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MICHAEL IN SPRINGFIELD
By Michael channel Shepherd Hoodwin
sgh@summerjoy.com
January 2008

The Michael teachings give us a model for understanding human behavior on both the soul and personality levels. We can illustrate that through the characters on the popular television show, "The Simpsons."

Margaret and Lisa Simpson are old souls. "Marge" is a server in acceptance, and Lisa is a scholar (artisan ET) in discrimination. Marge (saturnian/mercurial) and Homer (lunar/jovial) have explosive body-type attraction. Note that Marge's tall blue hair is a common attribute of the saturnian body.

Bartholomew, of course, is a third-young (karmic forming) moving-centered warrior in dominance and aggression. He is the essence twin of his physically centered scholar father, Homer, who is in greed, fixated on donuts. The name "Homer" is Greek for "hostage," and aptly reflects the fact that nothing that happens in Springfield is Homer's fault. As a mid- level baby soul in stagnation, the complexities of modern life bewilder him; he just wants to "hang out" with his friends, which is appropriate for his level and overleaves.

Homer is not living the typical intellectual scholar life, due to his centering, life task, and several blows to his head. However, his role in essence is apparent by observing the neutrality in his eyes, although his eyes have also been affected by his high beer consumption while completing some of his monads, notably the "Bartender/Customer" monad. Homer already fulfilled the bartender side of this monad in his most recent past lifetime, and is gaining a thorough understanding of the dynamic of this key relationship.

Homer and "Bart" are working together on many agreements in this lifetime, some of which are facilitated by seventh-level young warrior cynic Herschel Krustofsky ("Krusty the Clown"). Together with the fragment Scratchy the Cat (from the duo "Itchy and Scratchy"), they make up a quadrate, a working configuration that spans many lifetimes, devoted to creating growth opportunities for those around them.

One of the beneficiaries is Homer's neighbor Edward ("Ned") Flanders, a second-level mature priest manifesting at fifth-level baby. Homer has an agreement to help Ned release some of his Church- based imprinting so that he can successfully transit his fourth internal monad. Ned, in turn, has an agreement to provide both Homer and Bart with an alternative male role model who does not release bodily gases in public.

Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa Simpson's overleaves, according to Michael, are remarkably similar to those of George, Laura, Jenna and Barbara Bush, respectively. It's an uncanny example of life imitating art. As you know, we create our own reality, and America's love of the Simpsons, the First Family of animation, caused us to put them in the White House as well, with similar antic results.

The rest of "The Simpsons" characters can be found throughout past and present members of the Bush administration, sometimes in duplicate positions. For example, Vice-President Richard Cheney, although not quite as lighthearted, otherwise bears an extraordinary resemblance to Herschel Krustofsky, and parallels, in his relationship with George, the working configuration featured on the quintessential situation comedy. (In addition to Jenna, it is completed by Condoleezza Rice.) Truly, as a result of this real-life quadrate, the Bush administration has created growth opportunities for people all over the world.

Thus, it is not surprising that George recently announced his and Laura's plan to retire in Springfield, calling it "Our All-American Town." His aides are waiting until after the next Inauguration to tell him that security concerns preclude this move. Fortunately, the Bushes can find many of Springfield's amenities in Crawford.

Michael commented that "Vectors point to the emergence of a Michael channel in Springfield in the near future. While we cannot reveal the fragment's identity, we would expect that this development will lead to the formation of a coterie affiliated with the Original Core Group. The closed membership will likely include Waylon Smithers, who has long been fascinated by the occult, and Marge's sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier, mature king essence twins who are friends of the channel and have an agreement with this fragment to bring sheet cakes. Through the Bouviers, of course, the Springfield Core Group will have an indirect impact on the Simpson family, and will likely aid the cause of mutual understanding throughout the community. One probability is that the Springfield motto will be changed to 'All is choice.'"

Surely, for Michael students, this news is most heartening, perhaps auguring a greater interest in the teachings not only in Springfield but throughout the world.

Do you want to be healthy? Drinking soda is bad for your health in so many ways; science can't even state all the consequences. Here's what happens in your body when you assault it with a Coke:

Within the first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. This is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake, and the only reason you don't vomit as a result of the overwhelming sweetness is because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor.
Within 20 minutes, your blood sugar spikes, and your liver responds to the resulting insulin burst by turning massive amounts of sugar into fat.
Within 40 minutes, caffeine absorption is complete; your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, and your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream.
Around 45 minutes, your body increases dopamine production, which stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain - a physically identical response to that of heroin, by the way.
After 60 minutes, you'll start to have a sugar crash.
Source: Nutrition Research Center October 24, 2007

From Lois:
Did you know that drinking one soft drink a day doubles your chances of getting Type II Diabetes? The above article explains why. And the so-called "diet" drinks are not an answer - they just make you want more sweets which eventually overwhelm your pancreas. Studies are now showing that sugar is more addictive than cocaine.

Any carbonated beverage makes your blood acidic. Normal blood pH is 7.3 +/- which is alkaline. In order to neutralize the acidity created by a soft drink, your body will take calcium ions from your bones and teeth to buffer the blood which can lead to deterioration of the calcium-based hard tissues.

The answer is simple: water! The two helices of your physical DNA are held together with hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen mostly comes from water. If you don't give your body enough water/hydrogen, the bonds will break and your DNA will fall apart, leading to auto- immune illnesses, ageing and cancer, to name a few. One-half ounce of water per pound of body weight per day is recommended.

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