Testimonials
If you would like to leave a testimonial about “The Intuitive Warrior” please click Contact Michael Jaco
3 Jan 2012
Dear Michael,
I just finished reading your book and deeply appreciate your sharing your intuitive development and experiences.
I was born in the Falkland Islands and was there during the 1982 ‘conflict’ between GB and Argentina. I saw war first hand and he horror that it brings.
I am now a yoga teacher, teaching workshops and retreats all over the world, encouraging people to develop their intuitive. My teacher brought Kundalini Yoga to the west – a very specific style of yoga that using intense breath techniques etc to awaken our potential as human beings. He spoke a lot about this time in the evolution of mankind – much like you do in your book.
I very much hope our paths will cross on this journey of life. If you are every coming through Los Angeles, let me know. I have been sharing your book with many.
Blessings,
Kia
Aug 18, 2011
Mr. Jaco,
My name is Jason and I am a combat medic attached with an Infantry unit in the Army. I read your book and it offered me an enormous amount of inspiration and I would like to thank you. I’d like to thank you for writing your book and sharing your experiences and would also like to thank you for your selfless service to our country.
Sincerely,
Jason
Aug 18, 2011
Thoroughly enjoyed your book and totally identified with your experiences. I noticed that the more I focused on self-control (as in ego control) and self-improvement, the better I got in martial arts and the more I appreciate my fellow human beings and life in general.
Also, as I made the transition from karate to pentjak silat to wing chun and qi-gong, I realized that you and I had followed the same path from hard to soft, from external to internal, from physical to metaphysical. It is great to know that I am not alone, that we have shared discoveries, and somewhat parallel spiritual growth and development.
Thanks for writing the book, JV
August 12, 2011
Hi Michael,
i just finished your book and as someone who writes as well, i thought you may be interested in how your book landed in my hands in a remote area of Thailand (Buriram – by the Cambodian border). an area where English books can’t be purchased.
some background info. i’m a Canadian female that has been living nomadically for a few years now. i sold almost all of my possessions and left – towards that which i can only express as what is in my blood.
i have been predominately in Thailand studying Muay Thai- the Thai standup combat art / now ring sport. my intent is to learn all that the art can teach me for as long as it is timely. my intuition and a great deal of synchronicity have brought me to one of the poorest areas of the country. i have been living here in Buriram for over a year now. as far as i know, i am the only non-Thai female living in these parts. as i suspect, from your travels and involvement in male dominated environments / combat arts, etc – you may have an idea of the challenges being a lone white female studying a martial art, in a foreign land where feminism hasn’t hit may bring . i believe i haven’t trained with another female since 2009.
recently i began training at a new gym and the head trainer began to razz me hard. he made it a point almost every day for some time to attempt to humiliate me in front of my peers. this gym was the first time i had trained with other foreigners (Chinese and French) for over a year.
the French boxer was new to Muay Thai and had only been in Thailand for a few weeks. he felt badly for me and tried to offer moral support in his limited English. on one such occasion, he showed up with your book.
what i can say is, i’m very thankful for the book and that the gift (yours for writing it and having it published and his for extending it to me) were incredibly timely. i learned a great deal from it, but perhaps most importantly, reinforced / confirmed that which i’ve always known within me. i suppose it was an echo of ‘don’t forget’ during a time when i needed to hear it.
so, in short, a backpacking French boxer who can speak little English, was traveling with little possessions other than your book and some clothing. he showed up in Buriram, a place he hadn’t heard of, due to a tiny piece i wrote for a Muay Thai site, about a gym closure, i believe in 2010 – a piece i had forgotten about. he showed up, sprained his ankle and before he left for home, gave me your book, at the precise time that i needed to read it.
it sort of all fits in with the book, so i thought i’d share.
i wish you the best in all that you do.
ldf
Feb. 10, 2010
Hello Michael,
I don’t remember what net search yielded your name and book, but I felt immediately drawn to it. I am absolutely hungry to develop the 6th sense. I very much identify with what you are doing.
I love the fact that you embody what seems like a contradiction. I am familiar with almost all that you write about and the books that you mention. I know true warriors are spiritual. And true spiritualists are warriors. But still I did not expect your insightfulness to come out of modern day military experience. (I think all police and military forces need to be trained your way!)
