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For MICHAEL READING CHART ORDERS, send a jpg or photo, DOB (place and time, too, if you can), previously channeled chart information (if any), and $40. You can pay at ORDER FORM or mail a check. Click first link for full details.
For a CHANNELING SESSION, write out your questions in priority order, email or mail photos of yourself and those you might ask about, and email or call to make an appointment. You can pay at ORDER FORM or mail a check. Click first link for full details.
For WRITTEN CHANNELING, email or mail your question(s) along with relevant jpgs or photos. Send enough money to cover the maximum amount of time you might wish to go. You can pay at ORDER FORM or mail a check. Click first link for full details.
CONTENTS
WHO
IS MICHAEL?
Michael is a causal plane teacher. The causal plane is an intellectual dimension directly "above" the astral plane, an emotional dimension. (We dwell on the lower astral plane between lifetimes.) They are a group entity consisting of 1050 souls working in cooperation who have completed their lifetimes on the physical plane. Michael communicates with us through an age-old process known as channeling. In channeling, an individual allows a discarnate being to speak through him. There are several Michael channels, mostly in the San Francisco area, who, in many cases, channel different members of the entity.
THE
MICHAEL TEACHINGS
Michael teaches that we are eternal beings journeying from the Tao and back again in an adventure of exploration and creativity. Each step along the way, we make choices that shape our experience. After committing to a series of lifetimes on a planet, we choose one of seven roles or soul types. These are like a career or style: server, priest, artisan, sage, warrior, king, and scholar. We also form soul-level relationships by teaming up with an essence twin and task companion and finding our position within larger units such as entities and cadres.
When planning an individual lifetime, we make other choices called overleaves that form our personality and allow specific achievements. As with the roles, there are seven each of the goals, modes, attitudes, etc. We also make agreements and join with others in various configurations for a variety of purposes.
Although they deal with the large picture, the Michael teachings are grounded and relevant to our daily lives. People typically find that the insights they gain are highly useful and liberating. They help us understand why things are the way they are and how we can effectively work with them. This results in increased acceptance of ourselves and others, ultimately leading to agape, or unconditional love, our highest goal, according to Michael.
"WHAT'S YOUR ROLE?"--An Introduction to the Michael Teachings
INITIAL
SESSIONS
You may wish to start with an Initial Session. It combines a Michael Reading and a one-hour (or longer) Channeling Session, which are explained below. When both parts are done together in person, it usually lasts a total of more than three hours, including time preparing to channel. The fee is $350 (a $25 discount over doing the two parts separately), not including additional channeling time, which is prorated at $150/hour ($2.50/minute). You can share any session with another person(s); additional Michael Readings correlated with yours are $90 per person.
Most sessions are done long-distance, Your chart is emailed as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file as soon as it's completed. Then, Shepherd writes and emails an explanation. The Channeling Session is done live over the phone, after which a recording in the form of a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file is sent. Since the files are too large to email, you will be emailed a link to a site from which you can download it for one week. If a WMA doesn't work for you, please contact us for other options. You don't have to wait for your Michael Reading to schedule the Channeling Session.
For all phone sessions, the fee includes long-distance charges within the U.S. (Shepherd calls you). Outside the U.S., there is a surcharge if you wish Shepherd to call you (contact us for your country's phone rate). If you have good rates to the U.S. it is better for you to call. Channeling can also be done in writing, especially when you just have one or two questions, but live phone sessions are strongly encouraged for the energy work and conversation.
MICHAEL
READINGS
In a full Michael Reading, Shepherd thoroughly explains and interprets a chart of your role, overleaves, etc. The fee is $150. If your reading is not in person, you are welcome to email or call with questions or comments after receiving it, generally in written form via email. Readings on other people in your life (whether or not participating in the session) correlated with yours are an additional $90 per person. Feel free to email a paragraph detailing your career, hobbies, and aspirations if you'd like them addressed in your explanation.
One Michael Reading chart without explanation is $40; ten or more charts requested at the same time are $30 each. Updates (adding new information) are $10 each. If you lost your chart, Shepherd will send you a PDF replacement at no charge. Please allow up to six weeks to receive all mail requests.
Please request charts rather than asking for Michael Reading data on others during Channeling Sessions, since Shepherd channels it at a computer. Information not included on the standard chart can be asked about during a channeling session or in a request for written channeling.
Shepherd's book The Journey of Your Soul can also help explain your chart.
WHAT YOU NEED
When requesting a chart, or when making an appointment for a Michael Reading or an Initial Session, please precisely relate:
• Any Michael Reading information already given by any channel or psychic (including yourself). Please include:
(a) The name of the channel or psychic.
(b) The date of the channeling.
(c) Your validation of the information.
(d) Whether you want it checked.
• The nature of your relationship with the "chartee" if not yourself, such as "friend," "son," etc.
• Date, time, and place of birth if possible (if not, that's fine&emdash;this is just for research and further identification).
