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 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself                      by Michael Singer Book Review by Sarah from the Winkler Branch I listened to the audiobook which was fairly quick at 6 hours, 11 minutes listening time. My overall impression of this book was of comforting viewpoints but nothing really new or groundbreaking. It was a spiritually based book, not religious though did have some scripture references at the end. It had more of a Zen eastern spirituality flavor with a side of quantum physics, psychology and philosophy. I found the author's explanation of energy, how it can get stuck and work against us insightful. He explained in great detail how energy is boundless and how to harness it's endless power. This book serves as a guide to the why and how to transcend the confines of ego to let go of fear, worry, stress, pain; all human suffering essentially in order to achieve true enlightenment. How to become free of the blockages that hold us back from reaching our