Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
We are very aware of the energies of light and dark as they play out all around us. As we react to what is happening in the world outside of us we must all discover and reconcile similar dilemmas inside us for true change to happen both inside and outside. It seems that a turning away from inner work is occurring now with the use of cell phones, twitter, and texting, as they become preferable means of communication. People seem to constantly be looking for outside stimulation and oblivion, rather than think and feel deeply, or even allow themselves to clearly see the truths of the world and the subsequent reflection of those truths in themselves. Do you see this turning outward as detrimental, this desperate need to connect via technology as inhibiting spiritual growth and connection?

I like to use the technique of metaphor to teach and to point out the progress being made, for there is indeed progress and much energy of change now upon that earth. You must allow the growth of technological devices and scientific exploration to be acceptable means of change for the good. I know that you often prefer the inner road, for that has been your own means of communication, My Dear One, but the challenges for those of you who pursue the road to the bottom of the well of self is to not turn away from what is happening in the world outside of you. When I speak of interconnectedness and the path of energy as a means of affecting change, so do you see these ideas replicated in the world outside of you. That which happens without must be turned inward in order for true resolution of self, but you must also learn to turn the mirror in the opposite direction and see that the inner process is equally valid in its outer expression. You see, life is a two-way mirror.

What you are perceiving as detrimental outward expression is, in actuality, a process of learning what is meant by the interconnectedness of all things. Is not this process quite fantastic and full of opportunity for change? Does it not open so many doors that have previously been but impossible dreams? Can you not accept that through technology the world has become more known, less mysterious, and quite real?

At the same time that I do allow that technology and scientific advancement have a real place in evolution, I do caution against extensive outward seeking. For pleasure, insight, and resolution of true needs will not be met by such outward focuses alone. However, the true needs of the spirit may be greatly advanced by such ability to connect, to share, and to become active in a new world. The potential exists for both good and evil to advance with modern technological change and exploration, and this you cannot deny, but it is also capable of offering a clearer understanding of the world as an energy ground, a place for learning that all beings are comprised of energy, and this is its main educational focus.

The planet Earth is a School of Energy, and it is meant to teach you what energy truly means. By duplicating energy through electronic means mankind is attempting to recreate what is at the core of life itself, to create perpetual life, in immortal form, the ultimate attempt to remain alive. Only in death does he discover that he already exists in perpetuity and that his attempts to leave his mark in this manner do not matter once he achieves this understanding of self.

I address your question with this advice: do not fear the loss of connection with the inner work you so treasure and wish for others to discover, for the inner self remains present no matter what is happening outside in the world. The inner self is the one who is always available and ready to be recognized and brought into life as true companion upon that journey.

Earthbound and outwardly directed though mankind may appear at this point in time, so will he be turned inward when necessary, for he will not have but this one choice in order to truly live and truly evolve. All beings upon that earth will have to turn inward. Though they may refuse the call for many years of their lives, so does the inner self remind them of its presence quite often throughout life. Even a lifetime lived extrovertedly hungry for all that the world offers points to the inner needs daily, and though the signs may be disregarded for a long time, the inner self is quite relentless and unyielding in its quest for resolution and recognition of its rightful place.

All worlds are one world, and this is the metaphorical picture that is new being expressed and discovered upon that earth. The advances in communication are part of this revelation, along with the exploration of the true power of energy to do the job it is meant to do, to unite all mankind and truly show that all are comprised of energy, all are equal, equivalent to the call of energy as diffuser, as distiller, as the ultimate metaphor for all things upon that earth.

In order to truly advance, energy must be understood as existing in all things, making all things not only possible, but probable as well. There is much still to be learned and explored as regards energy, but ultimately mankind will learn the lessons of what it truly means. It takes balance of inner and outer self, working within both worlds, to constantly maintain a steady level of current so that the mysteries of life may be revealed when you are each ready to receive them, by whatever means suits you best.

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Today, Chuck asks a question regarding the 2012 predictions of spiritual transformation or apocalypse, which many people wonder about.

