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was the third time that I had interviewed on the
n a t i o n a l r a d i o l a t e n i g h t t a l k s h o w. T h e i n t e r v i e w e r
was perceptive and to the point, “I’m sorry Lori, I just
d o n ’ t f i n d c h a n n e l e d i n f o r m a t i o n c r e d i b l e. ” Yo u ’ d t h i n k
that I’d be crushed, due to the fact that for the last ten
y e a r s t r a n c e c h a n n e l w o u l d b e s t d e s c r i b e m y c a r e e r. A n d n o w, 1 7
million avid listeners had also heard that their beloved host did
n o t f i n d m y i n f o r m a t i o n b e l i e v a b l e. I u n d e r s t o o d p e r f e c t l y w h y a
remark like this was common; it was a concern that I had heard
m a n y t i m e s b e f o r e. I k e p t q u i e t a n d w a i t e d f o r t h e n e x t c a l l e r ; b u t
my heart burned with the truth. I knew he was wrong. The same
e x p e r i e n c e , t o s o m e e x t e n t h a p p e n e d i n a n o t h e r m e d i a i n t e r v i e w.
I inadvertently used the word ‘channel’ to explain the source of
my information. Immediately I was interrupted. “Oh no, we can’t
use that word, it will incite far too much. Is there another word
t h a t y o u c o u l d u s e ? ” We s e t t l e d o n t h e p h r a s e ‘ m e d i t a t i v e s t a t e.’
Several years ago in a session, Sananda gave an insightful
teaching. He declared, “I have no more divinity than you; and you
have no more than I. What is the difference? The difference is the
experience.” Then his normally calm and balanced state lit up
a n d i n f e r r e d a s t a t e o f s p i r i t u a l e c s t a s y.
suddenly he floated above the tree and into every corner of the
earth. “He saw men being born, he saw them suffering
and dying, and he followed their souls around the mysterious
cycle of rebirth until he saw them return again to the earth. The
prince seemed to walk within the very hearts of men until he
knew all their dreamings, yearnings and longings.” 1 His
consciousness ascended to yet another level and there he
encountered supernatural beings, sages and spiritual teachers “The shaman
t h a t d w e l t i n t h e d i v i n e, h e a v e n l y w o r l d s . H i s c o n s c i o u s n e s s
r e t u r n e d t o t h e B a n y a n Tr e e a n d h e o p e n e d h i s e y e s t o b e is the
greeted by hundreds of monks, sages and saints walking out of
t h e s k i e s , w e l c o m i n g h i m a n d a c c e p t i n g h i m i n t o t h e i r o r d e r. person, male
This meditative state experience became a point of departure
for the prince who became the 29th Enlightened One, known as or female
Buddha. Refusing to leave this Earth for the Heavens of who in
Nirvana, Buddha stayed on for forty-five more years to teach
a n d t o h e l p o t h e r s . To d a y i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h e r e a r e o v e r his late
300 million followers of Buddhism.
childhood or
When Buddha graced this earth with his presence, did he ever
c h a n n e l h i s t e a c h i n g s t o h i s s t u d e n t s ? M o s t l i k e l y. O h , e x c u s e
early youth
m e, m e d i t a t i v e s t a t e. T h e w o r d c h a n n e l m a k e s s o m e f o l k s ’ t e e t h has an
itch.Our present day culture finds it hard to accept spiritually
b a s e d a l t e r e d s t a t e s o f r e a l i t y. B u t t h e t r u t h i s t h a t t h i s overwhelming
experience or a form of it is a common thread in many
psychological
religions.
experience
that runs
Muslims, Quakers and Mormons A Common Thread him totally
W h e n M u h a m m a d v i s i t e d a c a v e i n 610 A D o n M o u n t H i r a
outside of Mecca he had a vision and a message given to him by inward
God. This experience continued throughout his life and the
revelations contained in these visions constitute the text of the
I t ’s a k i n d o f
Ko ra n . schizophrenic
I n 1 6 5 2 , G e o r g e Fo x b e g a n p r e a c h i n g i n P u r i t a n E n g l a n d t h a t crack-up.
t h e r e w a s “ t h a t o f G o d i n e v e r y m a n ”. H i s m o v e m e n t b a s e d u p o n
religious tolerance and an inward experience of God became The whole
known as The Society Of Friends, commonly called Quakers.
They hold that believers receive divine guidance from an
unconscious
inward light, without the aid of intermediaries or external opens up,
rites.2 Groups of Quakers immigrated to colonial America and
f o l l o w i n g l e a d e r W i l l i a m P e n n f o u n d e d i n Pe n n s y l v a n i a a r e f u g e and the
a s a “ h o l y e x p e r i m e n t ” i n r e l i g i o u s t o l e r a n c e. T h e y r a i s e d t h e i r
p o l i t i c a l v o i c e i n a n u m b e r o f r e f o r m s i n c l u d i n g : a n t i - s l a v e r y, shaman falls
Indian rights, prison reform and the women’s movement.Joseph into it.”
