Channeling is a means of communicating with any consciousness that is not in human form by allowing that consciousness to express itself through the channel.
We live in a multidimensional universe. The physical plane is only the first (and most dense) of seven planes. The next plane is the astral; we dwell on the lower astral plane before birth and after death. The other planes are the causal, Akashic, mental, messianic, and Buddhaic. The planes are discussed in detail in the article, “Planes of Existence.” For now let’s just say that these planes aren’t really separate from our lives here on the physical plane. Through channeling we can make conscious contact with higher planes. We can also communicate with beings who are physical but nonhuman such as Nature Spirits, Extraterrestrials and Spirit Guides.
Most commonly the term channeling refers to communication with spirit guides who are astral and with high-plane teachers who are on planes above the astral. Although the universe contains an infinite variety of consciousness that could theoretically be channeled in practice channels usually tune in to that with which they have a meaningful connection and which is well-suited to the channeling process.
The most common form of communication with nonphysical consciousness is with people who have passed on but that is usually referred to as “Mediumship” rather than channeling. Although there is overlap channeling usually refers to accessing higher knowledge in order to support spiritual growth and to gain greater clarity about one’s life providing a “soul’s-eye” view. This can be very useful and is not the sort of information normally available from a therapist or counselor. There is much about the process of spiritual channeling that is unknown or difficult to put into words and each experience of it is unique but some generalizations can be made. Channeling occurs through the “higher centers” which are dormant in most of us but which can be opened with practice. Higher centers are the parts of us that can connect with universal love, truth, and kinetic energy. They are like radios that can be tuned in to the frequency of the channeled entity. The “signal” is generally received first by the Crown Chakra. In verbal channeling it then stimulates the sixth chakra (the third eye) and the brain searching the subconscious for correlating words. Either the entity, the channel, or both, working together in cooperation select the specific words that seem to best express the thoughts. Even if the entity selects the words the channel doesn’t usually experience this as hearing external voices; it has the sound of his own thoughts since channeled entities do not have physical voices. This is not unlike the process by which we translate our own thoughts into words except that it is more difficult because someone else’s thoughts are being translated through the channel.
By definition teachers from higher planes work more with the invisible aspects of things, and come at information differently than we do. They often seem to “spiral in” to core insights gradually unveiling one layer after another, like peeling an onion, rather than coming up with an instant analysis of what is occurring. This is a delicate process, an art as well as a science.
Some people channel or at least “tune in” to higher sources without being aware of it. They assume that the thoughts they are having are their own when that is not totally the case. This can account for several people coming up with a similar invention or song at the same time–a higher-plane source is trying to get his idea to the physical plane and works with several people simultaneously, perhaps hoping that at least one of them will make it available to others. Not all inspiration comes from channeling. We are each creative beings in our own right, but most creation involves some kind of collaboration. We receive more help than we realize.
Being physical we lack the “equipment” to fully and truly understand what is not physical. We necessarily work with “two-dimensional” intellectual models. They can be helpful but they cannot replace direct “three-dimensional” experience and some direct experience is simply not available to us now. Until we ourselves are nonphysical we will not be able to fully comprehend how spiritual channeling really works. Even regarding physical phenomena science purports to explain many things that are not truly understood. Do we really comprehend photosynthesis for example? We may appreciate an explanation of the mechanics which may or may not be fairly accurate–science is always changing its mind–but surely that is not the whole picture. It is good to maintain a healthy appreciation of mystery. I am not suggesting blind faith or belief but an awareness of the vastness of life.
YOU CANNOT CHANNEL YOUR LOVED ONES ON COMMAND
I probably spend a lot of time repeating this to clients and people more than I would like to. Because of the TV Shows that portray specific communication with deceased relatives people have unrealistic expectations when coming to a session. A medium has no control over who is able to come into a reading. That is completely under the control of spirit guides. They facilitate the communication. The medium is just the vehicle. A mediums ego must never, ever be involved in the process. When people pass away they spend some time on the Astral Plane. There are nine realms of the Astral Plane. As long as a spirit remains on the Astral Plane I, as a physical medium, can still hear them and interact with them. If they choose to reincarnate and move into the light I can no longer hear them. Their consciousness has been absorbed by the Universal Life Force and I can longer hear them. I can pick up psychically on their previous life here on earth but that’s it. There is no way to know if this process has taken place. Most of the time spirits facilitate people here on earth to seek out people such as myself to make a connection. A medium is just that. A medium. It breaks spiritual law to open up an earthly/human portal and pull loved ones out of the Astral Plane. If they are there and the mediums forces this process this moves into what is known as a séance. Very dangerous because it is an ego-driven intention and therefore is not really protected by spirit guides. I cannot stress this enough. The television shows that air today are absolute frauds-fakes. If these people were honest they would tell the clients there is no guarantee that anyone will come through. Mediumship is not just for the living-it is for the dead to help assist them in crossing if they may be trapped here on the earthly plane. Constant communication with those who have passed interferes with their healing process on the other side and can keep them frozen in their earthly existence. If the spirit is earthbound on the physical earthly plane I can access them. This situation would be what we call a haunting or a ghost. A spirit that may be trapped or have chosen to remain in our physical environment. This is another role a medium plays as they sometimes need help crossing over.
