I
had always thought that channelling was something other people did and
as such it was something I hadn't ever imagined being able to do it myself.
This was despite having been told by others more psychic than myself,
and on more than one occasion, that I am in fact both a natural medium
and healer. Somehow I always imagined that I would wake up one morning
and find that i was suddenly able to see and hear the spirit world, or
magically be able heal others, and I never fully appreciated that much
as we learn other skills through practise and repitition, that this same
discipline also applies to both mediumship and healing.
Drawing and painting however, is, and always has been, something I both understand and work at to improve. It is totally compulsive and something I have done since I was old enough to hold a pencil. It is an innate drive and once a piece of work has been embarked upon, it totally absorbs me until it is either ruined or completed.
It had also never occurred to me that i could channel images, or that I could channel these images straight from the world of spirit, never mind channel them from somewhere so ethereal and otherworldly as the angelic realm. Some months before embarking on this type of work, I had been to see a clairvoyant who had told me that i should be doing more artwork. This came as a complete surprise to me, as the preceding 6 years had been entirely taken up by study and my pursuit of a degree in Occupational Therapy. (OT) (See page entitled: 'About the Artist'.) I had reasoned that having felt led to persue a profession in healthcare, that this is what I was meant to be doing. So to be told that I should now be doing more artwork, left me feeling totally confused as to my true path in life.
Having gained my degree and and worked for 2 years in the NHS, only to then find that my creative skills were not going to be utilised in the way I had hoped, came as a huge disappointment for me and eventually led to my resignation. Having left the NHS only to hit one obstacle after another in my attempts to set up as a private OT, I had finally came to the conclusion that I was going down entirely the wrong path and eventually ground to a complete halt. Leaving full time work allowed me some much needed respite and time for reflection, and I once again embarked on a long lapsed daily meditation regime in an attempt to revive my flagging spirits. Through meditation I attempted to listen to the inner voice of my guides who I was sure were there in the background offering me much loving support and guidance. However, I didn't always listen carefully enough, or with enough trust, so it seemed that I did sometimes waste precious time and effort (not to mention money) by stumbling blindly down the occasional wrong alley.
I had erroneously assumed that I was never going to earn a living by fine art alone, because it is a notoriously difficult profession to become established in. So despite being totally confused at being told to do more artwork, it was also like being given a precious gift. This is what made my heart sing; this is what brought me joy. But how I was going to turn it into a viable source of income, and how this tied in with OT, I had no idea. I had very little money, I had ongoing health problems, and I didn't even have youth on my side anymore. I mulled it over in my mind trying to see what my guides could see, and trying to work out a feasible plan for my future, but it all looked very hazy and none of it appeared to make much sense. Perhaps they recognised that I was creatively starved and simply wanted me to administer my own Occupational Therapy for a while? Perhaps they wanted me to indulge myself for my own personal satisfaction, and so elevate my somewhat depressed spirit into something resembling 'life' again? Perhaps it was that simple? So with these thoughts in mind, I decided to trust in the divine to guide and look after me, and I started drawing and painting again.
I started with the fantasy work, as I felt this was an excellent means of accessing the subconscious and bringing out any repressed thoughts and feelings that might need to be aired. And apart from which I always found it fun to do as it leaves so much scope for the imagination. From this I decided to draw some faeries, and for a while I lost myself in the world of the elementals and nature spirits, allowing an imaginary and less troublesome world to take over for a while.
My introduction to the channelling of images came indirectly and via the suggestion of a clairvoyant friend. I now firmly believe she was used as a channel by my guides who wanted me to take on this kind of work. Not long after starting to draw and paint again, I bumped into this friend, who I hadn't seen for some years as she had moved from the area and we had lost contact with each other. She was only in the town for an hour and yet we managed to bump into each other twice in that short space of time. In fact on the second occasion, I actually parked my car next to hers in the car park, which did kind of suggest to both of us that some external force was at work in bringing us together again. So we exchanged addresses and telephone numbers and agreed to stay in touch.
Some time later she came for a visit, and I showed her some of my faery artwork. After looking at them for a few minutes, she came up with the suggestion that I also consider drawing angels. I looked at her with some doubt, thinking I could never draw an angel. Angels had these huge wings and I wouldn't know where to start. A couple of weeks later we were chatting on the phone and she asked if I had drawn any angesl yet, and I told her I hadn't, once again expressing doubt as to my ability to draw them. Again, she suggested I gave it a try, so a couple of days later | made my first attempt. I didn't get very far; in fact what I had drawn looked very much like the kind of angel you see perched uncomfortably on the top of the Christmas tree! So with a sigh and a small measure of disgust at my lack of ability, I turned to another blank page in my sketch book and started drawing another faery instead.
