“Take the seat of objective observation and notice what is going on inside. Don’t judge what’s going on inside. Don’t decide what’s supposed to be going on inside. Just notice.” — Michael Singer

“You realize that you are not that part; you are the one who’s noticing that … The only part that is safe and consistent is you who’s noticing … You just notice that you’re noticing.” — Michael Singer

“Your relationship to what you see is always one of subject-object. You are the subject, and what you are looking at is the object. There are many different objects coming in through your senses, but there’s only one subject experiencing them—You … You have become separate from who you are because you’re busy paying attention to the object of consciousness instead of your seat of consciousness.” — Michael Singer

“The minute you notice, you relax. That’s the highest technique that exists … Over time you have created a space inside of you by relaxing into the seat of Self.” — Michael Singer

“Your spiritual being is transcendental. That being is independent of this world. It is watching the world, but it is not of this world. It is the consciousness that is aware of what it’s looking at.” — Michael Singer

“Start with what we call ‘witness consciousness’ … You are always the witness. You are always there … The highest growth and the one that really leads to deep spirituality is, ‘I’m the witness’ … I’m talking about the deepest state. I’m in the witness. I see what’s going on.” — Michael Singer

“Krishnamurti called it the ‘seat of objective observation’. But, you will not be willing to look at yourself objectively while you are judging yourself … Your consciousness has extricated itself from being in it. It didn’t get rid of it yet, but it can watch it, it can see it … Can you achieve a seat of objective observation where you are watching your mind?” — Michael Singer

“Don’t ever misunderstand what’s meant by objective observation or witness consciousness. It is not something you do, it is not an act of will, it is not a place you go—it is the state of being aware of what is going on inside your mind … You are not in your mind. You’re sitting on the couch of Self watching the mind just like you sit on the couch and watch the TV … Whatever the mind is saying, you are watching that.” — Michael Singer

“There’s another choice when the yickiness comes up inside and you are conscious of it—you are aware, you’re the witness—and you see that you’re not comfortable with it, let it go.” — Michael Singer

“Maintain your seat of witness consciousness. Things are going to happen which tend to pull you in; you’ll feel a tendency to get pulled in to the disturbance … Your consciousness gets drawn to the place of maximum disturbance.” — Michael Singer

“You are practicing what I call extricating your consciousness, freeing your consciousness, liberating your consciousness, from having to watch what’s going on in there.” — Michael Singer

”You are aware of these different aspects of your being; you are not an aspect of your being … If I take away what you’re aware of, you’re still aware that it’s not there. If I take away your awareness, it’s over, I’ve turned off the light, there’s nobody there. That’s who you are.” — Michael Singer