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 these aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define. In The Untethered Soul--now a New York Times bestseller--spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion t...

Rape is a fact of life for the incarcerated. Can American society maintain the commitment expressed in recent federal legislation to eliminate the rampant and costly sexual abuse that has been institutionalized into its system of incarceration?Each year, as many as 200,000 individuals are victims of various types of sexual abuse perpetrated in American prisons, jails, juvenile detention facilities, and lockups. As many as 80,000 of them suffer violent or repeated r...

The five United States military service academies are some of the most elite schools in the nation, taking the finest high school students and turning them into commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine. Over 60,000 students a year begin the arduous process of applying, and about 4,000 get in. At West Point alone, over 15,000 candidates start the applications process. Less than a third of them finish it. Some figure out that they aren’t going to b...

Written by a legal scholar for the general reader, this book demystifies the institution of the jury and validates its political power, providing valuable insights for the more than 30 million Americans who receive a jury summons each year.Jury Duty: Reclaiming Your Political Power and Taking Responsibility presents an accessible account of the origins and development of the jury system as well as a comprehensive, stage-by-stage description of a jury trial...

Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic and unprecedented shift in Jewish -- Christian relations, including signs of a new, improved Christian attitude towards Jews. Christianity in Jewish Terms is a Jewish theological response to the profound changes that have taken place in Christian thought. The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which features a main essay, written by a Jewish scholar, that explores the meaning of a set of Christian beliefs. Following the ...

Teachings to transcend the noisy mind and act in alignment with your deepest selfIt’s natural to see chaos, cruelty, or injustice and want to take immediate action to find a solution. But is that really your best course of action?Michael A. Singer, the bestselling author of The Untethered Soul, asserts that when you seek to change conditions in the outer world, you’re often doing so not with clear eyes, but with knee-jerk outrage, disgust, or anxie...

Explore witness consciousness with bestselling author Michael A. SingerThere is a place deep within your being where you are free from the turmoil of thoughts, emotions, and the outer world. This is the seat of the witness consciousness, and from here your spiritual journey will unfold with effortless clarity and grace.In The Untethered Soul Lecture Series, Volume 3: The Clarity of Witness Consciousness, Michael A. Singer lays out the basic nature ...

Transcend the illusion of "not enough" and find true fulfillment with bestselling author Michael A. Singer"Once I have a loving partner, I'll be happy. And also a better career. And more money. And spiritual enlightenment . . ."Happiness comes when we fulfill our needs and preferences—it seems obvious, right? Yet most of us eventually realize that no matter what we achieve, it never satisfies us for long. Why? And what can we do about it?With Th...

Get out of your head and into the present moment with the teachings of Michael SingerWhy is it that even amidst exquisite beauty and happy circumstances we can still find reasons to be miserable? According to Michael A. Singer, the culprit is something nearly everyone struggles with: the constant monologue in our heads.In The Untethered Soul Lecture Series, Volume 2: Freedom from the Mind, Singer considers the many ways an unwatched mind can sabota...

Michael A. Singer takes you on a voyage into the truth of love, freedom, and inner purposeNo matter where you go or what situation you find yourself in, you will always face a common element: yourself. Since that’s the case, why not get to know yourself—your true self—better?In The Untethered Soul Lecture Series, Volume 5: The Journey Within, Michael A. Singer guides you on the most important voyage of your life: into the depths of your ow...

Out of the confines of your mind and into the full experience of all creation"Reality is an immense and holy gift," reflects Michael A. Singer. "There are billions of things happening in the universe right now, and what do we do? We make a tiny list and tell ourselves that 'unless these five things happen, I'll be miserable!' This is the cause of all unhappiness—the inability to accept creation for what it is."But there is a way out, reveals Singer: rather ...

Get out of your head and into the present moment with the teachings of Michael SingerWhy is it that even amidst exquisite beauty and happy circumstances we can still find reasons to be miserable? According to Michael A. Singer, the culprit is something nearly everyone struggles with: the constant monologue in our heads.In The Untethered Soul Lecture Series, Volume 2: Freedom from the Mind, Singer considers the many ways an unwatched mind can sabota...