I am not quite finished with your book yet, because I am savoring it. I wish that there is some sort of academy where I can really train the mind/body/spirit connection. (All schools need this too!)
There are 2 books that I’m wondering if you have read, which are right up your alley:
1. STAR ROVER by Jack London–an amazing account of astral projection and time travel to past lives!!!
2. MYSTIC SCUBA by Vanessa Vitri about mystical aspects of scuba diving learned from a Buddhist monk!
Also, do you know that song “Highwayman” by Johnny Cash?–it is about reincarnation, reminiscent of your remembrances.
I am so happy to meet you through your book. I believe in everything you talk about–the evolution of human kind and the power of love to change everything/anything. It is wonderful to have a real he-man, military type talk about this so-called airy-fairy new age-y stuff.
You will give credibility to what many view with skepticism. I am encouraged by your book and your mission.
I wish you great success, magic, and god’s speed!
Sincerely yours,
Judy Chew
Feb. 3, 2010
I’ve read your book and has been an amazing experience… Thank you, it really helped me and I loved to read about your great stories.
Lucia,
Rome, Italy.
Feb. 1, 2010
Hi Michael,
Thanks you very much for your book, very interesting. I am very impress with SEAL warrior like you. I have done a Sealfit training with MArk Divine and he did impress me alot but your book is fantastic, I wish I could be younger to join the Navy Goal.
Thanks for sharing
Rgds, Francois
From Paris, France
Feb. 1 2010
Hello sir,
I am a former Army ROTC cadet and I just got finished with your book last night. I had purchased it along with other books from the Spec OPS community such as another Navy SEAL you might have worked with in your career — Richard Machowicz — and his book Unleash the Warrior Within.
I have to say I regret for not taking the initiative for getting in touch with these materials sooner, despite the fact that your book was not released until early 2010. At any rate, it seems I am not a perfect fit for the service despite being told by a veteran that I should go in as a suggestion. Not surprisingly, I see what you are talking about in regards to not being too vocal amongst the military community about certain types of awareness. Right now I am continiuning onward without the ROTC program pursuing a double major in science & philosophy, and while I still might disagree on some details you have mentioned in your book, it has nonetheless fulfilled my expectations of being an eye-opener of sorts.
I’m a relatively young man and at this stage of my life it is entirely customary for someone to seek out their specialty. I sought after your book and other books written by prominent celebrity figures of the SOF (like Machowicz) to see exactly where I fit into the big picture. I have had people tell me as I’ve alluded too rather recently that I would do well in the service, but I think I have come across a reality check: I fit the definition of a warrior more so than a soldier, as I strongly believe and empathize with the causes and goals of the military but would probably not be suited to working in such an environment. Towards the end of your book I came across some fantastic pieces of insight about the “military-industrial complex” and the fact that even the military itself has changed greatly even within the span of my lifetime.
In fact, everything in this world has changed, and most of it has not been for the better. We are in strange and alienating times, as I’m sure it has been said countless times in preceding generations, but this time it seems this level of degradation is occurring at an exponential rate.
I was fascinated and intrigued that a special forces operator such as yourself would be writing on topics like clairvoyance and other taboo, typically New-Age concepts. But unlike most other “skeptics” I am interested in objectively measuring the pros and cons to mostly anything. When someone gets into the sciences the more they realize their limits, and, conversely, when one gets into philosophy, they begin to see its practical use and how philosophy guides every fundamental decision we make, even in our daily lives.
There is a certain, very troubling polarization of the world we live in today. The United States is losing its status in the world as a superpower and you are absolutely correct about corporations taking over our culture. We are becoming less interested in content and substance and would rather chase images and fancy decoration ornaments. For this reason, I will implement what you have relayed in your book to get into better touch with myself and the universe and see what I can do to make a true difference — even if that difference doesn’t necessarily include having to wear a uniform.
I would openly welcome your next entries in this series and I wanted to extend you a great deal of gratitude for your philanthropic efforts in this regard. I respect and admire your military service and of course thank you for defending the rest of us since even before I was born. You are an inspiring figure in my life to become more proactive in my thoughts and actions. I fundamentally agree with you that it is time for humanity to alter the direction of its focus and come to terms with the reality of our world as well as the reality of the unseen, or at least, what is being discovered and can be utilized about the unseen and immaterial.