Smith was directed by heavenly messengers when he found
ancient gold plates inscribed in a hieroglyphic language in ~Joseph
1830. Since he had been visited by Jesus and other heavenly
beings four years earlier in a vision warning him not to join Campbell
a n y o f t h e e x i s t i n g c h u r c h e s i n h i s h o m e t o w n o f Pa l m y r a , N e w
Yo r k a n d p r o p h e s i e d h i s l i f e w o r k w a s t o e s t a b l i s h t h e r e s t o r e d
Christian church, his translation of the gold plates was most
likely divinely inspired. Through his translation, the plates
told the history about an ancient group of people who migrated from Jerusalem to
A m e r i c a a r o u n d 6 0 0 B C t o 4 21 A D . H e a l s o t r a n s l a t e d t h e r e l i g i o u s b e l i e f s o f t h e s e
p e o p l e i n t o t h e B o o k O f M o r m o n . To d a y, M o r m o n s b e l i e v e t h a t G o d c o n t i n u e s t o r e v e a l
his word, primarily to leaders of local units and to the President-Prophet for the church
as a whole. 3
S o a g a i n , I a s k t h e q u e s t i o n , “ We r e t h e s e s p i r i t l e d f o u n d e r s o f d i f f e r e n t r e l i g i o n s
c h a n n e l i n g ? ” P r o b a b l y. B u t p l e a s e, r e a d o n a n d m a k e y o u r o w n d e c i s i o n .
A Definition Of Channel
A few traditional definitions of the word channel are:
1) A frequency band wide enough for one-way communication, the exact width of a
channel depending upon the type of transmission involved (as telegraph, telephone,
radio, television, etc.)
2 ) A g r o o v e o r f u r r o w.
3) A route through which anything passes.
4 ) To d i r e c t t o w a r d o r i n t o s o m e p a r t i c u l a r c o u r s e : t o c h a n n e l o n e ’ s i n t e r e s t s . 4 I k i n d o f
like the idea that channeling could be defined as a spiritual groove.Through my
experience I propose yet another definition for a channeler: Spiritual Artist. In the free
flowing and uncharted waters of the superconscious the channel paints an individual
image of an experience with the Divine. Each word becomes a delicate brush stroke;
universal ideas and truths present shadows, light, depth and dimension; and it is
colored with the hues and tones of beliefs and experiences. Joseph Campbell gives the
p o e t o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s t h e h i g h e s t c o m p l i m e n t , “ T h e y c o m e f r o m a n e l i t e e x p e r i e n c e, t h e
experience of people particularly gifted, whose ears are open to the song of the
universe.”5
“I met him
first when I Ancient Hindu Signs Of The Ta l e n t
T h e Ve d i c A s t r o l o g e r s o f A n c i e n t I n d i a w h o s e a r t d e v e l o p e d
was twenty - thousands of years ago knew that this gift existed and gave
clues of how to recognize if a person would or could become a
in 1851 channel through certain astrological configurations. Ketu,
w h i c h i s t h e s a n s k r i t n a m e f o r t h e M o o n ’ s s o u t h n o d e, i s a l s o
He was in known as the moksha karaka, which means indicator of
the very e n l i g h t e n m e n t . A p r o n o u n c e d Ke t u i n a n E a s t e r n I n d i a n
(sidereal) chart indicates one who is a spiritual seeker and
prime of gives great powers of discrimination, other worldliness,
d e t a c h m e n t f r o m t h i s w o r l d a n d s o m e t i m e s p s y c h i c a b i l i t y.
manhood When the Sun or the Moon is conjoined with Ketu, the meaning
of this force is further increased and metaphysical, spiritual
then. a n d p s y c h i c t e n d e n c i e s f l o u r i s h . To d a y, t h i s c o n j u n c t i o n i s
k n o w n b y Ve d i c a s t r o l o g e r s t o b e p r e s e n t i n t h e c h a r t s o f
professional psychics.8
I am an old
w o m a n n o w,
Different Methods Of Channeling
but he has The methodology of a channel can vary depending on the
not aged a disposition, ability and experience of the individual. When I
first became acquainted with channeling I had the opportunity
day.” to experience in person a number of channels. They were all
very different and while their information and methodologies
varied, they all exhibited altered states of consciousness.
~ Helena O n e s a i d a p r a y e r p r i o r t o h e r w o r k t h a t s h e c l a i m e d , “A l w a y s
Blavatsky's p u t h e r i n t o a t r a n c e. ” A n o t h e r s p o k e i n a c o m p l e t e l y a l t e r e d
v o i c e ; h a r s h a n d r a s p y, l i k e a n o l d m a n . T h e c h a n n e l h e r s e l f w a s
comment around fifty plus, had two grown children and her retired
husband managed her readings. She sat upright in a chair as
upon her she gave the reading, and the channeled entity waved a pointed
first meeting finger at me.
with her I met a very unusual channel in Phoenix, Arizona. This channel
walked around and examined some fifty of us before the
Master channeling for all of us began. My most profound experience
d u r i n g t h i s t i m e w a s w i t h a c h a n n e l i n S a l t L a k e C i t y. T h i s
Te a c h e r c h a n n e l s a t o n a s t a g e i n f u l l b o d y t r a n c e. T h e e n t i t y u s e d t h e
body with great comfort and sat like a wise old king, one leg
c r o s s e d o v e r t h e o t h e r. O n e h a n d c r a d l e d a n e l b o w a n d t h e f r e e
hand steadily rubbed an invisible beard. The energy was
incredible, the information lucid, understandable and
impactful.
