Friday, November 30, 2012

Intro to The Disapperance of the Universe

For those who have been curious about The Disappearance of the Universe but haven't checked it out as of yet, here's an intro piece to the book. It's easily my favorite book ever, as it's the first and only book I've ever read on the topic of spirituality that made total sense to me from cover to cover, and left me with no unanswered questions. It also explains the the classic spiritual text, A Course in Miracles, like nothing else does. Also, keep in mind that Gary is the student in the book, and his two teachers go by the names of Arten and Pursah, who were two of Jesus' disciples, Thaddeus and Thomas, respectively. Here goes:

...One of the things you'll notice is that we'll speak to you more and more in your own style of language. In fact, we're going to put things to you very bluntly. We think you're big enough to handle it, and we didn't come here to waste time. You asked Jesus for help. He would have been happy to come to you himself, but that's not what's called for right now. We're his representatives. You wanted to know what it was like to be there with him two thousand year ago. We were there and we'll be happy to tell you, although you may be surprised to find out there are more advantages to being a student of his today than there were back then.

One thing we're going to do is challenge you the way he repeatedly challenged us. We're not going to be easy on you or tell you what you want to hear. If you want to be handled with kid gloves, then go to a theme park. If you're ready to be treated like an adult who has right to know why noting in your universe can possibly work in the long run, then we'll get down to business. You will also learn bot the cause of this situation and the way out of it. So, what do you say?

Monday, November 12, 2012

Dude, Where's My Jesus Fish? On Sale!!!

Dude, Where's My Jesus Fish?
***Holiday/End of the Year Sale*** Get it for only $10 directly from my Giddy Up Mikey's website, instead of the Amazon price of $16.95. And 4 copies for only $35! 


Offer good through January 5th - Giddy up!

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Seek Not to Change the World

Humans have been trying to change the world for eons. I got news for them: UH, IT DOESN'T WORK! That's why Jesus teaches in A Course in Miracles, "Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world." Then you're dealing with the cause instead of screwing around with effects. And when you're taking care of the cause - which is in the mind - then it doesn't matter if the effect changes or not. Of course, we're all going to be doing things while we appear to be here, the key is not having psychological attachment to the outcome. Giddy up!
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Mikey Interviewed By Kenneth Bok

Here is my recent interview conducted by Kenneth Bok of A Course in Miracles Explained for those who would like to check it out.  Giddy up!


Monday, October 1, 2012

Relationships and Past Lives: Special Love and Special Hate

Here are some excerpts from Gary Renard’s books, The Disappearance of the Universe and Your Immortal Reality, as well as from my Dude, Where’s My Jesus Fish? book, on the topic of special relationships connected to past lives.


Your Immortal Reality
  When you meet people in this lifetime whom you’ve had dealings and special hate interests with before in other lifetimes, it’s because you’re orbiting each other, just as planets orbit the sun.  Because the unconscious mind has retained the memory of them, you’ll have conflict, sometimes right away and sometimes later in the relationship. That shows up as a problem for you, but it's also a marvelous opportunity, if you have the mental discipline to use it. J is very eloquent about that when he says, "The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love."

  In some lifetimes you'll be the victim, and in others, the victimizer.  The question is, what are you going to use it for this time, freedom or bondage?  Are you going to get that you are NOT a victim and take responsibility for dreaming, or are you going to make it real and stay stuck here?

Your Immortal Reality
  The reason some of your forgiveness lessons are so hard is because your unconscious mind remembers the bad relationship you had with the other person in a previous lifetime, so you’ve been set up to have tremendous unconscious resistance to forgiving them in this lifetime.  Plus, there’s the resistance to giving up your personal identity that is always there, because the ego senses that if you practice forgiveness, then this is its end.  EVERYONE has these past-life relationships, and the memories are unconscious.  That’s why it’s so much harder to forgive your special hate relationships than your special love relationships.

Your Immortal Reality
  It's easy to forgive your special love relationships - your family, friends, and lovers - just because you love them. On the other hand, your special hate relationships, the people you don't like, well, you're never gonna forgive those bastards because they don't deserve it. But you think the people you love deserve only good. So even if a member of your family killed somebody, you'd be right there in the courtroom, rooting for them to get off.  Yet real love and forgiveness wouldn't exclude anyone. They apply to everyone.

Mikey's Note: Of course, forgiveness doesn't mean you have to hang out with those you are forgiving. It's just a matter of seeing people as they really are, as innocent.  Until we see everyone as being completely innocent, we won't see ourselves as being completely innocent.  When we feel a need to condemn someone, what we are really doing is just condemning an aspect of our own selves, and those people who we think we are making wrong in our minds is just a symbol of how we really feel about ourselves, though it’s usually unconscious.  As A Course in Miracles clearly puts it, “As you see him you will see yourself.  As you treat him you will treat yourself.  As you think of him you will think of yourself.  Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.”

