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#413 Can You Accept Your Self as Pure Energy?

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Today, a reader asks a question as a follow up to the previous message.

Dear Jeanne,
Your last message really resonated with me as I have experienced some great shifts in my personal life over the past couple of months. As a result, I have made some pretty big, life changing, decisions. As I have been making changes, I have been acutely aware that these are all but small steps, leading me towards something else, and although I do not yet know what that is, I have a sense that this has been in preparation for something so much greater. So, I’d like to ask if you could expand upon this further, especially in reference to the phrase, “… this is your first challenge beyond your own inner work, to utilize this awareness of interconnectedness in your daily lives…” Could you give some examples as to how we can use this in our daily lives and more specifically, how can I better utilize this awareness?

Thank you for your guidance and love.

My Dearest Reader, when I suggest that you use your awareness, so do I mean that you train it in all aspects of life, while doing your inner work, but also while navigating your life in the world. Furthermore, I request that you go beyond your self, that you go beyond your intense scrutiny of self, to become a part of the greater universe. Your ability to use awareness and intent should not be in question. For as I have stated, you are energy. If you can accept that hypothesis as fact, then you can do anything you intend. You see?

Intent is your fuel, but energy is your means of achieving your goal. Your inner work must be fueled by intent or you would not move beyond your comfort zone. As you state, you have been taking many steps toward change, but you have also dared your self to discover your own energy potential too. Your work on the self, though at times stubbornly confrontational, has also been your catalyst to discovering your energy potential. Have you not been discovering that your journey has been fueled by your intent to grow and evolve? Have you not gotten to where you are now by energetic means? Have you not been taking steps, your entire life, that have been of energetic proportions and energetic incredulity?

I do always request that you use your intent as you do your inner work, but I also request that you transcribe your inner process and apply it also to your outer life. The lessons learned in the inner process must be applied outside of you in order for completion of that life to take place. Your inner work must translate into an aware being who is not afraid to reveal this aspect of self. Your inner self has had so many experiences of awareness and intent to grow, but you will not notice them unless you begin to see them as such.

Your abilities to use your awareness are directly linked to your inner work, for without your inner work would you not be gaining in awareness. You would simply be stuck in your old patterns. So as I did mention, your first challenge is to use the awareness you are gaining about your own world, your inner world, and begin to apply it to your outer world. How do you do that? Well first of all, remain aware of the fact that you are an energetic being. This is at the core of who you are in that world and for all eternity. You are energy, whether you inhabit a body or not. As a body, in human form, your first challenge is to hold onto this fact, for it is a fact, though you may find this hard to fathom at first. But your potential lies in this fact, so begin to get used to it. In order to highly attune your awareness must you connect it to your energy self, your energy body.

Imagine being in an out of body state, perhaps in a flying dream. I’m sure you can recall such a dream experience. Now allow your self to accept that such energetic possibility exists at all times, not just in dreams. This is your first awareness of your energetic composition and potential. Is it not thrilling? If you can fly around in dreams, while your body lies sleeping upon your bed, do you not grasp the further possibilities that this energetic self is showing you? In dreaming, are you in fact being offered a glimpse, an awareness, of your energy body. With this acceptance of energy self, your awareness and your intent can be allowed to grow within a focused format, something that you have in fact experienced. Whether you can recall a dream or not, all of you have had out of body experiences in some format. Trust me on this.

If you can accept your energy self while doing your inner work, and in your dreaming, can you not extend that awareness to your physical self as well, in the “real” world you inhabit? Can you allow your awareness to have this potential granted to it? Now your next training comes in intending, but also in noticing your awareness abilities, or your psychic abilities as they are more commonly called.

You mentioned taking small steps leading you somewhere unknown, and that is a perfect example of what I am attempting to describe to you. For as you have been doing much work on the self, trusting your process, so have you allowed your self to take baby steps, even though you do not know, as a baby does not know, what comes next. You are beginning to allow your life to unfold, as it desires, without your resistance and control.

I suggest that you continue to remain open to what life offers. That you do not think so much about how to do anything, but that you allow your energetic self to lead you to understanding just what it means to be aware of the interconnectedness in your daily life. You are being offered examples of it all the time. Are you not? As you grow, and when you are ready, so will your energetic self show you the way to using your intent for more expansive purposes. You may find that your process leads you in a direction that I could not possibly propose to you at this point, for you may not be prepared at this time for what lies before you, but you may not also be accepting of it, until you have fully accepted your own energy self.

Awareness of your self as pure energy, as you do your recapitulation, will grow. As you work through your shadows, as you swipe aside the veils that hide your truths, so will you begin to have further experiences of your self as not only energy of good, but you will find that your intent to utilize your newfound energy self will activate, and your participation in the universal principles of interconnectedness will expand, because you will be ready for such participation.

