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Messages from Michael

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I first read this book years ago when my then-boyfriend handed it to me as something to consider. The Ouija board on the cover of the paperback made me skeptical and hesitant to read what I thought would be a book of 'hocus pocus.' I put my skepticism on hold, and was amazed to find a book so useful as I tried and tested some of the information in my day-to-day life. All is chosen. Messages from Michael further explains choice, ramifications of choice, agreements between fragments ('people,' in laymen's terms), The seven essence roles (Warrior, King, Slave, Scholar, Artisan, Sage and Priest), each role's overleaves, their polarities (positive and negative), centering, and modes. All of these aspects affect choice, and depending upon one's overleaves, some choices will be easier than others. Also covered are the seven levels of love and the seven levels of disagreement. Fear and maya are the obstacles to overcome in love, agape. This book has helped me to become more aware of myself, my maya, and the world around me. I highly recommend this book. If you can, also try to get the two books that follow in this series: More Messages from Michael (five stars), and Michael's People (five stars).

This book is compiled from information claimed to be channeled from an entity from a higher plane. Regardless of the source, and whether or not you believe this, the information is difficult to challenge, and has alot of validity. I first read Messages from Michael 8 years ago, and since have read it a couple of times, and referred back to it countless times. I have not found a conflict with any of the information given in any of the four Michael books by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and the info works for me, everday. I changed quite a bit after first reading the book, because it made me think so intensely about my beliefs & positions on many ideas. Some of the information presented is: Reincarnation. The non-existence of heaven or hell. The hows and whys of how people relate to each other through many lives. The things that make up your personality, and how they relate to others. And a thousand etc's. I learned very many things about myself since I read it, and I think back upon the info almost daily. I HIGHLY recommend this book, and "More messages from Michael", "Michaels' People", "Michael for the millenium", all by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, if you are searching for answers that religion does not provide.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Michael books (Messages from Michael, More Messages from Michael, Michael's People, and Michael for the Millennium) are among the best examples of "channeled" wisdom. They are similar in some ways to the "Course in Miracles", the Seth books of Jane Roberts, and several other such bodies of work dictated to mortal human beings by disincarnate teachers. The source of the wisdom in "Messages from Michael" and its sequels is a supposed integrated causal plane spiritual entity who borrows the name "Michael" from its last-incarnated individual human soul fragment. Each such entity, according to Michael, comprises about 1,000 such fragments or souls.

Michael describes a system by which all human souls, themselves fragments of some causal plane entity similar to the Michael entity, are cast into existence by the Tao; and how each soul fragment has as many physical incarnations as it takes for the fragment "to experience all of life", that is, to absorb all of the wisdom that life is designed to give to each of us. Each fragment is cast in one of seven "roles in essence" which it retains throughout its evolutionary path. For each incarnation it may choose a different set of "overleaves", characteristics that will profoundly color the fragment's personality and the kind of experiences it is likely to have in that particular life. Michael describes in lucid detail the system of overleaves, giving plenty of examples of how they work together to create a particular kind of life experience. Michael also describes the major life lessons ("monads") that each fragment must complete and the workings of karma.

The number 7 pervades the system that Michael describes. There are 7 roles in essence, 7 modes, 7 goals, 7 centers, 7 soul ages, 7 levels within each soal age, etc. It is not an arbitrary number. When the complete system is delineated you can see that it appears to be comprehensive. When you consider the 7 roles in essence described by Michael, it is very hard to imagine there being an 8th role or only 6 roles. Seven seems to cover it exactly.

The Michael teachings will not give you all of the wisdom you need for a fulfilling life, but when you are ready for them they can help you form a more coherent picture of why you are here and how everything fits together.

And, as Michael says, "Belief is not required."

I read this book about twenty years ago, and at the time was a little concerned about the concept of revealed wisdom. Sure, the information made sense to me, but the source seemed...odd. Twenty years on I recognize one very important thing: Truth is what it is. Doesn't matter who tells you, if it's true, it's true.

So is this stuff true? Well it's impossible to say with any certainty, so you have to judge it by two criteria: First, how applicable is this information to life? Second, how does it enrich your own life?

To the first question, I would answer that I find it validates itself over and over. Often, when dealing with a difficult situation, I find myself analyzing the people involved in Michael terms, and I find that a lot of things fall into place. Solutions to problems seem simpler once I've applied the Michael teachings. To the second, I'd have to say that having come to terms with a universe which is governed by the laws of karma has made a great difference to my peace of mind.

So suspend your reservations, your prejudices and your skepticism about channeling, and read this book for the content. Judge the content. Apply that to your daily life, not the concept of chanelling, and see if it doesn't validate itself for you.

This book changed my life comptelely. Everything in it seemed SO RIGHT to me. It has information that I found nowhere else (except in the 2nd, 3rd & 4th book in the series.) I studied it seriously & found many insights because of it.

I found this book to be intriguing, enlightening, and beautiful. It definitely strikes a chord with me. It is one of the best of the "New Age" type books that I have read recently, and I hope that others will take the time to read it. Although parts of it are pretty complex and confusing, over all the things revealed by "Michael" are concepts easily grasped.

I read "Messages from Michael" when it was first published about 20 years ago and have reread it inummerable times since. In short, it remains one of the most profound, thought provoking and stimulating works of literature in the spiritual/channeling field that this reader has encountered. It offers a framework for undertanding the mysteries of human personality and consciousness that is intriguingly plausible and sensible. "Messages from Michael" is one of the rare books that opens the mind to whole new possibilities and for which the word revelation is not an exageration nor inappropriate.

I came to this book as a sceptic. It was recommended to me by someone who knew someone who had attended many of the channelling sessions, so I felt confident that it was no fake or fraud - but I didn't expect to find the contents changing my life. Everything that "Michael" said made sense, explaining myself to myself, explaining many of the things I'd experienced - explaining everything! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in exploring any spiritual or metaphysical teachings.

michael has literally kept me alive
i have severe multiple sclerosis and would have taken myself out years ago had i not been convinced of the truth this book imparts
wherever the hell it comes from

Original collection of Michael thoughts. If you want the first and best, this is the one to get; others are bandwagon syndrome books. And don't forget there are three other books from this group, which was established over 20 years ago (1978).