What is channeling? Channeling is a method of communicating with beings, entities, spirits, or divine messengers. The entity or spirit partners with a physical person who gives voice to the thoughts and insights of the channeled being.

Who or what is actually being channeled? Are these aspects of the channeler or are they really beings -- ETs, Reptilians, St. Germaine, Jesus, or Michael the Archangel--as the channeler claims? If I were to channel my guides, acknowledging they were aspects of myself, would anyone listen? Would you listen if I said, "I'm now going to channel Ken Page"? Wouldn't you rather pay attention to someone who said, "I channel Michael the Archangel"?

Some of these channeled beings often have brilliant and insightful messages that greatly enhance our spiritual lives. Some do not. I believe hate, fear, and cruelty do not exist in higher vibrations. God is pure love and so are the higher vibrations where dualities do not exist. We must have discernment when listening to different channels and notice whether these beings are fearful or cruel. Does he or she say things that hurt others or are not congruent with our perceptions of love? If they do, are they channeling an aspect of themselves or a particular being filtered and distorted through the polarity of their own reality?

I know people who have changed their lives--moved, left their families, quit their jobs -- to follow a person who was channeling a being from another time or reality. They found out later that different interpretations of the information coming in were made by the physical channel based on what the channel needed for their own life, ego, or survival. When a channel starts modifying a message or incorporating their own ideas when communicating a feeling, which is challenging to express in words, the message may become distorted.

I worked once in an area of the United States where a well-known channel had lived and worked for several years. The channeler's center had several thousand students in a multi-level school. The students had to take a pledge of secrecy regarding the teachings. After I had done two workshops in this community and was becoming fairly well known, I heard from a person who was once high up in the organization that what I was teaching in my workshops was in alignment with the information being channeled.

I planned to return to this area for a third workshop. I checked the school's calendar to be certain they did not have any activities scheduled for the same weekend as my workshop. As soon as I set the dates and mailed out my brochures, all the student levels were called in for a ³special teaching² on the exact dates I had chosen.

Was this intentional? Was my coming to town a threat? How could that be? What was I sharing that concerned them? A high ranking individual in the school explained the situation to me. They did not want their students to attend my workshop, because I was sharing some of the exact material their leader was channeling; that created a problem for them. Since I'm "just a normal man" and I had this information, each one of the students also had the same information inside them. They would no longer need a being channeled from another reality for insight.

I think it is important for channels to acknowledge they are channeling an aspect of themselves -- an aspect with its own individuality and uniqueness. This does not make their information any less valuable.

Giving our power away to an outside force, especially one filled with confusion, anger, jealousy, or fear, is dangerous. These are not the vibrations of higher realities. They are the vibrations of people communicating from realities and places that are less evolved than our own. It is important not to give our power away. All of our answers are within us already.

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