The Michael Teachings

Be kind to each other, for these teachings mean nothing without agape. . . . Michael

The name "Michael" is simply one way to name a system of personality understanding (or "teaching"). It has no real significance other than to make it known in some definitive way.

This teaching is not a belief system and is not meant to be taken at face value. It does not require belief to be valid.

It does ask that you validate it for yourself. You decide what parts you can use and what parts you cannot.

With the knowledge of this system, you can choose whether to operate from the positive parts of your personality - or from the negative parts of your personality. When you come from the positive parts, you are acting out of true personality. That is how your essence (or your inner being) can grow and express itself. When you come from the negative parts, you are acting out of false personality. This is deception, and results in more struggle and strife to accomplish your purpose.

Before you can accept others, you must learn to accept yourself.

It is a universal law that you can only love others to the degree that you are able to love yourself. So, in this teaching, you begin by studying yourself. Through this process, you develop a greater understanding of yourself - and of the challenges and agreements you have set out to fulfill in this lifetime. Through this process, you can develop a greater tolerance toward yourself and attain the balance that allows you to act as appropriately as possible and to actualize your fullest potential.

The written word becomes carved in stone. Please do not "believe" what we have written here, but check it out for yourself. And once you have mastered it, let it go (adapted from The Michael Handbook and Michael: The Basic Teachings)

Evolution of the Michael Teachings

Many modern schools of philosophy and psychology represent facets of this system. Readers of Abraham Maslow, Carl Jung, Eric Erikson and Sigmund Freud will find a ring of familiarity (particularly in the use of archetypes). Elements of this system were taught by George Gurdjieff, P.D. (Peter) Ouspensky and Rodney Collin. Many of the underlying tenets resonate with Eastern philosophy, especially Sufism.

The Michael Teachings on the Internet

Internet Resources

The Personality Game - A Practical Personality System (also known as the "overleaves" - the foundation of the system)
The Game Board (overleaf chart) (in color)
Rules to Play - Playing the Personality Game
Famous People - Personality traits of famous people, places, organizations and countries
Michael Math - Numbers - Overview of the Number Qualities
Michael Math - Sample - Understanding "Michael Math" with examples
Michael Math - Forms - Understanding "Michael Math" with fill-in-the blanks form.
Advanced Michael Math - The Casting and Entity Numbering System, Global Jobs and Community Responsibility
People Net - Graphic of Michael "centers" (large graphic)
Spirituality - 7 Principles of Spirituality in the Workplace
Yahoo: Faiths & Practices (Michael Teachings)
The Michael Interviews: Practical Wisdom from an Enlightened Perspective video #1 - "Michael on Michael" - video from Dream Traveller Productions, PO Box 691, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448 $29.95 + $4.95 shipping. [Note: This contact seems to be out of date and we do not currently have a way to reach the creator of the video.]
Wiki Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Michael_Teachings

Books

Michael Books - Complete list of books about the Michael Teachings
Michael Concordance - Sample of Concordance to the Michael Teachings (order form)
The Power Path: Shamanic Strategies for Success in Business and Life, José Stevens. May 2002, New World Library. ISBN: 1-57731-217-1
The 7 Aspects of Sisterhood: Empowering Women Through Self-Discovery. Debra Gawrych. Common Boundaries Consulting & Communications; (September 2002) ISBN: 0971064601
Awakening to Your True Purpose, a 5-tape set and study guide based on the book, Getting Thru to Your Soul. Philip & Jane Mountrose, 2002. A combination of the Michael teachings and Gurdjieff school http://www.gettingthru.org/spurpose.htm ISBN 0-9700289-4-6.