So, I answer your question by offering you this question: Can you accept your self as pure energy? That is all you need to be aware of. Cultivate that potential in your daily life. Acceptance of this fact of self will solve many problems, issues, and dilemmas; mental, physical, and spiritual; allowing you access to your psychic self, your fully aware self.

Keep taking your baby steps, but allow awareness of the energy self to be present each step of the way. As you allow this energy self to be present, so will you discover that you do in fact know where it is all leading you. You will be fully able to accept the journey before you because you will recognize it as the right one, finally.

Trust your journey. It is meant for you. Can you accept that? Every step of it? That will be your next awareness!

Messages from Jeanne

#412 The Chariots of Progress

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Today, I would like to ask you to give us some general guidance. I understand that, as you said the other day, a shift has taken place and our challenge is to allow ourselves the opportunity to change and shift as well. Can you expand on your offerings of guidance around this theme of shift?

I am pleased to announce that not only is this a time of shift, but also of great significance. Your decisions and plans made now, during this time of energetic significance, will be with you for a long time to come, carrying with them much good and positive energy that will be available to you in your future, as regards those decisions and plans. Even those of you who do not necessarily have huge moments of significance right now, will find that the experiences of this time will later reveal themselves to be carrying more weight than you can imagine.

By this, I mean that the energy now present upon that earth carries with it major potential, being stored even now for future use, when needed, but also when appropriate. You may not be aware of its full utilization or appearance in your lives, but it will be available to you in the future.

Decisions made now, both personal and communal, and those made by world leaders, new and old, carry you into a new century of change, development, understanding, and significant growth. On a personal level, you can look forward to an easier time as you meet your challenges and confront your issues. Things that have blocked and held you back will now release and flow with greater force and ease. You will notice less resistance.

Your unconscious self remains aware of the shift, though you may lose contact with it as you go about your life. You will see change in the world around you now, in the people around you, and in the general atmosphere of how people act, react, and proceed in their lives. Governments now determine that real change can only happen by the past being severed and new determinants being implemented, altering not only the course of conflicts, but also shifting the future potential of all nations to a more humanitarian, tolerant appreciation and understanding of the world, as a diverse and enthusiastic melting pot where all hold valid ideas. Prospects for change are worldwide, not restricted to an elite few.

The tumbling of the world will continue on many levels, as the old structures will submit to the shake up caused by this time of significant shift. You will begin to see the knocking down of ego driven and greedy leaders, as they no longer find support, nor underlying complacency among their people keeping them in power. The truth seekers will now begin to speak up, unafraid, for they are carried forth by this outer powerful energy that will not sit quietly upon their hearts or tongues, but urges the good ones to come forth now, more forcefully, with spirit and truth guiding them. Honesty and forthright truthfulness now pull ahead to lead the chariots of progress upon the surface of that world stage.

Your drivers are spirit driven, but that does not mean everything will be taken care of for you. You are all responsible. This time of significance will only truly blossom if all of you upon that earth wake up to the underlying truth that you are all evolving beings, comprised of energy, without differences, without confusing agendas. Simply put: you are all the same. This truth you must activate within the self, allowing it to flow out of you too. Many upon that earth have already reached such a conclusion. Many are fully aware that significant change can only happen with this awareness first and foremost, the prime picture placed before the world’s eyes. A new vision of sharing, of energetic giving, of spiritual exchange must now be enacted in order for the new world to emerge from the remains of the tumbled structures of old.

Your own awareness must remain alert to the changes in the outer world. Your reactions to these changes must remain focused on returning dignity, with the ability to live truthful lives, free of oppression and depression, and encouraging hope-filled lives of spiritual significance now in all who reside upon that earth.

I do not speak of formal religious instruction or domination. I do not speak of any domination, or take over, or oppression of one over another. I speak of wide open acceptance of all differences, as totally revealing as no differences whatsoever. I speak of the veils lifting and each of you seeing that you have nothing to hide, nothing to fear, nothing to run from, for all of you are being exposed for what you truly are: the same. You are all energy; energetic beings comprised of complicated lives, with the same goals and the same evolutionary potential for caring compassionate universal love, trust, and the desire to evolve.

I conclude with offering you this as well: your time upon that earth is significant. Do not doubt that you are alive now for a reason that has to do with universal principles of change. Your world is personal, and your personal inner work, your introspective discovering of who you are, is totally necessary. Yet are you also attuned to the fact that all of you upon that earth are interconnected. This is an awareness that has not previously been fully acknowledged or allowed to be acceptable. This is your first challenge beyond your own inner work, to utilize this awareness of interconnectedness in your daily lives, expanding awareness of it. You are all responsible for this. This can be done by using your intent, as we have spoken of before, to enact positive universal change for truth and good to now take over and lead the chariots of justice and humane caring, connecting all of you upon that earth with a world wide web of a different fiber, the invisible fiber of energy.

