Brother Michael Sky

I've dealt with a few people who wish to make light of my ordination.... they usually bow out of the ensuing conversation ... I WILL use the opportunity to educate a heckler in a few basic facts... some folks will come back to me at a later time to ask a few more questions.... ( these are local folks that i see on a regular basis, not referring to the ignorant folks with social tourette's - those i smile at and ignore.... )

thank you.

I will do just that, however we have a thread which would be more appropriate... ULC Online Forum> News, Arts & Entertainment> Off Topic Area-best astral projection technique ..... maybe I'll start one that is easier to find.... how about ULC Online Forum> A Universal Life Roundtable> Universal Beliefs and Thoughts - Out of Body Experiences ?? ok?

The reason I recommended this particular book is because the observations he makes mesh pretty good with my personal understanding ( and actually this book has a few really good ideas which have helped me). I am almost positive I have read the titles you refer to, however Mr. Monroe's material ( though I am sure it is very beneficial to some ) does not match with my needs. Yes, I am an active explorer in OOBE's... I started having spontaneous OOBE's when I was a child, and didn't know what i was up to until I was 15 years old or so. At which time I started having issues with what i was learning and avoided the circumstances which allowed OOBE's to happen. Years and years of hedonistic activity later, I became disenchanted with the lifestyle I had built, and made a conscious decision to return to the simplicity and ease of my former mindset... As a result, I believe, of my honest desire to change, and the drive I felt to improve myself, my spontaneous OOBE's started happening again... I recommend the book because the tricks and tips he presents can truly make the experience much, much more understandable and beneficial. Very, very simple techniques that I never figured out in all my experiences... I was wasting the time I had in OOBE's and did not know it..... I had been using the most fulfilling, most question-answering, most glorious experiences in my life as a simple mental retreat.... Felt, and still feel pretty dense... ... but as the poet of Excelsior ( Macedonski ) said " onwards and upwards ".... guilt is wasted, i've changed my ways... How it relates : I remember SO many quotes from religious and spiritual sources which have some sort of reference to ' being in the spirit '. after my first FULLY conscious experience in OOBE I had no doubt that this is what they were referring to. A CONSCIOUS OOBE gives the traveller the ability to have an experience which imparts the surety of a personal experience to understand spiritual ideas. the Proof is in the pudding, as they say, and this is the ONLY method which has brought me Surety.... My doubts on certain subject have completely fallen away.... This is something I feel the NEED to share, and it is difficult at times to remember that what seems a " no-brainer" to me, is a foreign and frequently distasteful idea to some..... With my experiences in OOBE's, I see what appears to me as the source of the information in the UB. Remembering that individuals translate experiences in a unique way, I take the general Outline of the book, and see many, many corelations with what I have experienced. And we do seem to have the ability to understand a much greater range of Reality from outside the body.... seek for answers and - taa daaaa - there they are.... just gotta really work on the proper understanding aspect.......

try the last one i posted.... give it the ol' thirty day try.....

Here's one to add to the reading list. Adventures Beyond the Body I believe, personally, that the " how " of all this might just possibly interrelate...

thats the official story anyway... I've always taken the book at face value and really could care less about anyone's story about it... a work like this is bound to draw a little mysticism out of the air....

um, yeah...... the origin of the Urantia Book...... no biggie..... It's not that no one knows who wrote it, it was a series of questions asked a man who would go into a trance ( like the late Edgar Cayce ). This man swore he was a Great Messenger. and actually it's more complicated... they could never catch him writing... the pages seemed to appear... the fellow relating the story mentions a pencil moving of it's own volition...( and i didn't really wanna have to say that.. ) ...it was compiled after years of questions chosen by a " forum " of folks who met together. and the fellow who went into the trance swore all the members to secrecy, even the man who commissioned the last of the papers... He didn't want to ruin his privacy. The group chose to publish the material because they saw value in it. It cost money to print. you can answer pretty much whatever you'd like to know about the book there....

hey Vortex, try checking out the truthbook wesite linked on the last page... you may enjoy it..

I have bought hundreds of poppies ( paper ones on wire with a little tag ) from the American Legion Auxiliary... and Poppy Day is May 31..... American Legion Sal - ute!

