These questions and answers are originally prepared for our Frequently Asked Questions page. We realise later that it is really an "interview" with Joyouschee, so we are including it as an article in this issue with some minor modifications.

Why do you call yourself Joyouschee and Abundantlee?

The idea came from my co-founder, Abundantlee. His name is actually Lee but he added “Abundant” as an affirmation. I like the idea very much and so I adopted the word “Joyous” as my deepest intention in life is to find my own joy.

Why have you started Cosmic Lighthouse?

We started the magazine when Maitreya (channeled by Margaret McElroy) gave me the suggestion to start an online magazine with Lee in April 2007. We did not do it just because an ascended master said so, but because we recognize the need for such a magazine both in Singapore and worldwide. If you notice, most magazines do not carry channelings. Channeled materials are often on par, if not better.

I would also like to add that Maitreya had only mentioned one sentence about starting the magazine to me and we could have easily ignored it. Initially, we thought we would just do it for fun but somehow it just took off and became the highly regarded magazine it is today. It also gave me a meaningful purpose to my life and I have grown a lot from doing it.

I feel that the magazine's role is like a lighthouse - not telling people what to do on their journeys but to act as a beacon to guide them to their choice of destination safely.

How did you come up with the "Cosmic Lighthouse" name and logo?

I first came up with the name "Lighthouse" because I feel that the magazine's role is like a lighthouse - not telling people what to do on their journeys but to act as a beacon to guide them to their choice of destination safely. Lee later came up with the word "Cosmic" and I think it is brilliant because we are really about being one and interconnected with all that is.

Someone made an excellent observation when he saw that the initials of Cosmic Lighthouse is 'C' and 'L' which stands for our names, Chee and Lee respectively. Talking about synchronicity, we did not realise that ourselves in the beginning.

The logo is simply a graphical representation of a lighthouse and I thought it looks like an angel spreading its wings after I designed it. In a sense, that represents you and me - the human angels.

How do you know you are publishing truthful materials? What if the channelings are just imaginary rambling from the ego of the channelers?

I would like to quote Aaron, a spiritual entity channeled by Barbara Brodsky who is a dear friend and contributor to Cosmic Lighthouse:

If you find a book on the street with its cover torn off and you begin to read it, and it’s filled with wisdom and delight, will you throw it away because it has no cover and no known author? If you pick up that book on the street, there’s a famous author’s name written on the front page, you begin to read it, and it just does not resonate with your own truth, will you hold on to it because the author was famous? You throw it away. It’s not useful to you. So release concern of whether I’m real and who I am…

It is with this attitude that we select all our materials. We publish materials that we resonate with and enjoy ourselves, not because a writer is famous or simply because the channeler claims to channel Jesus or an Archangel or a very high source.