The Disappearance of the Universe
  Just as the world confuses pain with pleasure, it also confuses sacrifice with love.  Yet what is sacrifice in the final analysis but a call for pain?  Is that what you really want for the ones you love?  Your special loves are simply idols in which you seek to get what you feel is lacking in yourself.  Romance is a vain attempt to fill an imagined emptiness – a hole that doesn't really exist, but that you experience as a result of the separation.  That sense of lack can really only be healed by the Atonement and salvation, leading you to the wholeness of your oneness with God.

Dude, Where’s My Jesus Fish?
  Certainly nothing wrong with being in a romantic relationship, or having any other type of special love relationship.  Even Jesus had special love relationships, as Arten and Pursah inform us that he was married to Mary Mag’dalene.  So, it’s not about GIVING UP special love relationships, it’s all about forgiving any psychological attachment you may have to your special love relationships.  So if you find yourself demanding, what Arten refers to as, ‘the fulfillment of special love bargains’ then that’s the red flag that there is something that needs to be forgiven.  Also, any feelings of abandonment or resentment when the special love relationship comes to an end will obviously need to be forgiven as well.

The Disappearance of the Universe
  I give you this humble bit of counseling when it comes to all of your relationships in this world, whether they were founded on special love or special hate: Why don't you stop worrying about whether or not people love you and just love them?  Then it doesn't matter what they think about YOU.  You can just BE love.  It's so simple!  And guess what?  It will ultimately determine how you feel about yourself!

Mikey’s Note: As I mentioned in the Dude book, I think it is fair to say that I don’t have any special hate relationships, but I do have a number of special undesirable ones.  And we can’t talk about special relationships without saying something about sex, so here goes:

The Disappearance of the Universe
  The physical act of sex doesn't even come close to the incredible bliss of Heaven.  It's just a poor, made-up imitation of union with God.  It's a false idol made to fix your attention on the body and the world with just enough of a payoff to keep you coming back for more.  It's very similar to a narcotic.  Heaven, on the other hand, is a perfect, indescribable ecstasy that never ceases; the very peak of a perfect sexual orgasm, except this orgasm never stops.  It keeps going on forever with no decrease in its powerful and flawless intensity.

Mikey’s Note: I like Pursah’s pun, “coming back for more.” Anyway, doesn't mean we can't have it and enjoy it, like anything else in this world that brings us instant but temporary gratification, it's just a matter of not being psychologically attached to it.

Wrapping this puppy up with a funny:
The Disappearance of the Universe
Pursah: Since sex is part of what you call life, where would you like to begin?
Gary: The Course teaches that temptation wants to convince me I'm a body, so I guess the question is: How do I live the normal life you said I could live, practice the Course, and still not feel bad about that body identification part of my dream life?
Arten: By remembering what it is and forgiving it at an appropriate time.  A dream is nothing, and sex is nothing.  But I wouldn’t recommend that you turn to your partner after making love and say, ‘That was nothing.’
Gary: I KNEW I was doing something wrong.


Giddy up!

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

God Did Not Create the World - Thank God!

Mikey's You Tube video talking about the idea that God did not create the world
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Friday, June 1, 2012

New Review of Dude, Where's My Jesus Fish? by Bruce Rawles

My good buddy Bruce Rawles wrote a wonderful review on Amazon for my Dude, Where's My Jesus Fish? book.  Here's the content, followed by the direct link.  Enjoy!

Giddy Up Mikey's wonderful book maintains total fun while being totally true to the oh-so-helpful pure non-dual metaphysics in Gary Renard's 'ACIM can-opener' books. It stands on its own as an enjoyable read, an introduction to the importance of quantum forgiveness and a stellar collection of his well-organized and profound quotes from Renard's work. If you've read ACIM and/or Gary's books, so much the better, and your appreciation of DWMJF will be even more meaningful. If not, you're still in for a treat and this might be just the 'grudge door opener' to prompt further exploration in the realm of undoing the belief in separation.

Full disclosure: Mikey is a dear friend, always a joy to be around (often the trigger for uncontrollable laughter in our study groups), and a great example of kindness and thoughtfulness. I would have written the same review even if I'd never 'met' him and shared lots of great times, though! :-)
- Bruce Rawles, author of The Geometry Code: Universal Symbolic Mirrors of Natural Laws Within Us; Friendly Reminders of Inclusion to Forgive the Dreamer of Separation 

Thanks Bruce, giddy up!  

Link to Bruce's Review