How to Stay Centered in the Seat of Your Soul

One simple step I learned from Michael Singer

Every moment in life is fleeting, each passing swiftly to make way for the next. From birth until death, we experience a finite number of moments. The challenge is to observe and appreciate each one without becoming overly attached. Can you embrace each moment as it arrives and then let it flow away?

Consider each experience a gift from the Universe, a chance to witness and enjoy the beauty of existence. You allow these moments to pass through you freely by lowering your defenses and opening your heart. Your heart is a powerful energy channel; keeping it open helps you stay connected to your true center. Closing off, though it might feel like protection, actually cuts you off from the natural flow of Love.

As you move through your day, strive to remain open. Whatever happens moment by moment, practice staying open. The more you practice, the better you'll become at staying centered in the seat of your soul.

When I read Michael Singer's The Untethered Soul, I was amazed at how simply he described some profound concepts. This book is life-changing, and I highly recommend it, followed by his secondary book, Living Untethered. In it, he discusses how we are blocked from our natural energy flow of love and how to remove the blockages, otherwise known as Samskaras. Throughout the book, he reminds the reader that the best way to deal with experiences that hit your stuff and disturb you inside is to Relax and release.

This has become the singularly most effective way for me to stay centered. When I notice my shoulders tightening, my mind pushing back, or my body resisting, I take a deep breath and say, “Relax and release.”

For example, perhaps I’m having a personal exchange with someone and disagree with something they say. I can feel myself tighten up and start to shut down. Still, instead, I tell myself to relax and release and let the conversation and experience pass through me without attaching my beliefs or ideas about being right and them being wrong to it. I let the conversation happen and then walk away into the next moment, letting go of the moment that just passed.

I know it seems simple, and perhaps that is why it works so well. There are definitely bigger things that come up where I want to defend myself or make the moment mean something by holding onto it or pushing it away, but I’ve been practicing this for a while now, and I’m discovering how staying open is so freeing and light it makes it easier every time I resist to let go of that resistance and keep my heart open.

I hope this helps you; try it and let me know how it goes.