How Michael Singer Helps You Let Go - Born For the Journey Series with David Bourne

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The David Bourne Show Episode Summary

This episode of "Born For The Journey" features David Bourne discussing the profound teachings of Michael Singer, focusing on the concept of #Letting Go to overcome #Resistance and live a more fulfilling, spiritual life.

Bourne explains how Singer's practical approach, devoid of "#Woo Woo" mysticism, helps individuals identify and release #Samscaras (mental blocks) that hinder their #True Self from emerging.

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1. Overview

In this episode of "Born For The Journey," David Bourne delves into the impactful teachings of Michael Singer, emphasizing his practical, non-"#Woo Woo" approach to spiritual growth.

Bourne highlights Singer's core philosophy of #Letting Go of internal #Resistance and #Samscaras (mental blocks) that prevent individuals from accessing their #True Self.

The discussion also covers the importance of engaging the #Right Brain for intuition and awe, contrasting it with the #Mind-Body Loop of logical thought and repressed emotions.

Bourne illustrates these concepts through his personal experiences and the framework of the #Re-Creation Cycle, encouraging viewers to embrace a life of continuous growth and presence.

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2. Key Points with Timestamps

Michael Singer is presented as a practical spiritual leader, distinct from "#Woo Woo" or wishy-washy spiritual teachings. His work offers concrete ways to understand the world and oneself.

#Letting Go is defined not as abandoning everything, but as releasing the internal obstacles and #Resistance that prevent one from living a very full, spiritually enriched life, whatever that means to the individual.

Singer's concept of "#Samscaras" (an ancient Sanskrit term from Hinduism) is explained as blockages or mental scars in our nervous system where we repress thoughts and feelings, leading to #Resistance.

#Resistance is the internal force that holds us back from becoming our best, #True Self – a relaxed, confident, and intuitive state. This #True Self is the part of us that can witness our thoughts.

A key Michael Singer concept is that we can witness our thoughts, which confirms the existence of our #True Self. This act of witnessing allows us to relax and disengage from unconscious thought trains.

David Bourne introduces his "#Re-Creation Cycle" (also called the Four PARR cycle: Possibility/Plan, Action, Results, Truth/True Self). The ultimate goal is to reach one's "true north" – an intuitive sense of purpose guided by the #True Self.

Escaping the Mind-Body Loop with the Right Brain ==> 9m0s

Getting stuck in a repetitive #Mind-Body Loop (logical mind vs. body's #Samscaras/#Resistance) prevents access to the #Right Brain's intuitive, creative, and joyful capacities.

Singer's teaching of #Letting Go is interpreted as jumping into a "wonder field" – a state of awe, wonder, and gratitude that resides in the #Right Brain, allowing one to transcend #Resistance.

Singer uses grand concepts like the vastness of the universe (e.g., how many Earths fit into the sun) to help individuals gain perspective, realizing the insignificance of their small problems and the importance of appreciating the awe of being alive.

Michael Singer's implied advice for creative work is to "just do it" rather than worrying about perfection. Embracing a more giving and loving state (associated with the #Right Brain) is more important than getting every technical detail "right."

The process of making videos and sharing ideas is presented as a continuous cycle of learning, growing, making mistakes, and improving, emphasizing that it's a fulfilling lifelong practice.

Michael Singer is releasing a new book titled "Wisdom Untethered" on March 16th, 2026, which David Bourne expresses excitement to read and dive into.

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3. Actionable Takeaways

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4. Glossary of Terms

Woo Woo

A colloquial term used to describe spiritual concepts that are perceived as wishy-washy, mushy, or lacking practical application, often implying a lack of groundedness or scientific basis. David Bourne clarifies that Michael Singer's teachings are not #Woo Woo.

Samscaras

An ancient Sanskrit term, originating from Hinduism, referring to deep-seated impressions, blockages, or mental scars within our nervous system. These #Samscaras are formed by repressed thoughts and feelings, manifesting as #Resistance that hinders personal growth and the emergence of the #True Self.

Resistance

An internal force or psychological barrier that holds individuals back from pursuing their potential, becoming their best self, or engaging in activities that lead to growth. It is often linked to #Samscaras and the #Shadow Self, manifesting as procrastination, fear, or self-doubt.

True Self

The authentic, relaxed, confident, and intuitive core of an individual. It is the part of consciousness that can witness thoughts and feelings without being consumed by them, serving as one's "true north" or guiding purpose, as described in the #Re-Creation Cycle.

Re-Creation Cycle

David Bourne's personal framework for growth, also referred to as the "Four PARR Cycle." It outlines a cyclical process involving Possibility or Plan, Action, Results, and ultimately, discovering one's Truth or #True Self. This cycle emphasizes continuous learning and evolution.

Right Brain/Left Brain

A conceptual distinction used to describe different modes of thought. The #Left Brain is associated with logic and analytical thinking, while the #Right Brain is linked to intuition, creativity, emotions, awe, wonder, and gratitude. Engaging the #Right Brain is presented as a way to overcome #Resistance and access higher states of consciousness.

