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MY BEGINNINGS
I am M.C. Merritt, known to family and friends as Mel. I began my writing career at the tender age of 68. Notice I said “writing,” not “researching.” Researching has been in my blood since I was in kindergarten. Back then, it stemmed from an admonishment from my teacher for taking a toy truck out of the toy bin during playtime. A male classmate told me I needed to give it to him. When I refused, he went to the teacher. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I needed to play with the dolls from the toy bin, not the trucks, as I was a girl and he was a boy. Right then, at the ripe old age of 5, I knew that life was suspect, and that I would have a lot of work to do during my lifetime. (This feeling was visceral, not verbal.)ACADEMIC CHOICE
Why then did I choose the career, a traditionally female one, of being a Registered Nurse? You think I would have followed in my father’s footsteps and become an Aerospace Engineer or something less identifiable with being female. For a short time, when I was enrolled at the University of California Santa Barbara, I considered Medicine, but the idea of spending a decade or more in school did not appeal to my Sagittarian nature. I loved science and being of benefit to others, so Nursing, and a much shorter time spent in academia, seemed like the right career course. Plus, I loved the outdoors and being in the mountains, so I felt that having a medical background would serve me well throughout my life, should illness or injury present itself someday. That’s my pragmatic side.CAREER CHOICE
The Operating Room posed the best fit for me in my Nursing career. A work day of cases, some routine and some emergent, was stimulating enough for me. It kept me interested and content. I knew that I could easily change locations if things got boring, and I actually did this several times. I could also change services within the surgical environment. I scrubbed and circulated in the OR, took call, recovered patients, and assisted in minor procedures across various surgical services (neurosurgery, orthopedics, general surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, and many others). And I changed settings, including tiny rural hospitals, major metropolitan trauma centers, and everything in between. It was exciting, exhausting, and educational, all rolled into 20 years of a 32-year Nursing career.DISABILITIES MARK A CHANGE
The Universe had other plans for me. My hearing and vision began to diminish for reasons unknown to any medical team I went to. The first doctor, a very astute, local ophthalmologist, turned out to be the most accurate at diagnosing my vision loss: a variant of a very rare genetic eye gene mutation. After a multitude of MD specialist visits, and sending 6 vials of my blood to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the result, after a year and a half of waiting, came back as “No, you don’t have that specific eye gene mutation.” My specialist told me exactly what the first guy said, “It’s probably a variant of the disease and is even more rare than the main disease itself.” To extrapolate from this information is to understand that with so few people experiencing these symptoms, funding for research to find a cure is virtually nonexistent.THE ADJUSTMENT
So, I became very philosophical about my life and living it with a disability. One that would eventually rob me of my ability to read, drive, and recognize faces. It took 4 years for me to surrender my drivers licence. The symptoms of my hearing loss made me transition from the Operating Room to Medical Legal Consulting as a Case Manager for the remainder of my Nursing career.RETIREMENT
This career gave me financial stability and a solid means by which to retire. (Thank you, Universe!) Although not grandiose, I live comfortably and happily, and would not trade where I live or how I live for any amount of money. I live with my author-partner Scott in the wilds of the American southwest. In several of my books, on the “about the author” page, I mention that I also live with my adorable, demanding, yet lovable chihuahua, Tribbles. She has recently, sadly passed away at the age of 18. (That’s about a million in a doggy’s life.) I will miss her immensely, but will remain grateful for her being a part of my life for so many wonderful years. For a four-pound dog, she was able to travel the country with me from California to Florida, through New England, the South, the Upper Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest. She was my constant companion and will be deeply missed.REFLECTION AND CHANGE
Filtered through this 32-year career of being a Registered Nurse was an insatiable desire to learn. When I was a kid in elementary school, I hated reading. I wanted to be doing other, more active things, rather than the sedentary activity of sitting and “simply reading.” Little did I know, back then, that books were a “magic carpet” to adventure and learning.IN MY TWENTIES
I discovered book stores in my mid twenties, back before digital anything was a “thing.” I became obsessed with spending my hard-earned cash on non-fiction books that sparked my interest. I would joke to people close to me, “Just send my paycheck to Barnes and Noble!” This was the period in my life when research began to really take root.RESEARCH CONCENTRATIONS
The concepts within Jungian psychology fascinated me. In nursing school, we were taught about Sigmund Freud and Psycho Analysis. I never bought it. As in kindergarten, I found it suspect. Labelling women as “Hysterical” and calling the removal of the uterus a “Hysterectomy,” completely pissed me off. It still does to this day. But with Carl Jung, the father of Analytical Psychology, his theories made so much more sense to me as they had a spiritual aspect to them.Enter ancient Eastern philosophy; I felt at home. Lau Tsu and Buddha. Their stories resonated with me. I had been raised in a Methodist family and converted to Lutheran thought in high school. It was all neat, clean, and confusing. Something was always a miss to me. I didn't just take their words as the message being true. I did what I knew to do to clarify things for myself: I researched. I read C.S. Lewis and many others. They were great books that really challenged me to think. It was fun. (You know you are a born researcher when you feel in your bones that it is fun to be challenged by what you read!)And that brings us to how Quantum Physics entered the picture. I must admit, Quantum Entanglement is quite the bizarre concept. Albert Einstein thought so too, as he labelled it “Spooky Action At A Distance.” But I could truly relate to the concepts of alignment and the quantum field of possibility. I could pinpoint times in my life that were relatable to them. I have described several of these experiences in my books.THE STORY SO FAR
So, this is my story; my story of being a researcher. I don’t hold advanced degrees in physics, psychology, or religious studies. If that is important to you, I suggest reading the “Sources and Resources for Further Reading" sections of my books, as many authors there have more credentials than I. They are wonderful reads, and go more in-depth than I ever could. But if you can relate to someone’s writing who is on the same journey of personal transformation as you, then celebrate the shared experience of awakening that my books bring to your life.*MY FINAL PLEA
Please understand that everyone is on their own path of waking up to their own truth. Mine began at age 5. If you don’t agree with the ideas presented in my books, don’t judge them. Just know that my path differs from yours, and may we both know our personal truth through the journeys we have chosen.Thanks for reading my story, and I sincerely hope you enjoy my books.
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Review:
If you skim through this book before turning to the first chapter you might think it looks like a college thesis. It’s not that at all. There are so many insights tucked into each chapter that either reminded me of a “truth” I had forgotten or a brand new revelation that has caused me to rethink some of my experiences." --- Kathy M.
each book icon is a link to view and purchase on Amazon. the Quantum Call series is An Informed AF Guide collection, which means these are short format books in a compact size, easily read in a one hour sitting for an average reader. Only Book 1 is listed here, but all 7 are available on Amazon in multiple formats. The Quantum Call Anthology holds all 7 of these guides in one volume for added convenience.
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