#551 A Day of Reconciliation & Action

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have a Monday morning message for all of your readers?

My Dear Ones, today is a day of reconciliation. It is a day to realize your transgressions, issues, habits, denials, regressive behaviors, and the repetitive signs showing that you continue to be caught in old patterns, but it is also a day of punctuation and growth. Reconciliation comes to guide and to further you along your path. Do not regard the self as a failure when reviewing the actions and thoughts of the self, but accept the possibility that, individual though you may be, you are equally part of the collective whole.

In order to release the self now into a place of progressive recapitulation and spiritual growth, it is important to understand how the collective whole works to guide and challenge you. Though you may feel that your challenges belong to you alone, be certain that they are afforded you by the same energy that gifts so many others with their own challenges. Do not dismiss others as less challenged, or not in need of guidance as you may think you are, for that is not appropriate behavior for an evolving being. That is the ego delving into self-pity and self-immolation.

Today, this day of reconciliation asks several things of you:

1. Dismantle the aspect of ego that interrupts your evolutionary flow. For each one of you it will be a different aspect of the outer self, but it is nonetheless present to test and tease you. Perhaps it is so well trained in its testing ability that you don’t even know it as ego.

2. Use recapitulation of the ego self to shift from this place that continues to hold you captive. Use it wisely and truthfully to prove to your self, once again, that you have an issue that is most prevalent as a recycler of your energy, repetitively reclaiming it, feeding off it, and generally stealing it from you. This may be in the form of an emotional habit, a physical habit, a mental habit, a greedy habit, a passive habit, or any repetitive habit that continues to emerge as your buddy and your torturer.

3. Reconcile with the inner self on a continual basis in order to maintain a constant connection.

4. Do not reprimand the self for engaging or not attending to any of the above suggestions for growth, but do acknowledge that it is time to take the next step.

This step may come in any form that is personal and directly related to your most prominent issues. However, fully understand that the collective whole and the energy of the collective whole stand behind each and every one of you, and this energy pushes now for reconciliation, ego release, inner attention, and a new step forward; one that has long been procrastinated over, mulled over, pushed for, and held you long enough in a place of indecision.

This step is known. The action that is right has already been revealed. Now is the time to move on. Without regret must you make your next step, My Dears. That is what the energy of reconciliation, recapitulation, and the collective whole is asking of you. It is very good energy today, in spite of your idea that it may not be. Your fears will be allayed as time goes on, for you will experience release as you edge your way closer to this energy that is present to guide you. Ask it to help. Call upon the energy of the universe, the collective whole, and the inner self to guide you through this current moment of reconciliation with the ego self.

Step out now. Take the next step in becoming the true you. It is the right time to take some action that is truly transformative, ego busting, spirit building, and evolutionarily monitored and guided.

#550 Chuck’s Place: Recapitulation-The Boredom Cure

Welcome to Chuck’s Place, where Chuck Ketchel expresses his thoughts, insights, and experiences! Many of the shamanic and psychological terms used in Chuck’s essays are defined in Tools & Definitions on our Psychotherapy website.

It was don Juan’s contention that what human beings crave more than anything else is the experience of exploration beyond the narrow confines of the everyday world. From a clinical perspective the shaman’s would diagnosis boredom as the core mental health disease in this world.

All of our spiritual endeavors, be they mainstream or alternative, are attempts to shift beyond our rational fixation and experience magic: worlds within our world, worlds beyond our world. All addictions are similar attempts to experience life from a different perspective, to enter the magic. The trouble with addictions is the small print of this Faustian contract. The entity that grants us access to the magic forever holds the keys and we become its slaves, selling our energetic souls for a few moments of release.

In the area of relationship, the experience of falling in love transforms the mundane into the exceptional, another magical world. So powerful is the energetic transformation of “twitterpation” that, despite its transitoriness and lack of relational foundation, we go for it again and again, hook, line and sinker. Today with our technological wizardry there is no end to new possibilities for connection as we twitter, facebook, share, and match in abstract worlds that conquer the limits of space and time. The challenge of the web is its web. We must be careful not to get caught in giving over to this medium our inner ability to access other worlds. The world wide web can become another addiction, another Faustian permutation. We Americans are deeply challenged by this easy access as it so readily serves our dominant extroverted culture and makes it increasingly difficult to be satisfied with our aloneness and solitude.