• A clear and clearly labeled jpg (around 50 KB) preferably, or a paper photograph, which will be returned. A recent one is preferred, but whatever you have is fine; other people can be in it.
CHANNELING
SESSIONS
QUESTIONS
Channeling Sessions are direct conversations with Michael. Feel free to ask any questions you wish. Common ones concern relationships, life task, past lives, difficult situations, and personal growth. It is highly recommended to bring or send photographs of people about whom you wish to ask (jpgs can be emailed). If you are not able to, "tune in" to them strongly by visualizing or thinking of them when asking about them. It is also helpful to provide their Michael charts, if any.
To prepare, please write out your questions ahead of time and prioritize them, in case there isn't time for all of them. The number covered varies greatly and is difficult to predict. It depends both on their nature and your individual needs, but about eight questions per hour is a reasonable guideline. You can request a short or in-depth answer.
You get answers to the questions you actually ask, so think them through and state them clearly. Make them specific and focused if you are looking for specific and focused answers. Don't assume knowledge on Michael's part. Briefly summarize situations you ask about, supplying full names, the nature of relationships, etc. If you previously discussed an issue with Michael, summarize what they said. Giving details helps clarify what you want to know and saves Michael unnecessary work. Likewise, feel free to ask Michael for clarification or more detail. The more you take responsibility for your experience of the session, the richer it will be.
The transmission tends to be slow, sometimes with pauses. Michael will let you know when they are finished speaking if there is any doubt. Channeling is a delicate process and it is important not to interrupt it.
ENERGY WORK
Michael's healing energy is as valuable as their insights. Your awareness and openness contribute to your experience of it.
For phone sessions, it's suggested that you set up your environment so you'll be undisturbed and can sit or recline comfortably. A headset can prevent neck fatigue.
To receive full benefit from your session, it is a good idea to leave your time afterward free to quietly continue integrating it. These sessions are powerfully transformative and balancing.
It generally takes Shepherd up to twenty minutes to prepare to channel. You may wish to meditate during this time to enhance your receptivity; Michael will be working with you energetically. They will address you when they are ready to begin with your questions. Clearing energy, during both preparation and the channeling itself, may result in Shepherd sighing, yawning, etc.
RATES, ETC.
Channeling Sessions are $225 for the first hour, beginning when recording starts; there is no charge for the energy work while Shepherd is bringing in Michael. In addition, if you ask your last question before the hour is up, you are charged only for an hour, even if Michael's answer and concluding energy work go over (unless you request more in-depth energy work). A basic Channeling Session, with an hour of Q&As, actually lasts one and one-half to two hours total. If you ask a question after the first sixty minutes has passed, it is assumed that you want additional time, which is prorated at $150/hour ($2.50/minute). In this case, please then also allow at least ten minutes after completing your questions for Michael to silently complete the energy work. You are free to ask questions for as long as you wish; Shepherd generally schedules only one session per day. The minimum is one hour.
You can also request written channeling; the fee is $3/minute with a ten-minute minimum. Please pay online or send a check for the maximum amount of time you wish to go. Email or mail your question(s) and photo(s).
Some people like to have channeling regularly. If you wish, sessions can be "free form," allowing Michael to work with you however they see fit. Michael can also do in-depth therapy; their approach is penetrating, unique, and quite wonderful. However, it is generally a good idea to use the question-and-answer format during your first session.
Telephone sessions are the norm and are as powerful and effective as in-person sessions. It is suggested that you meditate or relax for 20 minutes or more before the session. Shepherd will record both sides of the conversation. You might want to record it, too, so you don't have to wait for the tapes (Radio Shack #43-228A allows you to record directly from the phone line into any recorder with a microphone jack). Shepherd will keep a back-up recording on his hard drive in case you lose yours.
If you are not paying online (via a credit card or PayPal), please send a check covering the maximum amount of time you might wish to go, and call about a week later to set an appointment. Afterward, Shepherd will refund or give you a credit, whichever you prefer, for any time you did not use.. There is no charge for the phone call within the U.S. If you mailed hard-copy photos, they will be returned. Emailed jpgs are preferred when possible.
INTUITIVE
READINGS
During an Intuitive (or psychic) Reading, Shepherd draws from essence (higher self), guides, and his own truth sense to access whatever information is in your highest good to receive at that time. You can bring written questions, or the session can be free form.
Although the future cannot be predicted per se, Shepherd can help you look at where events are currently heading, your essence's plans, and how you can create positive outcomes.
Sessions can encompass communicating with deceased loved ones (mediumship), animal communication, past-life readings, and therapy/counseling. Shepherd can also describe your energy patterns and help you shift them.
These sessions are fun, down to earth, and enlightening. The fee is $120/hour or $75/half hour.
CHANNELING
COACHING
Many people are interested in learning to channel and need some help getting started. In Channeling Coaching, Shepherd safely guides you into the experience and supports you each step along the way. The fee is $90/hour. Sessions usually take about two hours. Opening to Channel by Sanaya Roman is a suggested text.
