LET IT GO! Michael Singer on Removing Blocks and Finding Joy

What It Covers

Michael Singer explains how stored emotional blockages from past experiences restrict natural energy flow and happiness. He teaches practical techniques for releasing resistance through relaxation, starting with low-stakes situations to build capacity for handling deeper trauma and achieving unconditional joy.

Key Questions Answered

• •Low Hanging Fruit Practice: Begin releasing blockages with situations requiring no external action after letting go—weather complaints, slow drivers, minor inconveniences. These build capacity for handling bigger disturbances. Practice relaxing through discomfort rather than resisting it, creating neural pathways for processing more significant emotional blocks over time.
• •Energy Blockage Mechanics: Suppressed experiences lodge in the upward energy flow (Shakti), creating disturbances when new situations trigger them. Each resistance adds another blockage. The resulting emotions—anger, fear, anxiety—occur when rising energy hits these stored impressions, not from external events themselves. Clearing blockages restores natural energy flow and spontaneous happiness.
• •Relaxation as Release Technique: When disturbance arises, relax from the witness consciousness position behind the psyche rather than fighting the disturbance itself. The disturbance cannot relax by definition, but consciousness can. This allows Shakti to push blockages out naturally, like the body's immune system clearing physical toxins without conscious effort or struggle.
• •Preference System Origins: Preferences develop as mirror images of blockages—avoiding situations that trigger stored pain. After divorce, people seek partners without ex-spouse qualities. Remove blockages through consistent release work, and preferences naturally shed like snake skin. This eliminates the need to control external circumstances for comfort and opens unconditional acceptance.
• •Present Moment Disturbance: Current moments do not create disturbance—people disturb themselves about moments by filtering through stored blockages. Weather, traffic, and comments trigger internal resistance patterns. Recognizing this distinction enables choosing acceptance over resistance, preventing new blockages while addressing existing ones. Cost-benefit analysis shows 100 percent cost, zero benefit for weather complaints.