WHO MAY CHANNEL?
To be honest only those who have the gift of the discernment should be “channeling” or communicate with the other side. Why? Because there are more things out there than your relatives or human spirits. Demonic energies present here on the physical plane and also on the first few tiers of the astral plane. That is why Ouija boards are so dangerous. You cannot tell what you are communicating with. Evil spirits are always looking for an entry point. I am an open channel. This means that I cannot stop supernatural energies and events from interacting with me. A direct channel is someone who is conjuring and tampering literally pulling souls out of the astral plane. Not safe, not safe, not safe. This type of communication is extremely dangerous because it is not authorized by Angelic or Guides and is ego-driven. Only those who can tell the difference between the different realms should be communicating and interacting with spiritual energies. Almost every demonic haunting that I have investigated involves some sort of intention to communicate or tamper with energies from the other side without these gifts. That is why it is a gift. Can’t learn this. Cannot be taught. It just is.
We plan each lifetime before it begins. If we desire to channel during that lifetime, we usually make agreements to do so with the particular source(s) we wish to channel, and plan the timing and the form of the channeling we will do so that it supports our life task. We can design our layers and even our body to facilitate channeling. Some channels have idiosyncratic bodies for this reason. Not everyone who channels planned to do so before his lifetime began, but someone is not likely to be motivated to invest the energy to learn to channel well unless channeling fits somehow in his life plan. Channeling is usually not of strong interest to the soul until the mature and old soul ages, because before that, our lessons emphasize external factors. If channeling is part of someone’s life plan, much preparation may occur on both conscious and unconscious levels during the channel’s lifetime before he begins to channel.
WHAT CHANNELED ENTITIES SEE
Einstein taught that physical matter cannot be destroyed, only transformed into energy just as energy can be transformed into matter. I would take that further and say that matter and in fact everything in the universe on every plane of existence is energy. We perceive matter as such because it vibrates in the same portion of the energy spectrum we do. Channeled entities do not perceive physical matter in the same way we do except when they are being channeled and have the use of physical eyes, ears, and so forth. Otherwise they perceive energy in the way they normally would on their plane of existence just as psychics see higher planes in terms of the physical plane since human beings have no means to directly perceive higher planes. The substance of physical life is matter. The substance of astral life is emotion and the substance of causal life is intellect. Although this is an oversimplification it could be said that those on the astral plane perceive the physical plane in terms of its emotional substance and those on the causal plane in terms of its intellectual substance.
WHY I DISAGREE WITH DIRECT CHANNELING
My background in Parapsychology and Demonic Haunting’s/Exorcism has given me a unique perspective with respect to communication with other spiritual energies. I have had potential clients arrogantly say to me when I tell them that they cannot channel specific loved ones “Well what do you do? What’s the point of being a medium if you can’t give me what I want”. True story- several times over. People do not understand the point of my existence of this planet. I am not a show-pony here for their amusement. How does it work? The way it really works is human spirits on the other side, wish to speak to their families and loved ones. The ask for permissions from the Angelic and Spirit Guide realms and they lead people here on earth to people like me. The usually come with the clients to the session. That is why open channels don’t need to open up an earthly portals. Guides do this for us. All real mediums do is listen. We can hear what’s happening. It is the ego that causes people to try and take matters into their own hands with the supernatural. Disregarding spiritual boundaries can result in devastating and lethal results. Mediumship is not a form of entertainment. It is a process to assist those that have passed and those that remain to find closure and healing with one another. To help those that need assistance in crossing over. To remove negative energies and work with Angelic energies to clear spaces. Channeling is only acceptable with the facilitation and protection of Spirit Guides or Angelic. You have been given a body and a timeframe here on earth. There is a reason for that. It isn’t to leave that body and disturb other energies in other realms during their process. I need to stress this because the mentality of folks that come to see must change. It is hurtful to those on the other side, to the clients and to me as a medium to be treated a “Percentage”.
PREDICTIONS
Since the future by definition, hasn’t happened yet it is impossible to make consistently accurate predictions. Some psychics and channeled sources are adept at picking up probabilities based on where things are heading but since each individual has free will–probabilities are constantly shifting as we make choices–nobody knows for sure. Even when certain changes are more or less inevitable the form they take and the way people react to them are not. Timing is especially difficult to predict even when different channels and psychics agree in their predictions about specific events the dates often vary.