Shadow Self

A concept from Carl Jung's analytical psychology, referring to the unconscious aspects of the personality that the conscious ego does not identify with. It comprises repressed ideas, weaknesses, desires, instincts, and shortcomings. The #Shadow Self is often connected to feelings of #Resistance and what is considered "sin" in religious contexts.

Letting Go

A core teaching of Michael Singer, emphasizing the release of internal attachments, #Resistance, and #Samscaras that prevent an individual from experiencing a full and spiritually rich life. It involves consciously disengaging from limiting thoughts and emotions to embrace a state of awe and wonder.

Mind-Body Loop

A state where an individual is stuck in a repetitive cycle between their logical mind and the physical manifestations of #Resistance or #Samscaras in their body. This loop prevents access to the creative and intuitive capacities of the #Right Brain, hindering personal growth and the #Re-Creation Cycle.

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5. Stories

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6. Resources Mentioned

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Transcript

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The the trick to making videos is to show up and make a video. That's really all there is. Uh there are lots of

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steps, however, and I am probably about eight or nine videos into this series.

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And of course, as we learn, we grow. We go in cycles and we pick up new things and we learn and we make mistakes.

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And I'm learning that uh I'm learning that these videos do get

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easier. And I'm also learning that my my uh my insistence on keeping a list

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is still there, yet my ability to follow the list is not quite there. So going live is also tricky because you

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just don't know when it's going to start. So I'm just going to start now.

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Folks, I'm David Bourne and I'm here to talk about Michael Singer who has written several books that have

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influenced me. He has a podcast that's on the Sounds True Network where he releases regularly

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talks. I think they're talks he makes in mostly in his home in Florida, Central Florida.

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Um, Michael is um a a leader in the I

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don't know what you'd call it, the spiritual space. And a lot of folks when I say spiritual space think woo woo. And

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Michael's not very woo woo. Why is Michael not very woo woo? And what do I mean by woo woo? In case you don't know what that means, woo woo is kind of like

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spiritual wishy-washy mushy not sure what. He's not like that. He's a very practical guy. It's one of the things I

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like about Michael so much. And I've read his three books and listened to many of his podcasts as I've said and

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they make a huge difference in the way that I understand the world. And ultimately, I think his teaching is to

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help us to let go of what? You know, I mentioned woo woo. Well, what does that mean? Are we are we just going to let go of everything and become,

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you know, hippie freaks that live out in the woods? Part of that sounds appealing, but no,

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that's not what we are saying. That's not what he's saying. That's not what I'm saying. Um, letting go means letting

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go of the things that are holding you back from living a very, very full life,

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whatever that means to you.

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And what it means to me when I talk about it is a more and more uh spiritual life in the sense that not necessarily

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religion though religion can certainly be a part of of your spiritual growth.

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Uh it is part of mine. One of my steps is forgetting to set my timer. So here we go.

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letting go of um what he calls samscaras which I think is

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a ancient um ancient term from Sanskrit

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he a lot of his teachings come from from the east based on Hinduism I believe

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it really doesn't matter these things that part doesn't matter of course it's interesting and I want to get it Right.

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But these samscaras, these are blockages. What I would call mental blocks, right?

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So things that get in our way. It's the resistance. I've been talking about the resistance time and time again in these in these episodes. And that resistance,

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as I define it, is that part of us that holds us back from becoming the best self that we can be. that true self,

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that uh true, relaxed,

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confident uh intuitive self, the intuitive self

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that that most efficiently uses our brain power and our body power and our

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physical energy. Um, so I'm making this recording because Michael is releasing a new book. I just

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watched a video from uh Sounds True of Michael, Tony Robbins, and his wife Sage.

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They are big fans of Michael as well.

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Tony and Sage are big in the in the um personal growth field. I've mentioned Tony Robbins before because he was one

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of the first people that showed me a a cyclical framework for seeing growth and I said,

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"Wow, that's a lot like the hero's journey." And a few years later, I started writing about it. Michael Singer's work is I found that more

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recently, but it's made a huge influence on me. And so, I encourage you to look up Michael Singer. I'm going to talk about some of his ideas. says, "I'm

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excited to get his book that comes out on March 16th, 2026.

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It's called Wisdom Untethered, I believe." And um so I just wanted to make a video about Michael and to stress

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the importance of the of the teachings he's given me. Now, I'm going to flip

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over here to the um by the way, this is the Born for the Journey series. I'm David Bourne and I'm going to go over

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here to my drawing where I talk about this, you know, this map that I use. I call it the recreation cycle. I also

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call it um the four P arr cycle because you've got possibility or plan,

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you've got action, you've got results, and then you've got um your truth.

