The Man Who Heard God, Became Telekinetic, Then Lost It All

Michael Monk was a lapsed Christian watching a movie when an overwhelming energy entered through the top of his head and changed everything. What followed over the next two decades: miraculous healings, telekinesis, out-of-body travel through the cosmos, a complete spiritual breakdown, and a return to God more powerful than before. This is one of the most extraordinary origin stories we've ever heard on Unapologetic Uplift, and Michael backs it up with 25 years of teaching, thousands of students, and a framework that bridges the gap between hard-core Christianity and the metaphysical world. If you've ever felt the electricity of a "yes" from the universe, been afraid your spiritual gifts might be demonic, or wondered whether direct experience of God is actually accessible to you — this episode is for you. In this episode: 🔊 The Voice in His Head (That Wasn't His): Michael was raised Christian, abandoned the church, and then, while watching a comedy movie, God spoke to him audibly. Electricity. Champagne bubbles of bliss. And a two-hour dialogue that rewired his understanding of reality. 👁️ The Eye Miracle That Started Everything: Home alone, a sharp object, a destroyed eyeball, and then, on his knees in the dark, a single prayer. What happened next left blood on his forehead and no wound to explain it. 🌊 When the World Started Rippling: Standing in a parking lot after reading The Law of One, the physical world dissolved into rainbow-hued shimmering light. He opened his chest. The energy poured in. And he almost didn't come back. 💀 "I Am God..." and Why It Nearly Destroyed Him: Michael embraced New Age philosophy to its absolute limit, declared himself God, and lost everything. His soulmate, his assets, his YouTube channel, his mind. What the dark side of self-empowerment actually looks like when you live it. ⚡ The Return: Self-Mastery Needs Two Helpings of God: The comeback story. How his soulmate's prayer pulled him back, and why he now teaches that the greatest act of self-empowerment is total devotion to something greater than the self. 🚀 1,000+ Out-of-Body Experiences. What He Actually Found: He traveled planetary, solar, galactic, and universal. Then past the edge of the universe itself. What exists beyond the omniverse, and why the "God within" vs. "God without" debate is a false choice. 🔮 How to Know If You're Dancing With the Right Spirit: "By their fruit you will know them." Why vibration alone doesn't tell the whole story, what the real ascension symptoms look like (hint: it's not fatigue), and how to spot a spiritual predator, even one radiating pure love. ⛪ Why Religious People Fear Energy Healing (And Why That's About to Change): Kim gets personal about the clients who've called her work sacrilegious. Michael explains why the Church's fear of energy was actually a protection mechanism for humanity, and why that era is now over. 🌐 The Tree of Life Church + Avatar Energy Mastery Institute: Two organizations, one mission. Whether you want pure technique (no spiritual philosophy required) or the full God-and-mastery framework, Michael explains how to find him and what free access he's offering listeners right now. Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday, plus Intentionally Ianthe on Mondays and Unhinged Out Loud with Kim Staples on Fridays. 💬 DM us — we actually respond. And tell us: have you ever heard a voice that wasn't yours? We want to know. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: The Voice of God 0:02 – Michael Hears God Audibly for the First Time 0:45 – The Eye Miracle: An Instantaneous Healing 9:44 – The Rippling World: First Contact with Universal Energy 14:10 – "I Am Not the Physical Body" — The Awakening Moment 15:26 – Telekinesis, Weather, and the Avatar Energy Mastery Institute 16:19 – "I Am God" — The Fall Into Darkness 18:01 – Self-Mastery Needs Two Helpings of God 20:00 – 1,000+ Out-of-Body Experiences: What He Found 28:56 – Expanding to Planetary, Solar, Galactic — and Beyond 29:05 – Distinguishing Divine Guidance From Ego: By Their Fruit 37:37 – Why Christians Fear Energy Healing (And Why It Was Actually Protective) 47:57 – The Tree of Life Church + Avatar Energy Mastery Institute 48:00 – How to Find Michael + Free Access for Listeners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices