Where are the Michael Teachings going in the next few years ...

Question: Where are the Michael Teachings going in the next few years and what is my role/out role in that growth? 

Answer: We are with you tonight.  We have a message of hope for the world and want to share it.  We have seen that our teaching has helped many, many people in your world to live a better life, to be happier, to have better relationships, to be more productive, to be more peaceful.

We do not tell you what to do, of course.  We have provided many people with ways to use the teachings.  Many have taken that information and used it in positive ways.

We expect to see more becoming interested as the stresses of life cause people to search for better ways.  This is a natural evolution.  As your world shifts to a more mature way of being and doing, more people are seeking to connect with each other.  More and more are opening up to their spiritual aspect and are questioning the older religions and older ways.

We do not want to create a new religion.  We do want to be available to those who can use the information we have to make their lives better.

When you operate from the positive parts of your personality, your life goes more smoothly.

This week, you have met people who want to share what they have learned with others and they come from a genuine desire to help others.

This is the most effective ways to share our teaching — to let others know what you know.  Not proselytizing or forcing it on anyone.  Listen for signs of someone seeking answers and offer what you can, where you can.

Your idea of a Michael Teachings library is a good idea and will be an excellent resource for many.  Collecting the information into a common place will help to open up the teaching for more to find it.

You have laid the groundwork and the work should continue as you have the time.  The others you are working with have ideas also.  There are resources you have not as yet explored simply due to the conflicts you have on your time.  That is just the nature of Growth.

Keep your vision clear and the Universe will conspire to assist you.  You already know this.  Trust it and amazing things will happen.  Do not be afraid of what people might thing — just follow your heart and your intuition and all will fall into place.  When the transcripts are ready and released, there will be a ‘gush’ of energy released.  That will ripple through the community and cause ripples outside the current Michael community.  More people will be drawn to see what’s going on.

Some of that attention will result in very positive forces coming to play.  It will also release some backlash, so be prepared for that and do not be afraid of it.  There is no need to worry about it.  Just be aware. 

Hold steady to your vision and all will unfold like magic.  It won’t seem hard and you don’t need to push anything or anyone.

Allow it to unfold easily, as it should.  Go where you feel called to go and follow your intuition and you will meet the people who can help.  There are many simply waiting for a “sign” for them to step forward and make more resources known to you.

You and your group and doing very well.  Many others are holding a vision for a better life.  You are all doing Good Work.

We hold you — all of you = with love and joy.

~ Michael and friends (your entity) ~

Footnote: The night before this, I woke up from a dream.  The hotel room was very dark and it felt as if a huge heavy pillow was covering my entire body, pressing down on me so it was hard to breathe.  I quickly told whatever it was to go away and immediately, the pressure lifted and I could again see the ambient light in the room.  I didn’t know what it meant at the time.  As I read what came through tonight, maybe that ‘dream’ or whatever it was, was just a reminder that when the pressure comes, to relax, just tell the darkness to go away and know that the light is always there. 

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What are the physical stages of a non-violent death?

[During the meditation portion before the listening, I saw white light and I was feeling a deep indigo / twilight blue color that stayed with me.  I could feel the deep blue filling me and gently pushing me, as if we were going down an elevator with it.] 

Question: What are the physical stages of a non-violent death?

Answer: At the end, there is a deepening connection with Spirit and All That Is.  Some people are ready and welcome the transition because they are not afraid.

Others may be afraid or uncertain, and so as you have said, their body and their personality may cling to the hope that they won’t have to go.

Other have lessons to learn or “unfinished business” that they want to deal with or wrap up before they go.

So, the possibilities are many and varied.  There is no “one way” to go and each person can create their experience differently in each life.

Remember, the life is to be lived fully and completely.  Not a lot is gained by leaving the same way every time.

To answer your unanswered question, yes this is Michael answering with your entity as support. 

Your reluctance to ask for healing for XXXX is appropriate.  He is having his experience his own way and he is doing exactly what he needs to do.

Your willingness – you and your group – to ask these questions and be available to help those who ask is good work for all of you.  When your time comes, you will not be afraid and can help others who stay to also not be afraid.

Leaving in a fearful state takes some time to work through once they cross over.  As you know and many others have described, there is an “orientation” time – or more accurately, a “re-orientation” time to adjust to being free of the body.

