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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (IONS/ New Harbinger)
The Untethered Soul The Journey Beyond Yourself - IONS/ New Harbinger
Author: Michael A. Singer
ISBN-13: 9781572245372
ISBN-10: 1572245379
Publication Date: 10/3/2007
Pages: 181
Edition: 1
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Full disclosure: I chose The Untethered Soul because of the cover. I looked at it and said to myself, "Self, a horse running wild and free on a beach? That is so damn cheesy, they might just be on to something."

And, oh, they were.

I could count the number of "self-help"/"personal growth" books I've read in my life on one hand, but I've always side-eyed them with interest. As I am in a MAJOR turning point in my life right now where I can't tell if it's all a shambles or it's just being re-built, I was looking for some guidance.

There was nothing in The Untethered Soul that I haven't heard before, nothing that I hadn't already thought of myself. But it's the way that Singer says things, and repeats them (he repeats himself a lot, which I've read criticism about, but I think it's being used as a gentle way to drive really important points home) that really made all these things make sense to me. I am still not quite sure if I totally believe that my whole sense of being and my whole life is completely in my own control - I love science, so I understand chaos - but I am teaching myself to control some of it.

I am not the kind of person that would all of a sudden turn my back on everything in my past and live by the rules of one author, and one book alone. However, reading this book has been a really important experience for me and has given me some basic tools to take control of the ways that my life changes in the next few months/years, instead of feeling totally out of it.