What Turned On my Light

By Richard Quataert, Jr.

I grew up in middle class home in a suburb of Rochester, NY in the 1960's and 70's and my childhood was pretty typical of that era. I attended Catholic schools for 12 years, but I always knew I was "different". At about 8-9 years of age I was asking myself why we humans were here on Earth and what the purpose of our existence was. I was sure there was more to it than just going to school, working and growing old. One day I asked a friend what he thought of my question and he told me he had never thought of things like that and that I was "crazy". From that point on I decided not to discuss issues like this with others.

I continued with my "different" thoughts, becoming interested in UFO's and other strange phenomena. I would ride to the local library and borrow as many books on UFO's as I could carry home on my bike, reading them from cover to cover. I believed that there were beings from other parts of the universe that were visiting our planet and studying our race.

I entered my teens involved in average teenage activities. I enjoyed reading very much, and I started to read a few of the books my father had by author Erik Von Danikken. The theories contained in the books were intriguing and they stuck in my mind. Looking back, I can now appreciate how my father was also considered "different," he being involved in Transcendental Meditation, dream interpretation and Kirlian photography.

I was attending a Catholic high school at the time and going to mass at my parish, but really didn't enjoy the service. I found it extremely boring and spent most of my time there daydreaming, or watching the fascinating way people yawned and seemed to catch it from someone else in church! When I was 17 years old I told my parents I was driving myself to mass, yet would only go to church to pick up the church bulletin, thus proving to them my attendance.

One day I was home and had nothing to do, so I picked up a book from the bookshelf, which was titled "Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation". I thumbed through it and it seemed interesting so I started to read. As I read the concept of reincarnation I was overwhelmed by a feeling of pure truth that penetrated to the core of my being. These ideas were also making me a little scared because the things that I was taught and had come to believe suddenly seemed incomplete. The following day, while waiting for my theology class to begin, I began to read the Edgar Cayce book. My teacher, a Brother of the Holy Cross, asked me what I was reading and I showed him the book. He asked me what I thought about it and I told him I believed in the concept of reincarnation. I then asked him why he had asked me and he said he had read the book also. I asked him what he thought about it, but he did not comment. As I looked into his eyes I could tell that he also believed it was true. I often wonder if he ever left his order.

The concept of reincarnation had "turned on my Light" and my life began to change dramatically. I had always lacked self-esteem and was pessimistic in my thinking, and because of this I would tease my brothers and sister in unkind ways. I began to realize that my actions had consequences that would be realized at some time in this life, or another. I also began to contemplate how my actions had affected others. I began to gain some self-esteem and started treating people better. My attitude was now becoming optimistic and my life started to improve.

I continued to embrace my newfound beliefs for the next few years and applied them in my life to the best of my ability. I had also read about visualization techniques, and was using them daily to attain my goals relating to my career. I visualized myself obtaining my ultimate career goal, and after a couple of years found myself, at age 22, being sworn in as a police officer!

Shortly after becoming a police officer, my then fiancée broke off our engagement and I was devastated. My emotions were in turmoil, and besides work I did little but lie around and feel sorry for myself. I was asking God to help me when I stumbled across a book that was my father's. The name of the book was "Seth Speaks" by Jane Roberts, and it was my introduction to channeled material. I read the book over the next year, but usually only a little at a time. Even though I believed in reincarnation, my belief system was rigid and my mind somewhat inflexible. The information contained within those pages blew apart my belief system, a little at a time. I learned about Love, the Soul, the nature of our reality and how we form it with our thoughts and beliefs. I knew deep within me that what I was reading was truth, but my analytical mind was having a great deal of trouble accepting that most of what I had been taught about life was simply untrue.