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That's the P ar see that truth. And that true self, that's really what we're working towards here is this truth. The true self up here, just your true north,

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whatever is in your life that is guiding you the most strongly. That thing that's

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an intuitive sense of your purpose. You may not know what it is, but you have a desire to get there. It's that part of

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us that is conscious. It's the part of us that can feel the resistance coming up. How do we know that? How do we see a thought? This is a

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big Michael Singer concept he's helped me solidify. How do we know we're having a thought? Because we can witness the thought. Well, what part of you is

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witnessing the thought? Well, that's your true self that's witnessing the thought. You're actually stopping and relaxing and stopping the the

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just the uh that thought train, the unconscious thought train that we so often get in whenever we get hung up on something.

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I was hung up on something yesterday and it I just could not stop thinking about it. But I remembered, oh, here I am thinking about it again. Let me just relax and breathe. Relax and breathe.

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One thing Michael also has taught me is to use this right side of the brain. And we if we were to split this in the

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middle, we would have logic and left. Can you see this?

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Yes, my face is not in the way. Logic and left and then we've got um intuition on the right.

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So, what Michael does is he gets us into change of pen here just to be different. Green pen.

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We're having a thought, right? We're having a thought. It's getting into our body. We've got our resistance down here.

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I cannot write when I'm talking. Michael would call this a Samcara. I think Sam scar. I don't know what that means, but I think of it as a scar. That that scar.

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It's a it's a it's a place in our body and our nervous system where we have withheld where we repressing a thought,

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a feeling that we don't like. We've rejected it. It's our shadow self in terms of Yiani and technology. Carl Jung

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came up with the idea of the shadow and it's that part of us that we don't want to talk about. We don't want to know.

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It's connected to the idea of sin and religion. The resistance. So we have this we're just going along. We have

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this thought. We meet this resistance and we kind of get stuck here. We don't get into our le or our right brain. We

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get stuck. We go back and we think again and we do this mind loop. Gosh, it's so messy. I don't mean to be so messy, but

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we get back and forth, back and forth between mind, which is our logical self up here, and our body, which is where the resistance and the samscars live.

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It's just back and forth and back and forth. Well, look, you're not making the cycle when you do that. You're just going back and forth, back and forth.

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We're totally ignoring that wonderful, loving, connecting,

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creative, exciting, joyful part of ourselves which is over here in the

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right. Okay. So, Michael says come, he doesn't use these terms, but he

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says, you know, you got to let go. In order, if you want to get up here, you got to let go. To let go. Another thing he's taught me, which he's not real. Um,

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there's my seven minute marker. He's not real.

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Excuse me. I got to turn off my my timer here to keep me on track. Michael is not really saying this in the terms that I'm

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saying it. But what I see that he's doing when you let go, he jumps into this wonder field. He jumps into this sense of awe and wonder and gratitude.

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And that is so much here in our right brain. He jumps in there and he starts talking about metaphysics. He starts

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talking about astronomy. If you're familiar with his work, you will have known how often he does this. What I think he's doing is he's showing us how

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to get into our right side of our brain so that we can really let go of those resistances and we can relax and we can go, why am I so worked up? Switch over.

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Why the heck am I so worked up about this tiny problem that is so teeny tiny? He talks about

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how many millions of Earths will fit into the sun. meaning it's the earth is so tiny and I'm such a tiny part and

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here I have this one chance to live in this moment and I'm ruin it. I'm ruining the moment because I'm focusing on what's wrong with the moment.

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But if you would just focus on the awe and wonder of what it means to be alive and be joyful, then he shows us how to

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get into that right brain and how to start to connect to what he calls uh consciousness and that that that he

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doesn't use true self, but he says the self. That's what's right up here is this self that uh I wonder if I can move this

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layer so you can read this a little bit better. What if I were to put No, I'm drawing on the wrong layer. Dang it. I just drew all over my clean layer.

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See, I didn't set this up closely enough. This gets me back to the beginning of the conversation. I'm trying to make these videos, right? And

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I got a lot of hang-ups about it because there's so many moving parts and so many technical pieces and I just want to get them all right. Well, what I think

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Michael would tell me is, don't worry about getting them right. Just do it.

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just live in this more um giving, loving right side of yourself. He wouldn't use

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those terms. He doesn't talk about right and left. He talks about heart and mind,

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um emotions and mind, but he he talks about just being in your true self and

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um letting go of all these little pieces that I might get wrong. Sure. Okay, I'm going to get them wrong. I just drew on the wrong layer, so it's kind of a mess.

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Oh well. Oh well.

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I am getting a little bit better. I am learning. I am feeling like I'm doing this thing that I've really wanted to do for years. It was just to be able to sit

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down, talk about something cool, and share an idea. So, that's what I've done. So, I can end it there. I

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encourage you to check out Michael Singer. He's got three or four books. Uh the new one's coming out March 16th and

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I'm excited to read it. And I believe it's called Wisdom Untethered. I'm going to be uh looking into Singer's work more and more because today's the 11th. Oh,

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it's coming out in just a few days. I'll be looking more and more into his work for the next few days just to uh so when I get that book, I'm going to really be

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ready to dive in. And so I encourage you to dive in with me. I'm David Bourne.

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This is the Born for the Journey series.

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We've been talking about how Michael Singer helps you let go. I hope that you have found something helpful in that.

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And we'll see you next time. Cheers.