Why have your Overleaves Channeled?
Their is only one reason: self knowledge. How? By use of this distinctive,
descriptive conceptual system, you can understand much of the native tendencies,
perspectives, and habits that you take for granted. In doing so, such knowledge
can allow you greater facility with these characteristics and validation
of who you really are.
Overleaf Categories
There are seven categories or classifications of Overleaf traits:
The Role, Goal, Attitude, Chief Feature, Mode, Centering, and Body Type. (They
appear in a chart form which is free to download.) While some of
the features provoke curiosity as to their construction, others might
inspire a smile and "ah-ha" when revealed. In fact, what one might notice
is the way in which some of these descriptions parallel, historic stereotypes;
lending to the notion that every simplification has still captured some
common attributes.
Origination of the Overleaves
Since the publication of the first books in 1978, probably several million
people or more have come in contact with what I collectively refer to
as The Michael TeachingT. During this time there have been 12 books written
related to this Cosmology and Personality Trait System. In each, several
revisions, clarifications, and updates to the meaning and content of
many of the Overleaf Characteristics have been made. What you will read here
is a composite of all of those sources and the Channel Stephen Cocconi.
Overleaves Defined in Context the Michael TeachingT
To begin, the Michael Teaching is a metaphysical view of creation and the
human experience. The Universal Force driving this creation is referred
as the TAO, rather than God, in an effort to remove the gender stereotyping
of a masculine deity. The Overleaf Energies are the "flavors" or "primary
colors" of the TAO. It follows then, that when an unique Essence or Soul
decides to experience individuality (separation from God) that the building
blocks available to it are the same basic materials of the Universe itself.
(i.e. the Overleaves).
As a personality trait system, the Overleaves have been channeled and are
validated intuitively and empirically by Michael Students, rather than statistically
like other personality trait systems. Each Overleaf trait has distinct, identifiable
physical appearance and energy signature that one can be trained to discern
and recognize. Michael Channel's have been born with this talent though refinement
of the skill occurs with practice.
This is the fourth generation of the Overleaves Chart. The original was
channeled by Sarah Chambers and popularized in the book "Messages From
Michael" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The second was a collaborative effort
by JP Van Hulle, Jose Stevens and Simon Warwick-Smith. It appears in the
books "The Michael Handbook" by Stevens and Smith and "Michael,
The Basic Teaching" by Van Hulle, Christaean, and Clark. The third generation
was done by Emily Baumbach in her book, "Michael's Cast of Characters." There
is a fifth generation by Shepherd Hoodwin in his book, "Journey of Your
Soul." This fourth generation is the product of Stephen Cocconi and
used since January 1992. Like the other channeled systems, most notably the
Enneagram and Astrology, no one owns this material. Instead, each successive
generation reflects the input of interpretation and experience that each
channel has had in his/her personal and professional life journey. The name "The
Michael Teaching" is a registered and copyrighted business name owned
by Stephen Cocconi. In no way, does he claim total ownership or complete
original authorship to the combined body of knowledge collectively called "the
Michael teachings".
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