Sometimes people tell me that a psychic or a channeled entity told them that something terrible was going to happen which upset them a great deal. That strikes me as inappropriate. I’m not suggesting that someone should lie if he sees a strong negative probability on the horizon but it should be conveyed in such a way as to empower the person listening. Since nothing is carved in stone before it happens it is misleading to say that something is definitely going to happen. It is wise to take predictions with a grain of salt. Rather than asking if and when an event will happen it might be more useful to ask what percentage the probability is and if there are agreements or karma’s putting force behind its happening. For example at a given moment a person might have a sixty-two percent probability of getting a particular job and the employer might have an essence-level agreement with him to hire him. That is a very high probability, since probabilities rarely rise to about eighty-five percent until something is actually in the process of happening; even a fifty percent probability is quite high. Nonetheless, people don’t always keep their agreements for a variety of reasons and the person may not be hired. If unexpectedly someone comes along who seems better qualified or who is a friend of the company’s owner the probability might drop to thirty-seven percent which is still fairly high but obviously not overwhelming.
If we have an agreement to meet someone at a certain time we may not be able to keep the “appointment” but if it’s an important agreement chances are that we will reschedule it and it will eventually work out. This is an organic ever-changing world. Nothing is carved in stone. Every significant choice a person makes can change relevant probabilities.
We do not know for a certainty what the future will bring for ourselves or for you. That makes the game of life much more interesting and challenging. If everything could be predicted ahead of time we would all have to be automatons. If we are expressions of the Tao, then the Tao would likewise be an automaton. Fortunately this is not the case. We cannot predict what others will do with assurance because others themselves do not know what they will do and even if they think they know they might change their minds. We can only give our best projections based on where things appear to be going taking into account the relevant agreements and karma’s. This is an art we are learning.
Imminent events are easier to predict. If an object is teetering precariously on the edge of a shelf one could safely predict that it will fall. However, even in such a situation, someone might come along and move it.
It is a great fallacy that you need to predict the future to choose well now. Relying on predictions of the future weakens your capacity to make good choices. When you think that you have everything figured out you may start to drift by on your preconceived notions rather than playing the game in the present moment with all the skill and attention you can muster. Even if events do not go as our essence planned and predictions therefore prove wrong, sometimes things work out for the best anyway. – I don’t subscribe to the idea that everything works out for the best–the highest outer workings are sometimes thwarted because people have free will–but I do believe that the universe is basically benevolent and as a whole conspires to our highest good if we let it. Perhaps sometimes it does so in ways of which even our guides and essence are not aware.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
No one on any plane of existence is infallible or knows everything we need to know. We all have our own experience of reality and ways of describing it. There is no right and wrong in this regard only infinite facets of truth. We do have much to learn from each other and those on higher planes usually have more experience and greater resources of information as well as a larger perspective than we do on the physical plane. However their counsel is more accurately viewed as coming from loving friends than from a deity. No one is more “God” than anyone else.
We are each responsible for ourselves. We experience more growth if we don’t do things merely because we think someone else, incarnate or not, told us to. It is well to examine what we hear others say with appreciation and respect but we don’t always hear what is actually meant. More importantly, no one knows us better than we know ourselves. We must make our own decisions and mistakes and form our own understanding if we are to learn to guide the course of our lives wisely. Besides true teachers don’t tell people what to do. They give greater perspective and understanding so that their students can make well-informed choices. Beware of those who issue orders or who are certain that they know what’s best for someone else.
RECOGNIZING TRUTH
Channeled material must be interpreted through the understanding of the hearer. Sometimes we draw conclusions or make associations that are not valid or we simply misunderstand. The truth is precise; it is as important to hear what is not being said as what is. The ability to recognize truth is crucial. Truth is always associated with love. It has a certain feel about it. It is not necessarily comfortable but it is penetrating and ultimately liberating.
Often the truth or value of channeled material isn’t fully apparent until later. It may seem at first to be deceptively simple or general. If we have that experience with something channeled for us we have nothing to lose by living with it a while and seeing if it looks different later. Our Western society’s model of truth is based on polarity: something is either true or it isn’t and if it’s true something else must therefore be false. In my experience two statements that seem contradictory can both be true or at least mostly true.
If there are poles of absolute truth and absolute falsehood there is a long continuum in between the infinite shades of gray between white and black. But more likely absolute truth and absolute falsehood do not exist in the dimensional universe–only in the Tao is absolute truth. Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter refuses to be rounded off–it just keeps going into infinity: 3.14159265…. We do round off Pi so that we can work with it–that is a convenience but it is not the whole truth. With any spiritual teaching we are working with rounded-off truth because we cannot work directly with the whole truth–it’s too big. We have no choice but to work with models. What else do we have? A good model connects us to the infinite truth that it models and although that cannot be fathomed it can be felt. The more true we are to the truth of ourselves the better we can recognize truth in models.
THE LARGER PERSPECTIVE
We are in the midst of a planetary transformation. There are many nonphysical beings who are assisting with it whether we know it or not. Channeling is a means of consciously working with them. They are often as gratified to make the connection with us as we are with them. Used in a responsible way, and I mean responsible working only with Guides and the protection of the Angelic, channeling can be an important tool in our personal and collective growth.