Just as the spirit/essence needs “time” to adjust to coming into a physical body, it needs “time” to adjust to being without a body.  After orientation, there is “time” for “life review” and recapping and assimilating the lessons of the life just finished.

Eventually, there is new learning and resting and playing.  And, when it is time to get ready to come back again to the Physical Plane, there is training and planning and preparation work with those who will share the next life.  As in the physical realm, your essence will be “busy” at times, resting at times, playing at times and studying at times.

Life is like a river — it flows — sometimes slowly, sometimes swiftly, sometimes over and sometimes under.  Always moving in some way and sometimes, seeming to be perfectly quiet.

We bid you a good evening and a wonderful journey — all of you who travel this space with us.

~ Michael and friends ~

Footnote: during the healing session, I had asked if I should do healing for someone I know who is dying, so that’s what the reference above is about.  When I asked, I had a strong sense that I should not send healing unless he asked, which he has not.  And, that if I did send healing, it would be against his wishes for the way he is doing his exit in this lifetime.

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A Gentle, Loving Reminder from Spirit

[During the meditation portion before the listening, I saw a rainbow colored light, moving, shifting, changing — splitting apart by color and wrapping the strands of color all around in a beautiful dance of light and energy.]

Question: What message is important for me tonight?

Answer:  Greetings from your entity.  Your rainbow light and vision is appropriate as it represents the variety of energy available to you any time you wish for it. 

Yes, things are shifting and changing all around you that allows for newness and creativity.  The rainbow is a symbol of that creativity as well.

Much is happening “under the surface” that will be coming forth over the next few months.  By the end of our year, you may look back in wonder at all the good things that have happened.  

There is a growing sense of positive awareness, hope and expectation of good things that will continue to grow.  Many people are feeling it and looking for outward signs to validate what they feel.  It is the inner feelings that will create the physical manifestation, not the other way around.

Do not be concerned if you don’t see the physical signs as it takes some “time” to become physical.  You can trust your inner sense, no matter what is happening in the physical world.

More and more “things” will manifest from your thoughts, more quickly than before, as the pace and frequency of he overall energy rises.

You can continue to do what you do as you do it, without consciously thinking about what “might” happen.

The more positive your thoughts, the better, as you already know.  Since you are not prone to “worry” as some are, we don’t need to warn you about the power of negative thinking.

For others, whenever you can help them to see the positive side of situations, the more good you can do for the world.

Negative energy slows down the progress of changes for individuals.  Where there is a great deal of negative energy, it can have a dampening effect on the overall movement of humanity.

Take time every day to appreciate all you have and the many blessing in your life.  Share your knowledge and wisdom wherever it feels appropriate.  Many people are seeking answers and you can provide a vehicle for them to find them.

As soon as you are able, follow through on sharing our messages as you have already started.  [My blog “Listening to Spirit”]  You know what to do.  It is just a matter of doing it.  The effort will give you as much enjoyment as those who are drawn to read the messages. 

Your life is full and rich and exactly on course where it should be.  Do not be concerned about things that have not happened as you wish.  There is a grand design at work and all will be revealed at the right time.  [This I believe was in response to my grousing today about not getting answers yet from someone.]

Blessings and much love from your entity and your higher self.

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How much influence do we have for our next life? What are the conscious ways we can choose our future lives?

Question: How much influence do we have for our next life?  What are the conscious ways we can choose our future lives?

Answer: [I felt the answer coming strongly before we finished with the healing circle, so started with that and did the healing later.]

We are here with you tonight.  We ride the waves of energy with you at all times.  We especially enjoy your work with your little group as it gives “time” to more deeply and consciously connect together with all of us focused in the same way.

We are your entity, as a collective, helping to support you, teach you, guide you and to speak through you as the opportunities arise.  You have noticed that more and more as you become more consciously aware of our connection.

We help with the healing work you do and are grateful for the focus on healing you do in your circle.

Your world is changing rapidly as you know, as you said earlier today, it is time for the elders to step forward and make their presence known and felt more deeply (** see footnote).

It is time.  The time you and so many others have waited for.  Right here, right now, in this moment is all the power and influence you will ever need.

To think about the future lives is an exercise of stretching your mind and energy forward in a positive way as it gives you an opportunity to expand your awareness, which is always good.

As you expand into the future, you bring back ideas, thoughts and feeling that can help you in your life now.