A c l o s e f r i e n d o f m i n e w o r k s a s a c h a n n e l . H e r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h h e r S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r
had been long for channeling, around fifteen years. Her style is very integrative and she
remains approachable; no extreme trance, but more of an inner dialogue with her
m e n t o r. H e r v o i c e r e m a i n s q u i t e n o r m a l ; t h e i n f o r m a t i o n i s p e r c e p t i v e a n d s o m e w h a t
psychic.
In 1895 when Alice Bailey was fifteen years old she sat alone on Sunday morning in her
drawing room reading. The door opened and in walked a tall man dressed in European
clothes with a turban on his head. He told the impetuous teenager that there was some
w o r k p l a n n e d f o r h e r t o d o , b u t w o u l d e n t a i l c h a n g i n g h e r d i s p o s i t i o n c o n s i d e r a b l y. S h e
was told, “My future usefulness to Him and to the world was dependent upon how I
h a n d l e d m y s e l f a n d t h e c h a n g e s I c o u l d m a n a g e t o m a k e. ” 10 Tw e n t y y e a r s l a t e r, s h e
reflected on that life changing meeting, “I found that this visitor was the Master Koot
Hoomi, a Master who is very close to the Christ...The real value of this experience is not
t o b e f o u n d i n t h e f a c t t h a t I , a y o u n g g i r l c a l l e d A l i c e L a Tr o b e - B a t e m a n , h a d a n
interview with a Master but in the fact that knowing nothing whatsoever of Their
e x i s t e n c e, I m e t o n e o f T h e m a n d t h a t H e t a l k e d w i t h m e. ” 11 A l i c e B a i l e y w o r k e d f o r o v e r
5 0 y e a r s a s a c h a n n e l f o r h e r S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s . D u r i n g t h i s t i m e s h e w r o t e a n d
published 24 books and founded a school based on the teachings that she dictated.
E d g a r C a y c e, f a m o u s f o r c h a n n e l i n g d i a g n o s t i c a n d h e a l t h i n f o r m a t i o n i n o v e r 1 4 , 0 0 0
readings and founding the Association for Research and Enlightenment in 1934, was just
13 years old when a woman appeared to him while he was sitting in the woods on a
p l e a s a n t M a y a f t e r n o o n i n H o p k i n s v i l l e, Ke n t u c k y. At f i r s t h e t h o u g h t t h e w o m a n w a s h i s
m o t h e r b u t t h e n s h e s p o k e i n a p u r e , e t h e r e a l v o i c e , “ Yo u r p r a y e r s h a v e b e e n h e a r d . Te l l
me what you would like most of all, so that I may give it to you.” The young Edgar
replied, “Most of all I would like to be helpful to others, especially to children when they
a r e s i c k . ” 12
S o m e t i m e s i n t r o d u c t o r y m e e t i n g s b e t w e e n p o t e n t i a l S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s a n d c h a n n e l s d o
n o t h a p p e n i n t h e p h y s i c a l . O n e c h a n n e l s h a r e d h e r s t o r y w i t h m e. “ I w a s n o t t h e t y p e o f
person who believed in channeling, in fact I thought it was a bunch of nonsense! I was a
student of spiritual material and invited the Christ Consciousness into my heart. Things
changed after that and I started on a path of spiritual awakening and unfoldment. I
attended spiritual healing and meditation classes; I studied and became a
hypnotherapist. Several psychic friends started to notice that there was a person (in
s p i r i t ) a r o u n d m e a l l o f t h e t i m e. E v i d e n t l y t h e r e w a s a l i g h t , s h a p e d l i k e a t e t r a h e d r o n
a b o u t h i s h e a d . H e c a r r i e d m u c h l i g h t i n c o l o r s o f w h i t e, g o l d a n d p u r p l e . A p s y c h i c
artist drew a picture of the spirit being for me and told me that his name was Bishop. I
t h o u g h t t h a t w a s a n o d d n a m e. S e v e r a l w e e k s l a t e r, a r o u n d 3 a m i n t h e m o r n i n g a l o u d
v o i c e w o k e m e f r o m m y s l e e p , “ I t i s t i m e t o w r i t e. ” I k n e w i t w a s B i s h o p . I w a s s t i l l v e r y
skeptical about this type of information and told him that he would have to wait - but
later that day I dictated my first session with Bishop, it was exactly 13 pages long! A lot
of the information was very new to me and taught me a different
p e r s p e c t i v e. T h e r e w e r e s o m a n y t h i n g s I h a d n o t e v e n t h o u g h t
about! That winter I planted white tulips and in the spring they
a l l c a m e u p b e a u t i f u l a n d w h i t e, e x c e p t o n e, i t w a s p u r p l e ! I
know that purple tulip was from Bishop. Even today and
especially when I’m channeling people will comment about all
"I walked
t h e p u r p l e l i g h t a r o u n d m e. ”
into a health
food store in
A Channeled Introduction
M y f i r s t i n t r o d u c t i o n t o m y S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r w a s t h r o u g h Sequim,
another person, but eventually we did meet. I was 22 years old
w h e n I w a l k e d i n t o a h e a l t h f o o d s t o r e i n S e q u i m , Wa s h i n g t o n , Wa s h i n g t o n ,
and as I started to close the door behind me the owner of the
s t o r e p o i n t e d h e r f i n g e r d i r e c t l y a t m e a n d f i r m l y s t a t e d , “ Yo u and as I
have work to do for Master Saint Germain!” I was an started to
a d v e r t i s i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a t a s m a l l , w e e k l y p a p e r, a n d I h a d
previously spoke on the phone with the store owner; she close the
w a n t e d t o p l a c e a n a d f o r a d i s c o u n t o n s t r a w b e r r y j a m . Tw e n t y
m i n u t e s a g o h e r v o i c e h a d b e e n f e m i n i n e, c a l m a n d b u s i n e s s door behind
l i k e. T h e v o i c e c o m i n g f r o m t h e s a l e s c o u n t e r w a s d e f i n i t e l y
male, penetrating and commanding! me the
owner of the
I politely shut the door and approached the counter with some
hesitation. “Who is Saint Germain?” I asked. Now the store
storeowner responded in the same calm, kind voice that I
r e c o g n i z e d f r o m o u r p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n , “ Fo l l o w m e. B a c k pointed her
h e r e. ” A n d s h e p o i n t e d t o h e r o f f i c e t o w a r d s t h e b a c k o f t h e
s tore.