Dear Jeanne,
I was struck by your message on Friday, as regards the evil energy. I waited to see what the weekend would bring. I’ve been struck by the Republican strategy to destroy President Obama at all costs. The level of vitriol and stirrings of fear and hatred, inciting violence and assassination, are utterly obvious to me. I can’t help seeing the energetic forces being unleashed as equivalent to the dynamics of Nazism during World War II. There is absolutely no interest in reconciliation. I perceive a bloodlust awaiting its opening. Three times last night I heard the coyotes in their aggressive vigor, their lustful laughter as they approached the kill.

We had a dinner guest on Saturday night, a dear friend. She asked what we thought of 2012. Personally, I resist the collective momentum of apocalyptic fear. On Sunday morning, I was drawn to watch a movie, which I could not find among my collection, but instead, unexpectedly, reconnected with Matter of Heart, a documentary about Jung. In the final minutes of the film a close confidant of Jung’s admits that in his final days before his death, in 1961, he had visions of apocalypse. He stated that mankind had only fifty years left upon this earth, which would equate to 2011. He saw utter destruction in his first vision. The confidant took notes and stored them in a drawer, reluctant to speak of them. In a second vision she states that Jung saw the earth surviving, but with vast areas of major change. Her descriptions of Jung’s visions mirror your own of a few years ago and the statement you made in your message on Friday that: “The world is not on a collision course toward annihilation, but it is enroute to a new phase.”

I must admit, as I observe and feel the energies of now I see little possibility of reconciliation of the dark and the light. It feels inevitable that nature itself must provide the impetus for our evolutionary advance. Of course, like Jung, I feel that as individuals we can make the necessary advances, as all that is in the world exists within us. Take on that challenge and you advance the world. Your comments?

Thanks!
Chuck

2012 is simply a date proposed by the calculations of man. Whether ancient or of present day concern, it remains a manmade proposal. Yet do I not dismiss it in its entirety, for change is always imminent and predictable. Shift is ever-present, and death, the ultimate transformative tool, is sitting upon the shoulders of all, awaiting the moment of predicted arrival.

You ask, My Dear Chuck, many questions at once. First you must remember, as you conclude, that change has been coming for a long time. Yes, I have predicted natural changes, and those of you who are alert have seen and heard these dire statements. You have acknowledged the scientific phenomena of warming and shift, heeding the experts who have studied the earth’s surface and discovered change. Such changes are both naturally occurring and devastatingly affected by the activities of mankind. I do not like to speak of doomsday scenarios because I do not foresee such a cataclysmic event or a totally destroyed physical planet. Yet do I see great changes taking place. Whether they occur today, tomorrow, or in a few years time, so are they necessary for mankind.

You mention my previous concerns for the climate of earth and the inner climate of man as a collective entity. I do not fear for mankind or the earth, for I am greatly aware of the existence of energetic life. My suggestions to all of you, today, are to recall these facts: that all of you are energy, and everything else is energy. With that in mind construct a scenario of earth’s demise and you will realize that energy will survive; you will survive in energetic form. This may not be what you think of when you allow yourselves to ponder the destruction of all that you know, love, and treasure, personal and historical, but it is the truth of existence and must be held in the back of your awareness at all times.

What about C. G. Jung’s visions as he neared death? Do you have a concept of what he saw?

Yes, his awareness knew of the timelessness of all things, of the inevitability of shift and change. The fifty-year prediction was historically correct, for as I mentioned the other day, within a one hundred year span many great shifts occur. In your own case upon that earth now, My Dear Ones, I wish to press upon you the need to remain aware of the fact that you are energy, first and foremost.

You exist in a place of great learning where great forces of collective energy have great power. This is what you are now contending with upon that earth. The synchronicity of predictions of demise soon to come and the build up of powerful energetic forces at this time have the potential to lead to great shift. Shift is inevitable, that I can say with certainty, but I also state that shift will happen anyway because it is the proper time for it, based upon the energies upon that earth.

