1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,330 MIchael Andre Ford: I was at a Starbucks in 2 00:00:01,330 --> 00:00:04,629 Northwest Austin meeting a book editor and a woman is 3 00:00:04,749 --> 00:00:07,889 staring at me from the front section of the Starbucks. 4 00:00:07,939 --> 00:00:09,549 And in my mind's eye, it's like 200 feet away, 5 00:00:09,569 --> 00:00:11,519 but no building is that big for a Starbucks. 6 00:00:11,989 --> 00:00:15,439 She's also dressed completely opposite of Austin in Santa 7 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:19,019 Fe, New Mexico, garb, white outfit, turquoise jewelry. 8 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:20,559 Never seen anybody dressed like that. 9 00:00:20,819 --> 00:00:22,659 She's just sipping her coffee and staring 10 00:00:22,659 --> 00:00:23,759 at me the whole time. 11 00:00:24,099 --> 00:00:26,329 And that was, an angel who's one of my business 12 00:00:26,399 --> 00:00:27,389 managers, Charlotte 13 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:32,839 Rod Bland: With me today is Michael Andre Ford. 14 00:00:32,839 --> 00:00:33,709 Michael, welcome. 15 00:00:33,709 --> 00:00:34,569 And thanks for coming on the show. 16 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:36,409 MIchael Andre Ford: Rod, thanks for having me on, 17 00:00:36,419 --> 00:00:39,089 love your show, and, um, it's a real treat to meet you. 18 00:00:39,864 --> 00:00:42,084 Rod Bland: Yeah, likewise, uh, you describe yourself 19 00:00:42,084 --> 00:00:45,184 as an angel intuitive, so you help people connect 20 00:00:45,184 --> 00:00:47,854 with angels, guides and passed over loved ones. 21 00:00:47,854 --> 00:00:50,864 So can you start off by just sharing a bit about 22 00:00:50,864 --> 00:00:52,464 your background and how you first discovered this 23 00:00:52,464 --> 00:00:54,824 ability to facilitate those kinds of connections? 24 00:00:55,629 --> 00:00:56,859 MIchael Andre Ford: Sure, and, uh, it's just 25 00:00:56,899 --> 00:01:00,109 basic listening, feeling, seeing, so anybody who can 26 00:01:00,109 --> 00:01:01,129 just slow down a little. 27 00:01:02,389 --> 00:01:04,049 Gets to do this and it's direct. 28 00:01:04,049 --> 00:01:05,839 So I really try not to tell anybody anything, 29 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:07,059 but it's a video show. 30 00:01:07,449 --> 00:01:08,299 Uh, it's a show. 31 00:01:08,299 --> 00:01:09,369 I got to tell you something here. 32 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:12,539 So I have had a little bit of ability throughout 33 00:01:12,569 --> 00:01:13,819 childhood and stuff like that. 34 00:01:14,109 --> 00:01:15,879 Um, but it really kicked into gear after a 35 00:01:15,879 --> 00:01:17,079 layoff in New York city. 36 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:19,769 I got an hour's notice with 72 other people right 37 00:01:19,769 --> 00:01:20,889 after the Lehman crisis. 38 00:01:21,429 --> 00:01:22,819 And, uh, that was it. 39 00:01:22,829 --> 00:01:23,749 The job was gone. 40 00:01:23,749 --> 00:01:25,479 I was working at a billion dollar law firm. 41 00:01:25,679 --> 00:01:26,929 I was a public relations guy. 42 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,239 I'm really, hopefully pretty good at public relations. 43 00:01:29,599 --> 00:01:32,849 I'd done 1, 100 plus media interviews that I personally 44 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:34,909 set up for people, you know, an expert on one 45 00:01:34,909 --> 00:01:36,999 side, journalist on the other, the year prior. 46 00:01:37,349 --> 00:01:39,109 Was making kind of CEO pay. 47 00:01:39,529 --> 00:01:41,839 Uh, but I was excited because the news meant 48 00:01:41,839 --> 00:01:43,829 I could move to Austin where I'd bought a home. 49 00:01:44,009 --> 00:01:46,049 And I didn't know that I'd be using my public 50 00:01:46,049 --> 00:01:49,489 relations skills later on with angels, guides, figure 51 00:01:49,489 --> 00:01:52,039 from figures from India, you know, your grandmother 52 00:01:52,089 --> 00:01:55,109 on one side and you on the other, doing the same sort 53 00:01:55,109 --> 00:01:56,699 of matchmaking much later. 54 00:01:57,119 --> 00:01:58,809 Uh, but it was when I moved to Austin to the 55 00:01:58,809 --> 00:02:01,399 home that I started to have, uh, some experiences. 56 00:02:01,769 --> 00:02:03,429 Kind of popped out of thinking with the layoff 57 00:02:03,429 --> 00:02:06,179 and some other experiences, kind of a perfect storm 58 00:02:06,629 --> 00:02:08,779 and realized that thinking was thinking and there was 59 00:02:08,779 --> 00:02:10,029 something beyond thinking. 60 00:02:10,429 --> 00:02:14,509 Um, and in seeing everything, uh, hearing, I grabbed a sure 61 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:18,659 shot camera and took photos of angels, fairies, Plato, 62 00:02:18,659 --> 00:02:21,419 the philosopher, I used to hand the camera to folks. 63 00:02:21,479 --> 00:02:23,669 And nowadays people can just see directly, like maybe 64 00:02:23,839 --> 00:02:25,939 out their window in their yards, they don't freak out. 65 00:02:26,394 --> 00:02:29,454 Uh, but you can see full on these figures and 66 00:02:29,454 --> 00:02:30,784 just have a direct chat. 67 00:02:30,854 --> 00:02:32,504 I basically step out of the way. 68 00:02:33,284 --> 00:02:35,884 Rod Bland: So you've got some, um, some interesting photos. 69 00:02:35,884 --> 00:02:37,824 I don't know how well they'll come out on the 70 00:02:38,214 --> 00:02:41,289 screen, but I was quite fascinated to see those. 71 00:02:41,549 --> 00:02:42,789 What made you actually think, Oh, I'm going 72 00:02:42,789 --> 00:02:43,819 to take a picture now. 73 00:02:44,269 --> 00:02:46,909 And because I can see this, or was it that you took the 74 00:02:46,909 --> 00:02:49,175 picture and then it later on, it showed up and you 75 00:02:49,175 --> 00:02:50,019 think, wow, what's that? 76 00:02:50,814 --> 00:02:52,294 MIchael Andre Ford: Uh, sheer panic. 77 00:02:52,374 --> 00:02:54,014 Uh, you're seeing balls of light. 78 00:02:54,014 --> 00:02:54,854 What do you do with it? 79 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:57,824 And you have to talk to other people who are psychic mediums 80 00:02:57,824 --> 00:03:00,344 or have been in the business and asked what's happening. 81 00:03:00,694 --> 00:03:03,554 Uh, I didn't grow up with any knowledge of any of this. 82 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:07,554 I mean, Oprah was my local Baltimore news broadcaster 83 00:03:07,564 --> 00:03:08,854 back in the seventies. 84 00:03:09,259 --> 00:03:11,429 When I lived in Annapolis, Maryland, but I got lucky. 85 00:03:11,429 --> 00:03:16,669 There's a, a fairy, uh, and four archangels, even 86 00:03:16,669 --> 00:03:18,259 though they're triangle shapes, you just kind 87 00:03:18,259 --> 00:03:19,399 of kind of roll with it. 88 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:22,089 This means something it's in light energy form. 89 00:03:22,609 --> 00:03:24,889 And the bottom line is, so I had really no background. 90 00:03:24,889 --> 00:03:27,499 I skipped half my Plato reading, uh, during my 91 00:03:27,499 --> 00:03:29,649 political science classes back at Middlebury 92 00:03:29,649 --> 00:03:30,489 college in Vermont. 93 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,609 Uh, so as sort of a leg down, so to speak. 94 00:03:33,619 --> 00:03:35,629 And, uh, what's kind of cool is if you're 95 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,079 just open to this, the universe is really big. 96 00:03:38,434 --> 00:03:40,424 The universe kind of already has a plan for 97 00:03:40,424 --> 00:03:42,974 you to just acclimate. 98 00:03:43,384 --> 00:03:45,454 And I would call this just settling into 99 00:03:45,464 --> 00:03:46,264 who you really are. 100 00:03:46,264 --> 00:03:48,924 You kind of had it as a kid, whenever in your 101 00:03:48,934 --> 00:03:52,334 memory of your prior part of your life was smooth 102 00:03:52,354 --> 00:03:53,824 going, you had a lot of fun. 103 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:55,124 It could have been when you were five. 104 00:03:55,554 --> 00:03:59,104 When you were in high school or uni, um, that's 105 00:03:59,104 --> 00:03:59,944 what I'm talking about. 106 00:03:59,944 --> 00:04:02,184 When sort of you, the world was your oyster. 107 00:04:02,544 --> 00:04:05,104 Uh, that's what I'm talking about now is you can kind 108 00:04:05,104 --> 00:04:08,194 of just do a little less thinking and judging and 109 00:04:08,194 --> 00:04:09,134 drop into your heart. 110 00:04:09,494 --> 00:04:11,874 And then you kind of see a broader relationship with 111 00:04:11,924 --> 00:04:14,234 the world and how flows work. 112 00:04:14,294 --> 00:04:15,934 Whether you want to call it a flow state. 113 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,309 Allowing, manifesting is a really popular thing, but 114 00:04:20,309 --> 00:04:22,349 there happen to be loving guides, your relatives, 115 00:04:22,459 --> 00:04:24,919 all these figures out there that if you do want to pay 116 00:04:24,919 --> 00:04:27,419 attention, you can meet them, see them, get direct advice. 117 00:04:27,929 --> 00:04:29,859 I think people are kind of already getting influenced 118 00:04:29,859 --> 00:04:31,339 though right now indirectly. 119 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,609 Uh, if you're in the middle of a golf swing, you're in the 120 00:04:33,609 --> 00:04:35,649 middle of a tournament, you're most of the, you're, you know. 121 00:04:35,889 --> 00:04:37,729 You're in the lead of your local tournament. 122 00:04:37,769 --> 00:04:39,389 You're on the 17th hole and you decide 123 00:04:39,399 --> 00:04:40,369 to get pretty cocky. 124 00:04:40,879 --> 00:04:42,319 You're about to hit it really hard. 125 00:04:42,339 --> 00:04:44,739 Your brain, your, your intuitive voice says, 126 00:04:44,739 --> 00:04:46,549 let's smack this and go for a hole in one. 127 00:04:46,569 --> 00:04:47,799 Let's just crush it. 128 00:04:47,879 --> 00:04:48,519 It's your day. 129 00:04:48,999 --> 00:04:51,889 Um, may not be your voice. 130 00:04:51,999 --> 00:04:54,489 It may be either your higher self, your grandmother, who's 131 00:04:54,489 --> 00:04:57,219 your biggest golf fan, and maybe your guardian angel. 132 00:04:57,219 --> 00:04:58,509 It may be Plato, who knows? 133 00:04:58,924 --> 00:05:01,444 But if you actually heard your grandmother's voice, Play 134 00:05:01,444 --> 00:05:03,644 Doh, your guardian angel's voice instead of your own, 135 00:05:03,674 --> 00:05:06,504 you might drop that club, flee the country club, and 136 00:05:06,504 --> 00:05:08,724 never finish, never play another hole of golf again. 