Articles

The Nine Needs and how they relate to the workplace (newsletter article, June 1997)
Nine Needs (large graphic) - shows the energetic relationship between the needs, chakra and aura
The Personality Dragons and how they relate to the workplace (newsletter article, June 1999)
Slaying the Dragons - tips for catching and slaying the dragons (newsletter article, July 1999)
Four Pillars of Vitality - True Work, True Study, True Play and True Rest (newsletter article, September 1997)
Overcoming Obstacles to Success - Moving Beyond the Obstacles in the Workplace (newsletter article, October 2000 - Jose Stevens)
Personality Roles - In depth look at the Roles (newsletter article, September 1999)
Attitude is Everything - describes the 7 attitudes (newsletter article November 2003)
Coping with Change - how the different perspectives deal with Organizational Change (newsletter article May 1997)
Michael Jokes - just for fun.
Maslow's Hierarchy - How Maslow's Hierarchy Relates to the Michael Teachings
Stress: How It Affects the Roles We Play - (newsletter article, May 2002 - Debra Gawrych)
New Models of Education - How the Personality Game compares to the Myers-Briggs System - Sarah Chambers (newsletter article, March 2002 - Sarah Chambers)
Community and Communion by Sarah Chambers (1996)
Memorial to Sarah Chambers by Jose Stevens (1998)
Expanding Your Personal Power (newsletter article, May 1998 Jose Stevens)
Cording/De-Cording - excerpt from Tao to Earth with new graphic
How the Roles Affect the Workplace (newsletter article, September 2002)
Conflict and Conflict Resolution (newsletter article, February 2005)
Support Circle Positions - describes the support circle and how to use the positions
Frequently asked questions (Lorie Tostado)
Glossary of terms (Shepherd Hoodwin)
The Casting/Entity model (Barry McGuinness)
Michael Teachings Humor (Shepherd Hoodwin)
Michael speaks about the Election 2004 results (Troy Tolley)
Unconditional Love in Politics: Or, Have You Hugged a Republican Today? (Shepherd Hoodwin)

Michael Teachers

The major Michael teachers are listed below. Some of them travel extensively. Many of them have newsletters, books and/or tapes, as well as mailing lists of interested students. If you live outside the major teaching areas, contact the folks listed below. Ask if they travel to your area, or if they could put you in touch with other Michael students in your area. The Michael network is growing rapidly!