Accept your place in that world, My Dears. Get out of your musty beds of despair and complacency and use your energy to excavate the truth of your own energy. It is powerful and significant. Allow it to be revealed to you in its fullness, but also in its interconnectedness. Use it for good, for your self and others.

Intend change. This is the time for it. Your are there during this time because your contributions are desired, necessary, and powerful. Contribute to the world. Use your energy to dismantle the old and build a new world, with energetic intent, acceptance, and truthfulness as the base.

Messages from Jeanne

#411 Turning Point or Turmoil?

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Wow, I must say, the energy has been quite erratic, sometimes incredibly intense, then quiet, but still with a noticeable undercurrent. At least, that is what I have been experiencing. Can you offer us some guidance for the coming week?

Do not thwart your progress with attachment to the outside energy. Yes, it will come rattling your doors and windows, seeking entry, knocking, asking for a place to stay, but do not admit it. Allow it to swirl past you, going on its merry way. For in reality, though it may pressure you, so does it not seek you specifically, but any energy that is available will do.

That being said, it is your challenge during such times of turbulence, such times of high and low energy, to remain focused upon your course. This requires awareness of the possibility that energetic confusion may usurp your usual balanced calm. This requires also the ability to detach from the dramas being played out, the circumstances presented by the big babies in your life, and the neediness of those around you. Awareness of these things, and the ability to detach from them, are also meant for the self. For even though you may wish to regard the outer energy, and others around you, as the culprits, so are you always being presented with some aspect of the self that seeks attention.

Perhaps it is merely an opportunity to test your balance and your ability to remain calm, no matter what approaches. Your awareness and ability to understand very clearly what your place is are also perhaps being tested. Perhaps you are being asked to go deeper inside your self, as this outer energy pounds at you, to investigate the inner child self. Or perhaps you are being shown an example of energetic intent and how it does not select you, but you select to attach to it, for it is your choice.

The consequences of electing to attach your energy to an intent then becomes your test and challenge, as you feel how powerful an attachment to energy is and becomes. When I recently spoke about using your intent to advocate or precipitate an event, so did I speak of you being the instigator. But now must you also be aware that intent proposed from outside of you is seeking attachment at all times. Even as your own power of intent has affect, so does that of others have affect on you.

Your choice is whether or not to engage it; whether spending your energy in such areas may be harmful to you, or deeply engaging and meaningful. This is where your awareness of self and how you wish to conduct your energy is most necessary. I suggest that you always weigh the use of your energy. Is this a good place to spend it? Is it right for me to do this? What am I doing by giving energy? Is it positive, helpful, meaningful; or is it unnecessary? Is it better to remain detached, holding it in reserve for a time when I feel is more appropriate?

Many times, energetic intent is for purposes of good and it feels proper and important to respond to requests for energetic involvement. Other times, the request for energetic involvement is going to present you with a huge drain that will not refuel you, or offer you anything in return, including a positive sense that you gave your energy properly or wisely?

Be aware that this time, now, includes a turning point. A tipping point has occurred. Now the energy requires that you notice its availability to aid you as you go in a new direction. But your choice becomes: how will I use the energy that is now presented? It is not necessarily quiet and easily flowing. As you mentioned, it is quite lively. When it is in this state of choppiness, so is it asking for you to remain alert to what it is doing. Is it important for you to engage in some form of energetic intent outside of you now? Or is it more important to go innerly and engage in energetic intent there? Both questions are valid, and both uses are valid, depending on where you are. Your desire to challenge your self may also be a factor. Your awareness, however, is key, as you ask your self questions regarding what the energy is asking of you. Do you see? This is a two-sided process.

Yes, there is plenty of energy to attach to. There are plenty of occasions for you to give of your energy. But whether it is right, or wrong, is up to you. Are you going to go with the turning point energy, or the turmoil energy?

This is a time of great introspection and choice, in spite of the energetic, magnetic pull that you feel. Awareness, balance, inner questioning, and the ability to think quickly and clearly are your best sidekicks now. You will be offered many opportunities to utilize your own energy. But propose to your self that you use it with proper intent, for that which is most meaningful to you. The realization that you are in complete control of how you use this most powerful aspect of self, will help you maintain your balance. You have a most powerful ally in your own energy. As you go into this week of turning but tumbling energy, keep your focus on your own energy and how you will spend it.

Is your energy tank full or depleted? How will you decide to keep it at maximum capacity, if it is full? How will you constantly regenerate it? Or, how will you replenish it, if it has seeped out into the world, been energetically drained? How will you protect it so that you are energetically available for what is right, meaningful, growth-oriented, and resonant with you?