Right now I think I am perhaps been a little more repetitive and vague than I would like to be, but I am someone who desires to push the standards I set for myself to higher notches, and then to take my achievements in life and share them not only with the people I care and love for, but even for those I have become newly acquainted with. Going back to certain types of awareness, I have noticed that when I am amongst crowds of people, I see individuals who are misguided and led astray by popular notions which I think have dangerous implications, and those in which counteract a productive and unifying message. It might just be human nature, but often you see a pattern between groups of people that subscribe to a narrow set of mantras and mindsets almost to where a more collective unity between groups in minor disagreement with each other is impossible to attain. I see this with the inner-rivalry between military branches and how one always brags about being better than the res
t, and so on. It is almost always based in ignorance and lack of informed insight. I strive to an individual in life who exhibits creative and positive traits, and makes a difference not only in local communities, but maybe even perhaps the world.
Again, thank you for putting your experiences into print. I would appreciate and anticipate further releases dealing with more provocative materials/discussion topics.
Respectfully,
- Jonathan
01/23/2011
Hi Michael,
I finished your book and wanted more pages. Thank you again for your incredible service and support of others. I really enjoyed your book, especially delving into the depths of concentration and intuition. While I have only scratched the surface of going deep within myself during marathon running, I really appreciate your words and look forward to exploring more from them.
I will keep reviewing your speaking schedule on your website in the hopes of meeting you in person.
I created www.stepsforhope.org as a vehicle for raising money for NSWF and the Central Asia Insitute and look forward to helping SEALs and their families in any small way that I can.
Be safe over there and give my best to David.
Thank you again,
Jeff
01/09/2011
First and foremost I would like to thank you for your book and all of your knowledge that you have put into it. I am an aspiring SEAL myself and have formally made the decision no less then two months ago that I will join after college. Reading your book has opened so many doors and has given me a whole new look on the world around me. I just finished your chapter on synchronicity and began to notice the synchronicities in my life. I work as a security officer for the retail store Target. The very next day after I told my family my decision to join the SEALs I noticed that we had quite a few new employees. Normally I am caught up with my work and have no time to talk to other employees but I began to have a strong urge to talk to one of the new hires. I walked up to him and we began exchanging a few words between each other and come to find out he had gone through BUD/S himself! At the time I thought this was purely coincidental but after reading your book I now realize that
nothing is coincidental. Now we both have become good friends and he has helped me tremendously with my training.
Recently I’ve been temporarily transferred to another store that has needed some extra security. I have never been to this store before and didn’t know any of the employees except the few that I was directly working with. After the first week I had really not talked to anyone except the security team. This streak however was broken when the facilities maintenance man came up and began talking to me. After a few minutes I learned that he himself had just got out of the Navy and so naturally I mentioned that I myself was planning on joining too. Our talk eventually led to training and soon enough he gave me the knowledge of a local sandy beach area that was suitable for running and would help my training even further. I am completely amazed at how your book has opened my eyes and how much it has effected me. I have begun to use the law of attraction to think positively and I can already see improvements. Although I am only a college freshman and have a few more years till I jo
in, I will spend every minute of it with open eyes and an open mind to learn, live, and think intuitively while showing my peers your work and helping them master their intuitive side as well. I am a firm believer that If everyone could think intuitively that the world truly would be a better place. Once again I want to thank you for helping me unleash my hidden potential.
-Tanner Menge
01/06/2011
Aloha, Mr. Jaco, Last summer I wrote you about going into the SEAL teams and whether or not my experience as a healer and martial artist would be of good benefit to the guys there. I decided to enlist, and should be starting BUD/S sometime this summer. I wanted to thank you for your unique perspective, and let you know that reading your book was very helpful for me in my decision making process. It is my hope and intention that through my work as a Navy SEAL I will benefit our country and our world. As an interesting side note, I trained in Hawaii with an ex-SEAL who went through BUD/S under your tutelage with class 185. His name is Matt Strong, and he remembered you fondly as ?Instructor Death? which I thought was pretty funny. He helped all of us tadpoles to get in better shape and gave us some priceless advice about BUD/S and the teams. Thank you again, Mr. Jaco. Wish us luck! Matthew Chamberlain
Hey Michael, I just finished reading your book. What an awesome book! It was very interesting, educational and enjoyable to read. Very well written Michael. Thanks for doing what you are doing brother!…
And, thanks for your many years of service for our country!