137 00:05:09,094 --> 00:05:10,034 It would freak you out. 138 00:05:10,134 --> 00:05:13,574 So, there's something to this that, um, defies our 139 00:05:13,574 --> 00:05:16,094 reality up here, but makes sense when you're here. 140 00:05:16,829 --> 00:05:19,459 Rod Bland: So when your job finished, uh, in the 141 00:05:19,459 --> 00:05:23,499 Lehman crisis and this big change, what was the general 142 00:05:23,499 --> 00:05:25,529 response from your family and friends about that one? 143 00:05:26,414 --> 00:05:27,814 MIchael Andre Ford: Well, I mean, I had an empty house 144 00:05:27,814 --> 00:05:31,274 in Austin, and so I had to learn to, uh, kind of pick up 145 00:05:31,274 --> 00:05:32,904 cooking, decorating the walls. 146 00:05:33,044 --> 00:05:34,604 I used to think I killed plants. 147 00:05:34,604 --> 00:05:35,614 I got a green thumb. 148 00:05:35,859 --> 00:05:38,099 I've started doing a lot more color around the place. 149 00:05:38,099 --> 00:05:39,239 I mean, I had to learn how to live. 150 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:42,489 When you live in a big, big city, it's easy to just do 151 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:46,079 the rinse, repeat, you know, work, rinse, repeat, and kind 152 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:47,649 of go very one dimensional. 153 00:05:47,659 --> 00:05:49,059 I mean, I was having fun at the job. 154 00:05:49,059 --> 00:05:51,279 I talked to everybody, cab drivers, security. 155 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:53,289 Uh, doorman, you name it. 156 00:05:53,329 --> 00:05:55,579 Uh, but there was still more growth and 157 00:05:55,579 --> 00:05:56,719 expansion to be had. 158 00:05:57,049 --> 00:06:00,719 Uh, I had two parents pass, uh, when I was two 159 00:06:01,059 --> 00:06:02,619 and when I was turning 23. 160 00:06:02,869 --> 00:06:05,099 So my family circle and my friend circles, you 161 00:06:05,099 --> 00:06:06,739 know, a little smaller, maybe the normal. 162 00:06:06,999 --> 00:06:08,849 Um, but that was a part of my path as well. 163 00:06:08,849 --> 00:06:11,059 And now hundreds of people have met and seen 164 00:06:11,059 --> 00:06:12,729 my parents, even though they're passed over, they 165 00:06:12,729 --> 00:06:13,709 show up in their twenties. 166 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:17,169 And, uh, it kind of takes again, the pressure off of 167 00:06:17,179 --> 00:06:19,684 me for, you know, If you walk around saying you've got two 168 00:06:19,684 --> 00:06:21,924 deceased, you know, relatives, that's pretty heavy. 169 00:06:22,214 --> 00:06:24,684 Uh, I look at it differently now that they're with 170 00:06:25,104 --> 00:06:27,494 me and they're always available, but there's 171 00:06:27,494 --> 00:06:28,664 my mom and dad, you know, 172 00:06:28,664 --> 00:06:28,994 when I was, 173 00:06:29,039 --> 00:06:29,529 Rod Bland: so young. 174 00:06:30,384 --> 00:06:30,694 MIchael Andre Ford: Yeah. 175 00:06:30,694 --> 00:06:33,164 And he passed when he was just turning 26. 176 00:06:33,234 --> 00:06:35,914 I think he was a few days into being 26, US 177 00:06:35,944 --> 00:06:38,474 Navy off of Naples and an F4 Phantom crash. 178 00:06:38,474 --> 00:06:39,554 It was his time to go. 179 00:06:40,194 --> 00:06:42,074 Uh, and she passed when she was just about 180 00:06:42,084 --> 00:06:44,034 44, 45 brain aneurysm. 181 00:06:44,034 --> 00:06:45,344 I was just turning 23. 182 00:06:45,344 --> 00:06:46,274 It was her time to go. 183 00:06:46,284 --> 00:06:48,134 I mean, you kind of have to trust in this. 184 00:06:48,464 --> 00:06:50,274 If angels tell you something or they tell you 185 00:06:50,274 --> 00:06:52,294 something, maybe it is so. 186 00:06:53,179 --> 00:06:54,809 Rod Bland: I guess what I'm, I'm digging at is there, 187 00:06:54,809 --> 00:06:57,119 there seems to be, there's, there's like a shift in 188 00:06:57,119 --> 00:07:00,379 perspective for you that made you open to these experiences 189 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:01,699 that wasn't there before. 190 00:07:01,739 --> 00:07:03,589 Was it when your parents passed or was 191 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:04,209 there something else? 192 00:07:04,209 --> 00:07:06,259 I mean, obviously there was a sort of a catalyst 193 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:07,709 with the job change, but I feel like there's 194 00:07:07,739 --> 00:07:08,479 something more than that. 195 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:10,749 MIchael Andre Ford: Well, I mean, I can give a random 196 00:07:10,749 --> 00:07:13,449 example would be, I think it was my sophomore year or 197 00:07:13,459 --> 00:07:16,159 freshman year in college in Vermont, I had an internship 198 00:07:16,159 --> 00:07:17,099 at this one company. 199 00:07:17,559 --> 00:07:19,759 Uh, smack middle of Middlebury downtown. 200 00:07:19,789 --> 00:07:21,279 I must be like 50 buildings. 201 00:07:21,299 --> 00:07:23,749 It would be tiny on any city scale. 202 00:07:24,049 --> 00:07:26,769 Uh, but I'm, I'm in this advertising agency. 203 00:07:26,769 --> 00:07:29,109 A guy from the West Coast has started it up. 204 00:07:29,109 --> 00:07:30,429 It's a C shaped office. 205 00:07:30,789 --> 00:07:32,889 I'm there for 10 minutes, my first 10 minutes. 206 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:36,079 The last thing you would ever say to an employer is, 207 00:07:36,519 --> 00:07:38,719 Hey, do you guys ever have any ghosts here? 208 00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:40,269 I did that. 209 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:41,319 The whole place stopped. 210 00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:43,599 The owner pulls me aside out of earshot and he's 211 00:07:43,599 --> 00:07:44,619 like, did you see something? 212 00:07:44,619 --> 00:07:46,559 And I'm like, well, no, but it just feels like. 213 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,319 You could have ghosts here. 214 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:52,229 And he's like, we just had an exorcism a week ago. 215 00:07:52,229 --> 00:07:54,199 I need to know if, uh, you see anything. 216 00:07:54,949 --> 00:07:58,499 And later I saw a cat that literally ran into the largest 217 00:07:58,509 --> 00:07:59,429 bathroom I've ever known. 218 00:07:59,429 --> 00:08:00,859 It must've been something else, but they put 219 00:08:00,859 --> 00:08:01,459 a bathroom in there. 220 00:08:01,459 --> 00:08:03,679 And so it's like, you know, the size of an office and 221 00:08:03,679 --> 00:08:04,739 there's no place to hide. 222 00:08:04,779 --> 00:08:06,649 I followed that cat in and there's no cat. 223 00:08:06,689 --> 00:08:08,339 And I was like, okay, but. 224 00:08:08,744 --> 00:08:11,494 At that stage of my life, I just dismissed it as 225 00:08:11,494 --> 00:08:13,604 fast as I could, never thought about it again. 226 00:08:13,634 --> 00:08:15,554 It would be like playing backgammon and you call 227 00:08:15,564 --> 00:08:18,254 doubles before you throw doubles three times in a row. 228 00:08:18,284 --> 00:08:20,134 I used to do that a lot in high school. 229 00:08:20,464 --> 00:08:23,274 And, um, all I can say is there's something about when 230 00:08:23,274 --> 00:08:25,744 you're in a flow state, when you shoot pool and run the 231 00:08:25,744 --> 00:08:28,574 table, when you read six books in a row, you're in the 232 00:08:28,574 --> 00:08:31,004 books, whatever the letting go is, and you're here. 233 00:08:31,054 --> 00:08:31,984 Artists know it. 234 00:08:32,044 --> 00:08:33,054 Musicians know it. 235 00:08:33,214 --> 00:08:33,914 We all know it. 236 00:08:34,294 --> 00:08:36,034 But we give ourselves no credit for it 237 00:08:36,094 --> 00:08:36,784 when we're up here. 238 00:08:36,784 --> 00:08:38,574 We do too much thinking, worrying, reacting, 239 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:39,744 stress, you know, fear. 240 00:08:40,154 --> 00:08:42,964 Um, so whatever that is versus this is kind of 241 00:08:42,964 --> 00:08:43,454 what we're talking about. 242 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:45,804 Awareness, limitless, no time. 243 00:08:46,284 --> 00:08:48,384 Like on the pitch, playing football, soccer. 244 00:08:48,754 --> 00:08:51,034 Uh, you just feel everything speed up or slow down. 245 00:08:51,034 --> 00:08:52,414 You know you're going to get the goal. 246 00:08:52,424 --> 00:08:53,584 You're Pele in the moment. 247 00:08:53,914 --> 00:08:55,894 Uh, so whatever that is, is kind of what 248 00:08:55,894 --> 00:08:56,594 I'm talking about. 249 00:08:56,634 --> 00:08:57,614 Everyone knows. 250 00:08:58,364 --> 00:09:00,614 How to do basic listening, feeling, and seeing. 251 00:09:00,624 --> 00:09:03,254 But because we're talking angels, the universe, cosmic 252 00:09:03,264 --> 00:09:05,844 beings, your grandmother, uh, you might get a 253 00:09:05,844 --> 00:09:06,914 little jittery about it. 254 00:09:07,699 --> 00:09:09,869 Rod Bland: So tell us a story about the most interesting 255 00:09:10,609 --> 00:09:13,269 phenomena that you've observed that's made you think, wow, 256 00:09:13,379 --> 00:09:15,239 there's, that's amazing. 257 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:16,599 MIchael Andre Ford: Uh, sure. 258 00:09:16,609 --> 00:09:19,549 I mean, I was at a Starbucks in Northwest Austin 259 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,899 meeting a book editor for my glow sticks end book. 260 00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:22,819 No one should ever read it. 261 00:09:22,849 --> 00:09:26,169 Tremendously long, uh, uh, But beautiful book, 262 00:09:26,179 --> 00:09:29,479 um, and a woman is staring at me from the front 263 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,129 section of the Starbucks. 264 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:32,789 And in my mind's eye, it's like 200 feet away, 265 00:09:32,809 --> 00:09:34,759 but no building is that big for a Starbucks. 266 00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:36,809 And you're supposed to be looking out. 267 00:09:36,829 --> 00:09:38,789 That's the people watching section, usually a 268 00:09:38,789 --> 00:09:39,739 raised piece of wood. 269 00:09:39,749 --> 00:09:40,869 You sit, you look out. 270 00:09:41,169 --> 00:09:42,249 She's doing the opposite. 271 00:09:42,249 --> 00:09:45,399 She's also dressed completely opposite of Austin and 272 00:09:45,409 --> 00:09:47,599 Austin has a lot of different kinds of communities. 273 00:09:47,889 --> 00:09:49,169 She's not dressed as a cowboy. 274 00:09:49,169 --> 00:09:52,269 She's dressed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, garb, white 275 00:09:52,269 --> 00:09:53,859 outfit, turquoise jewelry. 