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Channeling...What Is It?
by John Payne
 For many, channeling is a new buzz word and it
seems that everyone is
doing it and many people are
talking about it, reading about it and indeed
relying upon it. But what
is channeling and of what use and
purpose is it? Does it have a spiritual role
for humanity at this time?
Is it a dangerous pastime that can
mislead and create havoc in the lives of those
who engage in it?
Channeling is not a new phenomenon and it is a
skill that has been
around since the dawn of time. In fact, many of our great contemporary
teachings have come to us
through this source, the ability to
communicate with consciousness that is beyond
the physical Earth plane.
For example, A Course in Miracles, the works of Alice Bailey,
Conversations with God by Neale
Donald Walsch and Pathwork by Eva
Pierrakos all came to us via the skill of
channeling and are accepted
mainstream works of spiritual
greatness. Yet, even today, many are still
guarded when it comes to
channeling and there is much
ignorance concerning the process.
Through many
human religious, tribal,
and spiritual traditions, there
have always been those who have communed with
the ancestors of seekers
and with non-physical
teachers and guides. Many of these have been
called witch doctors and
have been given a very bad name
by established religion. Channeling, just like
any other activity, has
different levels of skill and therefore
different levels of information.
So let us define channeling. In my view, there
are different ways and
forms of channeling. Because
we as humans wish to have everything put into
nice neat little boxes, we
are placing onto channeling a
system of definition that is very difficult to
use once we move beyond
the non-physical. Once it is
understood that we are all physical extensions
of non-physical beings,
in other words, we are all souls
having a human experience, it is difficult to
know beyond that which we
perceive in the physical, where
we as an individual stop and another begins.
All spiritual teachings
will tell you that at one level or
another, we are all one. That is indeed the
highest truth. As the
physical extension of a non-physical
being, it means there is a part of you, your
soul, that is beyond that
which you know in your conscious
day to day living. It is a multi-dimensional
part of yourself that
traverses the full spectrum of
consciousness from the experience of
separation from the "whole" in the
physical realms to the
experience of "All That Is" at the
Source. At these higher levels of
awareness, it is very difficult to say
'you', 'me', 'him', and 'her' because a sense
of self and individuality
coincides with a sense of being One.
To understand this more fully, we must see
ourselves as 'individuated'
aspects of the whole. Most people
still see God as a raincloud
and themselves as a raindrop that has
descended out of the raincloud
of all that is. Owing to this view, the
raindrop is seen as being
separate from the raincloud, although still
water, still of the same stuff, it is still
seen as being separate. In
reality, we are all physical extensions of
a non-physical being, we are a part of
God (Goddess-All That Is) that
has extended itself into the
experience of physical reality. It means that
at the higher levels of
your consciousness, you are God-Goddess-All That Is. I believe that channeling
is all about accessing
that part of ourselves and giving it
a voice and doing it consciously.
Each and every one of us has reached the
channeling state of
consciousness many times in our
lives. It is a natural state of being and it
feels like inspiration,
enthusiasm, and sheer clarity of thought.
You have all had the experience of talking to a
friend on the phone, and
all of a sudden a rush of words
and advice, and total wisdom, seems to pour
though you to that person. Afterwards you are left
saying to yourself, ' where did that come
from?' Your motivation to assist,
and your wish to open your
heart in love at that moment, made you open and
willing to reach beyond
the you that you experience
ordinary consciousness and to reach a greater
part of yourself, you Soul
Self.
What I am trying to
illustrate here, is that channeling is nothing
out of the ordinary, but
is indeed, a natural skill. So what
about all these 'entities' with names such as
Kryon, Seth, Lazaris,
Abraham, Omni, Orin, and DaBen.
Each of the channels concerned, myself
included, will have a slightly
different view of what is occurring
when they are in the channeling state. Some
channelers experience their
'guide' or the 'entity' that talks
through them as being a totally separate
entity that makes use of their
body and voicebox whilst they
leave their physical body, others share their
physical body and merge
with the 'entity' in question and
others experience their 'guide' as being a
higher, more refined, part of
themselves that is closer to the
Source than their normal day to day selves,
some have called this the
Soul or Higher Self.
When we talk about 'entities', the greatest
concern that is always voiced
is concerning negatively oriented
entities. Our religions have given them many,
many names, and we have all
been taught to fear them.
Essentially, channeled entities are just like
people, 'by their fruits
ye shall know them'. You instantly
know if someone you meet has intentions that
are not supportive of you
as there is always something,
somewhere within you, that tells you that
something is amiss. It is the
same for channeled entities.
A
channeled entity, whether or not the channeler
experiences the 'entity'
as being 'separate' or part of their
'higher self', should reflect the essence of
the Source, the essence of
God, which is love. If channeled
material is fear- based, telling you what you are
doing wrong, making you
feel bad or fearful about your life,
then simply ignore it, just as you would any
other advice that you may
receive. My experience tells me
that channeling worth paying attention
to contains substance, is
practical, informative, encouraging,
and goes beyond the rhetoric of nice words.
High quality channeling will inspire you and will give you
tools that you can use. When you are in the
presence of a channeled
entity, or reading a book that has
been channeled, it should be clear that the
'entity' in question wishes
to remind you that you too are God,
and that you too are great, and that you too
are loved and supported and
cared for, and capable of many
great things and miracles.
There are
many 'entities' and many channelers, and
rather than get tied up in
'who' and 'how', look at the validity
of the material being offered. If it inspires
you to become greater than
who you are now, then read on. If it makes you feel 'less than' and more
fearful about life, then move
on.
My own experience of channeling is wonderful.
It is the thing I love to
do the most, and I particularly
enjoy channeling my guide Omni for large
groups of people. I experience
Omni as being the fusion of my
Higher Self with an 'entity' that has been
working with me for many,
many lifetimes. When I am in the
channeling state I feel expanded, full of
compassion and understanding, and
all the answers are simply there,
crystal clear, not a shadow of doubt. It is
an exuberant and
delicious experience. The more I channel
consciously, I have noticed my increasing ability to move
into the 'inspired' state
without calling in my guide Omni.
For me, my channeling is the greatest gift I
have given myself, and it is
an absolute wonder to me that
I have the privilege of serving many people in
this way.
 This article was excerpted from the book "Omni Reveals The Four
Principles of Creation" © 2001, by John L. Payne. Reprinted with permission of
the publisher, Findhorn Press, Tallahassee, FL 32317-3939. http://www.findhornpress.com.
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John Payne is an internationally known trance channeler based in Europe. He
travels the world giving lectures and workshops including the US, Africa,
Germany, and Brazil.
Visit his website at www.four-principles.com.
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