The Open Space: Finding Freedom from the Voice That Bothers You There is a simple, almost koan-like sentence from the spiritual teacher Michael Singer that holds the key to dismantling a lifetime of anxiety. It is a key so elegantly designed that we often overlook it, searching instead for more complex solutions to our inner turmoil. The sentence is this: “The moment in front of you is not bothering you. You are bothering yourself about the moment in front of you.” Read it again. Let it land. Feel the quiet space it opens behind your eyes. In these few words lies the entire architecture of our suffering and the blueprint for our liberation. For years, perhaps our entire lives, we have operated under a profound misunderstanding. We believe that our peace is at the mercy of external events: the traffic jam that makes us late, the unexpected bill that strains our finances, the critical comment that stings our heart, the rain that cancels our plans. We see these moments as the ...
The Open Space: Finding Freedom from the Voice That Bothers You There is a simple, almost koan-like sentence from the spiritual teacher Michael Singer that holds the key to dismantling a lifetime of anxiety. It is a key so elegantly designed that we often overlook it, searching instead for more complex solutions to our inner turmoil. The sentence is this: “The moment in front of you is not bothering you. You are bothering yourself about the moment in front of you.” Read it again. Let it land. Feel the quiet space it opens behind your eyes. In these few words lies the entire architecture of our suffering and the blueprint for our liberation. For years, perhaps our entire lives, we have operated under a profound misunderstanding. We believe that our peace is at the mercy of external events: the traffic jam that makes us late, the unexpected bill that strains our finances, the critical comment that stings our heart, the rain that cancels our plans. We see these moments as the ...