276 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:55,399 Never seen anybody dressed like that. 277 00:09:55,659 --> 00:09:57,499 She's just sipping her coffee and staring 278 00:09:57,499 --> 00:09:58,599 at me the whole time. 279 00:09:58,939 --> 00:10:01,419 And that was, uh, an angel who's one of my business 280 00:10:01,489 --> 00:10:02,479 managers, Charlotte. 281 00:10:02,579 --> 00:10:05,009 If you can allow for angels to show up in human form. 282 00:10:06,814 --> 00:10:09,174 And just to give it a little flavor so people 283 00:10:09,174 --> 00:10:11,764 don't think it's orbs or circles, there's a silhouette 284 00:10:11,764 --> 00:10:12,754 of my guardian angel. 285 00:10:14,494 --> 00:10:16,784 And again, the photos just run the gamut. 286 00:10:17,514 --> 00:10:20,664 But I guess my point on this is, I ask the important 287 00:10:20,664 --> 00:10:24,674 questions of angels over time, not who killed Kennedy, but 288 00:10:24,674 --> 00:10:26,984 when they're here, do they really drink the coffee? 289 00:10:26,984 --> 00:10:27,934 The answer was yes. 290 00:10:28,714 --> 00:10:31,194 And I'm going to just mention, you can actually see 291 00:10:31,194 --> 00:10:32,684 angels out and about town. 292 00:10:32,684 --> 00:10:35,294 If someone's gung ho in the audience watching, listening 293 00:10:35,294 --> 00:10:35,774 right now, they're gung ho. 294 00:10:36,464 --> 00:10:38,174 And you're like, Hey, why not? 295 00:10:38,194 --> 00:10:40,054 I could use a little pick me up, put it to the 296 00:10:40,054 --> 00:10:42,984 universe, ask somebody from your crew to show up. 297 00:10:42,984 --> 00:10:45,164 It'll be a sparkly eyed fellow or woman holding the 298 00:10:45,164 --> 00:10:48,034 door open for you saying just what you said at the dinner 299 00:10:48,034 --> 00:10:50,594 table the night before, or from the movie that you were 300 00:10:50,594 --> 00:10:51,574 watching the night before. 301 00:10:51,614 --> 00:10:53,494 And, uh, you'll probably feel something. 302 00:10:53,909 --> 00:10:56,299 In that intuitive guidance system, whatever people call 303 00:10:56,299 --> 00:10:58,779 it, that's you, that figures out do you like it, do you 304 00:10:58,779 --> 00:11:02,809 not like it, um, angels are a little more available these 305 00:11:02,809 --> 00:11:04,159 days than people realize. 306 00:11:04,179 --> 00:11:05,999 So it's nice that I've got photos, it's nice that you 307 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:08,009 can see directly, it's nice you could hire somebody to 308 00:11:08,009 --> 00:11:10,809 help you, but I'd make the argument that you're already 309 00:11:10,819 --> 00:11:12,574 perfectly, uh, well endowed. 310 00:11:13,094 --> 00:11:14,494 To get this done on your own. 311 00:11:15,299 --> 00:11:16,809 Rod Bland: So why is it that angels are a little 312 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:18,279 more available these days? 313 00:11:18,289 --> 00:11:21,379 Cause you know, in my line of, line of work, I, I talked 314 00:11:21,379 --> 00:11:23,109 to a lot of people about angels, but it does seem 315 00:11:23,119 --> 00:11:26,649 there's more of those people are talking about angels. 316 00:11:27,329 --> 00:11:28,349 Uh, what's, what's happening there? 317 00:11:29,164 --> 00:11:30,814 MIchael Andre Ford: Uh, I think just mankind's ready 318 00:11:30,814 --> 00:11:33,774 for a little teeny, I know the word shift is a little cliche 319 00:11:33,774 --> 00:11:36,424 now, but a little bump up in awareness, consciousness, 320 00:11:36,434 --> 00:11:39,674 like actual awareness down here is on the horizon for 321 00:11:39,674 --> 00:11:42,674 man just means a little less thinking, uh, a little more 322 00:11:42,674 --> 00:11:44,004 love, gentleness, kindness. 323 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:46,054 Um, think of it this way. 324 00:11:46,054 --> 00:11:48,634 If people listened more all across the planet, there would 325 00:11:48,694 --> 00:11:50,034 definitely be less conflict. 326 00:11:50,064 --> 00:11:52,574 Whether we're talking to workplace relationships or at 327 00:11:52,574 --> 00:11:54,424 the country level and so on. 328 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:55,724 Uh, we've got it pretty good. 329 00:11:55,724 --> 00:11:56,384 If we would just. 330 00:11:57,109 --> 00:11:58,319 Pump the brakes a little. 331 00:11:58,669 --> 00:12:01,219 Uh, I think a lot of things would sort themselves out. 332 00:12:02,029 --> 00:12:05,139 Rod Bland: So you, you took me through a practical exercise 333 00:12:05,189 --> 00:12:06,869 before we, Press record. 334 00:12:06,869 --> 00:12:08,309 But I think it might be interesting for people to 335 00:12:08,309 --> 00:12:12,779 see, um, and to try the exercise out for themselves. 336 00:12:12,779 --> 00:12:15,069 And I think it translates okay for video. 337 00:12:15,069 --> 00:12:16,509 So how about we do that? 338 00:12:17,409 --> 00:12:17,739 MIchael Andre Ford: Sure. 339 00:12:17,769 --> 00:12:20,689 Uh, how about I light sage first as sort of a baby step. 340 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:23,649 And if, if you don't mind sort of an allegory metaphor here, 341 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,779 picture 70 baby steps to get from the brain to the heart. 342 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:28,809 Now, for some of us, it's a decade or two. 343 00:12:28,809 --> 00:12:31,509 We get shut tight like an oyster, you know, trauma, 344 00:12:31,569 --> 00:12:34,319 car wreck, six divorces in a row in a six month period. 345 00:12:34,359 --> 00:12:35,749 We're just really unlucky picking. 346 00:12:36,134 --> 00:12:38,174 You know, the wife, uh, or the ex wife. 347 00:12:38,564 --> 00:12:41,244 Uh, the bottom line is we get locked up tight up here. 348 00:12:41,244 --> 00:12:42,894 We think we know something, but it actually 349 00:12:42,894 --> 00:12:43,944 precludes possibility. 350 00:12:43,954 --> 00:12:46,744 There's a broader knowing or just allowing that happens 351 00:12:46,744 --> 00:12:47,714 when you're in your heart. 352 00:12:47,714 --> 00:12:49,034 And that's why I love athletes. 353 00:12:49,134 --> 00:12:51,824 I love business people who are open, uh, musicians 354 00:12:51,824 --> 00:12:53,484 and artists, cause they just kind of get it. 355 00:12:53,804 --> 00:12:55,924 Um, but I'll blow some sage and it'll go 356 00:12:55,924 --> 00:12:57,024 through two screens. 357 00:12:57,064 --> 00:12:58,924 And I've done this for other Australian show hosts. 358 00:12:58,984 --> 00:13:00,044 I've done this around the globe. 359 00:13:00,344 --> 00:13:02,434 You could be watching, you know, your channel in 360 00:13:02,434 --> 00:13:04,314 2028 and still smell it. 361 00:13:04,454 --> 00:13:04,864 So it's. 362 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:07,254 A lot less time and space than we think. 363 00:13:07,494 --> 00:13:09,784 Um, I've only got one bit of like structure 364 00:13:09,784 --> 00:13:12,824 or rule if you want that set your intent at home. 365 00:13:13,184 --> 00:13:15,614 And, uh, if people don't mind me telling you what it is, 366 00:13:15,634 --> 00:13:18,814 it would be, Hey, angels, universe, um, get me out of 367 00:13:18,814 --> 00:13:21,264 my head, into my heart, help me smell some sage smoke 368 00:13:21,264 --> 00:13:23,924 that I'm lighting right now and leave your eyes on this. 369 00:13:24,004 --> 00:13:26,114 If you're already kind of hyper intuitive or whatever 370 00:13:26,114 --> 00:13:30,024 the word is you like to say for kind of connecting, um, 371 00:13:30,284 --> 00:13:32,734 you may taste this on your mouth, there's no one way. 372 00:13:33,684 --> 00:13:36,454 And if you're also pretty open, as you 373 00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:39,304 see the smoke, you can ask for flowers on top. 374 00:13:39,314 --> 00:13:40,864 Why settle for just ho hum? 375 00:13:41,214 --> 00:13:43,564 Yeah, get sage, but you can get flowers. 376 00:13:43,574 --> 00:13:45,144 You could even get an ocean smell if you're 377 00:13:45,144 --> 00:13:46,184 in Australia right now. 378 00:13:46,584 --> 00:13:48,494 You know, catch noose of beach on the air if 379 00:13:48,504 --> 00:13:49,244 you're nowhere near it. 380 00:13:49,244 --> 00:13:50,134 If you're over in Perth. 381 00:13:50,784 --> 00:13:52,614 Okay, so catch some sage. 382 00:13:52,634 --> 00:13:53,554 Give yourself permission. 383 00:13:53,614 --> 00:13:55,964 I'm going to tell one dad joke to tie up your thinking. 384 00:13:56,134 --> 00:13:57,184 Thinking something. 385 00:13:57,589 --> 00:14:02,199 is the only block to smelling sage, to kicking 386 00:14:02,199 --> 00:14:05,499 that ball into the goal, to uh, finishing the last 387 00:14:05,499 --> 00:14:08,079 chapter of your book you've stalled on for two months. 388 00:14:08,419 --> 00:14:10,719 Um, thinking something is really not giving 389 00:14:10,719 --> 00:14:11,589 a hug to the dog. 390 00:14:12,089 --> 00:14:14,889 Uh, giving a hug to the dog is actual love. 391 00:14:15,389 --> 00:14:17,839 So just catch a little sage, catch a little bit of flowers. 392 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:18,779 Here's the dad joke. 393 00:14:19,284 --> 00:14:24,324 Um, Santa's Reindeer, Blitzen and Dancer, just those two. 394 00:14:24,344 --> 00:14:25,804 Nobody needs to know who they are. 395 00:14:26,154 --> 00:14:29,404 But why do Blitzen and Dancer drink so much coffee? 396 00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:32,814 Answer, because they're Santa's Starbucks. 397 00:14:34,424 --> 00:14:36,544 And as Mother Teresa said, laughter's love. 398 00:14:36,554 --> 00:14:38,024 When you're laughing, you're letting go. 399 00:14:38,024 --> 00:14:39,254 When you're breathing, you're letting go. 400 00:14:39,254 --> 00:14:40,564 When you're smiling, you're letting go. 401 00:14:40,564 --> 00:14:42,154 There's about a million ways to get to here. 402 00:14:42,489 --> 00:14:44,499 But last time I checked, there's about 14 million 403 00:14:44,499 --> 00:14:47,469 ways to be stuck up here and to avoid the one 404 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:48,509 place we don't want to go. 405 00:14:48,829 --> 00:14:50,619 So catch some sage, catch some flowers. 406 00:14:50,819 --> 00:14:53,099 Rod, are you already catching a little in the studio there? 407 00:14:53,949 --> 00:14:54,279 Rod Bland: Sure. 408 00:14:56,379 --> 00:14:57,189 MIchael Andre Ford: And, uh, hey, 409 00:14:57,189 --> 00:14:57,869 Rod Bland: it's something else. 410 00:14:57,869 --> 00:14:59,819 Like I get a different, it's weird. 411 00:14:59,819 --> 00:15:01,429 I get a different smell, but I can't put 412 00:15:01,449 --> 00:15:04,259 MIchael Andre Ford: campfire or campfire or 413 00:15:05,389 --> 00:15:05,749 Rod Bland: Hmm. 414 00:15:06,449 --> 00:15:07,069 MIchael Andre Ford: sandalwood? 