The Oracle (Hard Cover)

Whatever it is in life that seems to be working against you, in the exact same proportion it is also working for you.
We are quick to condemn, quick to criticise, quick to see what we consider is wrong with life. Our focus has become short-term, seldom open to the benefits that may be accruing. As I look back on the times of pain and suffering in my life, I am aware it was exactly that which led to my spiritual Enlightenment. Everything in my daily life that I used to resist was always working for me, offering me an opportunity to be more open, more flexible, and to develop the wisdom of insight. The little, short- term view of life is too clouded with self pity to embrace a greater reality. It seldom occurs to us that what is apparently going wrong, may, in the longer term, be unfolding gloriously right.

March 1st
All a persons life is a probability, and the probability is that very few will ever realise this.

Most people think that in their life anything can happen. This is seldom true. Lifetime by lifetime, we create a template of probability, and in each life that template holds an ever more probable definition of the way that we, individually, will live. This is the prison in which humanity is caged, and the probability is that it will continue. You do, of course, have the option to break the probability template, if first you have accepted its reality. You break the template by treating yourself with the honour and respect that you would accord to a Goddess or a God.

June 15th
Most people have a negative reaction when their reality is threatened, but a threatened reality is the only way out.

If your reality is a consensus reality, there is not much chance of you changing it. By its very nature, a consensus reality expression clings to a copycat version of what it perceives in other people. This happens even if you do not like it! The only way out of this restricted reality is to have it severely threatened; this shocks and confronts a person, often forcing change. Do not avoid situations that threaten your status quo. Be aware that if your reality is so threatened that it feels as though it may collapse, then this confrontation will almost certainly have been invoked by Self for your benefit. Let it collapse. Advance another step closer to Truth.

November 9th

When fear dominates your life, separating you from truth, fear makes all the choices.

Fear never chooses honour, or love, or any expression that is not based in fear. This describes the life of so many people. Is this your life? Do you make all your choices free of fear, or does a deep hidden, subconscious fear make them? I can remember, many years ago, when I milked around a hundred cows. It took me eight weeks to learn that I did not like milking cows. I like cows, but not the twice a day, three hour procedure of mailing them. When I sought the reason why I was milking cows, I had a shock. I realised that fear cracked the whip, and acting from the stimulus of fear, I bent my back - cowed! Eventually, after eight years of inner growth, I chose to honour myself. That, in turn, took me away from milking and farming, leading me toward a whole new way of life.

“The Oracle is so wonderfully useful, of course if one lets it be. A few days ago I let go of the person who took care of my home for the last four years. Mismatched expectations and attachments made it all the more difficult. Attachments have their claws. And all those misplaced expectations can produce a lot of anger. So here I am four days after the letting go and very angry. Anger is horrible and one becomes very dumb and even stiff. So I thought maybe the Oracle could give me a hand here since generally it does.

The October 26 page of the Oracle says: "Where there is inner Peace, there is no criticism, judgement, or anger." Somehow the flow of that sentence and the material on the page with the part "This too will pass" generated sufficient centering in me to get me back on my way. There is so much, much more to oneself than meets the eye, and the Oracle makes this very clear. I keep it on the kitchen breakfast table and use it with my friends especially if they have some problem, and uncannily, more often than not what is selected works.

Your book, Michael, is gentle, sweet and patient but also very clear. I believe it also helps move our inner dialogue towards harmony and peace especially if it is used regularly.” - Christopher, Venezuela

“Thank you for your book, the Oracle, and sharing with us, through your daily aphorisms, your wisdom about the power of the soul to transform ourselves. During the most challenging of times, the Oracle reminds me that the solution to our problems is to surrender to the experience of life and allow it to be our teacher.” - Karyn, OH, USA