Confidence Classic: How Your REALITY Mirrors Your MINDSET with Michael Beckwith, Spiritual Teacher, Ordained Minister & Founder

Michael Beckwith's Spiritual Experiences Sparked a Journey of Self-Discovery

As a psychobiology major at USC, Michael Beckwith began encountering internal experiences that would drastically alter his life's trajectory. Initially believing these experiences were pathological, Beckwith realized they were the onset of something deeply spiritual.

While Studying Psychobiology, Beckwith Encountered Vivid Visions, Out-of-body Experiences, and Lucid Dreams That Altered His Perception of Reality

Beckwith recalls vivid visions, hearing voices, and out-of-body experiences that were so precise he could confirm events he witnessed, such as seeing his mother cooking. In one lucid dream that recurred every night, he was pursued by three men. When finally caught, one man plunged a knife into his heart, catapulting Beckwith into an altered state—waking up with the ability to see 360 degrees and feeling at one with the universe.

Beckwith's Spiritual Encounters Led Him to Found Agape International Spiritual Center In 1986

This profound personal revelation culminated over 40 years ago, leading to the emergence of the "real Michael." Despite initial resistance, Beckwith realized that he was internally compelled and spiritually mandated to start a community. He founded the Agape International Spiritual Center in November of 1986, following a message from the ancestors that he had promised to do this work before coming to this planet.

Beckwith's Awakening Was a Gradual Unfolding of His True Self, Marked by a Profound Connection to Divine Love and Beauty

Through Meditation and Study, Beckwith Identified With His Nature As Pure Awareness, Not His Ego

Post-awakening, Beckwith committed to deep meditation and extensive study to comprehend his experiences. This journey led him through mystical teachings that clarified he was not insane, rather, in the throes of spiritual awakening. Beckwith speaks of being immersed ...

Michael Beckwith elaborates on how spiritual practices such as meditation and prayer can lead to profound shifts in consciousness, resulting in enhanced well-being and a transformative experience of life.

Meditation Expands Awareness and Dissolves Limiting Beliefs

Establish an Intention to "Wake Up To Glorious Nature" By Focusing On Breath or Mantra for Deeper Presence and Insight

Beckwith advocates for setting an intention to become more present and mindful of the natural world through meditation. By focusing on breath or a mantra, one can wake up to the glorious nature of being, leading to a deeper presence and insight.

Observing Thoughts and Emotions Without Judgment Transforms One's Inner Landscape, Enabling New Ways Of Being

Through meditation, Beckwith says that observing thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations without trying to change them can have transformative effects on one's inner landscape, enabling new ways of being. This self-observation leads to the observer effect, changing what is observed on a subatomic level, effectively providing spiritual therapy and awakening.

Beckwith emphasizes the gradual transformation individuals experience when they meditate—becoming unbothered by things that used to cause disturbance and shedding false beliefs. The immediate results of meditation can be seen in physical changes such as enhanced body chemistry and immune system, slowed aging, and disintegration of disease preconditions. He asserts that expanded and purified awareness leads to being able to make new choices independent of conditions or circumstances.

Prayer Aligns Consciousness With the Divine Potential

Affirmative Prayer Recognizes Divine Oneness and Speaks Truth, Gratitude, and Vision From Unity

Though detail on this subject wasn't explicitly provided in the content, Beckwith often speaks to the concept of affirmative prayer—a practice that recognizes divine oneness and articulates a vision for one's life that stems from this powerful sense of unity.

Beckwith discusses the importance of gratitude in prayer, where starting the day with a grateful heart can clear the perceptual windows to recognize opportunities. This shift in one's vibration can magnetize new opportunities and s ...

Michael Beckwith underscores the transformative influence of spiritual communities and shared intention for both personal and global change.

Spiritual Community Gathering Supports Individual and Collective Transformation

Unity For Growth, Healing, and Elevation of Consciousness

Beckwith illustrates the collective power of spiritual communities through his own experience of founding Agape. He began with a vision group that met weekly with the collective aim of embodying the vibrational frequency of Agape's vision. This collaboration was aimed at fostering growth, healing, and elevating consciousness within the community.

Collective Vibration Positively Influences the Wider World

Beckwith's initiation of Agape and the preparatory work of the vision group point toward his belief that spiritual communities can radiate positive vibrations that resonate beyond their immediate circles. For example, the spiritual community Beckwith created through Agape was envisioned as a positive vibrational force impacting the wider world.

Spiritual Gatherings Can Shift Global Consciousness

Beckwith Envisions Spiritual Leaders and Communities Uniting to Impact Humanity's Trajectory

Beckwith cites examples of large groups, like transcendental meditation practitioners, who have gathered with a shared intention and tangibly reduced crime rates in specific areas. These examples support his viewpoint that united spiritual communities can effect real change. He extends this idea to individual engagement with global issues, teaching that by approaching the news with gratitude and prayer instead of anxiety, one can positively influence the collective consciousness.

Collective Focus Transcends Limits To Co-create an Enlightened World

An authentic spiritual community, Beckwith believes, can help individuals become immune to life's lower frequencies. Such a community, through celebr ...