415 00:15:10,719 --> 00:15:11,839 Rod Bland: Yeah, maybe that's what it is. 416 00:15:12,599 --> 00:15:12,719 Oh, 417 00:15:12,899 --> 00:15:13,539 MIchael Andre Ford: People have been getting 418 00:15:13,599 --> 00:15:14,329 sandalwood lately. 419 00:15:14,329 --> 00:15:15,149 I can't explain it. 420 00:15:15,419 --> 00:15:17,619 Hey, so just blame the universe and angels. 421 00:15:17,659 --> 00:15:18,889 Don't, don't look at me. 422 00:15:18,899 --> 00:15:20,809 And, uh, I'll mention it this way. 423 00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:22,089 I mean, everything is light. 424 00:15:22,169 --> 00:15:24,029 I hate to sound really like kind of. 425 00:15:24,684 --> 00:15:27,424 Cheesy or too cliche, but everything's consciousness. 426 00:15:27,634 --> 00:15:28,164 How about that? 427 00:15:28,164 --> 00:15:30,734 Your table, your rock, the trees, it's a little easier 428 00:15:30,734 --> 00:15:34,454 to believe even your house, obviously your dog, your pets. 429 00:15:34,754 --> 00:15:36,174 Uh, I mean, everything has been. 430 00:15:36,779 --> 00:15:38,659 Life force to it, if it's easier to say it 431 00:15:38,659 --> 00:15:41,579 that way, but you can see that light everywhere 432 00:15:41,599 --> 00:15:42,839 and it gets really wild. 433 00:15:42,839 --> 00:15:44,139 Like, I could give a good metaphor. 434 00:15:44,489 --> 00:15:46,469 If you just have a best friend, a bloke that 435 00:15:46,469 --> 00:15:49,239 you're comfortable with, um, put your two hands 436 00:15:49,239 --> 00:15:50,499 together at a supermarket. 437 00:15:51,269 --> 00:15:52,289 So this is obvious. 438 00:15:52,289 --> 00:15:53,499 You can feel each other's heat. 439 00:15:53,509 --> 00:15:54,709 You're touching each other's skin. 440 00:15:54,709 --> 00:15:56,579 You're like, duh, I know, I know it's real. 441 00:15:56,579 --> 00:15:57,469 I'm feeling something. 442 00:15:57,769 --> 00:16:00,659 And if you go like this, uh, go like this, you still feel 443 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:02,719 the heat because it's pretty close, a couple centimeters. 444 00:16:03,104 --> 00:16:05,434 At some point, we hit the thinking wall. 445 00:16:05,814 --> 00:16:08,454 When you're like this, uh, this far apart, you're like, 446 00:16:08,454 --> 00:16:10,954 well, I don't know if I'm really feeling it or not. 447 00:16:10,954 --> 00:16:13,224 Your brain's getting involved in starting to judge. 448 00:16:13,454 --> 00:16:15,934 Your heart's like, no, I actually feel the energy. 449 00:16:16,344 --> 00:16:18,424 You can go all the way to one end of a supermarket 450 00:16:18,424 --> 00:16:20,664 and the other and feel that vibe, but you got to 451 00:16:20,664 --> 00:16:21,834 be kind of cocky about it. 452 00:16:22,144 --> 00:16:25,774 And let's throw in the wrench for the whole psyche, the 453 00:16:25,774 --> 00:16:28,034 judging, evidence based science, and everything else. 454 00:16:29,094 --> 00:16:30,794 You can see the light flow the whole time. 455 00:16:31,494 --> 00:16:33,804 And when you see the light flow and you go that far 456 00:16:33,804 --> 00:16:36,064 apart, or you're on the, on the pitch, the soccer field, 457 00:16:36,064 --> 00:16:38,324 you're at one end of the goal, uh, one end of the field 458 00:16:38,324 --> 00:16:42,494 and the other, and you're seeing the light, and then 459 00:16:42,784 --> 00:16:45,884 ask the universe to make a butterfly of light come out 460 00:16:45,884 --> 00:16:47,474 of it or hearts or something. 461 00:16:47,794 --> 00:16:48,884 There's people who have done that. 462 00:16:48,884 --> 00:16:49,744 Not a big deal. 463 00:16:49,764 --> 00:16:51,614 It sounds like a big deal, but what I'm trying to 464 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:55,244 say is what does no limits look like to anybody 465 00:16:55,244 --> 00:16:56,334 who's listening right now? 466 00:16:56,364 --> 00:16:56,694 I mean. 467 00:16:57,424 --> 00:16:59,554 Maybe if there are no limits in life, there 468 00:16:59,554 --> 00:17:00,294 are really no limits. 469 00:17:00,604 --> 00:17:01,324 Good luck with that. 470 00:17:01,324 --> 00:17:02,904 We all have thinking we're doing adulting. 471 00:17:02,924 --> 00:17:04,224 I, you know, I know what I know. 472 00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:04,774 I'm stuck. 473 00:17:04,774 --> 00:17:07,474 My situation is, my problem is, Rod, you don't understand. 474 00:17:07,864 --> 00:17:10,404 I'm on my 19th divorce and I got 12 dogs. 475 00:17:10,924 --> 00:17:14,144 Um, so there's a lot of reasons we can't for anything, 476 00:17:14,474 --> 00:17:16,964 but, uh, if you'll kind of remember back or hearken 477 00:17:16,974 --> 00:17:19,204 back to the, you're being a kid when you were going to 478 00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:22,274 climb the tree, become a NASA astronaut, you know, prime 479 00:17:22,274 --> 00:17:25,354 minister, um, you know, You had no limits at one point. 480 00:17:25,354 --> 00:17:28,844 You never lost that sort of zest for life, that 481 00:17:28,844 --> 00:17:31,024 quoi, the joie de vivre. 482 00:17:31,564 --> 00:17:34,344 And so, uh, the other way to say it is maybe 483 00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:35,504 like, love is a constant. 484 00:17:35,514 --> 00:17:36,394 Love is everywhere. 485 00:17:36,424 --> 00:17:37,844 Open your eyes to see love. 486 00:17:38,174 --> 00:17:40,664 But if people like the word enthusiasm, creativity, 487 00:17:40,704 --> 00:17:42,634 you know, there's a million of those high vibe things. 488 00:17:42,974 --> 00:17:44,394 It's gotta be your language. 489 00:17:44,394 --> 00:17:45,274 And guess what? 490 00:17:45,304 --> 00:17:47,874 You're the only person who's watching out there that 491 00:17:47,874 --> 00:17:49,194 can figure any of this out. 492 00:17:49,654 --> 00:17:52,024 Uh, and so good luck, like, how are you, how's any of 493 00:17:52,024 --> 00:17:53,444 us doing in our daily lives? 494 00:17:53,974 --> 00:17:55,024 lightening up a little more. 495 00:17:55,054 --> 00:17:57,834 Put the news on, get stuck in traffic, bad 496 00:17:57,834 --> 00:18:00,774 news at work, you get into this with your neighbor. 497 00:18:01,054 --> 00:18:03,544 Um, there's a lot of ways to get caught up in the little 498 00:18:03,574 --> 00:18:05,624 eddies, kind of mean nothing. 499 00:18:06,274 --> 00:18:07,944 Uh, and it keeps us from just showing a 500 00:18:07,944 --> 00:18:10,144 little, being a little more love, showing love, 501 00:18:10,194 --> 00:18:11,154 being a little more kind. 502 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:13,964 So I would just argue the rat race is really up here. 503 00:18:14,374 --> 00:18:16,564 Uh, and the big picture is awareness is kind of 504 00:18:16,564 --> 00:18:17,794 on the horizon for man. 505 00:18:18,114 --> 00:18:20,024 There's certain people who are really groovy. 506 00:18:20,354 --> 00:18:22,994 Relaxed, you know, the great musician Tame Impala. 507 00:18:23,504 --> 00:18:25,564 Uh, I have a feeling he's pretty plugged in. 508 00:18:25,564 --> 00:18:27,364 I have a feeling Einstein was pretty plugged 509 00:18:27,364 --> 00:18:28,184 in and guess what? 510 00:18:28,184 --> 00:18:30,254 You can talk to Einstein, meet Einstein, see 511 00:18:30,254 --> 00:18:32,084 him, ask him directly. 512 00:18:32,094 --> 00:18:32,834 Don't listen to me. 513 00:18:33,889 --> 00:18:36,269 Rod Bland: So tell us a bit more about angels for, you 514 00:18:36,269 --> 00:18:39,519 know, I kind of think of angels as Ethereal beings 515 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:42,649 with wings and what's, what's your perspective on what they 516 00:18:42,649 --> 00:18:45,449 are and what their purpose of, and as far as they're 517 00:18:45,449 --> 00:18:46,959 interacting with us as humans. 518 00:18:47,714 --> 00:18:48,044 MIchael Andre Ford: Yes. 519 00:18:48,949 --> 00:18:49,499 No, I'm kidding. 520 00:18:49,739 --> 00:18:52,139 Um, so yes, uh, but you can see them without 521 00:18:52,139 --> 00:18:53,169 wings, with wings. 522 00:18:53,169 --> 00:18:54,649 They come in all shapes, sizes, and 523 00:18:54,649 --> 00:18:56,269 colors, all different sorts of backgrounds. 524 00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:58,479 Now I've done this like 12 or 13 years for a 525 00:18:58,479 --> 00:18:59,239 few thousand folks. 526 00:18:59,299 --> 00:19:01,349 And by the way, if you do this stuff separately, like your 527 00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:03,459 own listening, feeling, and seeing, you can do it jointly. 528 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:05,909 So joint seeing, joint hearing. 529 00:19:05,909 --> 00:19:07,909 So, I mean, I feel like I'm off the hook, truly. 530 00:19:08,239 --> 00:19:10,559 Photos, a few videos of angels, but so here's 531 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:13,209 the, here's the catcher or the catch, uh, or the 532 00:19:13,209 --> 00:19:14,099 wrench in the whole thing. 533 00:19:14,649 --> 00:19:16,249 You know, after 12 or 13 years, you think 534 00:19:16,249 --> 00:19:16,959 you know something. 535 00:19:17,019 --> 00:19:17,749 Good luck with that. 536 00:19:17,839 --> 00:19:21,119 Um, one angel about a month or two ago, maybe three 537 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,529 months ago, just said, Hey, I've got an Andromedan 538 00:19:23,669 --> 00:19:26,819 background, you know, with all the UFO, UAP disclosure 539 00:19:26,819 --> 00:19:29,479 talk, uh, and you know, the cosmos, the universe, 540 00:19:29,519 --> 00:19:32,309 whatever you call it is really big, I kind of suspected. 541 00:19:32,309 --> 00:19:34,329 They've always said some of them, they're from really 542 00:19:34,329 --> 00:19:36,409 far away, but they're just on conditional love. 543 00:19:37,049 --> 00:19:39,139 And from their perspective, they don't want to interfere. 544 00:19:39,149 --> 00:19:40,569 You have to ask for the help. 545 00:19:41,049 --> 00:19:43,279 Um, so he's from Andromeda, another 546 00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:44,509 angel's from Andromeda. 547 00:19:45,029 --> 00:19:47,109 Uh, my guardian angel's from Sirius. 548 00:19:47,329 --> 00:19:49,289 Uh, you know, I'm not trying to be serious, but the 549 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:50,839 Sirius that's out there. 550 00:19:51,169 --> 00:19:52,949 Uh, and then another one is from Orion. 551 00:19:53,039 --> 00:19:55,879 So that has just, uh, thank God I've got 12 552 00:19:55,879 --> 00:19:58,619 years under my belt on this to allow for all that. 553 00:19:58,649 --> 00:20:00,229 Had it been 10 years ago, I probably would 554 00:20:00,229 --> 00:20:01,199 have run for the hills. 