Mar 8, 2021
#159 My amazing guest this week is Reverend Michael Beckwith.
Michael is a New Thought Minister, author, awakener, and founder of
the Agape International Spiritual Centre. By founding Agape in
1986, Michael was answering a call to start a spiritual community
and to be a teacher of meditation and life visioning. His mission
can be described as leaving breadcrumbs for people to start
becoming interested in seeing that there is something beyond what
their eyes can tell them.
During our conversation today, we discuss Michael’s journey and
spiritual awakening and the courage it took to be able to pursue
his calling. I believe we all have a calling and a mission in life.
But sometimes it can be hard to pursue it. If you’ve been looking
for the courage to do that, then this is the episode for you.
About Michael: Michael Beckwith
is a New Thought minister, author, and founder of the Agape
International Spiritual Centre in Beverly Hills, California.
Beckwith was ordained in Religious Science in 1985. Since Agape’s
doors opened in 1986, Agape’s active teaching and practice of the
New Thought-Ancient Wisdom tradition of spirituality has expanded
into a trans-denominational movement and community of 9,000 local
members and 1,000,000 friends worldwide. Through Michael’s weekly
services, Agape’s University of Transformational Studies and
Leadership classes, ministries and other outreach programs, the
heart of Agape reaches deep into local and global communities
teaching individuals about the transforming, healing power of
prayer, meditation, and selfless service.
Michael teaches meditation, affirmative prayer, and speaks at
conferences and seminars. He is the originator of the Life
Visioning Process, a technique purporting to offer its
practitioners a method for putting a stop to being a passive
tourist in one's life. He is author of Spiritual
Liberation, which won the Gold Medal Nautilus Book Award,
Inspirations of the Heart, which was a Nautilus Book Award
finalist; Forty Day Mind Fast Soul Feast; A
Manifesto of Peace; and Living from the
Overflow.
Michael's Website:
michaelbeckwith.com
Michael’s Instagram:
www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/?hl=en
The Agape Website:
agapelive.com
Michael’s Books:
agapelive.com/collections/michael-bernard-beckwith
Key points with time stamp:
- Michael’s work in his own words (0:13)
- The public reaction to Michael’s work (1:19)
- How did Michael find the courage to pursue his calling? (3:12)
- Why do we have to struggle in order to know the greater aspect of ourselves? (14:29)
- The overarching message of Michael (16:49)
- The practice of bringing your visions into reality (23:04)
- The fear that comes with journeying into the unknown and how to beat it (27:26)
- Are the majority of people ready to face their fears? (30:07)
- Michael’s vision for Agape (37:03)
- The Agape app (42:08)
- The Corona Bonus (44:11)
- Michael’s morning routine (44:43)
- Michel’s choice of a dinner guest, from any time frame (47:36)
- What Michael leaves us with (52:41)
Mentioned in this episode:
- Agape International Spiritual Centre
- University of Southern California
- Jesus
- Gautama Buddha
- Walter Russell
- Howard Thurman
- Emanuel Swedenborg
- The Old Testament
- The Holy Spirit
- Jared Powell
- Nelson Mandela
- The Dalai Lama
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Kuan Yin
- Harriet Tubman
- Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential, 2008. Michael’s book.
- The Life Visioning Process, 2008. Michael’s book.
About me:
My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en
My website:
www.guylawrence.com.au
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