GENERAL
SESSION NOTES
SCHEDULING
Shepherd usually schedules appointments at 6 p.m. Pacific time; other times are also available, and weekends are fine.
PAYMENT
Credit cards are accepted through summerjoy.com. PayPal charges about 3% for business accounts that accept credit cards. If you are paying via PayPal but are using a your balance or a bank account for the funds, please pay via our personal PayPal account: sgh (at) summerjoy.com [Please replace (at) with @]. Thanks!
If you wish to pay by check, please allow enough time for the funds to clear (U.S. funds only).
Please give 48 hours notice if you wish to cancel; otherwise, you are responsible for 50% of the fee.
Reduced-fee sessions are available for those with limited resources.
TRANSCRIPTS
Sometimes what Michael says to one person can be a blessing to many when edited and published. For this reason, Shepherd retains all rights to his channeling, including the right to have duplicates of session recordings. He also greatly appreciates copies of transcripts you make of them, preferably emailed. Client privacy is always respected.
ETC.
Shepherd is available for group channelings, lectures, workshops, and book signings.
Feel free to call if you have questions.
By Michael
First, we would like to tell you how much we enjoy the opportunity to speak with you. Chances are that on some level, we are old friends. Otherwise, we would probably not have attracted one another into this type of communication. If not, we are happy to make your acquaintance and offer what we can in the way of counsel.
We are not omnipotent, but we do have excellent sources of usually reliable information, including the aura around you. We also go to the akashic records, which is a library of all accumulated knowledge available actually to all, but with so much information, it does take skill in locating the pertinent facts, and we are learning to do that, just as you are learning to make use of the tools of the physical plane.
We do not know for a certainty what the future will bring for ourselves or for you. That makes the game of life much more interesting and challenging. If everything could be predicted ahead of time, we would have to be automatons, and if we are representatives of the consciousness of the Tao, then the Tao would likewise be an automaton. Fortunately, this is not the case. We cannot predict what others will do with assurance because others themselves do not know what they will do, and even if they think that they do, they might change their minds. We can only give our best projections based on where things appear to be going and taking into account the relevant agreements and karmas. This, too, is an art that we are learning.
We are happy for you to ask any questions to which you would like to hear our responses. However, we feel we are of the greatest benefit when you ask questions regarding matters of importance to your life: for example, experiences from which you wish to learn the most you can, or people you wish to understand better so that you can love them more.
When you come to us via Shepherd, you need to understand that you are getting our opinions, views and experiences. Other equally valid entities have different points of view and slants. It's up to you to make up your mind about things. We make mistakes, too, so if something doesn't ring true, it's okay to be skeptical. Many times, however, increased understanding brings with it a sensing of how apparently contradictory facts can both be true, so keep an open mind.
You will get the most out of this session if you review the material in a week or two. It's hard for so much new knowledge to soak in the first time. A defense against overload is to make it seem less than it is. This is normal, but often, our students find their channeling to be far more meaningful weeks or even months later. Also, it is the mark of a good teacher (and we aspire to this) to give what the student is almost but not quite ready to hear. That way, we promote growth. Obviously, the material becomes more meaningful when the student is actually ready.
So we look forward to our time with you. Feel free to talk to us as you would anyone else.
COMMENTS
FROM CLIENT LETTERS
Though it has been a few days since our session, I still think of little else. You have a wonderful gift that I am grateful and honored to have shared.
The Michael teachings have been of the greatest importance to me. I thank you eternally for your work.
Michael and you always make things so clear and make my way clear before me.
My channeling session with you and Michael was one of my most enlightening experiences to date.
The Michael Readings you channeled on my children were very informative and eye-opening for me. They shed light on their behaviors that helped me immensely.
Michael and you were so helpful and on target, as always. The reading has helped me get unstuck. Thank you!
The energy work you and Michael did with me marked the end of months of leg cramps-they later reappeared briefly after lots of physical stress but weren't as severe.
It was immensely important for my life that I have met you. Ever since you helped me learn to channel, I've known that I'm on my path.
I feel better than I have in quite a while since our phone session, very energetic, relaxed, and "smoothed out." During the session itself, I could feel the energy "zapping" me. I saw various colors in front of my closed eyes, and experienced glimpses of my essence. The feeling was pure bliss!
I was really impressed by my session with you. I've been very up for the past two days. The whole thing was rather amazing and I still feel like things are shifting around for the better. I've been sleeping and eating better also.
I've been able to sustain an overall feeling of joy and peace for several months, much of which I attribute to the Michael work.
That evening of channeling with you was an all-time high! I'll remember that as a sendoff into a new world for me.
Sample chapters, contents, reviews and more for both current and upcoming Summerjoy Press books!
This is a list of all Michael books, with short descriptions of them, along with some other recommended books.
CASSETTES
"Evening with Michael" cassettes are $20 per title, including mailing, with one free for every five purchased. These tapes are unedited and tend to be more inspirational and experiential than informational. Listening to them can draw you into a higher energetic state. Contact us for title availability. They are not currently available in CD or MP3 form.
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