With love, Randy Monk http://www.TimelyGuidance.com/
Dear Michael,
I have been intending to write to you since I read your beautiful book. It is so powerful and I know many will be touched by your experiences and see that they too can make a difference. I am so grateful to you for all you are doing.
My website is new in the last 4 months, and not greatly traveled yet, but I have put a link to your website and book. It is on my additional links page at www.transformingradiance.com if you would like to take a look. If even one person follows my link and reads your book, it is one more person “lifted up”, and I hope, over time, there will be many who come to you, from my link. I am always reminded that one person can make a great difference on the planet, just as each one of us are doing now.
Our weekend in Tahoe was joyous and is still with me. Meeting you and your lovely wife was certainly one of the highlights for me. Again, thank you for all you are doing.
All my love, Michelle
I rarely promote books on this blog, but I first met MIke when he was training edged weapons with us as a great representative of the elite Navy SEALs. He also shared with our group some of his philosophy and outlook on the warrior mindset. The best way to understand where Mike is coming from is to read a bit about the man and his experience first hand. This book is highly recommended. What you think it takes to be a SEAL will be changed once you read where he is coming from.
Just check out some of the chapter headings:
Higher States of Consciousness
Tapping Into the Higher Self
Martial Arts as a Means for Awakening the Warrior Within
Love, and its Opposite Fear
Not what most military themed books cover right?
Thank me later.
Rafael Kayanan http://rafaelkayanan.blogspot.com/2009/09/intuitive-warrior.html
Dear Friends: Michael and his lovely wife Tracy Jo attended our recent Lake Tahoe seminar. This incredible young man has supplied us with a whole new perspective on spiritual awareness and the power of intuition or following the nudgings of our Higher Self. Michael truly is a Warrior of Light and Peace. He shares his journey as a Navy SEAL and how he developed his powers of perception and awareness in order to become a true Spiritual Warrior. Using real-life examples, Michael Jaco explains how he tapped into his intuitive capabilities to predict attacks and protect his fellow soldiers. The Intuitive Warrior is in alignment with many of Arch Angel Michael’s teachings and validates that the techniques used can be learned and applied by anyone. I strongly recommend this extraordinary book for the men in your family and especially those in the Armed Services. The ladies in your family will enjoy this book also. I did, and so did Cindy and my daughters, Letitia and Nancy. Angel Blessings, Ronna
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Hi Michael.
I’m having a nice, profound experience w/ your book. Wow…and Thank you!
It makes me think of another book I have read by an American soldier, Ken Eagle Feather, Traveling with Power. He also has many metaphysical experiences and in this book weaves, as you do, autobiography with spiritual teaching. I get quickly frustrated at trying to reference metaphysics with language, so I won’t say more. I’m sure your intuition can take over.
Wishing you a happy holiday season.
Sincerely,
Allen Feibelman
Hey Mike!
New Year blessings to you and Tracy and all your loved ones. Been real great up here in Edmonton, Canada. Lots of time with the kids!
I hungrily devoured your book. Thank you! For both sending up a copy AND for writing it. I deeply value your experience and I’m thrilled that you would take the chance and put your experience and your heart on paper. I want to give you my testimonial for the book and you can use it as you see fit.
“I first met Mike at the first of what would be many weeks of training we shared. He was an instructor for us in martial arts. Mike passed on such valuable information through story and instruction that I was prompted to invited him to come and share two solid weeks of teaching with us. Those weeks of learning from Mike and his allies were two of the most productive and effective weeks I have ever participated in. And it largely comes down to the method and path of deeper awareness which are at the core of Mike’s teaching. He was quick to lead us to higher levels of learning through accessing and subsequently controlling our state of awareness. We rapidly absorbed information and, in record times, we were performing high levels of martial techniques excellently. Needless to say, when I was fortunate enough to read Mike’s first book, “The Intuitive Warrior”, I was so pleased to hear Mike’s real life stories of intuition in action and his newest realizations of how human beings can reach their utmost potential. To have such a calibre of man share such cutting-edge practical advice is a great service. I highly recommend “The Intuitive Warrior” as a new tool in your toolbox that will elevate all the others to the next level. Thanks Mike, both for your open sharing of your experience, your passion for life and your selfless service to our countries. Outstanding!” – Doug Kramer
Doug
P.S. I’m working on a new website and would love to do an online interview with you for my readers. You available for that kind of thing?
