The Living Soul

Mitchell E. Gibson, MD

I began meditating at the age of 12, shortly after one of my seventh grade teachers showed the class a film on transcendental meditation. Much to the dismay of my Southern Baptist parents, I adopted the practice as a daily habit. For as long as I can remember I had felt a profound inner yearning to understand God. My discussions with Pastor Simpson about the Bible used to irritate him to no end.

By the time I was ten years old. I had read both the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible. My questions to the Pastor often centered around my need to understand the violence and pain that filled the lives of the characters in the Bible.

When I turned twelve, Pastor Simmons asked me to start teaching Sunday school to the teenagers. One year later I was asked to moderate the Sunday School discussions as Superintendent. I never let the church know that I had begun to embrace meditation and spiritual philosophy during this time. My Mother and my siblings used to make fun of my meditative postures. Within two years of starting the practice of meditating, I realized however that I was experiencing emotions, visions, and thoughts that defied simple explanation.

While meditating, I felt more peaceful and whole than I did at any other time in my young life. As I grew older my meditations changed. In my youth, the visions that I experienced were dreamlike and idyllic. After 25 years of TM and kundalini meditations, my visions took on a more intense and overwhelming tone. Sometimes I would emerge from my meditations completely enraptured. The scenes and images that I saw were beyond verbal description. Up until my 37^th birthday, I was an observer in my meditative world.

The Golden Man changed that forever. I am not sure how or why I came to meet him but the time that we spent together changed my life. The first time that I saw the Golden Man I was in the process of emerging from a long solar meditation. I had adopted the habit of meditating while the Sun struck my face during my residency. When I opened my eyes, I could clearly see a figure emerging from the Sun.

At first I couldn’t determine if the image was that of a male or female person. As the image coalesced, I could see that it was the rough outline of a man. He stood before me, floating. I could barely make out any physical features but I could tell that he was smiling. He was roughly eight feet tall and he was surrounded by a bright but not blinding golden light. He floated closer to me. In that moment I realized that I was experiencing my first transcendent experience. I didn’t know if I should run or kneel. He smiled and asked me my name.

“My name is Mitchell.” I mustered enough presence of mind to respond with a question of my own.

“What is your name?” I asked.

“My name is Djeuthi.” His voice was resonant like a soft echo. Louder than a whisper but not quite up to what one would call normal conversational level. It was one of the most beautiful sounds I had ever heard. He pronounced his name (Dee-jan-tee).

“I have watched your meditations for some time.”

“How do I know that I am not hallucinating all of this?” I asked. I knew that I was wide awake. Furthermore, I could see him whether I opened or closed my eyes. I had learned over the years that visions, in their rarity, were clearly discernible whether my eyes were opened or closed. Simple mental images did not do that. I still didn’t know what he or it was exactly.

“If it is easier for you, then you may think of me as a figment of your imagination, though this approach will cause certain problems for you later.”

“Problems? What problems?”

“For instance, how is it that your imagination can create the experiences that I am prepared to share with you?.“

“What experiences?”

“You might call them Shamanic journeys. You might simply call them teaching lessons.”

In that moment I realized that my life was about to change forever. He floated closer to me, touched me lightly on the cheek, and then vanished in a flash of light. I could still hear his voice resonating in my mind even though I could not see him anymore. I realized that I had either had a spiritual breakthrough or the beginnings of a mental breakdown.

Thus begins a very interesting journey that takes Mitchell E. Gibson, MD out of his ordinary consciousness and into the inner realms of his being. In his book, The Living Soul, Dr. Gibson takes us upon a fascinating adventure of the imaginal. You may purchase this book on his web site at www.spiritualpotential.com

Dr. Mitchell E. Gibson is a board-certified forensic psychiatrist, author, and spiritual seeker. Dr. Gibson received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then completed his residency training at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. During his last year of residency he served as Chief Resident in Psychiatry and received the Albert Einstein Foundation Research Award for his work in Sleep Disorders. Dr. Gibson is a former Chief of Staff at the East Valley Camelback Hospital in Mesa Arizona. Dr. Gibson is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the Midwestern College of Medicine.

Dr. Gibson has been listed among the Top Doctors in Arizona in Phoenix magazine on several occasions. He has also twice been named to the Woodward and White listing of the "Best Doctors in America". In 2003 and 2004 he was honored with listings in the Consumer Research Council of America’s compilation of the Top Psychiatrists in America. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American College of Forensic Medicine, and the American Board of Forensic Examiners.

Dr. Gibson is the author of The Living Soul, Signs of Psychic and Spiritual Ability, Signs of Mental Illness, The Miracle Prayer, and Releasement.

Dr. Gibson received the first of his three major spiritual initiations in Pune, India from Sri Matajhi Indira Devi in 1994. At that time he was granted clairvoyant vision, knowledge of the soul, and heightened intuitive healing abilities. Dr. Gibson has since then lectured extensively throughout the world as a noted public speaker on various topics including knowledge of the human soul, the spiritual causes of mental illness, human potential, and creativity enhancement