Having Michael Mirdad as this month’s cover story has made me very happy to say the least.
As some of you know I am now a “huge” fan of his, and I tell everyone who is on the spiritual path about him and his teachings. This is my story of how I found out about Michael and how he changed my life.
A few years ago I had another relationship ended with me on my knees crying to God, “Please I don’t want to be here anymore,” and, of course, the universe responded, and my awakening began. The right people showed up on my path and started teaching me about meditation, chakras, guides, energy, and how to work with it. My eyes were opening, and I was learning as much as I could. In the mean-time the ex- boyfriend kept coming back and hooking me in with all his excuses about why he behaved the way he did and how much he loved me and how we could work it out. Needless to say, I kept going back.
But he noticed I was different and was talking about things that peaked his curiosity. So I thought, “Great! Maybe we really can work this out! I will help him awaken spiritually, and we will be together forever.” Silly me! I was so new to all of this and had no idea what was about to happen to me and how all this really worked.
While visiting my daughter in Maine, I stopped at a bookstore to purchase some school items for her and decided to find “The Book” that would make my on-again-off-again boyfriend wake up to my new spirituality. I searched and searched, and every book I picked up in the metaphysical section seemed too complicated for him. Then, just as I was about to give up, there it was, the name Michael Mirdad stood out in all of those books. I picked it up, read the title “Healing The Heart and Soul”, and I knew this was the book for him. He and the author had the same first name, Michael, which felt like a sign that this was the perfect book and would “save” him and our relationship. My prayers had been answered . . . or so I thought.
The next time I saw my boyfriend, I gave him the book, and he said, “Thank you, I will check it out”. Of course, he never did. He broke up with me three more times over the next few months, and as much as he was hurting and distracting me, I continued on my spiritual path of awakening and healing. The last time I was at his house, I somehow knew I would never return (my intuition had been getting stronger as I was opening up spiritually), so I looked around the house to make sure I had all my belongings and noticed the book “Healing Your Heart and Soul” sitting there with dust on it. So I thought, “That’s my book,” and decided to take it with me.
Well, just as I expected, that truly was the last time I would see “the boyfriend”, as he soon dumped me again. This time, however, I didn’t even care because I wanted to heal and stop having the same outcomes in my life with all these dumb relationships that ended up with me curled up in a ball crying for days, never understanding what went wrong. After about a week I picked up that book and started reading it, and then it hit me, this book was really meant for me all along! “Oh my god” I thought, it was speaking to me directly and hitting home! I remember thinking, who is this person who wrote this? What else does he have to say? I googled him and found his website and began watching his videos. What he was teaching began to change me in ways I couldn’t believe. I remember one video in particular about self-mastery. I loved its message and watched it several times. I started implementing the message into my own life and could see that I was getting stronger and that my soul was shifting into a much higher state of consciousness.
Over time, I read more of his books and watched his videos as often as I could, branching out, studying metaphysics, and taking all kinds of classes that involved healing my broken soul. In my life I had much to overcome. Starting from a young age, my life was full of tragedy and heartbreak. In these years of healing, I learned that all my messed up adult life was due to my unresolved wounds from my childhood and that’s what I spent the next few years working on. I watched a lot of Michael’s videos during this time. Then I received his newsletter and discovered he was coming to Amesbury, MA—my neck of the woods. I couldn’t wait to go! A group of us signed up for the Sunday workshop. I even signed up for a healing session with him later that week.
The big day finally came and I was so excited that I was the first one in line to get in and find a seat. The service began at Unity on the River and it was awesome! You could feel the love in that place and it was truly amazing. The musical leader welcomed Michael out and then coaxed him into singing My Sweet Lord with the band. He was reluctant at first but he did it with humor and a great big smile on his face. I knew this was going to be something special.
Michael then began sharing his message, and the entire sanctuary (which was filled beyond capacity) hung on his every word. I never was a huge fan of “church” and all that religious stuff, however, when Michael began teaching I didn’t want it to end. He explained things that I never understood, including passages from the Bible. But his explanations made sense. As I watched him up there on stage I knew I was in the presence of someone special that I could only explain as holy and sacred. I could clearly see that the color of his aura was gold. During the break, my new boyfriend spoke to him and motioned me over to meet him. As I approached him, I felt a bit nervous and couldn’t believe I was about to meet Michael Mirdad . . . the man who helped heal me and forever changed my life . . . Wow!
