The Untethered Soul

迈克·辛格于1971年在佛罗里达大学获得经济学硕士学位。在博士就读期间，他的内心深处开始觉醒，于是隐居潜心钻研瑜伽和冥想。1975年，他创建了“宇宙之庙”，今天已是久负盛名的瑜伽和冥想中心，持任何宗教和信仰的人都可以在这里一起感受内心的宁静。经过多年的努力，辛格已经在商业、艺术、教育、健康和环保等诸多领域取得了重大成就。之前他还著有两本关于东西方哲学融合的书籍：《寻找真相》和《宇宙的法则：因果，意志和爱》。本书在全球范围内享有极高赞誉，出版后即荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首，之后在土耳其、巴西、西班牙、瑞士、日本、中国台湾地区、荷兰、丹麦、芬兰、波兰、意大利等十几个国家和地区相继出版。作者由此成为享誉全球的畅销书作家。

出版者:New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books

作者:Michael A. Singer

页数:224

出版时间:2007-10-03

价格:USD 16.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781572245372

图书标签:个人成长心理心理学英文原版psychologySoul精神灵学

Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more you than any of these can define. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer show how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.Divided in to five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of use live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of "unconditional happiness". Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.

读后感

一般來說，我們都活得太投入，就像看電視看入迷一樣，被外在世界的戲劇牽動着情緒和思緒，令我們動輒七情上面，暴跳如雷，悲從中來。 可我們其實不是我們的情緒，當我們沒有情緒的時候，我們不是還好好的存在着嗎？ 我們也不是我們的思緒，當我們不思想的時候，我們不但在，...  

我们一直都在等待，等待了好久好久，却终究不知道自己到底是怎样的存在。我们活着，然后面对死亡，知道自己离开这个世界，我们，究竟在哪一个时刻是清醒的，哪一个时刻有事意识到自己是清醒的，这不是一个很深奥的问题，也不是哲学家们在讨论“我是谁”的课题。我们，已经昏睡...  

尤其要紧的是：你必须对你自己忠实；正像有了白昼才有黑夜一样，对自己忠实才不会对别人欺诈。这是作者在书中引用的话。 在《清醒地活》这本书中，心灵大师迈克·辛格为我们创造了一个平静，祥和的环境，让我们能够认识自己，改变自己，活出更好的人生。 我就是一个非常敏感...  

喧杂的世界中，我们放任了自已，私欲和野心失去了约束。我们总是概叹，天不与我，仇怨、抑郁、焦虑油然而生。我们在自己的情绪漩涡中失去了方向，任由情绪肆意泛滥。内心中总有一个声音响个不停，为什么我总是这么倒霉，不走运的为什么总是我呢？我们在内外交夹下，失去了辨别...  

用户评价

许多观点跟佛教有点相似，不喜欢的地方在于叙述方式略啰嗦。

作者应该是对中国文化有了解，文中提到了“气”、“道”，这些中国文化的要素，提倡戒贪嗔痴。对国人这些概念应该并不陌生。中心思想：我们潜意识中所想并不能定义我们，不要让负面的东西禁锢住自己。

前面都很好，很多道理确实能帮助解决心中烦扰；但到了最后一章就不对劲了，最后一章快成传教的了。

鸡汤书 给好评

“If you relax when the pain comes up inside your heart, and actually dare to face it, it will pass. Every single time you relax and release, a piece of the pain leaves forever. Yet every time you resist and close, you are building up the pain inside.” “If you remain open enough, waves of uplifting energy will fill your heart.”