The shamans discovered that the practice of recapitulation secures, for the individual, inner access to the magic. Every time we relive an earlier experience in our lives we are practicing entering another world, through our own volition. In this current moment I return to an apartment I once lived in. I feel the textures of the floor, of a golden cover on a pool table in the living room. I am seeing Jeanne in her slender long black dress, radiant. I move throughout the rooms encountering the furniture, the feel of the walls, the colors, as I gently move my head from side to side, breathing the recapitulation breath. I feel the mood of that apartment as I slowly encounter every detail.

Now, as I return to this world, I have experienced a minor shift of my assemblage point, having entered that prior world. The more we practice recapitulation, the more we learn how to volitionally shift into other worlds. The shamans suggest that, along with intent, recapitulation further enhances our dreaming abilities. In dreaming, our assemblage points are naturally dislodged, available to transport us into whole new worlds. Through recapitulation we sharpen our ability to become lucid and take charge of these journeys in infinity. The more we recapitulate, the more we enhance our ability to make these magical shifts in our waking life as well.

Recapitulation is a very pragmatic tool, available to everyone, in any moment, to begin the journey into the magic, satisfying our deepest needs to access our hidden potential, overcoming the disease of boredom. Try it!

As usual, should anyone wish to write, I can be reached at: chuck@riverwalkerpress.com

Until we meet again,
Chuck

#549 The Moment of Clarity Will Come

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have a message for us today to guide us through the next few days?

Remain aware of the signs and symbols that appear to guide you. Though you may feel unattached to spirit at this time, so are you constantly being aided and attended to. Though your attention may be busy dealing with outer issues, so are you not left to deal with anything alone. Keep this in mind.

The energy now is forcefully present and revealing all that must be known at this time. Do not push for more than you can reasonably handle or push others to take on more than they can willingly handle either. This is a time of noticing details. This is a time of putting together all the pieces. This is a time of constant revelation. Though clarity may come in bits and pieces a clear picture will eventually emerge.

Whether you are in the midst of recapitulation, change in relationships, dealing with the needs of self or others, finding your way through choices and decisions of importance, or patiently plodding through your life expectantly awaiting the right moment to greet your time of transformation, so do I remind you, today, that this time of revelation may take a while, but eventually the pieces will all fit and the picture will be revealed. At that time your process will become quite clear and your choices will be made known without the foggy distance that now inhibits quick action.

The moment of clarity will come. To some of you it will arrive sooner than for others. To some it will dawn gradually; to others quite quickly, in a single moment’s notice. Your part in the process is to stay on track, to know your feelings, to find your heart-centered truth, and to speak it clearly so that others may know your position though the fog may envelop them. Your clearly stated intent will pierce through the fog no matter how thick or how unyielding it may appear.

Do not retreat from your truths or your knowing of what is right. This is your trial and your challenge during this time of foggy density that may feel as if it will never end. By staying connected to your truths and your right knowing you may even force a natural dissipation of the fog so that things will progress at a faster rate.

Do not get lost in the fog. Ground your self each day in your heart center. It is your beacon of light that will guide you through this time of duality that contains clarity beneath and beyond the density that may feel more apparent. Use your light, your inner light of knowing and truth to remain upon your path. Send your truths straight into the fog and let them land where they must. Follow them with the love of compassion that is your best asset in an evolving world.

Do not hold back, but do not push beyond what is necessary for each moment. You will see that, as each moment arrives, you will know exactly what to do. Keep this awareness present with you each day. You will know what to do as each moment of decision, choice, and challenge arrives, by your heart-centered truth and clarity, and by your inner knowing of right action and right choice.