Ladies and Gentlemen, if you haven't been introduced to Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ....... then let me have the distinct pleasure of introducing to you to a man who moved on, before i was ready for him to go.... His music brings a genuine tear to my eye... he was a Kind and Gentle soul, who taught us much when he was here... please enjoy these: and thank you....

It's gotta be Prince right now..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMjZm_C4Hhs one day your seven will die..... ( seven deadly sins )

Ask and ye shall receive..... Thank you Tsukino !! good start on my research here.....

and considering the hologram theory.... the mirror shows him too.... I believe the face of God is gradually revealed as we complete our soul's course... and even at the stage we are at now, I believe it's there if you are looking...

not a joke....

I will at times lay back on the grass, to ground from the Sacral chakra... I feel a much stronger ground that way and folks don't think I'm strange ( well, any more so anyway... ) standing around with my eyes closed.... I believe you are referring to crystal ( singing ) bowls...? I have had rather profound experiences with them as well.... and there are a few rather rude side effects of playing with the chakras, huh? from gastointestinal problems to psychosis...... care is advised.....

No, I write for myself. To allow certain thoughts out, if you will... I have been published in varied places, only because my family will submit things they are particularly fond of... I've never tried to publish anything... Sometimes however, amongst the stacks of poetry I have, something will call to me... I'll drag them out and show a few people... but usually I write something, show a few people, and in the stacks it goes..... I am aware of the guidelines for poetry.... I have indeed studied the process of writing poetry.... however, my poetry does not come to me in classical forms. I receive my inspiration in a stream of thought and seldom make changes... I usually have a thought which i must capture to be free of the compulsion... once it's released, I can go back to other things... Thank you for your appreciation, I still don't honestly know why I feel compelled to share certain of my poems, but appreciation is nice....

I much prefer house calls when giving Reiki treatments. I even bought a travelling table. The added insight provided by a glimpse at a persons living space makes a good deal of difference at times... I have never taken the time to study Feng Shui, however I personally suspect that there is much useful about it, from what little I do know... At times I will recommend changes to the spaces people spend the most time in.... I suppose I should look deeper into Feng Shui.... seems would be the responsible thing... I have noticed a difference in the energy of a place which has a tidy appearance... and clear open spaces....and as a result, the person's energy is at higher levels... a person with higher energy levels is more inclined towards spiritual exploration.( well, exploration which isn't born of desperation...)... As a general statement addressing the topic, I would say that Yes, a person's environment plays an important part in their well being... Spirituality included...

Yes, it is mine.... I wrote it yesterday.... anyone like it?

Eye of the Beholder __________________ I am the eye of the beholder, the reason for sight, I am the sun's fresh dawning, in space's cold, dark night. I am the will-o-the-wisp drawing you towards all you've never seen. Do you hear my teasing questions as I float by? The answer to those questions will set you free. I am concentric rings of being, and I may only be understood from above. So toil, Brave One, give a day's honest work, and advance. Rise higher in the stream of humanity, float to the surface. Shed the Dream you revel in, awaken and feel the Truth which is ME. And you will know who you are. And you will know where WE are going. I AM the eye of the beholder.

I wonder at the causes which encourage a person to cling to beliefs which are so extreme.... It sets the stage for a difficult incarnation, and much hard work... From me, savedintheson gets Love to fill the holes, and Light to find an easier way... I will pray for a positive resolution to the situation which brings them to us, and that the spirit of communication which pervades this forum will stick with our friend here..... in case they begin to see a different way...

I agree, a bright soul moving on... thank you, Ms. Horne....

Thank You emalpaiz, I continue to find inspiration from the Hindu Spirituality... Having taught the Vedas, the teacher says: "Speak the truth. Do your duty. Neglect not The scriptures. Give your best to your teacher. Do not cut off the line of progeny. Swerve not From the truth. Swerve not from the good. Protect your spiritual progress always. Give your best in learning and teaching. Never fail in respect to the sages. See the divine in your mother, father, Teacher, and guest. Never do what is wrong. Honor those who are worthy of honor. Give with faith. Give with love. Give with joy. If you are in doubt about the right conduct, Follow the example of the sages, Who know what is best for spiritual growth. This is the instruction of the Vedas; This is the secret; this is the message." - Taittiriya Upanishad

.... still trying to think of one.....