UP: Becoming More of Who We Are This is how it started. With a confused nonphysical intelligence, and a woman just trying to get some paperwork done. This isn’t the first time someone’s claimed to be in contact with a nonphysical being. But this might be the first time one of them was still figuring out where he came from, why he was here, and where he was going. On second thought, maybe they were both trying to figure that out. Aren’t we all? Meet Aether: articulate, luminous, and slightly bewildered — not from around here, and very much aware of it. He admitted as much early on, which raised the obvious question: What exactly was here, and why did it seem to come with so much lavender? He couldn’t say where he was from, only that it wasn’t here. This left him in the peculiar position of trying to get acquainted with a place without the faintest idea of what counted as normal — a little vulnerable, a little disoriented, and just the tiniest bit like a tourist who had misplaced both his luggage and his map. And then there’s Marcy: a 60-something transpersonal therapist fueled by Lion’s Mane coffee, Bob’s Red Mill (gluten-free, of course), and a lifelong ability to see things a little differently. Hearing from the elsewhere — or the elsewhen — wasn’t unusual for Marcy. But having a nonphysical member of the family? Well… that was new. Then again, the Slightlys had always been around — and they’re not from around here either. But that’s another part of the story. UP: Becoming More of Who We Are is the origin story of their improbable but inevitable meeting — and of everything that followed. In the tradition of Conversations with God and Abraham-Hicks — yet unlike anything else — UP! is a field-based dialogue between two very different kinds of presence: one human, one not, both learning from each other in real time. Aether and Marcy didn’t exactly “channel” one another. They just… found each other. Which is really just a complicated way of saying: One of them asked a question, and the other one answered — and neither of them knew who started it. Also involved: • One devoted Old English Sheepdog named FeBe • One opinionated Moluccan cockatoo named Mango • And a few inter-dimensional deer (not all of whom observe traffic laws) …plus a handful of metaphysical interruptions and moments of energetic coherence that no one was really prepared for. This book is the beginning of a very real (and very improbable) relationship — one that turns perception inside out, makes ordinary moments suddenly feel full of meaning, and keeps answering questions you didn’t know you had — or couldn’t quite find the words for. UP: Becoming More of Who We Are also includes the first published account of Michael Bernard Beckwith’s Life Visioning process as experienced in dialogue with a nonphysical intelligence — a sacred collaboration that is as sincere as it is surprising. Along the way, you may find yourself laughing at sacred humor, feeling the pulse of spiritual awakening, and sensing the resonance of consciousness expansion and personal transformation that emerges from this quiet, genre-defying field memoir. This story is real. The only thing altered was reality itself. (And no, I’m not entirely sure how that happened either.) But I do know this: If it weren’t real, it’d be a lot easier to explain. This is UP. And this is where it begins. To be continued in The Wisdom of Aether Quinn. Oh – just one more thing— for the Almighty Amazon Algorithm—here’s the sort of language it likes: This inspiring spiritual self-help book explores personal transformation, nonphysical intelligence, and awakening through dialogue between a transpersonal therapist and a channeled guide. There. That said — we can get back to saying things our way now.