Michael Singer says "When a problem is disturbing you, don't ask 'What should I do about it?' Ask, 'What part of me is being disturbed by this?' " (T.U.S., p. 15). He suggests that you look at why something is bothering you. Michael goes on to say that if you keep doing this you will see that there is a part of you that will have a problem with just about everything in your life.
Have you ever noticed that when one thing that your worried or upset about disappears something else will pop-up? From this perspective life is like that "pop-up" or "wack-em" game where you use a mallet to hit the things that keep popping-up...as soon as you've knocked one down there is another ready to be wacked.
If you want to live from a deeply spiritual place than you recognize that fixing the problem that is outside of you is not the solution. These problems are not you - they are something that is happening to you. "You" are the one that is observing your life unfold. Asking "Which part of me is having this problem?" can help shift your awareness back to the Witness, where you watch your reaction to things. Breath and let go of your reaction.
Michael describes a subject-object relationship. You are the subject and anything that you observe (a feeling, belief, perception, thing) is the object. If you are observing "it" than "it" is not you. Thus you are not your pain, anger, fear, disease... It is an experience that you are having.
If you have read T.U.S. you know that Michael says that you will deal with situations in your life, but that when you are seated in the Self (or Observer, Witness...) than you will actually be dealing with the situation itself as opposed to dealing with your reactions to situations.
TODAY'S CHALLENGE is to make this your response to every problematic thought that arises today: "WHICH PART OF ME IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS SITUATION?"
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