There are very many factors that go into choosing a “future” life and all that contains.

The primary choices happen between lives when you meet and confer with those other souls who will share the life with you.  Your parents, your children, your friends, your helpers, your teachers, your other “players” in your own game of life.

There are many, many choices to be made.  Your personality in this life is affected by your essence to some extent and it has its own agenda as well.

[I was starting to feel some resistance here.]  As humans, you like to be “in control” of your life.  That is part of the human experience.  

In truth, the personality is playing the game it was created to play.  It does not like to be told that it doesn’t have control so we will avoid that.  We will say that it can have influence though keep in mind that the “future” lifetimes will have different personalities and they may want to “do it their way” just as you want to do it your way this time.

 The dance is a mutual one between essence and personality so be careful not to put too much burden on the “choice” you might make today that might serve as a noose to a future personality.

We feel that you are receiving the intent of our message though your personality isn’t really liking it.

We won’t push the point too hard.  Trust that you do “get it.”

We leave you with much love and joy at your progress.  Many doors are opening now and much will come to you to make our life feel wonderful.

We bid you adieu until we meet again in your dreams.

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For the healings, I wrapped them both in Love and safety and protection, and just let that be without trying to get any more.  

** Footnote: Last night, I sent a note to Hank Wesselman asking if I could use one of his articles for my website.  I got a response this morning, and when I wrote back to thank him for agreeing to let me do that, I closed with, “With all the challenges our world is facing, I believe it’s time for the “older souls” and the “elders” (physical or non-physical) to step forward and make themselves known to assist in making our world a better place.  We’ve held back for a long time and let the younger ones run things, and we can see that they now don’t know how to fix the messes they’ve created.  Thank you for all you are and for all you are doing to make the world a better place :)”

I was conscious of the words coming through me rather than being written by me.

I just finished reading Hank’s three books: Spiritwalker, Medicinemaker and Visionseeker.  Someone had highly recommended them to me earlier this year.   Once I started reading them, I didn’t want to put them down so was very tickled to hear from him in person and for him to agree to let me use one of his articles. 

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Who do I hear in the listening sessions?

Question: Who do I hear in the listening sessions?

Answer, with a playful feeling:

And so, tonight, we are here again with you.  You have asked who we are.  We are One and we are Many.  Your usual name for us is Michael and you connect to parts of us at different times.

You also connect with your own guides.  The several who you have worked with at different times.  You also connect to the one you know as Sam or Samantha originally though not as much as before.  [When I first started automatic writing many years ago, I asked for a name and they said I could call it “Sam” for Samuel or Samantha, whichever way I want to think about them.]

You also connect with others you have known in physical life before.

You remember your former boyfriend who became a guide until he/she came back in this life as someone you know.  You remember others who have come to be with you at different times.

You have contacted the “spirit” side of your task companion and your essence twin when those were appropriate. 

You can contacted “the chorus” as you used to call them — that is more in line with the Michael entity energy and your own entity energy coming through to you.

So the answer to your question is many and various.  You also connect to your own essence and to your higher self.

All of these are part of the Allness and its many permutations.

It is like trying to separate your toe from your foot.  Yes, there can be “names” for these bits and pieces but they are part of the whole physical body and all parts are connected. 

Even your physical body being separate is an illusion created to help you where you are now.  Energetically, you are connected to all else and to everyone else.

There is only One and you are part of us, just as we are part of you.

There is no magic line that separates us from you — only in your own mind can you imagine the separation.  It is the game you play where you are now.  When you are not in a physical body, you merge back into the Oneness and know that we are all One.

The physical world allows you to experiment with separation and gives you the opportunity to appreciate the parts for their qualities.  When you only see the Oneness, you miss the individualization aspects.

To appreciate the individuality is why this game was created. 

[At that point, I just relaxed into the pleasant feeling and felt very relaxed, like I could just stay there for a long time.  I’ve been working on a project this week and struggling with it, and was feeling sleepy and very tired before the session.  Several times this week, I’ve called for support to help me “get” what I was struggling with.  After our session, I feel wide awake and very energized, and also like I want to go to sleep so I can rest in that lovely energy some more during the night :)]

8/12/2011: more info from my morning meditation:

Good morning!  We are your entity greeting you.  We are so close to you and so connected to you that you don’t feel us as “different” so you forget that we are here.  You can think of us as “Purple” and think of Michael as “Blue.”  When you see those colors, know that we are here with you.