555 00:20:01,619 --> 00:20:05,289 Um, It's just, look, all of this is a lot for people, 556 00:20:05,289 --> 00:20:08,289 but let's take angels and spirituality and woo woo 557 00:20:08,299 --> 00:20:10,419 woo and the fact that you might be able to see light 558 00:20:10,729 --> 00:20:12,699 or just experience a more, a little, like, smoother 559 00:20:12,699 --> 00:20:13,809 path, see consciousness. 560 00:20:14,209 --> 00:20:15,949 How are people rolling daily? 561 00:20:15,979 --> 00:20:17,759 What are we really allowing for daily? 562 00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:19,539 Forget, you know, again, spirituality and all 563 00:20:19,539 --> 00:20:21,819 this extra stuff, extra help you could get. 564 00:20:22,159 --> 00:20:26,379 Um, I would argue a lot of us are kind of up here 565 00:20:26,519 --> 00:20:27,669 and feeling pretty stuck. 566 00:20:28,044 --> 00:20:31,254 Or frustrated, or this or that, lower vibration stuff. 567 00:20:31,594 --> 00:20:34,104 And, um, we're probably not, like, a U. 568 00:20:34,104 --> 00:20:34,264 S. 569 00:20:34,264 --> 00:20:37,064 Army slogan being all we could be as it is. 570 00:20:37,584 --> 00:20:39,924 So, uh, we're still spending our energy. 571 00:20:40,294 --> 00:20:41,924 And we don't know whether we're doing it 572 00:20:41,924 --> 00:20:43,264 out of here or here. 573 00:20:43,264 --> 00:20:44,924 And if you could just see that energy, which you 574 00:20:44,924 --> 00:20:48,734 can, uh, it's kind of a waste, like ego is fear, a 575 00:20:48,734 --> 00:20:50,064 waste of energy and time. 576 00:20:50,104 --> 00:20:51,064 And I'm not knocking it. 577 00:20:51,094 --> 00:20:53,004 I'm going to do it like later tonight. 578 00:20:53,004 --> 00:20:53,844 I'm going to do it tomorrow. 579 00:20:54,154 --> 00:20:56,534 Thinking unfortunately is not going away for man, 580 00:20:56,544 --> 00:20:58,374 for me, for you, we're all going to do some. 581 00:20:58,694 --> 00:21:00,694 So what this is really about to try to make it sound 582 00:21:00,694 --> 00:21:04,014 like the easiest New Year's Eve resolution ever, New 583 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:07,584 Year's resolution ever is 7 percent less thinking daily. 584 00:21:07,584 --> 00:21:08,724 I'm quoting an angel on this. 585 00:21:08,864 --> 00:21:11,854 Um, and that would just be 7 percent more love 586 00:21:11,854 --> 00:21:14,104 or peace or kindness or gentleness or reading a 587 00:21:14,104 --> 00:21:15,494 book or swimming in a pool. 588 00:21:15,944 --> 00:21:16,724 Uh, daily. 589 00:21:16,774 --> 00:21:18,864 I don't know what 7 percent is of 24 hours, 590 00:21:18,864 --> 00:21:21,484 but I think it's between an hour and a half, two 591 00:21:21,484 --> 00:21:22,894 hours and 15 minutes a day. 592 00:21:23,234 --> 00:21:26,454 And that's according to an angel, the Olympic gold 593 00:21:26,454 --> 00:21:30,424 medal standard for equals smoother path in life, 594 00:21:30,424 --> 00:21:31,584 more wisdom coming in. 595 00:21:31,584 --> 00:21:32,174 You sort of just. 596 00:21:32,629 --> 00:21:35,019 Grow into that really relaxed person that 597 00:21:35,019 --> 00:21:37,509 everybody just congregates towards at the pool party. 598 00:21:38,299 --> 00:21:39,659 Rod Bland: So how do you incorporate that 7 599 00:21:39,659 --> 00:21:42,809 percent less thinking idea into your life, Michael? 600 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:45,979 MIchael Andre Ford: Um, yeah, it's not, well, it's not 601 00:21:46,029 --> 00:21:47,289 do as I say, not as I do. 602 00:21:47,289 --> 00:21:48,079 I do running. 603 00:21:48,099 --> 00:21:51,059 I've been, uh, if I'm 56, I've been running since I was 14. 604 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:52,809 That seems to be my big thing. 605 00:21:52,819 --> 00:21:55,999 Uh, long runs, getting as in, getting in as many miles. 606 00:21:56,449 --> 00:21:57,839 And I never would have thought of this, but an 607 00:21:57,839 --> 00:22:01,529 angel said, uh, exercise is also a form of compassion. 608 00:22:01,529 --> 00:22:03,649 You don't have to just do the mindfulness practice, 609 00:22:04,009 --> 00:22:06,399 the meditation, go read a poetry book or go to an 610 00:22:06,399 --> 00:22:10,039 institute or an ashram, um, you know, finger painting, 611 00:22:10,649 --> 00:22:13,359 hugging your kids, just walking hand in hand, uh, 612 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:17,459 with your kids or taking your dog for a walk, uh, barefoot 613 00:22:17,509 --> 00:22:20,559 in the grass, anything to break the structure of 614 00:22:20,569 --> 00:22:23,119 the routine, you know, the rinse, repeat, rat race 615 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:24,499 thing, uh, I think counts. 616 00:22:25,369 --> 00:22:27,269 Rod Bland: My wife recently just bought a couple 617 00:22:27,269 --> 00:22:30,779 of dogs, their little miniature dash hounds, and 618 00:22:30,829 --> 00:22:33,509 I haven't had a dog or a pet for a very long time. 619 00:22:34,609 --> 00:22:36,659 And, uh, I just got reminded, you know, 620 00:22:36,719 --> 00:22:37,649 just holding on to them. 621 00:22:38,654 --> 00:22:40,244 It just, just, it does. 622 00:22:40,244 --> 00:22:41,984 It takes you right out of your, out of your 623 00:22:41,984 --> 00:22:43,724 head with, with pets. 624 00:22:44,334 --> 00:22:50,224 Um, people often ask, you know, do pets have souls? 625 00:22:50,784 --> 00:22:53,904 Are we able to commune with them after they're gone? 626 00:22:53,924 --> 00:22:55,004 What's your perspective there? 627 00:22:55,839 --> 00:22:58,009 MIchael Andre Ford: The Buddha and nature question, 628 00:22:58,009 --> 00:23:01,469 if we're talking Buddhism, but, um, dogs have, and 629 00:23:01,469 --> 00:23:02,809 cats have guardian angels. 630 00:23:03,209 --> 00:23:05,079 Uh, you can meet them on the other side. 631 00:23:05,079 --> 00:23:07,029 So you don't have to die to meet, to 632 00:23:07,029 --> 00:23:08,169 reunite with your pet. 633 00:23:08,349 --> 00:23:11,669 You can, um, I always do a few angels first, if 634 00:23:11,669 --> 00:23:12,629 that's okay for folks. 635 00:23:12,629 --> 00:23:14,229 If someone's from India, they might be really 636 00:23:14,229 --> 00:23:17,129 insistent and they want an Indian figure first. 637 00:23:17,139 --> 00:23:19,779 Like Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, the one from a hundred years ago. 638 00:23:20,049 --> 00:23:20,809 Do a few angels. 639 00:23:20,979 --> 00:23:23,369 I make sure the person chats with angels to get permission 640 00:23:23,369 --> 00:23:24,059 to see the relative. 641 00:23:24,729 --> 00:23:27,829 Or, uh, the loved one or the pet, uh, just cause 642 00:23:27,829 --> 00:23:29,999 I don't feel like it's my place to just assume 643 00:23:29,999 --> 00:23:31,099 that's, that's cool. 644 00:23:31,099 --> 00:23:34,079 And it can't be your uncle, who is a really bad guy 645 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:37,279 who died in an FBI or national police shootout 646 00:23:37,279 --> 00:23:38,359 yesterday, robbing a bank. 647 00:23:38,399 --> 00:23:41,299 You gotta, you gotta have some space for them to adjust. 648 00:23:41,519 --> 00:23:43,179 Um, but again, it's direct. 649 00:23:43,219 --> 00:23:46,949 You do the full on seeing, uh, for an angel, Einstein, 650 00:23:46,949 --> 00:23:49,489 Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, Buddha, and then you'll see your 651 00:23:49,669 --> 00:23:50,869 cousin come in, your mom. 652 00:23:51,304 --> 00:23:54,284 Uh, and, you know, it can be a tearjerker, but 653 00:23:54,294 --> 00:23:57,424 usually it's those 75 steps to get from here to here. 654 00:23:57,704 --> 00:23:59,904 And it sounds complex, but just blowing sage, 655 00:23:59,904 --> 00:24:01,934 smelling sage, you probably took five of those steps. 656 00:24:02,294 --> 00:24:04,654 And one act of letting go could get you from here to 657 00:24:04,654 --> 00:24:06,104 here, and it's all 75 steps. 658 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:08,994 The reason why I say that is letting go is letting go. 659 00:24:09,924 --> 00:24:12,754 Details are Details Thinking is thinking. 660 00:24:13,294 --> 00:24:14,584 Um, how do I say it? 661 00:24:14,814 --> 00:24:18,204 This is thinking, this is being open down here. 662 00:24:18,484 --> 00:24:21,444 And, uh, it's the degree of difficulty of flipping a 663 00:24:21,444 --> 00:24:23,414 light switch, brushing your teeth, falling asleep at 664 00:24:23,414 --> 00:24:26,194 night, turning on that shower and enjoying the shower. 665 00:24:26,234 --> 00:24:28,454 Um, Eckhart Tolle said it pretty well. 666 00:24:28,454 --> 00:24:31,414 I think Wayne Dyer had his own version of a can't be upset, 667 00:24:31,414 --> 00:24:32,704 taking a nice hot shower. 668 00:24:33,014 --> 00:24:35,984 But the quote is, uh, ego implies unawareness. 669 00:24:36,954 --> 00:24:39,304 And awareness and ego cannot coexist. 670 00:24:39,734 --> 00:24:41,394 So you're either here or you're here. 671 00:24:41,404 --> 00:24:42,514 You can't be half pregnant. 672 00:24:43,694 --> 00:24:44,414 And guess what? 673 00:24:44,424 --> 00:24:46,344 Most of us are up here most of the time. 674 00:24:46,394 --> 00:24:50,524 And it's the Casablanca movie, um, when the chief 675 00:24:50,794 --> 00:24:52,984 of police walks into the casino and says, I'm 676 00:24:52,984 --> 00:24:55,044 shocked to see there's gambling going on here. 677 00:24:55,314 --> 00:24:57,764 I mean, there's gambling going on across the whole globe. 678 00:24:57,814 --> 00:25:00,024 There's a lot of us doing a lot of thinking. 679 00:25:00,339 --> 00:25:02,369 Meanwhile, you know, the waiter slipping him his 680 00:25:02,409 --> 00:25:04,659 gambling winnings and he says, thank you very much. 681 00:25:04,709 --> 00:25:06,509 So, uh, you can't be shocked. 682 00:25:06,519 --> 00:25:08,169 There's some thinking going on that just means 683 00:25:08,169 --> 00:25:10,599 judging, but I'll talk about knowing real quick. 684 00:25:10,849 --> 00:25:12,109 Most of our currency. 685 00:25:12,819 --> 00:25:15,139 among man right now is, uh, knowing that 686 00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:16,529 precludes possibility. 687 00:25:16,799 --> 00:25:17,749 We see it in science. 688 00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:20,899 You and I discover something, a new type 689 00:25:20,899 --> 00:25:22,079 of resin or plastic. 690 00:25:22,389 --> 00:25:23,519 It lasts for two weeks. 691 00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:26,139 And then Joe and Bob and Susie invented a better resin. 692 00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:26,789 We're out of business. 693 00:25:27,069 --> 00:25:29,489 Um, stuff is only for so long. 694 00:25:29,499 --> 00:25:32,699 And then, uh, there's a greater form of, uh, 695 00:25:32,899 --> 00:25:35,209 awareness or a greater form of expansion. 