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Jan 31, 2010
Dear Michael Jaco,
Thank you for writing such an amazing and wonderful book!
I have been a student of much of what you wrote about for most of my life and found it refreshing and insightful to read your perspective on many things that I had learned from a completely different life-path.
I was drawn to your book, obviously for my own need and benefit, but also for our son, a young 22 year old, who is trying to navigate his way through this sometimes crazy-appearing world.
I told him that I ‘found’ this book that I thought he would like. When I told him the title and that it was written by a Navy SEAL, it definitely peeked his interest.
He is an information buff in nearly all things military! Loves it! And has always been drawn to the idea of an elite warrior and how he could implement that into his own life, from where he is now.
For years I have shared my understanding of ‘intuition’, as you call it and ’spirituality’ as I call it with him. Although I know he heard all I taught him, to ‘hear’ it from another man and one who’s journey to ‘intuitiveness’ involved the military, and not just as a soldier, but as an elite warrior…well, I knew he would respond to it!
He laughingly said that he was surprised that I would be interested in a book written by a Navy SEAL and I countered that, by telling him that HE was the one who would be surprised! :) Indeed!
I purchased 2 books from you…one for our son and the other for a friend who knows a young man leaving for basic training in the navy and who intends to train further to be a Navy SEAL! I am so excited to know that your book will be in the hands of an up and coming warrior/peacemaker of our future!
I can only imgine how its effects will ripple, not only through the life of the young man, but through him into the lives of others! You must have that element of excitement yourself, knowing that thousands of lives will be touched by your experience and understanding that would never have been reached in other ways.
I am so grateful to you for having the courage to follow your path and now to share it at a time when it is most needed…even for those of us not associated with the military.
As I said, I have come to a similar place from a different path, but it still touched me and moved me in a powerful way.
I became ‘brave’ again and found that deep courage and strength, buried in my psyche after years of stress and struggle. Funny how we create such drama in our lives when inner peace and happiness are what we want most.
Your book helped get me back on track and I can’t thank you enough!
Blessings unending to you and your family and to all whose lives you touch by your words, your actions and your presence. I am thankful to have been one of those recipients!
All Joy and Peace to you!
Ruth Friddle
P.S. I’m ordering another book after realizing that I gave both of mine away already!! :)
Dear Ruth,
Thanks again, in Love and Light,
Michael
Hopefully those who might read it will overlook that and instead receive the ’spirit’ in which it was intended.
I bought 2 more to share, as well.
Right now, the gaps are more apparent to me than the fillings of where I am disciplined, but your book affirms that it is more accessible than I think. It is the perfect manifestation for what is next for my own journey. In fact it has been in front of me for nearly 10 years – my husband has the kind of single-eyed focus you exemplify and I’ve always admired it. In fact, he was asked to teach Jeet-Kune Do to the special forces in the late 80’s! Anyway, this year’s energies are certainly stepping up the game of Right Action, impeccability, integrity, walking-my-talk.
Your stories are beyond exceptional, thank you for offering them, for showing the way, for being who you are and doing what you’ve done. The love that you exude is palpable! It was an absolute privilege reading it, hearing your voice and invaluably inspiring. I am eternally grateful for the reflection.
With so much love,
Britt
Feb. 18, 2010
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I finished your book earlier this week Mike. Thanks!
The whole book was great and I really enjoyed hearing the stories. Some of my favorite parts were Chapter 16 and 18. I enjoyed understanding the current reality of Capitalism’s love of war and the system/government/corporations that have grown to thrive and support its proliferation. To hear your first hand experience of working within it is a great confirmation for the subtle emotional feeling I have had inside about some of those conflicts and wars. I was also peaked by your discussion of Applied Kinesiology and I will be looking more into that for further study.
Daniel Fillatreault
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Michael Jaco served as a Navy SEAL for twenty-four years before becoming an independent security contractor. During his service he achieved what many others previously thought to be impossible or unattainable. He retired in December 2002 as a Navy "Chief" and started his own training organization which educates participants in tactical awareness skills. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he now lives in Elgin with his wife and children. 