finger
directly at
I followed her through rows of neatly tiered vitamins to her
office and noticed that on the wall was a picture of a man me and
dressed in a powdered wig, waistcoat and knickers, circa late
1 70 0 ’ s . I t w a s a n i m m e d i a t e r e c o g n i t i o n , l i k e I h a d k n o w n h i m firmly
b e f o r e. L o g i c a l l y, t h e r e w a s n o w a y I c o u l d h a v e e v e r m e t h i m ,
b u t t h e f e e l i n g o f i n s t a n t r e c o g n i t i o n w a s v e r y i n t e n s e. S h e h e l d
stated,
h e r h a n d o u t t o m e , “ M y n a m e i s F l o r e n c e. ” F u n n y, I f e l t t h e “ Yo u h a v e
same way about her too.
work to do
Florence went on to explain that Saint Germain was an
Ascended Master and is a member of the Great White for Master
Brotherhood. These were all new terms for me and I asked her if
she had any information that I could read. She gave me some
Saint
printed literature and wrote down the names of several books I Germain!”
should read. I had only been there a few minutes but it seemed
as though time stood still. That afternoon in 1978 changed my
life; and Florence became a good friend and one of my first
teachers of the Ascended Masters. Still, to this day I’ve
wondered if the voice that predicted my work for my Spiritual
Te a c h e r w a s i n d e e d c h a n n e l e d t h r o u g h h e r. A n d y e s , I d i d p i c k
up the ad for the strawberry jam!
Learning The Ropes
W h e n I b e g a n t o c h a n n e l , I d i d n ’ t k n o w t h a t I w a s . I t s o u n d s f u n n y t o s a y t h a t n o w, b u t
that was how it started. I had begun meditating in my late teens but it wasn’t until I had
become an Ascended Master student that I recognized several of the Ascended Masters
a s m y S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s . O f t e n t h e y w o u l d a p p e a r i n m y m e d i t a t i o n a n d o f f e r
supplemental information to my current studies. This early relationship offered nothing
p r o f o u n d f o r h u m a n i t y, b u t f o r m e t h i s h e l p w a s i m m e n s e l y b e n e f i c i a l , i n s i g h t f u l a n d
broadening. It was very much like a tutor and student. During this time I met a
r e m a r k a b l e w o m a n w h o b e c a m e a n o t h e r t e a c h e r t o m e. L e o n a w a s w e l l v e r s e d i n
metaphysics and taught me past life regression techniques. She would drive twelve miles
out across the Idaho prairie on gravel roads to our remote farm and help get my three
p r e - s c h o o l e r s d o w n f o r t h e i r n a p s . T h e n t h e a f t e r n o o n w a s o u r s ! We ’ d p r a c t i c e t h e
t e c h n i q u e a n d r e g r e s s o n e a n o t h e r. L e o n a w a s a n a v i d j o u r n a l k e e p e r a n d s h e
encouraged me to keep notes of my regressions and of my dreams. I spent an entire year
r e v i e w i n g p a s t l i v e s a n d i n m e d i t a t i o n w i t h t h e h e l p o f m y S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s w a s a b l e t o
understand the significance of each lifetime and its relationship to my current life.
A Meeting With Master Saint Germain
I w a s a l o n e o n a w a l k o n e d a y, u p a d i r t r o a d f r o m o u r h o u s e, n o r t h o f t h e b a r n .
Re m e m b e r i n g t h e p e r s o n a l p r o p h e s y o f y e a r s b e f o r e I s a i d a p r a y e r t o m y S p i r i t u a l
Te a c h e r s a n d o f f e r e d t o h e l p t h e m i n s o m e s m a l l w a y. S e v e r a l d a y s l a t e r I w a s a w a k e n e d
in the night from my sleep. The smell of electricity filled the room, much like the air
before a thunderstorm. I sat up. At the foot of my bed stood St. Germain! His aura
crackled with white and violet light. I reached forward to touch him and the form
vanished.
