How
and why this website was created
By Kim Michaels.
I understand that you might have questions about who I am and what kind
of a person I am. Yet, I hope you will not focus your attention on the
messenger. Please do not let the messenger obscure the message, and
please do not let the outer message obscure the spiritual being who
is releasing the message. What matters here is Jesus and your personal
relationship to Jesus. In that respect, I am truly of no significance.
I would like to address the following question: “How does a person
get to a point in his life where he is willing to create a website and
claim that the contents of that site came from the real Jesus Christ?”
I am sure you realize that such a claim will immediately make a person
the target of at least two groups of people. One group is the orthodox
Christians who feel that they have a monopoly on Christ, perhaps even
a monopoly on God. To these people, a person who claims to be the messenger
of Jesus Christ is guilty of blasphemy. The other group of people are
the skeptics and the scientific materialists who feel that they have
a monopoly on the material universe and that there is nothing beyond
that universe. To these people, a person who claims to be a messenger
of Jesus Christ is simply insane. Why would I run the risk of being
labeled as a blasphemer, an insane person or both?
If you think about this, you might realize that in order to create a
website such as this one, a person must reach a certain inner resolution
and inner peace. You must come to a point where you are not concerned
about the outer reactions. You simply do what you do as a natural extension
of who you are. How did I personally arrived at that point? Let me give
you a brief overview.
I was born in Denmark in 1957. From an outer perspective, I had a very
easy and harmonious childhood. I had wonderful parents, and I did not
encounter any traumatic events during my childhood. However, from an
inner perspective I had a difficult childhood.
From as far back as I can remember, I sensed that there was a divine
presence, a divine being, who was always with me. I did not see this
presence, and I did not hear voices speak to me. I simply sensed the
presence with me. However, this sensitivity also made me aware that
there were dark energies and dark beings around me. I knew that these
beings could not truly harm me, but because I did not understand what
was going on, I was still afraid of these beings and forces. Therefore,
my childhood was deeply affected by the fact that I am sensitive to
both light and darkness.
One year, my family visited an excavated medieval monastery. As I walked
around and looked at the many skeletons that had been excavated, I sensed
a very dark energy. I came away from the experience with a deep fear
of ghosts and skeletons. For several months, I would literally shake
when I saw a picture of a cranium or skeleton. The fear subsided somewhat,
but it stayed with me for years.
At the age of 12, I decided it was time to overcome this fear. My school
had a collection room with no windows. In the room was the school’s
collection of specimens, stuffed animals and a skeleton. Sometimes we
were allowed to go into the collection room during recess.
One day, I decided that this was it. As the teacher called us out of
the room, I hid behind a cabinet. The teacher locked the door and turned
off the light from the outside. I was now locked in a room that was
in total darkness and that contained a skeleton. I walked around in
the room, and felt my way to the skeleton. I stood there for a moment,
and then I felt as if a great weight was lifted from me. My fear of
ghosts and skeletons was gone.
This experience taught me an important lesson. In reality, all fear
is based on an illusion. The debilitating effect of fear is that it
makes us afraid to take a closer look at what the fear. Therefore, we
do not see that the fear springs from illusion. Because we have free
will, God cannot take this fear away from us. We must consciously face
the fear, come to the realization that the fear is based on an illusion
and decide to let go of the decision that caused us to believe in that
illusion. If I had not learned that lesson, I would never have developed
the courage to publish this website.
Because I always sensed the presence of a divine being with me, I was
a very spiritual child. However, I had no outlets for that spirituality.
My parents were not religious and hardly ever went to church. Denmark
has a Lutheran state church, but I completely failed to see any kind
of spirituality in that church and its version of Christianity.
I decided to follow tradition and go through my confirmation in the
church. Twice a week, a local minister would come to our classroom and
teach us about the Gospels. The teacher himself seemed to have no spiritual
understanding of the mysteries of Christ. He taught a rote outer doctrine,
and I saw no spirituality in it. I knew there was something of value
in the message of Jesus Christ. However, I could not grasp it with my
outer mind. I simply did not sense any light in the orthodox church.
During my teenage years, I was an unusual child. I did not smoke, I
did not drink alcohol, I did not take drugs, I did not listen to rock
music and I did not chase girls. Why didn’t I do any of these
things? My inner sensitivity clearly told me that these activities would
deprive me of light and make me vulnerable to dark forces.
Finding
the path
During high-school, we had classes in religion and philosophy. I very
much enjoyed the discussions, but I always felt that something was missing.
