Over the past few years, I've been participating on several Michael Teachings Yahoo Group Lists, in IRC chats, and as a member in a couple of NING social networking groups. As my own knowledge about Michael has solidified via reading most of the available published MT books, various internet sites, participating in discussions, self-introspection, and through personal validation, I have become increasingly uncomfortable voicing my opinions in the venues open to me. The Michael Community, as we like to characterize ourselves, isn't really all that cohesive or in agreement on any number of topics, most especially whether or not the latest channeling is accurate or to be believed. Even though we're repeatedly told to validate, it's a whole lot like being the small boy who shouted, "The Emperor is naked!" and then being hustled out of the ceremony for being obstreperous and troublesome.
What IS the online Michael Community? It's a series of groups centered around one or two channels in each who purport to channel the Michael Entity from the Causal plane that have a web or internet presence. There are more groups and channels who have yet to create a web presence. Many of the beginning students are totally unaware of the other groups for quite awhile. Many of the longer term students drift back and forth between a couple of them. And still others become loyal followers of one channel in particular to the exclusion of all others. Some channels only have a web presence as a marketing device and rarely publish anything of note that is "free."
Do all Michael channels pretty much say the same thing? Uh, not really. While most seem to be in agreement on the so-called basics of Michael's Essence and Personality dynamics, which I consider the true core teachings, there are differing levels of emphasis, and conflicts between profiles channeled by different channels, and one new channel who doesn't even pay any attention at all to the basics. Several others have really deviated off into shamanism and animal totems, which has virtually nothing in common with Michael's basics. One channel claims she is processing information from a group of 7 entities, one of which is Michael. The so-called "Original" group has been holding sessions for 30 years, published the 4 de-facto mainstay books of the teachings, but remains in top secret seclusion and refuses to participate in any public forum. . .and calls everyone else a fraud.
Additionally, none of the channels or students are especially "perfect" as human beings. They're all works in progress. Each has his or her own real life issues born of profile overleaves, agreements, internal and external monads, genetics, karma, social enculturation, varying degrees of abilities, choices, and last but not least good ole ego, Maya, and false personality. A sure fire set of circumstances for finger-pointing, denouncements, disagreements, and severed relationships. Welcome to the physical plane. It's called being human.
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Terri Benning replied to my link via Facebook -- a very long reply, which I've moved here where it'll keep continuity.
ReplyDeleteOne cannot "validate" materials one does not fully understand or comprehend in their entirety. There is simply no way to achieve it. There is, however, always a larger context that sheds additional light upon the smaller context. But when the relative contexts are left unconsidered, or are simply overlooked or worse, ignored, then there is no way to validate the content of that particular context.
Take ONLY the personality and overleaves for instance. There is no way to validate this information if it is missing the greater context, which are the casting placements information, as well as the other essence dynamics.
A person can go around in circles their whole lives attempting to "validate" their overleaves, and are not going to be able to do that because they are missing a whole HUGE piece of the "bigger picture" of who they are IN ESSENCE as well as in personality. It simply isn't going to happen.
Validation is a HUGE subject that definitely needs clarification from a higher perspective and even more importantly, from a greater context. SELF-OBSERVATION provides the platform for viewing that greater context, as well as for viewing the self from a more objective perspective as well. They go hand in hand to reaching the kind of "inner knowing" that constitutes true "self-validation" of essence, let alone of the Michael teachings themselves.
Opening up dialogue on the subject of "validation" is a GOOD THING though, I agree.
What I'm talking about here really is as simple as a younger soul (smaller context) attempting to "validate" an older soul perspective (or a greater context.) While the older soul can indeed validate a younger soul perspective, the younger soul will never be able to validate the older soul's perspective. It works exactly the same way with various "contexts" within the Michael Teachings themselves. Plus, there has been a good deal of distortion of the teachings as well over time, through misunderstanding and misapprehension of certain basic terminology which has created even MORE confusion for newer students over time. One of them is the complete MISAPPREHENSION of the term "Heart Links" for instance, that began with just one person's misunderstanding of the term that spread from there. Now it means something it NEVER meant in the original usage of the term.
There is a whole lot of information that needs to be clarified and redefined to more closely reflect it's original and originally INTENDED usage within the teachings as well. Lots of work to be done there if one wishes to preserve the INTEGRITY of the teachings as well.
Greetings, Geraldine,
ReplyDeleteIt would be helpful for us long-time Michael students for you to post your own overleaves here, so that we can have a frame of reference for your point of view.
Thanks and Blessings,
Cathryn