Book Recommendation: Messages from Michael

Title: Messages from Michael Author: Yarbro Year: 1987 Description: Best Amazon Customer Review: 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. 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." Reader comments: If you have a mathematically oriented, analytical mind, you will love the awesome order of Michael's cosmos. While we love other great channeled works from the mid-twentieth century, the analytical, get-to-the-point type of reader will appreciate the fact that Michael isn't as long winded as Seth and doesn't use religious oriented terms like "A Course in Miracles." If you get hooked, there's a followup book, "More Messages from Michael" and lots of commentary books on Amazon.