Five years later I attended a metaphysical class on using meditation and alternative
methods to deal with stress. After the class, a group of us were exchanging stories about
meditation. I shared my stories of my inner instruction and was surprised to find out
t h a t t h i s w a s n o t a c o m m o n o c c u r r e n c e . I h a d a l w a y s a s s u m e d t h a t m o s t p e o p l e, w h e n
m e d i t a t i n g , r e c e i v e d i n n e r t e a c h i n g o f s o m e v a r i e t y. O n e o f t h e l a d i e s l a u g h i n g l y
remarked, “It sounds like you’re channeling! “When I decided that I could channel
f o r m a l l y, a n d a l l o w a n o t h e r p e r s o n t o b e p r e s e n t w i t h m e I f e l t v e r y e m b a r r a s s e d . I n t h e
p a s t , m y r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h m y S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s h a d b e e n p r i v a t e ; s a c r e d . N o w,
someone else would be included in my time with them, and I felt unsure and insecure. The
first couple of sessions were slow and tedious. I was self-conscious and my lack of
c o n f i d e n c e m a d e i t e v e n h a r d e r t o s l i p i n t o t h e f a m i l i a r, r e l a x e d s t a t e o f m e d i t a t i o n t h a t
I k n e w w o u l d b e r e q u i r e d . At o n e p o i n t w e e v e n t r i e d p l a y i n g s o f t m u s i c , b u t n o t h i n g
worked.
F i n a l l y, o u t o f f r u s t r a t i o n I l a i d d o w n o n t h e c o u c h h o p i n g t h a t I c o u l d f a l l i n t o a l i g h t
sleep. I had been able to do this before with great success. I closed my eyes and focused
my energy and thoughts to the center of my forehead. Soon, thousands of bright lights
were rushing at me, a sign of altered consciousness. In about a minute I lifted my hand,
“I’m here and they are here.”
Physical Changes
I n t h e b e g i n n i n g o f m y c h a n n e l i n g c a r e e r, t h e b e s t a n a l o g y t o d e s c r i b e m y m e t h o d o l o g y
w a s a t e l e p h o n e ; b e t t e r y e t , a t e l e p h o n e l i n e. T h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s w o u l d
telepathically transmit information that I would audibly
repeat. A question from my monitor would be asked, and then I
would telepathically relay the monitor’s question to the
S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r a n d t h e i r t e l e p a t h i c a n s w e r w o u l d b e g i v e n t o
m e. I w o u l d t h e n a u d i b l y r e p e a t t h e a n s w e r a n d s o o n . T h i s
process continued for about twenty sessions. Then I began to
“What is notice physical changes. The first thing was that I had dropped
o v e r t e n p o u n d s , a l m o s t e f f o r t l e s s l y. O f c o u r s e t h i s m a d e m e
God?” quite happy and I have since discovered that sudden weight
loss and/or weight gain is typical among trance channels and
- the Source particularly when they are doing a lot of trance work. The next
replied, thing that I noticed was a tremendous burning in my chest and
a n a g g i n g c o u g h i n m y t h r o a t . L a t e r, I d i s c o v e r e d t h a t m y
s i m p l y, entire chakra system was in the process of being cleared and
p u r i f i e d b y m y S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e w o r k
God is a that they had planned. This is also a common story among
channels.
being
who can
recognize Where Tw o Or More Are Gathered
Almost every trance channel works with at least one other
good person who is present at every session. The exception to this
may be channels who work via automatic writing or dictation.
without There are many advantages to this relationship and while it
evil as a would appear that the person not channeling is only operating
t h e t a p e r e c o r d e r, t h e y a r e d o i n g m u c h m o r e .
point of This person performs a very valuable role for the channel; they
b e c o m e a b a t t e r y o f e n e r g y, w h i c h a s s i s t s t h e c h a n n e l w h i l e i n
reference.” a trance session. The monitor serves as a source of energy as
the channel enters into trance and becomes a grounding
influence after the channel awakes from the trance state.
~A question Therefore, during the trance session the energy of the channel
a n d m o n i t o r b e c o m e O N E . Yo u m i g h t r e m e m b e r M a t t h e w 1 8 : 2 0 ,
from Harry- “ Fo r w h e r e t w o o r t h r e e h a v e g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r i n M y n a m e ,
there I AM in their midst.” While it is still possible for a
Paul c h a n n e l t o e n t e r a t r a n c e w i t h o u t t h e h e l p o f a m o n i t o r, t h e
extra energy provided by the monitor is extremely helpful.
