recommendation systems, reinforcement learning, chatbot development, information extraction, knowledge graphs and generative AI, specifically large language models from my most recent role in a high growth startup.
I have a strong background in data science and machine learning. I am motivated by the challenge and opportunity of using AI strategicialy to solve real-world problems and enjoy learning from experienced engineers. My goal is to become a leader in the field of artificial intelligence so I can amplify my positive impact on society.
On a more general front, I'm intrigued by robotics, the mind and consciousness and fascinated by neuroscience and philosophy. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, meditating, travelling and reading. My favourite book is The Untethered Soul by Michael Alan Singer.
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