[Wow!  I also noticed that I use blue and purple as my color scheme in my home with green for accent, so I see those colors all the time all around me :) What a great visual reminder!]

What are “angels”?

Question: What are “angels”?

Answer: We are here with you tonight and welcome you to our circle.  You have asked for connection and we are bringing those you would call angels into the circle.

They are beings who have taken on the task of helping humanity in many ways. They now fill your circle with love and peace and deep joy.

They are accessible to you or anyone who asks.  They do not live physical lives as their primary focus though some do choose that path to gain experience for their helping work.

You may notice them in your dreams, your may feel their energy during times of need or you may occasionally “see” them with your eyes if you look in a certain way.

They wait, they watch and they respond to calls for help.

Many of your spirit guides or other off-planet “friends” may be considered as angels by some people.

To others, WE might be considered to be angels.  For the person you referenced [someone who posted a comment on the MT list that she was an angel], she is having a physical lifetime though her primary purpose is to be the caring, helping presence for those in need throughout most of her existence.

Your question is a good one and can help you open a new doorway of understanding to allow you to help others who may want to believe but are afraid the angels don’t really exist.  

They very much do exist and are an important part of the spiritual realm.  Every group of souls has some number whose job is to provide loving, caring support for others in the group.  [I had a vague sense at the side of my brain that there are some number of angels allocated in each entity/cadre, though couldn’t quite grasp the details.]

Many people — including yourself — have experienced angels and seen them and felt their present when they are needed.

If you relax and ask for them to visit with you, they are willing to do that now.

[So, I laid down and immediately heard the song “Amazing Grace” — one of my favorites — and “saw” them has a huge chorus. At first, it seemed like they filled an entire concert hall then I realized it was larger than that — as if I was standing in a valley surrounded by mountains and they filled the valley with their light and songs and energy.  

  They sang to me, rocked me and surrounded me with light feathery touches.  It was very pleasant and I didn’t want to come back when time was called.

Many years ago, when I was feeling like I was at the “end of my rope,” I woke up in the middle of the night and saw an angel standing at the end of my bed.  She was golden, surrounded by light and sort of “fuzzy” – I don’t know how to describe it.  As if she was there but not there in solid physical form.  I could feel the loving energy of others all around me.  It was enough to give me hope that I would get though that time.  And, of course, I did.]

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What can you tell us about the Virgin Mary sightings?

Question: What can you tell us about the Virgin Mary sightings?

Answer: For many people, the Virgin Mary represents Love and Motherhood and Purity and Innocence.  All are qualities that seem to have been pushed aside in the busy pace of life in today’s world.

Many people are familiar with the image of the Virgin Mary and so when they seek help, she is a comforting symbol for them.

Keep in mind that people will create whatever they need in the image compatible with their belief system.  

The veil is thinning between the physical world and the non-physical world, which allows for people to more easily reach out beyond themselves.

Imagine if you will how hopeless people might feel if they could not connect with or “see” something outside themselves.  Even if people say they do not believe in “miracles,” most really do secretly yearn for the feelings that come from connecting with All That Is.

The image of Mary in her Innocence, gives great hope and great comfort to many people even when they themselves do not have the physical experience of making the connection with her.

Baby Souls and Mature Souls are more likely to see the Virgin Mary than Young Souls, who tend to scoff at such ideas.  Older Souls will connect with images of a greater variety and a more diverse pool of possible visual “sightings.” 

The image is just that – an image, a symbol for the greater connection that is All That Is.

Anyone who seeks to connect can do it easily.  All that is needed is the desire to reach out.

Human bodies are built with an inherent connection that can be hidden by beliefs but cannot be disconnected [except through death] because without that connection, there would be no “soul.”  Without a soul, the human body cannot function.

The image of the man Jesus is another image that many people could connect with if they desired.  What holds that back is the religious dogma that people have been taught that only priests and such types are “good enough” to connect with Jesus.

Yet, many do connect with that image of Jesus though they do not tell others for fear that they will be ridiculed or not believed.

Again, the image is only a symbol.  The same energy is being reached whether it is called Mary or Jesus or Aunt Louise or God or Michael or any other name or label one might want to place on it. 

Everything is connected to everything else always and forever.

It has always been so and will always been so.

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