Dear Jeanne,
Do you have a word of guidance for today, something specific and significant for just this day?

Hold steady now in your place of calm, though the energy abounds to ignite tempers and begin a war, either within or without. Do not go to battle, either against the self or against others, but simply remain in your firmly grounded position of calm knowing of the self. Disregard the barbs and the spears that may shoot past you, or the untruths that arise from within to disrupt your quiet journey. Outside influences seek to invade, policing and protecting what they ascertain belongs to them, but your inner you must remain keenly alert to such invaders and reject their attempts to infiltrate your boundaries. This sort of surprise attack will be observed outside of you as well. Do not be fooled by the fact that it is outside of you, in the world around you, or in others. Do not think you are exempt. The energy that now abounds is tenacious and deviant, and will find openings in order to feed its greed and its insatiable appetite, for it fears its own demise, and will fight ferociously to sustain itself.

Turn inward and protect and nurture your inner boundaries, even as your outer boundaries must also be protected. Reserve time for quick security checks throughout this time of energetic consequence when the unwanted seek entry for their own purposes alone. You have now honed your skills to a good point, and must aid yourself by using what you know works for your calm and quiet alertness to remain intact, and actively protective of your inner you.

The outside world may reflect such consequences of aggressive behavior that you also exhibit and experience. There is great energetic force now upon that earth that seeks change, and change often happens as a result of devastation, and so may it be now. But keep always in your knowing, that such change is necessary, cannot be avoided if it is truly the only way that progress can be made. Seek, even in times of destructive energy, the calm inner self; look for resonance in your own life, and understand the signs of change all around you. These signs are also meant for you to notice and pay attention to for what they signal in your own life that desires, and needs, and knows that change is now of utmost importance.

Do not be afraid of change; it is how evolution and growth spur forth new life, and new adventures. But do be concerned for your own growth now, remaining alert and aware, so that you use this time of energetic absurdity to advantage. Do not get caught in the war, but do use it to turn inwards and discuss your own shortcomings, and your own needs for resolution, and positive, healthy change in your own life, both your outer life, and your inner life. No matter what happens, remain focused on spirit growth, spirit resonance, and spirit knowing to guide you. Be brave, and steady warriors of the spirit revolution, and enact great change in this new and so desirable manner, for in so doing will there eventually be an energetic shift that will benefit all mankind. Even as the Dark Ages do loom in your knowing, so are you fully capable of changing the outcome of your own life, and the world around you. It all begins with you. Stay spirit energized and focused. This is good!

Dear Jeanne,
Can you offer a simple word or phrase of guidance today?

Stay on track, that is the best advice I can give you during this time of roughness and turmoil. Do not allow the energy to sweep you up into its negativity, but remain firmly fixed in your inner calm and quiet. This force of energy that now resides within your realm is vindictive in its efforts to attract your attention, perhaps reminding you of previous circumstances in your life that you did not attach to and it seeks your attachment now, in energy similar to previous times. Please note: energy is cyclical; so you may feel resonance with it, memories may appear, but do not attach, simply view the truth of them and move on. Put your little sailboat to the wind, and ride out the storm, staying one beat ahead of it because you have knowing and awareness in your pocket of truth now, to keep you safe from harm. Seek positive energy inside yourself now. Stay away from the negative potential that seeks attachment. Do not fall into the same traps that have been set before. That’s what this energy seeks, to trap you, testing your progress. Have you learned some lessons or not? Stay on track.

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have a brief message to offer us today?

Abide by the Rules of Life. Curtail them to your own life, with conscious decision and care to take seriously all that comes to guide you. Your participation in life is not a game but an endeavor of the utmost importance. I do not wish to impose any doctrine upon you or your journey, but I do wish to aid you in growing exponentially, both as a person, a human being, as well as in your spirit potential. The two are inextricably linked, and this you must retain in your conscious knowing even as your inner knowing does seek to alert you to this fact. There can be no growth if you remain separate in thought and action from the spirit self. The same is true if you are too far removed from your human self, and the hidden potential of your humanness remains distant and buried. For complete wholeness in that life, do I offer knowledge of the means to balancing and merging these two selves, both equally necessary, and equally eager for life and participation in growth. Do not deny the abilities that lie hidden deep inside your human potential by holding on to old configurations of the self. Allow newness to seep in to the musty old rooms of the inner human you, and clean house, so that your spirit gathering inside you now will have a place of calm residence. The Rules of Life, and of the inner self, will become clearer as you allow this new occupancy to become the norm.