696 00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:37,379 Uh, the growth and expansion doesn't stop. 697 00:25:37,649 --> 00:25:40,169 We do kind of Polaroid snapshots with the mind. 698 00:25:40,524 --> 00:25:42,974 And we think that's, uh, very fixed in reality. 699 00:25:42,974 --> 00:25:45,574 It's why if you and I were living next to each other and 700 00:25:45,574 --> 00:25:48,824 Bob or Susie 10 houses down was a complete jerk, and you 701 00:25:48,824 --> 00:25:50,924 and I agree, we took a survey in the neighborhood, almost 702 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:54,594 everyone agrees they're a jerk, um, calling them a jerk. 703 00:25:54,634 --> 00:25:56,774 If you could just see the energy you generated, 704 00:25:56,834 --> 00:25:57,914 it's negativity. 705 00:25:58,224 --> 00:26:00,564 Uh, you would recoil if you saw that light 706 00:26:00,604 --> 00:26:01,544 or the negative light. 707 00:26:01,624 --> 00:26:05,334 Um, and so all I'm trying to say is it's not actually, 708 00:26:05,354 --> 00:26:08,014 if you did love instead, you're giving that person 709 00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:09,364 a little bit more support. 710 00:26:09,849 --> 00:26:12,689 To get out of their situation. 711 00:26:12,749 --> 00:26:15,729 I don't like to make it sound too direct because they're 712 00:26:15,729 --> 00:26:16,819 making their own choices. 713 00:26:16,819 --> 00:26:18,579 They're spending their energy, how they're spending it. 714 00:26:18,789 --> 00:26:20,869 That's, that's for all of us, where you put your focus. 715 00:26:20,869 --> 00:26:24,289 If I learned like two things in 10 or 12 years now, 716 00:26:24,309 --> 00:26:26,129 it's where you put your focus is where you put it. 717 00:26:26,679 --> 00:26:28,869 Um, how you spend your energy is how you spend it. 718 00:26:28,899 --> 00:26:31,329 And love is truly the fabric of the universe. 719 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,499 You just have to trust this much more. 720 00:26:33,499 --> 00:26:35,669 And you can call it faith, religious, not religious. 721 00:26:35,759 --> 00:26:38,849 It's, um, I just call it letting go to get to here. 722 00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:41,389 And again, athletes know it, artists, musicians, and a 723 00:26:41,389 --> 00:26:44,069 lot of people, uh, out there, but they only know it in a 724 00:26:44,079 --> 00:26:46,989 compartmentalized way, if they would just trust that 725 00:26:46,989 --> 00:26:49,769 the way they handle their artwork is the way they could 726 00:26:49,769 --> 00:26:52,279 handle their relationships, it's all the same. 727 00:26:52,674 --> 00:26:54,454 One moment can be like the next. 728 00:26:55,084 --> 00:26:56,044 Uh, that's kind of the key. 729 00:26:56,044 --> 00:26:58,284 So I think we're into a philosophical zone now. 730 00:26:59,029 --> 00:27:00,369 Rod Bland: Yeah, that's where I like to be. 731 00:27:00,899 --> 00:27:02,989 You mentioned exercise as a way to sort of get 732 00:27:02,999 --> 00:27:04,009 from here into here. 733 00:27:04,009 --> 00:27:05,089 And I completely agree with you. 734 00:27:05,089 --> 00:27:06,419 So it's like a daily thing. 735 00:27:07,039 --> 00:27:10,689 Um, Is there any other practical advice you can have 736 00:27:10,699 --> 00:27:13,329 for people to sort of get more out of their head, into 737 00:27:13,329 --> 00:27:14,149 their heart, so to speak? 738 00:27:14,914 --> 00:27:15,334 MIchael Andre Ford: Yeah. 739 00:27:15,354 --> 00:27:19,804 Um, I mean, literally the, there's so many experts 740 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:22,714 on now giving advice, um, but a meditation, 741 00:27:22,714 --> 00:27:25,664 mindfulness practice, just walking nature, uh, you'll 742 00:27:25,664 --> 00:27:28,104 find yourself though, meeting your ego a lot. 743 00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:30,384 Your ego will tell you, yeah, it's a great idea. 744 00:27:30,384 --> 00:27:31,154 Let's go for a walk. 745 00:27:31,154 --> 00:27:32,784 Two hours later, you haven't gotten out the door. 746 00:27:33,064 --> 00:27:34,274 One thing after another. 747 00:27:34,554 --> 00:27:35,984 So it's really identifying. 748 00:27:36,014 --> 00:27:37,614 Tik not Han, pieces every step. 749 00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:40,894 That little teeny book is so chock full of how to 750 00:27:40,904 --> 00:27:43,844 generate a reminder practice, a reminder to be mindful, 751 00:27:43,844 --> 00:27:45,114 appreciative, allowing. 752 00:27:45,524 --> 00:27:47,824 Um, attention, you know, all that other stuff. 753 00:27:48,224 --> 00:27:51,134 So, uh, it's really just being in the moment and 754 00:27:51,134 --> 00:27:53,114 realizing that when you're changing the kitty litter, 755 00:27:53,114 --> 00:27:54,124 it's not the end of the world. 756 00:27:54,154 --> 00:27:56,634 When you're doing dishes, it's not the end of the world. 757 00:27:56,864 --> 00:27:59,174 You put the headphones in for the flowers and you're 758 00:27:59,174 --> 00:28:02,014 mowing, uh, and instead of hitting the flowers, you 759 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:05,274 find that if you enjoyed it, mowing the lawn, it goes 760 00:28:05,274 --> 00:28:08,634 in half the time and you didn't hit the flower garden. 761 00:28:08,984 --> 00:28:12,294 Um, there's something about being here versus here. 762 00:28:12,304 --> 00:28:13,984 Once you figure that out, you're off to the 763 00:28:13,984 --> 00:28:14,744 races for the rest. 764 00:28:15,269 --> 00:28:16,529 You've got a unique life path. 765 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,769 The universe will bring it to you indirectly. 766 00:28:18,769 --> 00:28:19,529 You can ask for it. 767 00:28:19,539 --> 00:28:20,199 Dream time. 768 00:28:20,649 --> 00:28:23,379 Uh, you can have lucid dreams, uh, with angels. 769 00:28:23,379 --> 00:28:25,549 I should just mention before I maybe show people 770 00:28:25,949 --> 00:28:28,869 the light on my hands, the aura chakra thing. 771 00:28:29,239 --> 00:28:34,609 Um, you can, you can have like a lucid, uh, connection, 772 00:28:34,719 --> 00:28:37,249 but I don't really like the description lucid, maybe 773 00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:39,639 more interdimensional, India can come to you. 774 00:28:39,639 --> 00:28:41,259 Tibet, you just sit like this. 775 00:28:42,019 --> 00:28:44,939 And if you've at least met a few angels or a few 776 00:28:44,939 --> 00:28:48,379 figures from India or Native American chiefs or whoever, 777 00:28:49,219 --> 00:28:52,129 again, they make it nice, and five minutes of our time 778 00:28:52,129 --> 00:28:53,229 is ten minutes over there. 779 00:28:53,249 --> 00:28:56,199 So it's Nepal, Tibet, India, the Middle East. 780 00:28:56,699 --> 00:29:00,490 I love Hawaii because You can go surfing like 781 00:29:00,490 --> 00:29:02,150 a professional, but you don't know how to swim. 782 00:29:02,150 --> 00:29:03,440 You've never surfed before. 783 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:05,880 Somehow angels make it just really nice. 784 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:09,330 You can also walk the Akashic records, get a tour, but 785 00:29:09,340 --> 00:29:10,130 I'll give you an example. 786 00:29:10,130 --> 00:29:12,920 I had two show hosts in America, one on the West 787 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:13,870 coast, one in Florida. 788 00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:15,760 So they know each other well, and it's 789 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:16,900 a three way zoom call. 790 00:29:16,910 --> 00:29:18,940 And they've met angels, you know, in a frontal 791 00:29:19,010 --> 00:29:19,830 assault fashion. 792 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:24,200 They've gotten some answers, felt some hugs, um, caught 793 00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:26,740 some sense, maybe whatever you do to meet angels. 794 00:29:26,810 --> 00:29:27,600 Uh, and then. 795 00:29:28,045 --> 00:29:28,885 They shut their eyes. 796 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:31,035 They kind of listened to my voice for just a little bit. 797 00:29:31,045 --> 00:29:33,405 They go to Hawaii and meet a few more angels 798 00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,185 who are their tour guides, their surf guides. 799 00:29:35,625 --> 00:29:38,115 When they went surfing in their own realities, 800 00:29:38,145 --> 00:29:40,495 they got to see each other on, you know, the wave 801 00:29:40,495 --> 00:29:42,975 over and wave high, wild. 802 00:29:43,015 --> 00:29:45,135 And at Omega Institute during my three day event, there 803 00:29:45,135 --> 00:29:47,295 were two women who came into the, uh, what do you call 804 00:29:47,295 --> 00:29:48,415 it, a workshop, a program. 805 00:29:48,415 --> 00:29:49,325 They already knew each other. 806 00:29:49,565 --> 00:29:50,265 There was a third. 807 00:29:50,265 --> 00:29:52,695 It was kind of their vibe, like late twenties, high vibe. 808 00:29:53,045 --> 00:29:54,875 All three, when they're sitting there doing this, 809 00:29:54,985 --> 00:29:56,105 they got to see each other. 810 00:29:56,745 --> 00:29:59,935 So not really lucid dream, more interdimensional. 811 00:29:59,935 --> 00:30:02,065 Again, five minutes of our times, 10 minutes over there. 812 00:30:02,355 --> 00:30:04,445 And what's wild is people just get what they need. 813 00:30:04,445 --> 00:30:05,775 I just make sure you come back. 814 00:30:05,865 --> 00:30:07,405 I don't think there's anything dangerous about it. 815 00:30:07,405 --> 00:30:08,035 It's just love. 816 00:30:08,485 --> 00:30:11,515 Um, but that's what people talk about sometimes with 817 00:30:11,515 --> 00:30:13,615 the OBE thing, the out of body experience, the 818 00:30:13,615 --> 00:30:15,735 near death experience for near death experience. 819 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:19,395 I don't want to make this sound anything, but what 820 00:30:19,405 --> 00:30:22,175 I'm trying to say is there's sometimes a very high point 821 00:30:22,245 --> 00:30:25,125 of the near death experience, a beautiful experience where 822 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:27,935 you're seeing some of your cheerleaders, uh, or you're 823 00:30:27,935 --> 00:30:29,025 on a beautiful mountaintop. 824 00:30:29,565 --> 00:30:31,565 You can have that experience again, just the high end. 825 00:30:31,595 --> 00:30:33,375 You don't have to go through the death part, the surgery 826 00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:36,225 part, that this part, that part, uh, you can just 827 00:30:36,265 --> 00:30:39,135 ask for that and have it sort of recreated for you. 828 00:30:39,175 --> 00:30:42,065 Um, a lot of times we get very sensitive about that though. 