Solomon's
monitor The monitor can play an important role determining the type of
information that is given. Because the monitor dialogues
during a e x t e n s i v e l y w i t h t h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r ( s ) d u r i n g e a c h s e s s i o n
the types of questions asked can sometimes result in new and
trance t h o u g h t p r o v o k i n g i n f o r m a t i o n . Pa u l S o l o m o n , a c l a i r v o y a n t
and clairaudient since the age of four who became a world
session. r e n o w n d e e p - t r a n c e c h a n n e l e r o f t h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r c a l l e d
simply The Source learned more about the art of channeling as
he and his monitor Harry were told that, “They (the Source)
would not answer any but specific questions; that it was in the
framing and the asking of the question that the response was
formulated. So, in order to bait and hook that submarine body
o f t r u t h s t h e y w e r e t r y i n g t o f i s h u p , Pa u l a n d H a r r y a s k e d w h a t
they conceived to be the ultimate specific question – “What is
God?” - hoping to elicit some sort of encyclopedic contribution to mankind’s store of
t h e o l o g i c a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g . To t h e i r u t t e r b e w i l d e r m e n t , t h e S o u r c e r e p l i e d , s i m p l y, G o d
i s a b e i n g w h o c a n r e c o g n i z e g o o d w i t h o u t e v i l a s a p o i n t o f r e f e r e n c e. ” 1 3
I o n c e s p e n t a n e n t i r e s u m m e r c h a n n e l i n g w i t h a n e w m o n i t o r. I h a d b e e n e x p e r i m e n t i n g
with ‘sitting up’ for my trance sessions but still found it difficult to achieve the deeper
trance that I was accustomed to. My new monitor encouraged this process and her
h e l p f u l s u p p o r t a l l o w e d m y c h a n n e l i n g t e c h n i q u e t o e x p a n d a n d m a t u r e. O u r s e s s i o n s
were held at her home which was inordinately alive with frequent visitors in and out of
t h e d o o r, p e t s r u n n i n g a n d j u m p i n g , c o n s t a n t t e l e p h o n e r i n g i n g a n d a s h o r t w a v e r a d i o ,
w h i c h w a s o n m o s t o f t h e t i m e. O n e m i g h t t h i n k t h a t t h i s w o u l d b e a d i f f i c u l t e n v i r o n m e n t
to channel in, let alone relax! But it was through these adverse conditions that my new
a b i l i t i e s w e r e e x e r c i s e d a n d s t r e n g t h e n e d . H a r r y, h e r a f f e c t i o n a t e a n d f r i e n d l y d o g ,
l o v e d t h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s , a n d t h e m o m e n t t h a t t h e y w o u l d e n t e r v i a m y t r a n c e s t a t e,
h e h a d t o s a y h e l l o . H e ’ d r u n o v e r, j u m p o n m e a n d l i c k m y f a c e j a r r i n g m e f r o m m y
trance! The monitor would scold him, I’d adjust myself for another try but often the same
thing would happen again. It didn’t help much to put him outside. He’d bark until he was
let back in. I persevered and soon learned that I could adjust and strengthen my trance
state through many types of interference. This little white dog became my teacher of
f o c u s a n d d i s c i p l i n e - a n i m p o r t a n t p o i n t i n c h a n n e l i n g . A S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r o n c e s a i d ,
“A d e p t s a d a p t . ”
During this time I began to channel for small groups of people. Through this experience I
became acquainted with many new subtleties of energy while channeling. If the energy of
t h e g r o u p w a s h i g h a n d p o s i t i v e, a f t e r t h e s e s s i o n I w o u l d f e e l b a l a n c e d a n d e n e r g e t i c .
But, if there were negative thoughts or feelings, skepticism or doubt, I would often feel
drained and tired. A frequent guest and friend of the monitor was an enormous battery of
energy; I loved for her to sit next to me during these sessions. Her positive energy would
embrace me while I was in trance and afterwards I felt physically regenerated. These
small nuances can make a large difference for a channel.
Monitors can also work long distance. Several years ago I was working on a series of
c h a n n e l e d l e s s o n s f o r m y S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r. T h e s e l e s s o n s w o u l d b e t e l e p a t h i c a l l y
dictated and written, without the need for tape recorded, voice received information. I
mentioned this to a friend who was also a student of the Ascended Masters and she
v o l u n t e e r e d t o w o r k a s m y m o n i t o r. W h e n I e x p l a i n e d t o h e r t h a t t h e s e s s i o n s w o u l d
begin at 4:30 am every morning, she didn’t hesitate at all, amiably adding, “I’m up
a n y w a y a t t h a t t i m e . ” T h e i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t i s t h a t s h e l i v e d o v e r 10 0 m i l e s a w a y a n d h e r
monitoring would be done through meditation. One morning I slept in and around 7am
the phone rang. “Where were you?” she exclaimed. At that moment I realized that the
interconnectedness and ONENESS of the channel and monitor could defy physical
proximity and location. Almost every trance channel I know works with a monitor and is
g r a t e f u l f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e. S o m e t i m e s a c h a n n e l m a y w o r k w i t h m o r e t h a n o n e m o n i t o r.
Edgar Cayce was said to have worked with two to three.
The Different Levels Of Tr a n c e
To w a r d s t h e e n d o f o n e s e s s i o n s o m e t h i n g m e m o r a b l e o c c u r r e d . I e x p e r i e n c e d a n
incredibly high pitch sound and almost simultaneously an internal explosion of light and
c o n s c i o u s n e s s . M y v o i c e b o o m e d i n t o t h e r e c o r d e r, “ I A M L a d y O p p o r t u n i t y. M a y I h e l p
you?” Even though I was in a trance state, the feeling jarred me some, and I immediately
reverted back to the normal session style of relaying questions
and answers. After the session my monitor was grinning from
e a r t o e a r. I b e g g e d h i m t o p l a y t h e t a p e b a c k , s o I c o u l d h e a r i t
again. It was unmistakable; my trance work was evolving.
Through the years of working and learning as a channel I have
come to understand that there are different levels of trance
“In his
work. While it seems to have little impact on the quality or early years
quantity of information; the depth of the trance seems to be
geared for the channel, the monitor and the degree of work or Edgar
service that they are performing.
Cayce
Some channels enter into trances so deep that they have no
recall whatsoever of what is being said. They have to listen to
was as
or read their own information after the session. This was the startled as
t y p e o f t r a n c e t h a t ‘ T h e S l e e p i n g P r o p h e t ,’ E d g a r C a y c e u s e d .
