For all of my enthusiasm for Michael, I'm still quite irreverent, skeptical, and unwilling to accept everything channeled. I really believe critical thinking, evaluation, and discrimination are major components of validation. I go along with some of the non-provable aspects of Michael that come through Troy; although, a willingness to accept something as possible isn't the same thing as belief. I don't follow any of the other Michael channels at all closely.

I don't give a whole lot of authority to any of The Original Michael Group's work or CQY's presentation. The useful material was followed up on with others, and the things CQY made up are irrelevant. All of CQY's books on Michael are similar to any other beginning works, the inherent flaws built into beginning belief systems is based on the imprinting each person carries with them. The purpose of the 4th Internal Monad is to strip away unwanted imprinting, and/or to at least examine it for usefulness; most who participated hadn't done their 4th IM. So much more has been developed since the beginning. Remember, the original Michael group (TOMG) only met for a total of 18 months. While they accomplished some profound breakthrough work, it was only the beginning. 

Meanwhile, my validation of Michael comes through points of uncomfortable recognition of truths I hadn't seen in myself. Michael did, and the more I work with them, the more I realize that Michael as brought through Troy is truly something special.

In fact I've spent the past couple of years writing my blog, "Validating Michael," which has clarified my thinking a great deal. It's always a work in progress as I gain new perceptions from either older channeled answers which now make sense or from new Q&As that evolve my understanding. I constantly grapple with existing belief systems and tangled truths. I've become more tolerant of belief systems in general, but less believing of them for myself. I may have started with an emphasis on validating Michael, but it's evolved to include validating everything at least to the point of accepting that I'll never know it all. My ongoing Self-Karma of "always being right" has become more balanced with my Life Task of "to draw soft conclusions."