Continue to watch the energetic configurations that abound, for though there may appear to be calm and lull, do not be fooled by this trickery. Find your strength in your own convictions to remain steady upon your path as you await the next wave of disturbing energy that seeks your attention, not to aid you, but to feed off you. Remain turned inward, solving the riddles that control your life. Remove the riddles, and apply the new Rules of Life as I have laid down. Study them; for both focused intent, to enable inward turning; and also for what they offer. They have worked well for many eons, not so vastly different from the one you now live in. The times do not change that much, you know. Only you have the potential to really change and grow radically, if you dare.

A note from Jan: Jeanne appears to be speaking of the previously channeled 10 Rules of Life for Evolutionary Living that appear in the Guidance sidebar.

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have a short message for humanity today, something brief and succinct, meaningful for this day?

Awareness is the key to everything. Take off the hood you have pulled over your eyes and allow lightness in to aid you in seeing what you must, what presents itself, and what lies ahead. How do you expect to advance upon your path, fulfilling your journey if you do not allow for clarity of vision? Remove all blockages to clear seeing and clear knowing. Allow the light to penetrate now when the energy is available to drive it to you with force and with compassion so that you may have the opportunity for growth. Do you not notice the call to face the truths that tug at your sleeve and peek under the tent you have pulled over your head? Do you not wish to have clarity now to guide you on your way? There is no clarity if one remains in darkness, that I can attest to. There are only stagnant behaviors if you remain caught by the old habits. Allow the energy to lift off the veils, the tents, the hats you have pulled down over your eyes. Remove the film that has blocked your truth. Take the fingers from your eyes, and look now toward the energy that seeks to shake you awake. Allow it to push you inward, to your truths, rather than outward to the old distractions. Its purpose is equally forceful in both directions; it plays at tug of war with your seeking self. Remember that the work of the inner self is the path of intent now, and allow the outer self to face now that inner you, and give over its energy so that union and growth may happen. Turn your outer back, and protect your inner you from the distractions of the wild energies that seek to have your undivided attention. Once in your protective inner you, remove the veils, the blindfolds, and discover how clearly focused is your vision when in this place of inner calm. Do the work that awaits in this place of inner calm. That is where this energy should lead you now, as it pounds at your door, inviting you to partake in its offerings. But all you wish to do is turn away, even as it does lift the veils, revealing the light, so must you go to the inner light. That is the path to take in order for there to be growth.

Use the signs in your life to guide you. Trust your journey as meaningful and necessary in order to lead you further along the path to the magic that awaits. Ask for help. It exists in many forms; you just have to be aware.

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have guidance to offer us all today?

Be aware of higher consciousness within yourself. You hold a Golden Bowl, filled with potential and opportunity, and your task is to find this treasure within yourself, and learn how to access it. I offer guidance, in terms of direction, and advise a means of achieving success, yet do I also challenge greatly, for there is much to encounter on the road to this Great Golden Bowl of Consciousness that lies within.

Though my techniques may frustrate you, so must you know that your personal evolution is uppermost in my concern, and my methods place the burden of truth, and the hard work in attaining it, solely upon your own shoulders. For no one can do the job of your evolution, except you, and this is what I seek to alert you to. In giving you the techniques and tools I have within my knowing, do I offer you a practical means to achieving success.

I push, I confront, I challenge, and I fully expect that you will examine your own dilemmas, and your own reluctance as you receive these confrontations and challenges. Your own truth must come to the fore in order for you to move to the next step. Challenges come, not only from the likes of me, but from all else around you. The people in your lives, and the energy that abounds, all conspire to help you grow.

