Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have a message of guidance for us today?

I urge you all, My Dear Ones, to seek always to maintain your awareness that you are on a journey. Look always for the reason why you are where you are now and for the significance of all that you encounter. To avoid getting stuck in your life turn your attention from your issues that bind you, and hold you stagnant, to why you are being confronted with those issues in the first place. What are you being shown? What are you supposed to learn and where should your focus be so that you can grow?

Taking a new perspective is quite an enlightening process that may at first seem impossible, but as you train your self to constantly turn your attention in a new direction of questioning you will discover that rather than remaining stagnant you will move! To move out of the old places, to go beyond where you have gone before is not really that challenging, but it does require a little daring to think differently, outside of the constructs you have been confined to for so long. In order to shift and negotiate through life more flowingly it is a good idea to allow the self a little freedom in thought.

I ask you all to consider thinking differently now, not only for the self but for the advancement of the world. To shift the self out of and away from the old broken records and the old rhetoric, played repeatedly, all you really need to do is turn off the old record and put on a new one. But don’t stop there! Continue offering the self more new records, a lot of new ideas, new thoughts, new mantras, and new perspectives. Think differently by forcing the self out of the old groove into something new.

Step lightly now rather than thudding down into a replica of your old life and your old manner of doing things. Prod the self to be more adventuresome, open, alert, and aware constantly that you are not seeking a replacement of the life that has become boring, unstable, undesirable, or downright distasteful, but you are looking for a totally new way to approach life, to live life, and to absorb life.

As you sit and read my words, I hope they invigorate your true inner desire to continually seek what life truly holds for you. You are not done with that life. There is so much more to learn and experience no matter what stage you are at or how satisfied you may be with your life. There is always so much more to explore and experience.

Are you hungry for change? Do you need a new life, a shift out of the doldrums? Do you need clarity on a situation? Are you avoiding the process that is now presented to you, that you know you must confront? Have you gone back into the shadows seeking that which you cannot find outside of you? Are you doing your inner work without fear, or are you caught because you fear your next step, yet you know it must be taken? Who is in control of your life, really?

As always, I turn you inward upon the self and ask you to investigate truthfully what is really going on inside you. And then I ask that you turn that truthful discovery outside of you and live it, so that you may grow and emerge out of your darkness. Turn inward and outward, outward and inward, always looking for the truth of the self, and once you discover the truth of the self do not sit upon it and keep it quiet in the old manner, but allow the truth to lead you where you must go next in order to shift out of your own perpetual darkness. Your darkness is signaling that you have work to do, but often you must bring it out into the light to see what it truly is, what it truly means, and what it is truly trying to tell you about the self.

Think differently about the self on this day of mediocrity and subtleness. Yet, at the same time, hold onto your awareness of the self as a true journeyer who looks constantly for the next handhold, the next foothold, and the next mindhold, so that your climb upon that earth may be made with conscious effort and conscious awareness that you are indeed climbing away from that which constantly pulls at you to go back to your old routines, your old thinking, your old life. You know full well that the past will follow you until you confront it, dig through it for its buried gems of truth, and take them with you, so do not be afraid of your own journey anymore.

This is my message for today, My Dear Ones. Do not be afraid to take your own journey with full awareness that everything in your path, past, present, and future, is meaningful and necessary. It is your choice what to do with this knowledge. Do you take it to heart and investigate your own life more fully, mining the gems that will allow for a different adventure, a different life, and continue your climb seeking yet more meaning each step of the way, or do you choose to sit among the rubble and weep, eternally depleted and lost? It is your choice alone.

In order to begin journeying in a new direction, in order to rethink your life, give your self a new outline, a new plan, a new view, a new perspective on all that you are confronted with, asking the self constantly: Who am I? And who am I meant to be?

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.