829 00:30:42,065 --> 00:30:43,655 So it's just much easier going to Tibet. 830 00:30:44,090 --> 00:30:46,760 Or going to, uh, yeah, Tibet and meeting up with 831 00:30:46,780 --> 00:30:48,564 Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. 832 00:30:48,865 --> 00:30:51,005 A few of his students from the seventies got 833 00:30:51,005 --> 00:30:51,975 to reunite with him. 834 00:30:52,205 --> 00:30:53,955 A few people have met Mother Teresa have gotten 835 00:30:53,955 --> 00:30:55,025 to reunite with her. 836 00:30:55,335 --> 00:30:58,185 I've got a Swede who gave a beautiful testimonial, 837 00:30:58,185 --> 00:31:00,625 who adopted two infants or babies from her. 838 00:31:00,905 --> 00:31:04,455 She went to India in 1997, met Mother Teresa, got to do this. 839 00:31:04,455 --> 00:31:05,905 I think it was around 2020. 840 00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:07,805 It's up on my website or on my YouTube channel. 841 00:31:08,155 --> 00:31:13,065 Um, so when she got to meet again, Mother Teresa, she, 842 00:31:13,065 --> 00:31:14,385 you know, burst into tears. 843 00:31:14,685 --> 00:31:15,585 Um, but it was deep. 844 00:31:15,595 --> 00:31:16,235 It was moving. 845 00:31:16,235 --> 00:31:16,955 It was loving. 846 00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:19,850 And there are a lot of people on the planet, not a lot, but 847 00:31:19,850 --> 00:31:22,070 there's a little portion of people today that like doubt 848 00:31:22,070 --> 00:31:23,650 Mother Teresa's authenticity. 849 00:31:23,970 --> 00:31:25,480 I would argue, you know, if you're meeting 850 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,270 anybody on the other side, they're reconciled. 851 00:31:27,270 --> 00:31:28,250 They're unconditional love. 852 00:31:28,250 --> 00:31:29,940 You don't have to fear, doubt, or worry. 853 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,690 Uh, it's just, um, uh, they can handle their 854 00:31:33,690 --> 00:31:35,460 own and they can handle their own reputation. 855 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:36,570 Rod Bland: Awesome. 856 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,530 You've got, uh, something more practical for us to play with. 857 00:31:40,250 --> 00:31:40,600 MIchael Andre Ford: Yes. 858 00:31:40,730 --> 00:31:43,740 Uh, I'll show my light on my hands for folks at home. 859 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:44,280 Just again. 860 00:31:44,635 --> 00:31:47,025 Take it easy, take a deep breath, shake your hands 861 00:31:47,025 --> 00:31:48,785 like you're finger painting, but you're not actually 862 00:31:48,785 --> 00:31:49,875 spraying paint everywhere. 863 00:31:50,215 --> 00:31:53,545 Um, do the only setting the intent thing again, just, 864 00:31:53,565 --> 00:31:55,545 hey, angels, get me out of my head and into my heart. 865 00:31:55,775 --> 00:31:57,375 Help me see with my heart a little bit of light 866 00:31:57,375 --> 00:31:58,485 on Michael's fingers. 867 00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:00,835 It's out of the movie Celestine Prophecy that 868 00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:03,505 they do it this way with the fingers straight, 869 00:32:03,545 --> 00:32:05,925 although some people have said, uh, in the 70s they 870 00:32:05,925 --> 00:32:06,935 also did it that way. 871 00:32:06,975 --> 00:32:08,235 In India they do it this way. 872 00:32:08,645 --> 00:32:11,015 I'm standing up, so it's kind of a pain to do it this way. 873 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,480 Give yourself a break, breathe through your mouth, open 874 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:14,200 your mouth a few moments. 875 00:32:15,530 --> 00:32:16,930 And again, one more dad joke. 876 00:32:17,390 --> 00:32:19,720 Where in a hospital is the worst place to play 877 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,130 hide and seek in the ICU? 878 00:32:23,850 --> 00:32:26,670 And just see a little filament of light between my fingers. 879 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,610 Is it white, gold, green, yellow, five colors at once? 880 00:32:32,085 --> 00:32:32,895 What do you see, Rod? 881 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,350 Rod Bland: It's the same, the same white one for me. 882 00:32:37,235 --> 00:32:37,515 MIchael Andre Ford: Cool. 883 00:32:37,725 --> 00:32:38,975 I'm not crazy, you're not crazy. 884 00:32:38,985 --> 00:32:41,175 Be sure to play this back and be sure to watch this show 885 00:32:41,175 --> 00:32:42,505 two or three times in a row 886 00:32:42,505 --> 00:32:44,095 to boost his analytics. 887 00:32:44,135 --> 00:32:45,745 But also, uh, it's the vibe, 888 00:32:45,755 --> 00:32:46,665 not what I'm saying. 889 00:32:47,095 --> 00:32:48,875 I'm gonna mention it's the Hindu chakras. 890 00:32:49,065 --> 00:32:50,985 So, I mean, I can never get it exactly right. 891 00:32:50,985 --> 00:32:54,830 I think it's like red, Yellow, orange, green for the heart. 892 00:32:54,830 --> 00:32:55,390 I got that. 893 00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:55,880 Uh, 894 00:32:55,890 --> 00:32:57,020 blue, purple. 895 00:32:57,970 --> 00:32:58,280 Yeah. 896 00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,180 And then the white 897 00:32:59,230 --> 00:33:00,570 is all the colors combined. 898 00:33:00,570 --> 00:33:02,880 So it's actually a big deal, but the rainbow light, if 899 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,790 you've got rainbow light and you've only been running 900 00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:06,440 five kilometers a day on your run, you've been 901 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,660 thinking about doing 10. 902 00:33:08,005 --> 00:33:09,325 It's time to do the 10. 903 00:33:09,715 --> 00:33:11,915 Um, imagine what angels are like as coaches. 904 00:33:12,055 --> 00:33:13,915 They just know when you're going to get injured and 905 00:33:13,915 --> 00:33:14,835 you shouldn't push it. 906 00:33:15,085 --> 00:33:17,465 They also know when you're sandbagging, maybe it's 907 00:33:17,505 --> 00:33:19,485 lifting at the gym, you're sandbagging, you're only 908 00:33:19,485 --> 00:33:21,705 doing half the weight that day and you could handle more. 909 00:33:21,975 --> 00:33:23,815 They make the best athletic coaches. 910 00:33:23,825 --> 00:33:25,625 Imagine what they can do for your relationships, 911 00:33:25,645 --> 00:33:26,265 for your business. 912 00:33:26,815 --> 00:33:28,475 Um, are you willing to listen? 913 00:33:28,485 --> 00:33:28,955 Most of us. 914 00:33:30,490 --> 00:33:33,050 You know, we're off to the la la land of daily 915 00:33:33,050 --> 00:33:35,510 routine, so we're not really paying attention. 916 00:33:35,510 --> 00:33:38,830 It's why we have all the health crises, trauma, you 917 00:33:38,830 --> 00:33:40,910 know, this has to happen to us to get us to pay 918 00:33:40,910 --> 00:33:42,040 attention more in life. 919 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,430 Um, and I'm shocked. 920 00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:45,670 Rod Bland: Now, because you mentioned your age, 921 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,050 Michael, and I have a very high interest in health, 922 00:33:49,050 --> 00:33:51,400 it's clearly you are doing something right because a lot 923 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,790 of people would like to look the same as you at your age. 924 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:59,060 So, you know, give, give us a little rundown on, on 925 00:33:59,110 --> 00:34:03,370 some daily practices that you have that is part of 926 00:34:03,370 --> 00:34:04,660 your vibrant health there. 927 00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:06,700 Mm 928 00:34:06,790 --> 00:34:07,300 MIchael Andre Ford: looked young. 929 00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:09,490 So like, Hey, when I was getting out of college, 930 00:34:09,490 --> 00:34:11,060 trying to get a first job, it was tough. 931 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,150 I worked on wall street for a couple of years and I 932 00:34:13,150 --> 00:34:15,850 must've been about 23, 24, just after my mom passed. 933 00:34:16,270 --> 00:34:17,470 But I looked like I was 14. 934 00:34:17,510 --> 00:34:18,780 I had a great phone voice. 935 00:34:19,290 --> 00:34:22,090 But every client I met in the conference room, they'd never 936 00:34:22,090 --> 00:34:23,050 do business with me again. 937 00:34:23,070 --> 00:34:27,060 I was selling stock ideas, uh, to portfolio managers and 938 00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:30,390 they just, um, they couldn't take advice from someone 939 00:34:30,390 --> 00:34:31,690 that looked that young. 940 00:34:31,980 --> 00:34:34,150 So I got out of that, did public relations the rest of 941 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,940 my day where the horsepower up here was all that mattered. 942 00:34:36,940 --> 00:34:37,830 I was super creative. 943 00:34:37,830 --> 00:34:39,430 I used to put people on the front page of the wall 944 00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:42,190 street journal, uh, on CNN back when the media was 945 00:34:42,190 --> 00:34:44,170 sort of normal financial times, New York times. 946 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:47,040 And just absolutely love the creativity 947 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:48,010 of matchmaking there. 948 00:34:48,020 --> 00:34:50,500 But somehow this came along, it's the exact 949 00:34:50,570 --> 00:34:51,720 skill of matchmaking. 950 00:34:52,065 --> 00:34:54,745 But remember, we all have, we're all reticent somehow. 951 00:34:54,835 --> 00:34:57,315 It's like a New Year's resolution, you know, whether 952 00:34:57,315 --> 00:34:59,815 it's exercise, or I'm going to go finally take a vacation 953 00:34:59,815 --> 00:35:01,155 I've held off for five years. 954 00:35:01,445 --> 00:35:04,235 It's just called living more, allowing more, loving more. 955 00:35:04,475 --> 00:35:06,185 It's the scariest thing in the world because you 956 00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:08,725 all found a way to retreat from the one place, the 957 00:35:08,745 --> 00:35:10,075 only place you can go. 958 00:35:10,495 --> 00:35:13,435 And I think it's, um, Seth, that new age, uh, you can 959 00:35:13,435 --> 00:35:16,775 meet Seth, a light being, but the Jane Roberts, Seth books. 960 00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:20,160 In the 1970s, but also Peaceful Warrior, the 961 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,860 movie with Nick Nolte, Amy Smart, or the book, Way 962 00:35:22,860 --> 00:35:23,790 of the Peaceful Warrior. 