The challenges of that life are the greatest of all, for to exit that endless stretch of lifetimes, and evolve to a new level, is the consummate challenge. If you elect to trust my guidance, so must you also elect to accept my own experiences as true and helpful, for I offer them in this manner. My many lives upon that earth did carry me always forward, each life awaiting my participation and growth. As the spirit that I am, did I seek growth and evolution through all those lives, but it was not until my last reincarnation, as Jeanne Marie Ketchel, that I succeeded in fulfilling my time, and my adventures upon that earth. At that time, did I evolve to a point of ultimate challenge. Having to accept the burdens of change at every step of life, rarely did I have time to pause, always pushing for truth, not allowing my own spirit to be dampened by others, or the practicalities of the world as it had become. I stayed always within my own truth, and that is what I challenged myself always with. Truth, and the rightness of all things, all decisions, and all situations, became my greatest need, and challenge. For without truth, was life but a sham, and not worthy of my pursuit, or my fulfillment. I chose always to confront, rather than acquiesce, and as such a strong figure, holding on to my truth, did I often have to suffer the consequences of my decisions. But always, did I stay within my truth. I offer that experience to you, as an example, because, in so living always my truth, did I resolve my many previous dilemmas, carried through many lives. In truth is there release and wholeness. For in discovering the voice of truth within, do you discover the true spirit self. As I now offer my knowledge, do I also acknowledge that I may sound overly aggressive in my delivery, but my demeanor should not sway you from the truth of my messages.

I confront all to accept the truth of their own journey, to accept the challenges that they have given themselves, and to accept the job ahead of them as their own to conquer. My mission is to wake you up, and although there are many who are alert and seeking such guidance, alert to a new way of living, so are there many who slumber deeply, and need a shaking in order to wake up. The world around you seeks to shake you awake. The energy seeks to shake you awake. The truth in all things seeks to shake you awake. Are you ready for truth now? Are you alert to the facts of truth in your own life?

Now there is great energy again, to offer you a boost forward on your journey. Are you ready to accept this gift, though it may throw you out of your usual comfy spot, and toss you overboard, where all of your skills must be utilized? Or are you going to stay locked down, bolted to the floor of your vessel, accepting nothing that is being offered to move you out of your stagnant sea and plunk you down in the great wide-open ocean of energy that awaits? Opportunities abound upon that earth to engage in change on many levels. The first, and greatest, resides within the self. By accepting the opportunity to change your self, your deepest self, so do you offer yourself a glimpse of that Golden Bowl of knowing that awaits your discovery.

I have already warned of the energy that now abounds upon that earth, the energy that seeks change, that challenges, and that alerts you to the disturbances within yourself, offering you the opportunity to tackle your falsehoods, remove them from your front door, and begin the journey to truth and wholeness. This energy, though it may make you uncomfortable, also offers you the power you need, to quickly shift to a new level of awareness. And then will your outlook on your self, and your entire life, have the opportunity to shift, as well. But it is up to you to accept the challenges of change that now stand before you. Seek the truth, and seek the Golden Bowl of knowing, and opportunity, and change. Or do you hunker down now, and let it ride over you, another missed opportunity?

So, in conclusion, I offer you this knowledge to aid you on your journey today. Be alert to the truth, for I do not dabble in untruths, nor do I pretend that something is other than what it truly is. My job is to present the facts, and I do so boldly, for that is my method. There is not time for dilly-dallying. There is only enough time now for action, and the energy awaits such determined and decisive action, offering in return its own vibrant assistance. For in choosing change, do you accept all that comes with it, and the energy that abounds comes with this current time upon that earth. Seek truth within, and use that energy to push you there, deeper into your inner you, pushing you deeper into the place of truth where the Golden Bowl of inner consciousness and truth await your discovery. Use this time of energetic confrontation to go innerly.

I urge you all to take advantage of what comes to alert you to your own path. Watch the signs for direction, and be assured that your own truths await, seeking to enlighten you, and offer you connection to your own spirit as your means of growth. Seek the connection to the self, not by any means, except by learning the truths that present themselves. That is how you will evolve to the place where the Golden Bowl awaits.