I sensed that if only I could shift my focus a little bit, I would see
something that was beyond the material universe. I could not have explained
it at the time, but I knew there had to be a spiritual side to life,
and I knew it was possible to find a deeper meaning.
At the age of 18, I moved away from my parents to go to college. One
day, I visited a bookstore, and I felt a very strong intuitive urge
to buy a specific book. That book was: “Autobiography of a Yogi”
by an Indian spiritual teacher named Paramahansa Yogananda.
Reading that book was a personal revelation. For the first time in my
life, I consciously realized why I was different from so many of the
people around me. I realized that I am a spiritual seeker.
My soul simply could no longer be satisfied with the material world.
I needed and wanted something more, and I knew there was something more
to be had. The book also made me realize that I am not the only one
who feels this way. For thousands of years, spiritual seekers have followed
a systematic path to a higher understanding of life. Since reading that
book, the spiritual path has been the very center of my life.
A very interesting thing happened while I was reading Yogananda’s
book. In the book is a small footnote which states that in the year
553 the teachings on reincarnation were deliberately taken out of Christianity
and banned as heresy. At the time, I did not consider myself to be a
Christian. Yet, upon reading those words, I felt a very deep inner wrath
that I had never before experienced. The very thought that some church
Fathers had set themselves up between me and Jesus filled me with wrath.
How could these people possibly dare to decide that I was not allowed
to know something which Jesus wanted me to know? This was mindboggling
to me, and the realization that something might have been taken away
from the original teachings of Christ started the healing process that
eventually culminated in this website.
About a year later, I found a series of books written by Baird T. Spalding
entitled “Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East.”
These book describe how a group of Western scientists traveled to the
Himalayan region during the late 1800s. The group met several spiritual
masters who performed various miracles and gave spiritual teachings.
Several times, a spiritual master, meaning a master who was not in physical
embodiment, would appear to the group and teach them. One of these Masters
was Jesus.
While I was growing up, I never understood the idea that the son of
God was killed by human beings and then disappeared. I always knew in
my heart that there was something wrong with that story, yet I could
not consciously put my finger on what was wrong. When I read Spalding's
books, I suddenly realized what I had sensed in my heart.
I always knew that the son of God had to be a spiritual being. Obviously,
human beings cannot kill a spiritual being. Therefore, the spiritual
being, whom we call Jesus Christ, could not have disappeared after his
crucifixion. He had to be alive somewhere. My question was why Jesus
had come into this world, given us a spiritual teaching and then abandoned
us. I never felt that was right. In other words, I experienced a conflict
between the outer teachings of orthodox Christianity and my inner knowing,
and that conflict had caused me to withdraw from Christianity.
Spalding’s books made me realize that Jesus had never really abandoned
humankind. Through the ages, Jesus has appeared to many people and he
has attempted to bring forth spiritual teachings through those who were
open to his inner teaching. This was another important step in the healing
of my relationship to Jesus.
Both of the books mentioned above made me realize that there is an entire
hierarchy of spiritual beings who are working to inspire humankind to
raise their state of consciousness. Through the ages, these spiritual
beings have brought forth outer teachings in an attempt to explain the
true inner mysteries. This idea immediately rang true to me.
I soon discovered that these ascended beings, or ascended masters as
they often refer to themselves, have given forth a variety of teachings
through many different organizations.
I first found and studied the teachings that were released through the
“I AM Movement” and “The Summit Lighthouse.”
I found these teachings to be of great value and inspiration, however
I never confined myself to one particular organization. Through the
years, I have studied a wide variety of spiritual teachings, and I still
do.
I also discovered a variety of spiritual techniques that allowed me
to protect myself from all dark energies and to transform negative energy.
It is so much easier to be sensitive to light and darkness when you
know you have the tools to protect yourself from the darkness. I don’t
think you can make maximum progress through study alone. You need some
kind of outer technique for invoking spiritual light.
I
want more!
Sometime in the early 90’s, I came to the realization that something
was missing from my personal quest. I realized that the true purpose
of the spiritual path is to know God. However, to really know God you
must make peace with God. In other words, you must overcome the false
concepts of God that you have absorbed during your journey in the material
world. I also realized that many of these false concepts were so deeply
embedded in my psychology that it would take some work to uncover and
dissolve them all.
I decided to engage in various forms of therapy and other techniques
for psychological healing, and I continued to do so for several years.
Towards the end of the 90’s, I finally began to feel that I had
made my peace with my God.