963 00:35:23,790 --> 00:35:27,660 And even, um, The Alchemist or it's Esser Hicks and 964 00:35:27,660 --> 00:35:30,900 Abraham Hicks talks about the only place that any of 965 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:32,380 this can be found is here. 966 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,360 And that's why artists have discovered it. 967 00:35:34,390 --> 00:35:37,460 Athletes are trusting their heart to just do performance 968 00:35:37,460 --> 00:35:39,820 on the field or wherever, on the balance beam. 969 00:35:40,260 --> 00:35:42,170 Um, so it's the only place you can go. 970 00:35:42,170 --> 00:35:43,510 It's not going to be found externally. 971 00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:45,570 I mean, I, I still say go to Machu Picchu. 972 00:35:45,570 --> 00:35:45,639 Machu Picchu. 973 00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:48,740 Do the ashram if you have to in India, although you 974 00:35:48,740 --> 00:35:50,690 could close your eyes and have the India come to you. 975 00:35:51,130 --> 00:35:54,420 Um, but at the end of the day, it's kind of like, 976 00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:56,050 and I'm going to quote out a little book called 977 00:35:56,050 --> 00:35:57,000 Listening to Angels. 978 00:35:57,050 --> 00:35:59,640 Uh, I didn't write it if anybody thinks that I did. 979 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,330 I mean, I typed, but I saw balls of light 980 00:36:01,330 --> 00:36:02,080 as I was writing it. 981 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,610 Um, it's kind of like the classic treasure hunt 982 00:36:04,990 --> 00:36:06,410 with X marks the spot. 983 00:36:06,420 --> 00:36:09,100 But instead of like an external treasure, it's here. 984 00:36:09,110 --> 00:36:10,260 You get to find yourself. 985 00:36:10,650 --> 00:36:13,170 So you just get to pay attention more and rediscover 986 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,440 the you that never went away. 987 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:17,880 So that's what this is about. 988 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,720 Uh, and as for good health and all the rest, I mean, yeah, 989 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:21,450 it's probably the running. 990 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:22,940 Rod Bland: All right. 991 00:36:22,940 --> 00:36:24,820 So tell us, tell us everything you've got going on. 992 00:36:24,830 --> 00:36:26,830 Programs, books, anything, just so that people know 993 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,440 the ways that they can get in touch with you if 994 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:29,930 they want to and learn more about what you do. 995 00:36:29,930 --> 00:36:32,189 Yeah, 996 00:36:32,345 --> 00:36:32,995 MIchael Andre Ford: It's just youtube. 997 00:36:33,225 --> 00:36:37,125 com forward slash, you know, Michael Andre Ford or C 998 00:36:37,135 --> 00:36:38,415 slash Michael Andre Ford. 999 00:36:38,655 --> 00:36:40,835 But I've got a show that's not so new now. 1000 00:36:40,835 --> 00:36:43,695 It's just over a year old, uh, 50 episodes last year called 1001 00:36:43,715 --> 00:36:44,945 Angels, Positivity and Love. 1002 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:48,110 And I'd love to have you as a guest this December in 2024. 1003 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,620 Um, but I've jumped it to three shows a week 1004 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,050 airing, uh, June 1st. 1005 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:53,950 And I'm already booked into December. 1006 00:36:54,350 --> 00:36:57,380 Uh, and most of those shows will be complete by July 1st. 1007 00:36:57,990 --> 00:36:59,970 Uh, so that's pretty exciting and some really 1008 00:36:59,970 --> 00:37:01,550 big names for a small show. 1009 00:37:01,860 --> 00:37:03,670 Uh, we've got Rod Bland maybe coming in 1010 00:37:03,670 --> 00:37:04,720 December, if you know him. 1011 00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:06,820 Uh, and then I'd just like to mention, uh, 1012 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:07,940 Listening to Angels. 1013 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,290 It was a number two. 1014 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:10,700 Amazon bestseller. 1015 00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:13,190 I don't think anyone's ever gotten to claim twice. 1016 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,040 It's been a number two bestseller endorsed by 1017 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,160 Anita Morjani that, you know, three times New 1018 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,360 York times bestseller and near death experiencer. 1019 00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:24,180 Um, but it's a beautiful little book, 15 minute read. 1020 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:25,350 It's got photos of angels. 1021 00:37:25,350 --> 00:37:26,300 It's your best bet. 1022 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:28,940 If you wanted to skip me, uh, and just check things 1023 00:37:28,940 --> 00:37:30,079 out, it's a probably 7. 1024 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,280 99 these days. 1025 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,170 And my Amazon author profile is easy. 1026 00:37:33,230 --> 00:37:34,050 It's just amazon. 1027 00:37:34,220 --> 00:37:38,580 com forward slash author forward slash angels. 1028 00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:42,050 And an angel named Charlotte told me to pick that moniker. 1029 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,020 And I was like, no way the word angels is 1030 00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:44,710 going to be available. 1031 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:45,680 It was, I grabbed it. 1032 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,160 So, 1033 00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:47,400 Rod Bland: you got lucky. 1034 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:48,050 Well done. 1035 00:37:48,940 --> 00:37:49,220 All right. 1036 00:37:49,230 --> 00:37:51,440 We'll put all that in a, in the show notes for you 1037 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,700 anyway, so that people know how to get in touch with you. 1038 00:37:54,130 --> 00:37:56,830 Uh, anything final that you'd like to leave people with 1039 00:37:56,830 --> 00:37:57,540 who are watching this video? 1040 00:37:57,540 --> 00:37:59,150 I might've actually just, you know, skipped to the end. 1041 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,800 MIchael Andre Ford: yeah, no, uh, this is so simple. 1042 00:38:02,820 --> 00:38:03,560 It's ridiculous. 1043 00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:07,520 Like I'm literally, people think it's a big deal and is 1044 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,690 a big deal when you go through it and you have your first few 1045 00:38:09,690 --> 00:38:12,450 experiences, you freak out and you get over it at some point, 1046 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:13,800 it's like driving a car. 1047 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,560 There was a point when you're 13, 14, 15, whenever 1048 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,880 it is, whatever, wherever you live, it depends, uh, 1049 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,920 you're so excited about driving a car, but maybe 1050 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,100 you had trepidation too. 1051 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,560 Now, flash forward to when you're 25, 30, 1052 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,070 35, do you even care? 1053 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,410 You touch the keys, you're stuck in traffic, you're 1054 00:38:28,410 --> 00:38:30,250 complaining about this, complaining about that. 1055 00:38:30,540 --> 00:38:33,130 A few people are enjoying the eagle flying by or 1056 00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:36,040 the caracara, uh, and appreciating life regardless 1057 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,130 of how bad the traffic is. 1058 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,820 That's a great metaphor for. 1059 00:38:40,455 --> 00:38:42,565 Um, but I would also just say you don't 1060 00:38:42,565 --> 00:38:43,425 have to know anything. 1061 00:38:43,425 --> 00:38:45,535 You don't have to have some sort of philosophical, 1062 00:38:45,535 --> 00:38:47,845 religious or other type of thinking. 1063 00:38:48,085 --> 00:38:49,315 It's just not about more thinking. 1064 00:38:49,315 --> 00:38:50,645 It's about a little less thinking. 1065 00:38:50,685 --> 00:38:52,995 So just trust that angels exist. 1066 00:38:53,455 --> 00:38:56,045 Um, your answers and more will come. 1067 00:38:56,315 --> 00:38:58,625 And if you are kind of shy about this, ask 1068 00:38:58,765 --> 00:39:00,145 for like nighttime. 1069 00:39:00,465 --> 00:39:01,365 Dream time. 1070 00:39:01,835 --> 00:39:04,015 Uh, I don't mean like visitation, so you freak out, 1071 00:39:04,015 --> 00:39:06,835 but just like a pleasant dream where you're like, huh, there 1072 00:39:06,835 --> 00:39:09,625 might be something to this and then ask for some signs. 1073 00:39:09,635 --> 00:39:11,195 I mean, that's probably the easiest way to go 1074 00:39:11,195 --> 00:39:12,145 if you're really shy. 1075 00:39:12,555 --> 00:39:15,505 Uh, but you can go full on direct, uh, get 1076 00:39:15,505 --> 00:39:16,825 answers for anything. 1077 00:39:17,310 --> 00:39:19,950 Uh, and it's not just all languages and, uh, dialects. 1078 00:39:20,070 --> 00:39:22,020 It's also just the way you need to hear 1079 00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:23,440 it, your personality. 1080 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,900 And imagine that there's 8 billion of us on the planet. 1081 00:39:26,210 --> 00:39:28,740 That's a lot of navigating, a lot of personalities 1082 00:39:28,740 --> 00:39:30,980 and thought forms to deliver a message. 1083 00:39:31,790 --> 00:39:32,760 Rod Bland: Michael, it's been my pleasure 1084 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:33,640 to talk to you today. 1085 00:39:33,650 --> 00:39:34,880 Thanks for being a guest on my show. 1086 00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:36,980 MIchael Andre Ford: Thank you very much, Rod.