News and Notes

Happy Thanksgiving

Dearest Readers and Fellow Journeyers,

We extend our best wishes to everyone for a day of peace and calm during this traditional time of laying aside differences and gathering together for feasting, friendship, and sharing. We are on the verge of such potential for change to really permeate our country. Our heartfelt intent goes out to you and your families, to friends and strangers, and to the world that this change be allowed to happen, because this is the right time for it, and because we who populate this planet now are right for this time, ready and willing to let go of our judgments, our differences, and our old fears in order for humanitarian and spiritual evolution.

Thank you for the enthusiastic participation and good wishes you have extended to us over the years as we have shared our experiences with you. We are taking a few days off to be with our children and family members. Jeanne and Jan will return with a message on Monday, December 1, 2008. Chuck’s place will be closed as well over this weekend, while we allow ourselves some quiet reverie.

All the best to you,
Jan, Chuck, and Jeanne

Messages from Jeanne

#410 Seek Your Greatest Teacher Today

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Our recent discussions about the values and the confusions of other worlds have been very interesting. Can you talk about the proclivity of us humans to repeat, often throughout many lives perhaps, the same issues? Why is it so hard for us to face our truths and see through the veils around us? By the veils, I mean everything that appears to confuse us, including fear, doubt, denial; the stuckness that so often prevails.

My Dearest Jan, as human beings are you asked, over and over again, to take the opportunity to evolve beyond what you refer to as veils and stuckness. At each new life opportunity are you presented with a set of issues to work through. You are given, by your own choice as a potentially evolving spirit, the ultimate picture completion. Then are you given full responsibility for completing that picture. Your veils are your challenges and your teachers, as they hide from you the clarity of that picture of the perfect being. Your evolutionary potential is given a new opportunity each time you begin a new life. But your awareness of this is, in essence, taken from you at each new life, soon after birth into that world.

The trials of awareness begin immediately. First is awareness quickly muffled and veiled, as you learn and re-learn about life upon that earth. Every experience in that life is revealing some aspect of your awareness to you. This is what you must realize in order to gain clarity and be able to confront your truths, wholeheartedly, with your perfect picture self in mind. Your evolution is not in that world, but inside the self. As your awareness is revealed to you, so are you re-united with its true potential.

You are forced into solitary confinement, caught in the veils, and stuck in your entrapped places because you need to be there. Your ability to see is not in question, because you all have moments of clarity. But your ability to maintain your awareness and accept the challenge it presents to you is your greatest feat. Are you all not daily presented with what you need to learn? Are not your truths constantly being revealed to you, in one form or another? Are you not exposed to the barren truths of the self, over and over again? If this is all so, then your greatest challenge becomes to access and live your truths, pushing aside the veils that constantly fall back over your eyes, leaving you half buried, even though your truths have been shown to you quite clearly.

Each of you has one basic and ultimate challenge in that life. You may feel that you have many, but there is, essentially, one central challenge to your evolving self for this lifetime. You may at times feel overwhelmed by many things, but what is your basic need in that life? That is where you will find your greatest issue, your greatest challenge, and your greatest teacher.

Seek your teacher today, as you ponder your own place of stuckness. You see it so clearly in others, perhaps; yet are you likely to push that same teacher away when approached by it again and again. If you continue to push your greatest teacher away, so will you continue to remain stuck. And as we have been talking about rescue in the past few days, so will you discover that no one will be able to rescue you from your confrontations with the ultimate teacher. It is necessary that you learn your lessons fully, by encountering them over and over again, until you can hold onto your clarity of those truths and stay on track with them as your rescuers. Your truths revealed, accepted, and lived are the only means of rescue and of evolving beyond where you are caught.

Your entries into other worlds are simply your tests given to you by your greatest teacher. There are not that many lessons or courses of study. Most of you are on the same path, the same track of learning. Most of you are there to learn awareness of the self as a spirit being. You are there to learn the oneness of energy that is connected to all other energy. You are there to learn how to move on to a new awareness, having learned how to maintain your clarity of truth, and act on it, at all times, no matter what comes your way.

So, in conclusion, I suggest that you investigate your dark places, your veiled rooms, your comfort zones, and your habits that may appear to be quite efficient and functional but are, in fact, just highly controlled activities hiding your truths. Look around at the world you have created for your self and take full responsibility for it. You have gotten your self there. You know how to get your self out; you know that you just have to do your homework as it is presented to you daily. It requires a lot of research, inner research, but also outer awareness in order for you to truly grasp the concepts being presented. But its not all that difficult to grasp this fact: you are an evolving being whose greatest desire is to complete your life this time around in full awareness. Keep that in mind, My Dear Ones, as you meet your next test. You might notice that it is the same test you take every day. Am I right?