P s y c h o l o g i s t D r. G i n a C e r m i n a r a w r i t e s i n t h e b o o k M a n y the next
Mansions, “In his early years Edgar Cayce was as startled as
the next man to learn he had given medical counsel to an Italian man to
in fluent and flawless Italian. Nor was the complicated medical
terminology that rolled off his tongue any more intelligible to
learn he
h i m i n h i s w a k i n g s t a t e t h a n w a s t h e f l u e n t I t a l i a n . ” 14 O n e t i m e had given
a deep trance channel told me that she would be sent to another
p l a c e t o r e c e i v e h e r o w n i n s t r u c t i o n a s t h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r medical
used her body for its work here. Many trance channels enter
into very light trances and are able to remember much of what counsel to
was transmitted. One of the old arguments against channeling an Italian
i s t h a t d e e p t r a n c e s a r e n o t g o o d f o r t h e c h a n n e l e r. W h i l e t h e
act of channeling itself provides others with beneficial in fluent
information (and therefore creates favorable dharma for the
c h a n n e l ) i t i s h a r d e r f o r t h e c h a n n e l e r t o g r o w s p i r i t u a l l y, and
simply because they are not present. A lighter trance has many
advantages as the channel can retain much of the spiritual flawless
information. Italian.
Many channels work fully conscious at their typewriters or
word processors eliminating the need for tape recorders and
transcribing. Through this method they are able to carefully ~ D r. G i n a
d i c t a t e e a c h w o r d f o r t h e i r S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s . A l i c e B a i l e y
chose this form of channeling and wrote about it, “This whole Cerminara
subject has been made difficult because of the many from
metaphysical and spiritualistic writings which are of so low an
order of intelligence and so ordinary and mediocre in their "The
content that educated people laugh at them and cannot be
b o t h e r e d t o r e a d t h e m . I w a n t t o s h o w, t h e r e f o r e , t h a t t h e r e i s Sleeping
another kind of impression and inspiration which can result in
writings far above the average and which convey teaching
Prophet"
needed by coming generations. I say this in all humility for I am
only a pen or pencil, a stenographer and a transmitter of
teaching from one whom I revere and honor and have been happy
t o s e r ve. ” 15
Throughout my years of working as a channel I have had the opportunity to work at most
of these levels, although my personal preference is voice transmitted material, medium
to light trance.
Te l e p a t h y , Clairvoyance, Clairaudience
In order for a channel to move beyond the five senses three types of ESP must be
d e v e l o p e d . T h e y a r e t e l e p a t h y, c l a i r v o y a n c e a n d c l a i r a u d i e n c e. Te l e p a t h y, m o r e
c o m m o n l y k n o w n a s ‘ m i n d r e a d i n g ’ a l l o w s t h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r a n d t h e c h a n n e l t o f o r m
a link. I noticed that as my ability to channel improved that the transference of
i n f o r m a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s a n d m y s e l f b e c a m e s t r o n g e r. T h e t e l e p a t h i c
link between us had become seamless, that is, I didn’t have to go into a trance state to
communicate with them. I feel their presence about and around me all of the time. This
s e e m s t o b e t r u e w i t h o t h e r c h a n n e l s . C l a i r v o y a n c e, o r s e c o n d s i g h t , i s a n o t h e r v a l u a b l e
tool for a channel. This allows for mental pictures and prolonged visions to become
clear and understandable. This ability allowed me to channel very detailed earth
c h a n g e s m a p s . O f t e n , S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s w i l l s h o w d i a g r a m s a n d t e c h n i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n
t o a s s i s t a t e a c h i n g . Te c h n i c a l C h a n n e l s a r e o f t e n v e r y p r o f i c i e n t c l a i r v o y a n t s w i t h t h e
ability to diagram and see things that may not be recognizable in today’s world. Imagine
s e e i n g a s p a c e r o c k e t f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e, h o w w o u l d y o u d e s c r i b e i t ? T h i s i s w h a t J u l e s
Ve r n e d i d i n h i s w r i t i n g s o f 1 8 6 5 . “ Ve r n e ’ s s p a c e c r a f t , t h e C o l u m b i a d , t o o k o f f f r o m
F l o r i d a a n d s p l a s h e d d o w n i n t h e Pa c i f i c , w h e r e i t s t h r e e - m a n c r e w w a s r e s c u e d b y a n
A m e r i c a n s h i p . ” 1 6 H o w e v e r, h e w a s n o t t h e f i r s t t o s e e o r v i s u a l i z e h u m a n f l i g h t . T h e
1488 sketches of Leonardo da Vinci envisioned air flight with a device called ‘The
A i r s c r e w.’ T h e s e t w o v i s i o n a r i e s n e v e r c l a i m e d a n y p s y c h i c a b i l i t i e s , b u t i t i s c l e a r t h a t
a t c e r t a i n l e v e l s t h e i r c l a i r v o y a n t a b i l i t i e s w e r e i n d e e d d e v e l o p e d . C l a i r a u d i e n c e, o r
i n n e r h e a r i n g , i s t h e a b i l i t y t o h e a r t h i n g s n o t p e r c e p t i b l e i n t h e u s u a l w a y. A f t e r t h e
t e l e p a t h i c b o n d w i t h t h e i r S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r i s d e v e l o p e d , c l a i r a u d i e n c e i s t h e n e x t
ability that is unusually developed by the channel. This allows for the channel to hear
the teacher’s voice and other information that may be given. Joan of Arc may be one of
history’s most famous clairaudients, and she claimed that the voices of Saints Michael,
M a r g a r e t a n d C a t h e r i n e d i r e c t e d h e r d e s t i n y.