I have spoken often of the need for awareness and awakening to the power of energy. You are living in a time when both awareness and energetic awakenings are taking place, both in negative and positive forces. This is creating the tension that you, Chuck, so well perceive and that others also sense.

Awareness of the number 2012 is significant in that the tension of combative energy creates the need for an outlet, a moment of diffusion. This may come at any time depending upon the energetic intent of the human race as it now stands. There is no time for a new savior. Those of you now upon that earth are the generation of change and hold the power to enact either destructive forces or positive forces. Humanity now holds in its vast hands a burning ball of fire. Will the fire consume, or will the fire be put out? It is up to you. It is not up to time to resolve this issue, but it is firmly in the hands of those of you who are privileged to live upon that planet at this time.

The time of change and shift is already happening and has been for a long time. Our Dear Jung spoke of this awareness his whole life, his purpose to alert mankind to the potential that now holds him in its grip: the fear of annihilation. But mankind holds the key to annihilation as transformation, by daring to awaken his energetic intent to resolve the tensions by his own inner examinations. I do not contend that Our Dear Jung had all the answers, but he is right about one thing, and that is: that man holds all the world within himself. Each one of you holds within you all the tension that you feel and observe without, making each one of you responsible for the outcome of your generation. This is why I continually ask you to discover why you, each one of you, are alive now upon that earth, during this time of transformation. Each one of you carries the answer within. Each one of you battle good and evil within the self, in some form, and each one of you energetically affects the outer world.

It is indeed a time of great shift, awakening, and of energetic awareness. The power of energy is immense, and this may be your greatest challenge to understand and to use within your self and without. Within the self everything exists. This is not an inflated statement designed to empower you to act as mighty giants of self-purpose and self-desire, taking all that you want, greedy for power. Such giants of greed and desire are all around you, going too far upon the steeds of destruction, riding into the flames. But each one of you is being challenged to right the balance within the self, to accept the true facts of energy: that all are equal and have both negative and positive forces within. You are all also nothing, for, in total acquiescence to energy, attachment to all ideas and all intents dissolve into pure nothingness, where attachments become the clarity of recognizing that all are of the same energetic bounty, and potential is great for all to heal and to evolve.

Your time upon that earth is one of destructive spiritual healing, the negative leading to the positive, the wrong pointing out the right, surrounded by the awakening spirit within, and spurred by the truth that the same evil exists both within and without. Only in discovering the potential for evil within the self will your fears of annihilation become awareness of real spiritual change, without fear.

This is the ultimate goal of life upon that earth, your own many lives and the collective lives of earth time, historically and energetically: the resolution of all things as energy, devoid of fear of change and devoid of fear of true evolutionary potential, where other worlds do await the population.

I know it is often difficult to fathom what it means that other worlds exist, but if you maintain awareness of the self as pure energy, as a being living a human life upon that earth to reconcile this fact, then awareness of continued life, eternal life as energy, may be more clearly achieved. Mankind must get over the biggest block to his evolution, at all stages it is the same thing: fear of the unknown. I ask you to keep in mind that each day, each moment, you face the unknown, and yet you continue to exist; in some form you continue to exist. Whether you are facing yet another day of life or you are facing death, the end of that life, so are you facing the unknown and, energetically speaking, it is the same thing.

The answers to the dilemmas of the individual and the world as collective human energy and earth energy are: that everything is energy and all energy exists in perpetuity, but each one of you is charged to discover this within the self. Just because someone tells you this fact does not make it true for you. You must experience it, and to do this you must face your own fears, your own unknown darkness and your own unknown light as well.

In conclusion today, I wish to leave you on a positive note. As I suggest, you must discover, for yourselves, that you are fully capable of self-exploration leading to energetic awareness. But, as always, it is your choice. I know it is not an easy task, but I offer you this caveat: if you begin the process, you will not be disappointed, for your way will be well-laid out for you. And you may even recognize the path as it unfolds, that you have indeed traveled it before, the people you meet along the way your trusty companions and guides, well-known entities, for you have been this way before. Don’t you see?