The Seth material became my own type of bible and I expanded my reading to other channeled material, which offered insights into peace, joy and fulfillment. I was also still working as a police officer, in the inner city of Rochester, seeing and experiencing some of the horrifying acts that humans can inflict upon each other. I had become a spiritual person and my beliefs are what sustained me in an environment of negativity. I understood that each person that was involved in an interaction with another does so out of free will and that the resolution of Karma could be concluded. I was experiencing the polarity of life because of a belief system that imbued peace, love, harmony and cooperation, yet was living in a world filled with violence, hate, competition and a lack of respect for anyone or anything. Due to the overwhelming emotional roller coaster I experienced on a daily basis at work, my emotions in my personal life were over-controlled and nearly non-existent.

I went through several relationships and a tumultuous marriage, which ended in a lengthy and painful divorce. During the divorce I was looking for solace from the pain and found it in various spiritual writings. Much of the material I was reading was channeled, however, none of it struck home like the Seth material had done years earlier.

Then in February 1997, while sauntering around the local metaphysical bookstore in a daze, I saw an unassuming white book entitled "KRYON". I read a few paragraphs and felt a magnetic connection to the writing immediately. The words were not just words, but an energy that I could feel to the core of my being. Kryon was, as he described, a "Spiritual Scientist", and the "Magnetic Master", who was here on the earth to alter its magnetic grid system, to allow the energy of Light and Love to further penetrate the totality of Gaia and all who lived upon her. My Light had been turned on again and an amazing transformation began to occur. As I read the information and incorporated the lessons of Kryon I was able to utilize this in my life, which started to flow much more easily. Instead of looking at things in my life as problems, I began to view them as challenges and was able to resolve them with love and compassion.

Besides the Kryon writings, I started to explore other areas of metaphysics such as numerology, alternative energy sources, Tesla technology, Masonic/Rosicrucian philosophy, The Great Pyramid of Giza, quantum physics, World Conspiracy Theories, Jesus and the Essenes, the ego and subconscious mind and how they operate. My mind was expanding and. true to my Gemini nature, I was hungry to learn about everything esoteric. I also was intrigued by DNA and had read articles about it in scientific magazines. During a Kryon channeling in late '97 I was introduced to Dr. Todd Ovokaitys, a biophysicist, who was combining mainstream science with spirituality. Dr. Todd (a scientist who was spiritual?) was exploring ways of curing disease through the use of magnetic waveforms interacting with DNA. I explored his findings, along with the information Kryon and some Pleiadian channelings were relating, in regard to what DNA truly is as opposed to what mainstream science purports it to be.

I came to the conclusion that DNA contains "All That Is" and can be altered by specific harmonic frequencies through magnetic waveforms curing all diseases and allowing the body to achieve higher states of Light. Dr. Todd had also invented a method of anti-aging/cellular rejuvenating with a form of laser light. This turned on a light inside me as I became aware that humans could come to be cured of all disease and live longer without using drugs!

As I grew in awareness in my left-brain-conceptual knowledge, I still lacked a connection to my right brain-feeling self. I had allowed the many years of working as a street cop to harden me some and it was affecting my ability to make an emotional commitment in intimate relationships. I had become aware of one of my patterns regarding my choices in partners and with that awareness the pattern ceased.

A few months later I met a woman from London, England, through a personals service where I had placed an ad. After corresponding by e-mail and by phone for a couple of months, she came to visit me. I knew almost immediately that I was in love with her and it felt like we were picking up from somewhere we had left off. Several months later we were married and yet again my Light had been turned on.

My wife is an artist, musician, author of spiritual books and quite ironically - a Channel! I have learned a great deal from her - not from what she says or writes, but from the way she lives her life and treats others. She is a living example of peace, love, compassion and kindness. She has helped me to realize the connection of my mind with my heart and also about commitment.

After 18 years in law enforcement that life is now drawing to a close. I now look forward to a second life involving metaphysics. My goals are to give back to the world through sharing peace, love, kindness and compassion. I would be honored to share whatever knowledge and wisdom the Creator has given me so others can open their minds, grow in awareness and change the current paradigm of this planet. In other words, I desire to help others "Turn on their Light."

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Rick Quataert is currently a police officer in Rochester, NY. He is also a distributor of Laser energized Gematria Products & Lasergarden Organic Lotions and is studying various areas of metaphysics.