Love
A s t h e s e t h r e e s u p e r n o r m a l p o w e r s o f t e l e p a t h y, c l a i r v o y a n c e
and clairaudience continue to develop, this natural unfoldment
The ability l e a d s t o a n e x p a n s i o n o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s . H . P. B l a v a t s k y o n c e
to read these c o m m e n t e d , “A p e r s o n b e c o m e s g r a d u a l l y O N E w i t h t h e
UNIVERSAL ALL,” and continued to add “new senses and new
vibratory powers...infinitely more good can be done than without them.”
19
records lies
Pa u l S o l o m o n w a s o n c e a p p r o a c h e d b y t h e C . I . A . t o
inherent c l a i r v o y a n t l y t a k e a l o o k ( i . e. r e m o t e v i e w i n g ) a t s o m e S o v i e t
within each f i l e s . W. A l e x a n d e r W h e e l e r r e c r e a t e s t h e u n i q u e e n c o u n t e r
b e t w e e n Pa u l a n d t h e a g e n t s i n t h e b i o g r a p h y o f Pa u l S o l o m o n ,
of us, T h e P r o p h e t i c R e v e l a t i o n s O f Pa u l S o l o m o n , “ N o w l o o k , h e r e ’ s
t h e p r i n c i p l e : I f I w a n t t o k n o w w h a t y o u ’ r e t h i n k i n g r i g h t n o w,
dependent all I have to do is care more about what you’re thinking than
what I am thinking. That’s it; that’s the law of telepathic
upon the communication, and as soon as I care more what you’re
sensitivity thinking than what I am thinking, I will give up my thoughts and
I will absorb yours, and I will understand you - and that’s the
of our w a y w e ’ r e g o i n g t o h a v e t o g e t i n t o t h e s e Ru s s i a n f i l e s . We a r e
g o i n g t o h a v e t o c a r e w h a t t h e y a r e t h i n k i n g . I t ’ s a l a w o f l o v e.
organization, Yo u w a n t t o j o i n m e i n t h i s e x e r c i s e o f l o v i n g t h e s e g u y s i n t h e
KG B ? T h e y c h o k e d ! A n d s e n t m e h o m e ! ” 2 0
and consists
in attuning
to the proper
Useful Metaphors: Computers And The Information Age
degree of To d a y ’ s I n f o r m a t i o n A g e p r o v i d e s a p o w e r f u l a n d h e l p f u l
allegory to understanding channeling, the supersenses and
consciousness higher consciousness. Many channels express computer
much like analogies when speaking about their spiritual art.
Downloading often refers to time spent in oneness with
tuning a S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s , w i t h l a r g e a m o u n t s o f i n f o r m a t i o n m e n t a l l y
i n f u s e d t o t h e c h a n n e l t o b e r e t r i e v e d l a t e r. A c o m p u t e r ’ s
radio to the a b i l i t y t o s t o r e, c a t a l o g , o r g a n i z e a n d r e t r i e v e v a s t a m o u n t s o f
information is a helpful metaphor to understanding the Akashic
proper Re c o r d s . A l m o s t e v e r y c h a n n e l a c c e s s e s t h e A k a s h i c r e c o r d s t o
wavelength.” obtain information. This explanation and definition given
c o m e s f r o m t h e t r a n c e w o r k o f E d g a r C a y c e. “A k a s h a i s a
~Edgar Sanskrit word that refers to the fundamental etheric substance
of the universe, electro-spiritual in composition. Upon this
Cayce Akasha there remains impressed an indelible record of every
on reading sound, light, movement, or thought since the beginning of the
manifest universe. The Akasha registers impressions like a
Akashic s e n s i t i v e p l a t e, a n d c a n a l m o s t b e r e g a r d e d a s a h u g e c a n d i d
camera of the cosmos. The ability to read these vibratory
Records. records lies inherent within each of us, dependent upon the
sensitivity of our organization, and consists in attuning to the
proper degree of consciousness much like tuning a radio to the
p r o p e r w a v e l e n g t h . ” 21 Ve r y o f t e n a c h a n n e l b r i n g s t h r o u g h
information in a session and simultaneously the same information is perfectly re-
l a n g u a g e d b y a n o t h e r c h a n n e l l o c a t e d a c r o s s t h e g l o b e. T h e t w o c h a n n e l s m a y h a v e
d i f f e r e n t S p i r i t u a l Te a c h e r s , b e l i e f s a n d e x p e r i e n c e s , b u t t h e b a s i c i n f o r m a t i o n i s
coming from the same place. My astrologer friend once told me that she thought that our
current technology was only in the infancy stages of the Information Age. It is consoling
to think that computers are not just technological monsters, raising Y2K havoc and
reducing our lives to a cold, heartless control; but indeed, are valuable teachers
m i r r o r i n g b a c k t o u s a g l i m p s e o f o u r o w n l a t e n t , u n d e v e l o p e d p o t e n t i a l . Pe r h a p s i n t h e
future through evolving and perfecting consciousness there will be no more need for
constant hardware upgrades, increased memory capacities and the latest silicon chip -
our own developed supersenses will do this for us!
o f t h i s M i n d . We b e l i e v e i n t h e c o n t r o l o f c o n d i t i o n s t h r o u g h t h e p o w e r o f t h i s M i n d . ”