Pivotal Resources Inc. (web) José & Lena Stevens- Workshops, Professional Services, Vision Quests, Spiritually-oriented Travel, Authors of many Books, Monthly and Annual Forecast tapes, Quarterly Newsletter, Monthly Meetings, Regularly scheduled events (Santa Fe, NM); Michael Education Foundation (web) JP Van Hulle- Books, Tapes, Monthly Forecast, Professional Services, Role Personality Quiz, Books, Online newsletter (San Francisco/Oakland area: Orinda, CA) founded by JP Van Hulle and Aaron Christeaan e-mail: aaron [at] realization.net.; Rainbows & Miracles etc. (web) Barbara Taylor- Corporate/business version of the Michael Teachings (The Personality Game), Michael Math. Professional Services, Author of The Concordance to the Michael Teachings (Lacey, WA - South Puget Sound); CausalWorks (web) Emily Baumbach- Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter with forecast, Professional Services, Books and Tapes, online chat. Author of Celebrities: The Complete Michael Database, Michael's Cast of Characters and Parallel Universes: Your Other Selves (San Francisco area: San Rafael, CA); Kay Heatherly (web) - Monthly meetings, Professional Services (San Francisco, Marin County, CA) e-mail heatherlyk [at] aol.com; Kay Kamala (web) - Professional Services (specializing in relationship issues), workshops, tapes, quarterly newsletter (Santa Fe, NM) e-mail kaykamala [at] aol.com; Flight of the Hawk (web) Victoria Marina - Workshops, Training, Shamanism, Monthly meetings, Professional Services, Tapes, Retreats (Half Moon Bay, CA) e-mail raveness [at] aol.com; Summerjoy (web) Shepherd Hoodwin- Author of Journey of Your Soul and others, Professional Services, Newsletter, Books, Glossary (Southern California) e-mail: sh [at] summerjoy.com; Sarah Chambers - Sarah Chambers made her transition on December 8, 1998. She was widely known and loved by the Michel community and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Sarah Chambers was one of the original Michael channels and it is through her that the overleaves were transmitted. [She was called "Jessica Lansing" in the Messages from Michael books.] Her specialties were health & well-being and death & dying. Sarah's work is continuing through the work of Victoria Marina-Tompkins, Kay Kamala and José & Lena Stevens. Articles by Sarah Chambers: New Models of Education and Community and Communion.; Tribute to Sarah Chambers. Also see Flight of the Hawk.; Joya Pope (web) - Professional Services, Author of Upcoming Changes and The World According to Michael. Joya sells many of the books listed on the Books page. Contact her for price lists. (Arkansas); Lightcatcher (web) Caris Palm Turpen - Professional Services (Fort Worth, TX) (e-mail amazon0521 [at] aol.com); Michael Kirjat (web) Riitta & Juha Metsovuori - Publishers of Michael books translated into Finnish (Finland); The Entrancer (web) Gay Avice du Buisson - Meetings, Classes/Workshops, Professional Services, Michael Comic Book (South Africa); Michael Teachings (maintained by David Gregg) - Overview of the Michael Teaching, Frequently asked questions; Channeling Arts (web) Ted Fontaine - Quarterly newsletter, e-mail newsletter, Professional Services (Davis, CA); The Presence Garden Terri Claire Benning (LadyHawk) - Michael Channeling, Personality Profiles & Essence Dynamics, Task Group Configuration Dynamics, Channeling Training & Mentoring, Support Circle Functions, Certified Soulwork* Practitioner, Shamanic Journeying & Animal Wisdom, Past Life Readings; Specializing in 7 stage sequences, obtaining Akashic Record information, bringing through new structures & information and validation of essence contact experiences. (San Francisco Bay area, CA); Stephen Cocconi and Holly Coleman (web) - Professional Services, Workshops (San Francisco area: Walnut Creek, CA). Holly focuses on relationships and life task issues. Stephen focuses on career and physical health issues. They offer a method called "No-Fault Communication for conflict resolution and intimacy." Stephen Cocconi (stephen [at] themichaelteaching.com), Holly Coleman (holly [at] themichaelteaching.com); Truth Love Energy (web) Troy Tolley - Professional Services Online and in person (New York City, New York). Group Events Online and Locally; Web Site with Glossary, Highly InterActive Community, Discussion Forum, Discussion List, Articles, Chat Room, and More!
Light-Spring (web) Karen Murphy (Dublin, PA) - Monthly message, articles. e-mail channeling [at] light-spring.com

Michael Groups (Online)

Gateway Michael Forum - interactive discussion group, moderated by Victoria Marina, hosted by Yahoo groups.

Michael Options - interactive discussion group, sponsored by a team of 4 people, hosted by Yahoo groups.

Michael Casting Database - created by Terri Benning and JP Van Hulle, currently moderated by Barbara Taylor, hosted by Yahoo groups.

Michael Teachings - interactive discussion group, sponsored by Dave Gregg, hosted by Yahoo Groups, Instructions for joining.

Michael Teachings Zine (web) - Tales from the Causal and Michael Land (web) - a humorous view of the teachings sponsored by Dave Gregg

TrueView3000 - sponsored by Troy Tolley; interactive discussion group, hosted by Yahoo groups.

Michael Teachings Web Ring

Events and other News

October 14, 2006 - San Francisco, CA Area: Bay Area retreat with JP Van Hulle, Kay Heatherly, Delia Hayes, Emily Baumbach, Cristy Egan, John Egan and Cindy Mayhew and new Michael channel Jessica Van Hulle. See Emily Bambach's website for details http://www.causalworks.com
October 6 - 8, 2006 European Michael Group: Keynote speaker will be Victoria Marina-Tompkins. Other workshops and spiritually-oriented day trips possible before and after the weekend. For more information and details, contact http://www.michaelretreat.co.uk/ or michaelretreat [at] aol.com. Early bird discount if booked by June 1, 2006.
May 12, 13 and 14, 2006 in Louisa, VA at the Twin Oaks Community. Cost $125 (if paid by April 1) for the workshop to be held at Sophia House (http://www.sophiahouse.org). For more information and details, contact TORetreat [at] yahoo.com.