The Untethered Soul

People have intense amounts of inner energy that they don’t often feel because they block it “by closing [their] heart, by closing [their] mind, and by pulling [themselves] into a restrictive inner space” (43). The energy is still there, but it is inaccessible when you close your heart, which is an important “chakra” or “energy center” (44), a place where internal energy is focused and distributed. People are in the habit of keeping their hearts closed when problems like bad moods or interpersonal drama show up, but it is possible to feel joy, enthusiasm, and love all the time by choosing to stay open no matter what. Singer advises people to never close their hearts and treat life’s good and bad circumstances with an equally open heart to “enjoy all of life” and “become a source of light” (47).

The heart gets blocked “by stored, unfinished energy patterns from your past” (50), which include all the experiences, positive and negative, that we hold onto and refuse to let go. Living a full life means experiencing the present moment, letting it pass, and then experiencing the next moment. Typically, we get distracted and stuck on various energy patterns that try to pass through us every day.