RECOLLECTIONS OF A MYSTIC
For years readers have been asking when I might publish a story of my life. I’d usually respond, “Maybe someday,” even though I couldn’t imagine doing anything of the sort.
Then one morning I sat down at the computer to experiment with a personal narrative. Instantly I slipped into a unique merging of channeling and remembering. My fingers flew across the keys, which is truly remarkable since I’m a terrible typist.
Two weeks later when I read the completed manuscript, I knew it was meant to be shared. I’m living up to the title Open Gates.
Then one morning I sat down at the computer to experiment with a personal narrative. Instantly I slipped into a unique merging of channeling and remembering. My fingers flew across the keys, which is truly remarkable since I’m a terrible typist.
Two weeks later when I read the completed manuscript, I knew it was meant to be shared. I’m living up to the title Open Gates.
OPEN GATES: Recollections of a Mystic by Gates McKibbin 177 pages, published in 2022
Gates McKibbin wasn’t my given name. I used to be Sue Ellen McKibbin. But when I was thirteen years old, I wanted something different. Or perhaps I wanted to be someone different. I’m not sure.
Thus begins Open Gates, a story of how the author kept a foot planted in two worlds – the mundane and the mystical – after a near-death experience irrevocably altered her perception of reality. As Gates recalls, I learned how to be a 100% good girl, as long as no one knew I really wasn’t.
While pursuing a career consulting with major corporations Gates became a clairaudient scribe for spirit, channeling messages into journals she kept private. But with guidance from afar she took a series of life-altering leaps of faith, eventually publishing a dozen books with a global reach.
As Gates wrote in one journal: To be present with spirit is to be a mystic. To be public in that presence is to affirm the unlimited potential of all of humankind to evolve toward the One. Your public persona will have her ego slain. Your mystical self will be reborn from those ashes into limitless loving.
Thus begins Open Gates, a story of how the author kept a foot planted in two worlds – the mundane and the mystical – after a near-death experience irrevocably altered her perception of reality. As Gates recalls, I learned how to be a 100% good girl, as long as no one knew I really wasn’t.
While pursuing a career consulting with major corporations Gates became a clairaudient scribe for spirit, channeling messages into journals she kept private. But with guidance from afar she took a series of life-altering leaps of faith, eventually publishing a dozen books with a global reach.
As Gates wrote in one journal: To be present with spirit is to be a mystic. To be public in that presence is to affirm the unlimited potential of all of humankind to evolve toward the One. Your public persona will have her ego slain. Your mystical self will be reborn from those ashes into limitless loving.