Michael Beckwith

Well, you know, a good part of my backstory is, I'm going to keep it really brief. I could extend this, but I won't. While I was attending USC, I was a psychobiology major there on a trek to go to med school, actually. And I was having a series of inner experiences that I labeled at the time pathological, because I was seeing visions, I was hearing voices, I was leaving my body and traveling.

Now, at the time, I didn't have any spiritual practice, so I didn't know about astral travel and soul traveling and... all of that. But it was happening to me spontaneously and to the point where I sometimes would leave and go see my mom. And I would come back to my body and call her and say, listen, do you have on a blue dress? She would say, yes. Are you cooking some chicken right now? Yes.

Now, at the time, I didn't have any spiritual practice, so I didn't know about astral travel and soul traveling and... all of that. But it was happening to me spontaneously and to the point where I sometimes would leave and go see my mom. And I would come back to my body and call her and say, listen, do you have on a blue dress? She would say, yes. Are you cooking some chicken right now? Yes.

Now, at the time, I didn't have any spiritual practice, so I didn't know about astral travel and soul traveling and... all of that. But it was happening to me spontaneously and to the point where I sometimes would leave and go see my mom. And I would come back to my body and call her and say, listen, do you have on a blue dress? She would say, yes. Are you cooking some chicken right now? Yes.

So I knew what was going on was real, but I had no context for it. So the first thing I did at that time, I stopped smoking weed. I stopped smoking cannabis sativas because I thought that was contributing to this, whatever was going on within me. But the experience is intensified to the point where I had a lucid dream every single night. And in this dream, these three men were chasing me.

So I knew what was going on was real, but I had no context for it. So the first thing I did at that time, I stopped smoking weed. I stopped smoking cannabis sativas because I thought that was contributing to this, whatever was going on within me. But the experience is intensified to the point where I had a lucid dream every single night. And in this dream, these three men were chasing me.

So I knew what was going on was real, but I had no context for it. So the first thing I did at that time, I stopped smoking weed. I stopped smoking cannabis sativas because I thought that was contributing to this, whatever was going on within me. But the experience is intensified to the point where I had a lucid dream every single night. And in this dream, these three men were chasing me.

And every night they got a little bit closer to the point where one night I could see the outline of their face. I looked to my right and there was a small tent with thousands of people trying to fit into the small tent. I knew every single being in line. So I said to myself, they can't hurt me. I have all of my friends with me.

And every night they got a little bit closer to the point where one night I could see the outline of their face. I looked to my right and there was a small tent with thousands of people trying to fit into the small tent. I knew every single being in line. So I said to myself, they can't hurt me. I have all of my friends with me.

And every night they got a little bit closer to the point where one night I could see the outline of their face. I looked to my right and there was a small tent with thousands of people trying to fit into the small tent. I knew every single being in line. So I said to myself, they can't hurt me. I have all of my friends with me.

And then one by one, everyone standing in line turned their back on me. Two of the men held me down, and the other plunged a knife into my heart, a serrated knife. The pain was excruciating, physically and emotionally, and I died. And when I woke up, I could see differently. I mean, even now, if I start talking about it, it becomes very spiritually emotional for me.

And then one by one, everyone standing in line turned their back on me. Two of the men held me down, and the other plunged a knife into my heart, a serrated knife. The pain was excruciating, physically and emotionally, and I died. And when I woke up, I could see differently. I mean, even now, if I start talking about it, it becomes very spiritually emotional for me.

And then one by one, everyone standing in line turned their back on me. Two of the men held me down, and the other plunged a knife into my heart, a serrated knife. The pain was excruciating, physically and emotionally, and I died. And when I woke up, I could see differently. I mean, even now, if I start talking about it, it becomes very spiritually emotional for me.

I could see 360 degrees, the presence of God, the love, the beauty was everywhere. The love that poured into my being was so profound. And I was just a part of everything. I would breathe in and out. The universe would just kind of move like that. I was one. And so when I came out of that, everything around me was glowing with luminosity. The lint on the rug was alive. Everything was alive.

I could see 360 degrees, the presence of God, the love, the beauty was everywhere. The love that poured into my being was so profound. And I was just a part of everything. I would breathe in and out. The universe would just kind of move like that. I was one. And so when I came out of that, everything around me was glowing with luminosity. The lint on the rug was alive. Everything was alive.

I could see 360 degrees, the presence of God, the love, the beauty was everywhere. The love that poured into my being was so profound. And I was just a part of everything. I would breathe in and out. The universe would just kind of move like that. I was one. And so when I came out of that, everything around me was glowing with luminosity. The lint on the rug was alive. Everything was alive.

And I could never get back in that box again. Everything changed for me. And I began to go on a research to find out what had happened to me. And that's when I bumped into all of the mystical teachings of Gautama the Buddha, Jesus the Christ, Zoroaster, Walter Russell, Emanuel Swedenborg.

And I could never get back in that box again. Everything changed for me. And I began to go on a research to find out what had happened to me. And that's when I bumped into all of the mystical teachings of Gautama the Buddha, Jesus the Christ, Zoroaster, Walter Russell, Emanuel Swedenborg.

And I could never get back in that box again. Everything changed for me. And I began to go on a research to find out what had happened to me. And that's when I bumped into all of the mystical teachings of Gautama the Buddha, Jesus the Christ, Zoroaster, Walter Russell, Emanuel Swedenborg.

There was a lot of beings that had similar experiences that gave me an awareness that I wasn't crazy, that I actually was having some kind of an awakening. That was the beginning of me going deep into meditation. Now, this is years ago. I had no conscious desire to be like a public person. to teach or anything like that. I was just so in love with this presence.