As we began talking, he began to “shape-shift” right before my eyes. I could see all the faces of who he was in other lifetimes as an old, reincarnated soul. I don’t remember much after that except asking my boyfriend what I had said to Michael and if I had embarrassed myself. He said, “You were fine.”
We went back into the sanctuary for the afternoon workshop that focused on Michael’s new book, “The Heart of A Course in Miracles”. In his book, Michael breaks down the 12 essential concepts of the original A Course in Miracles. The workshop was fantastic and we learned so much in such a short time. My friends and I had such an uplifting and inspirational afternoon we were sorry to see it end and it was all we talked about all the way home.
Monday came and I could hardly wait to have my private session with Michael. As I waited for my appointment I got to speak with Michael’s assistant and told her about how I found Michael and how much he helped me. I also mentioned the gold aura and shape-shifting. She didn’t seem shocked at all and just smiled. And when I told her that I knew I had been in the presence of a great soul, she just smiled and nodded.
Then I asked her, “I know Michael is known as a ‘teacher’s teacher’ but Who taught him?” And before she could answer, I said, “Let me guess . . . he came in this way,” which she confirmed. “He must be a Bodhisattva,” I said, and she replied, “That would be correct.” This seemed so incredible. I’ve only heard of such teachers but never met one. I knew that there was something special about him and now I understood. And yet he doesn’t try to act “special” (better than everyone else). Instead, he was so approachable.
Finally, the time for my session with Michael arrived which he was kind enough to allow me to record. As he welcomed me into the room, I was surprised to see him dressed so casually in sweat pants and a t-shirt and with his hair pulled back. This helped me to feel more relaxed and at ease. He began our session by reading my energy and then started telling me my strengths (what I would be good at). Then my session took a turn as he began telling me about my challenges (my painful past and childhood trauma). It got pretty deep and the tears began to flow as he knew what was at the root of my pain and he took me there to work on it.
He had me sit back, close my eyes and hold his hands. And as he spoke, he had me repeat what he was saying. It was as if I was addressing all the people throughout my life who were mean, selfish, and unkind towards me in a way that was releasing the hold those memories still had on me. He was actually bringing me the closure I so desperately needed and never had. The tears really started to flow harder as I began to tremble from all the grief that was coming up to be released. He held my hands as I cried and with my eyes still closed, I felt all that pain flood though my body and go right down my arms into his hands. It felt like he was literally pulling it out of my DNA.
As the pain passed through my hands, I felt intense heat, as he extracted the pain from me. Then he asked me to open my eyes and handed me lots of tissues. I could barely walk as he escorted me to the elevator and when we got there, I gave him a great big hug and thanked him. My friend, who also had a session with him looked at me and asked, “What happened to you?” Are you ok? I said YES, I just experienced a miracle!”
He did a healing on me and I will never be the same. He flushed out the layers of pain and trauma that were still hurting me, keeping me in my own prison from my awful past. My friend and I talked so much on the ride home about our sessions and the “awe” we felt for Michael and his gifts.
A couple of days later, our group went back for an evening lecture that Michael was offering. Given the events of the past few days, our anticipation levels for the evening workshop were high. After both the Sunday workshop and the private session that I had with Michael, I could hardly wait to see what else I could learn and experience. Naturally, we left early enough to get a front row seat and we managed to do just that. Once seated, we had a difficult time waiting for the workshop to begin. Michael came out and once again managed to mesmerize the group with his deep, powerful, and engaging style of teaching. What made this night even better was the interaction he had with the audience. He was open for questions and inquiries from the group and patience was definitely one of his virtues. He seemed to care that we were all able to keep up with him and that we all understood everything he was sharing.
The evening event lasted over two hours and it still wasn’t long enough for the attendees. We all seemed to feel as if we were saying goodbye to a close friend that none of us wanted to part with.
Every few months since then, I listen again to the recording of our session and release even more of the past. Also, I continually grow and extract more from the session each time I listen to it.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the work of Michael Mirdad, I recommend his book or that you check out his videos on YouTube. They capture some of the essence of what he is all about. But, to be sure, there is nothing quite like being with him in person.