So you see, My Dears, though you may be feeling somewhat lost in the tumbling energy that is upon you, in truth are you not lost at all. You are exactly where you need to be, living moment to moment, knowing exactly what to do when. Awareness of this is a great tool to carry with you as you confront the fog. Keep in mind that fog is nothing more than a foil, a trick of the energy, a teaching tool training you in awareness of your heart-centered truth. For if you cannot clearly see, what else do you have to fall back on? The answer is: heart-centered knowing, awareness, intuition, truth, and resonance of right action.

Use your inner light to pierce the foggy darkness. The guidance you need is right in front of you. You may not see it, but I know you can feel it!

#548 This is Transformative Energy

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

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

Do not lose sight of your goals and your potential. Do not lose your footing in your inner world or your outer world though you may be drawn out of balance by circumstances beyond your control. Watch, wait, and be present for those who need and those who resist, but do not take the steps for those who must take their own steps in order to grow. It does not matter who you are, or what your circumstances are, you must take your own steps and make your own way through that life.

In order to more fully appreciate the energy of the times in which you live, I suggest a concerted effort be made, each day, to stay connected to your heart-centered place of calm knowing. Let this be your anchor, no matter what is present in your life. At all times, find peace here, find balance, find connection to spirit and to self here.

By your attention to this steady connection will your outer difficulties, problems, issues, and resolutions become more clearly addressed, with natural actions of compassion and care, without forethought or ponderance, because each action and reaction will be truthful and right.

Ease your circumstances greatly by paying attention to this anchoring place. Begin your day, each day, in heart-centered anchoring so that your every choice will be automatically generated from this place of compassion. In caring for the self in this manner you will find that your care of others will be more appropriate and less fraught with discussion and indecision. Heart-centered action is right action, truthful action, releasing action, based in energetic responsiveness and resonance, truly the greatest means of living a life of meaning.

Energetically, this time is greatly pressuring for change. There is outer pressure caused by the alignment of many forces beyond human control. It is a time of acceptance to the facts of such outer power and energy. It is a crucial time in learning what it means to acquiesce to the inevitability of life leading you on your journeys. It is the time that you have always been waiting for, the energy that will push you forward now. Although you may not clearly see what is before you, I know you are fully aware that you are being pushed to move forward now into the future. It is upon you.

This is the time to flow forward now on your heart-centered goodness and resonance. You don’t even have to think about it. Go with the flow of it, for it is good energy. It is just asking for you to change now, to accept its guidance, even though you may not understand what the future offers if you allow its guidance into your life. It is good energy for all because it is transformative energy. You will find that everyone now has the opportunity to get their needs met, their truths revealed, and their plans for what comes next will flow naturally from this revealing process.

You will find that even your own truths will lead you properly during this time of pushing energy and your own position will become clearer. Even though you may each feel that you are in a position of taking care of others, watching others, or aiding the growth of others, so will your own growth become clearer. Your own path will become known and your own issues presented more succinctly. Go with the flow of this energy. Though it may feel a bit uncomfortable, it is really quite nice!

#547 Quiet Contemplation as a Tool

Jeanne Marie Ketchel
Channeled by Jan Ketchel

Dear Jeanne,
Do you have some quick and simple guidance for us today?

Today is a day to be practical, succinct, and clear, but, above all, sensitive to the needs of the self and others. Do not fall prey to the big babies, the fear mongers, or the uninformed. Stay focused on heart-centered knowing and inner guidance and your day will, most assuredly, go smoothly.

Quiet contemplation must be your tool for a successful outcome to the days’ challenges. This is going to now become, by far, your most pertinent and useful tool, both for navigating the outer world and for staying connected to your inner world.

This is a day of confined challenge. You will not need to go much beyond your own issues today. Look for them being reflected back to you in each encounter that requires inner contemplation, though those encounters may appear to be purely objective outer dilemmas or confrontations. In essence, this is a day of intense personal scrutiny, though it will be by outer reflection.

Look closely at the mirror presented to you and ask the self to consider the deeper meaning for the inner you. Remain aware, connected, and quite present as you go about this inner contemplation, for your energy will also be needed in your outer world. Good Luck!

Chuck Ketchel, LCSWR