Michael's Sacred Cows

A sacred cow is something which is immune to criticism by virtue of its generally accepted high status or self-evident truth. All sacred cows arise due to enculturating and imprinting. None of us are immune to having a few sacred cows within our thinking. As it would apply within the Michael Teachings, generally the "original group" or CQY group are considered sacred cows for being the first to publish Michael during this generation; whenever someone feels pressed to give an authoritative or orthodox answer, a quote from MFM is hauled out. Generally, most channels are considered sacred cows and off limits to overt scrutiny and critical examination, especially in a public forum. 


Oddly enough, few know WHO any of the channels have been over the years for the original group. Yarbro isn't a channel. Most know the name of Sarah Chambers, but she left the group prior to her death and started up her own group. There have been other channels in the San Francisco Bay Area who have been loosely involved with the group and gone on to form their own organizations. There is a patina of purity applied to their work because of locale and possible maybe loose affiliation--having once KNOWN someone who knew someone works. There are rumors on the evening breeze of disaffiliations and strongly-divided differences of opinion, but there is nothing quite like the mutually agreed upon veil of secrecy to give a more blended public image.


While Yarbro has gone to great lengths to organize and edit the Michael materials from one book to the next, there are still discrepancies that have managed to creep in. There are definite discrepancies between the books and later channels. The advent of the internet has really made cohesive solidarity an impossibility. Stuff gets published and passed along. There have been public channelings for the past 10 years where transcripts have been posted to the net. There is even a fairly large file of unedited original channeling sessions from the first couple of years, pre-Yarbro, floating around.


In a sense, the Michael Community is going through something quite similar to what the early Christian church did as the teachings spread, documents were written and copied, and different people applied different emphases to what the "message of Christ" had been, and meanwhile there was an organized attempt for an orthodox or authoritative viewpoint. Meanwhile, all channels are seeking the exact same patina of authority, no matter how far from the core Michael Teachings they stray, and as long as they continue to periodically quote MFM to prove their authority, most go along with it. And, in the long run, it really is just another aspect of "It's all choice," and some very loose validating.


Personally, I don't think there will ever be a truly authoritative version of Michael. Each person will have to validate according to their needs and beliefs, their other sacred cows, and adopt those things that make the most sense to themselves. Validating methods will always be widely separated by the three primary centers, and those who are intellectually centered will need different methods of validation than those who are emotionally center, or moving centered. Truth, love, and energy will continue to play their parts in how validation occurs.