In December 2001, I turned 44. On my birthday, I stood in my office,
and I suddenly fell silent. On my wall I have several pictures of spiritual
masters, including Jesus. I looked at these pictures, and from the bottom
of my soul came words that were similar to the following:
“I want more. I know you are real and I know God is real. I have
followed and studied your teachings for many years. I have studied the
teachings that you have given through other people and messengers. I
want more. I want direct communion with you. I want a direct personal
relationship with you so I do not have to go through anyone else. This
is what I want.”
Upon saying these words, I felt a great weight lifting from me. I felt
a sense of inner peace. Shortly thereafter I started experiencing the
inner communion that eventually led to the bringing forth of this website.
How these teachings were brought forth
From early childhood I knew that I wanted to be a writer. Actually,
I knew that I am a writer. In Denmark, I have published three books,
numerous magazine articles and some newspaper articles. I always wanted
to write books on the spiritual path, yet I for many years I simply
wasn’t ready. In 1987, I moved to the United States to pursue
my spiritual path in this country. Over the years, I wrote two complete
books on self-help. Yet, I never attempted to publish the books, because
I felt they were not quite what I wanted them to be.
After my appeal for a direct relationship with the spiritual masters,
I felt inspired to take my writing to a new level. I installed speech
recognition software on my computer, and instead of typing on the keyboard,
I began speaking into the microphone. The software converts my spoken
words into text that appears on the screen. By writing this way, I can
close my eyes and center to my attention in my heart.
From the beginning, I felt I had a much stronger contact with my Christ
self. As I practiced writing this way, I began to feel a new sense of
direct inner communion. By using spiritual techniques to raise my level
of consciousness, I could open up for a stream of words that flowed
from a higher part of my being. In the beginning, I thought the words
were flowing from my Christ self. In some cases, the words did come
from my Christ self. However, I now know that in many cases the words
came directly from Jesus.
In the summer of 2002, I felt the need for deeper spiritual guidance.
I applied a spiritual technique for attaining inner guidance and wrote
my thoughts on a note pad. Jesus describes a very similar technique
in the How to section.
Through this exercise, I received a stunning revelation. Yogananda’s
book made me realize that spiritual masters exist, and that a person
can have a personal master or Guru. I was sure I had a spiritual master
who was my personal Guru, but I never actually realized who it was.
Through the spiritual exercise, I received the knowledge that my personal
master and sponsor is Jesus. Because of the conflict between my inner
knowing and the doctrines of orthodox Christianity, I was not quite
at peace with Jesus, and I simply could not recognize him as my personal
master.
This revelation opened up an entirely new world to me. I have always
had the ability to discern between vibrations of light and vibrations
of darkness. Over the 25 years of pursuing the spiritual path that ability
had greatly increased. I now realized that I could use this ability
to tune in to the vibration and mind of Jesus. Doing so was almost shockingly
easy. I literally began to feel that Jesus is with me always and that
he is as close as my breath or heartbeat.
Jesus instructed me to go through a process of healing my relationship
with him. The thought of publishing a book and website and openly declaring
that it came from Jesus was somewhat frightening. Yet, Jesus worked
with me to overcome this fear, and I finally came to a point where I
said: “Jesus, be it onto me according to your will.”
Soon thereafter, I received a very clear direction that Jesus wanted
to bring forth a book, and he wanted to start now. That same day, I
sat down at the computer and started the process of bringing Jesus'
book into the material universe. This book will be published in the
Spring of 2003 with the title "The Christ is Born in You."
Many of the teachings found on this site are taken from that book.
I have now explained to you how I reached the point where I am willing
to openly declare that this website comes directly from the heart and
mind of Jesus Christ. I can give you no outer proof that this is true.
I simply know through an inner knowing that is beyond all understanding
or reasoning. I know through my inner ability to discern between light
and darkness.
I do not expect that my inner knowing will have any validity to you.
As Jesus states in the How to
section, you must use your own ability to discern between light and
darkness. I hope you realize that you have this ability, and I hope
you will decide to use it.
More than anything, I hope this website will inspire you to build a
personal relationship with Jesus. Jesus can be a very direct Master,
but he is also be a very loving Master. In this world, you will never
feel a greater love than the love a spiritual Master shows to a disciple
who has been willing to leave behind some aspect of the carnal mind
and take another step higher on the path. Once you have experienced
that love, you are willing to surrender any aspect of the carnal mind.
You are willing to embrace the path and let go of your attachments to
this world.
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