Three Disturbing Quotes From Michael Alan Singer That Will Change Your Perspective on Life
Discover the wisdom of one of the world’s most brilliant minds
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5 min readSep 12, 2022
Imagine you die today.
- Today → They take you to the morgue.
- After 24 hours → You are cremated or buried.
- After 1 week → Your loved ones celebrate a mass in your honor.
- After 1 month → Someone still mourns your loss.
- After 6 months → People go on with their lives.
- After 1 year → The memorial (your closest relatives go and not all of them).
- After 10 years → Someone remembers you when looking at an old photo.
- After 25 years → Not even your grandchildren remember your name.
So why do we care so much about the opinions of others if, in the best scenario, 25 years from our dead, no one will give a sh*t about us?
I have asked myself this question thousands of times, and after reading Michael Alan Singer’s book “The untethered soul,” I found the answer. And it is alarming.
That’s why in today’s article, I want to share with you three sentences from that book that will blow your mind and, I believe, will change your…