Weeks later and once more chatting on the phone to my friend, she asked yet again if I had drawn any angels. I told her I had tried and failed, and she once again suggested that I really should give it another try. Why did this keep cropping up, I wondered. I knew from past experiences that just as constant obscacles mean you are haring off down the wrong path, so too does repetition of something mean that spirit is trying to get your attention, and it will keep cropping up until you 'get it'. So once again I attempted to draw an angel, but I just couldn't seem to get started at all. By now I was meditating regularly again, so I decided to light a candle and attempt to tune into the angels themselves and ask them for some help. I didn't even do this for very long; about ten minutes at the most, but it was all I needed, it really was that easy. I couldn't even tell you where the idea for that first image came from, I just started drawing and the Angel of Peace appeared on the sheet in front of me.
This was my very first angel and once I had started drawing her, it was like riding a bike, because everything else followed and I literally lost myself in the image that was appearing before me. I was thrilled with the result of my efforts and couldn't believe how easily the image had appeared once I had just asked for help.
Some short time later I went on to draw another angel, using the same method. This time the Angel of the Spheres appeared on the sheet. Again, i was totally surprised by how easily the image seemed to just appear out of thin air. After this angel I decided to try and plan the next one, and had the whole idea for the image mapped out in my head. But I could not get that idea to appear on the sheet in front of me, no matter how hard I tried! In the end I gave up on the idea and and tuned in to the angels instead and just began drawing with absolutely no idea of what i was going to draw. This time the angel Angel of the Stars began to appear on the sheet. It was as though I was literally working with my creative intuition. I didn't consciously think of a colour, or what she was going to look like, I just picked up which ever crayon first caught my eye. I was drawing purely on instinct, letting my crayons be guided to where ever they wanted to go, while also trusting in whatever was going to appear in front of me.
Eventually however, I stopped consciously tuning into the angels because it seemed as though having made a firm connection with them, and with meditating for an hour or more daily as well, I was already tuned into them. I would find that as I was drawing one image, the seed of an idea for another one would already be in my mind, as if the angels had just dropped the idea in there. Often it started with just the name of the essence of the angel in question, and the very core of the image around which I wanted the rest to evolve. Images would evolve into some kind of form without my consciously having thought about the idea in advance. The Angel of Love for example, evolved from knowing that I wanted the rose to be the focal point of the image; the rose being a perfect symbol of Love. I also knew that I wanted the wings to be spread out behind her, but the way they form a heart shaped aura behind her head was purely a 'happy accident' - or was it...? Somehow I suspect the angels themselves had a hand (or a wing?) in it.
The Angel of Nature, which appears to be everybody's favourite, started out with the idea of using the golden spider's web, as a kind of mandala behind the angel's head. That and the Red Admiral butterfly were the only ideas I had in my head when I started the drawing. But as you can see, the drawing took on a life of its own, and it just grew from one idea to the next. Soon after starting the drawing, and after having worked on the angel herself, I went off to meditate one evening and the first images I saw when I closed my eyes, were the images of sunflowers, and I knew I was meant to include them. So I thanked the angels for such a lovely idea before going on with my meditation. From then on, the ideas came thick and fast and all these plants and animals and other creatures started appearing on the page. I wasn't bothered by perspective, as in the bee being bigger than the robin, or in out of season plants appearing in the same page, because this after all, is Nature's Heaven and a place where anything and everything goes. The pheasant however, is a tame pheasant that wanders into my garden demanding food which he eats straight out of my hand, so he simply had to be included in the drawing!
The Angel of Mercy originated from a pose I saw in an alternative health book, and I just loved the demure and thoughtful manner in which the woman in question was sitting. Following on from the seed of that idea, came the thought that I wanted the angel's wings to be somehow cocooning her, in a protective and comforting manner. The image of the Dove finds its way into a lot of my artwork, because I simply love the image as a symbol of peace, (hence Lightdove.) And in the Angel of Mercy, the Dove represents her compassion for all creatures, especially those that are in need. Although I have noticed, that what with angels, faeries, doves, butterflies and winged horses, that I do seem to have a fascination for anything with wings! The golden energy grids and cities of light behind the Angel of Mercy, are images I have actually seen during meditation. I found myself both sitting in meditation, but also somehow flying through space above these wonderful images, with energy grids sparkling and shooting off in all directions, cities of golden light suspended in space and golden irridescent stars sparkling around me; totally different to our own stars which are more silvery white in colour. I only saw this image the once, unfortunately, but I am hoping to see them again any day now!
Other angels are just sitting in my head, simply begging to be brought to life and so far I think I must have a list for at least 15 to 20 more, and could probably produce a lot more than that before drying up. Along with channelled images of angels, I have also discovered that I have the ability to channel information from my guides and the Ascended Masters. This came about with the aid of a book called 'Angelspeake' and I was stunned by how easy this was to achieve. The book in question describes how to contact your guardian angel, and I felt it was certainly worth a try seeing as I had been told so many times that I am a natural medium. So following the instructions in the book I attempted to tune in and to listen for words of wisdom from my guardian angel. Instead, and with total surprise, a being called Ra introduced himself to me. I was totally bewildered because I didn't really expect to be able to achieve a response, never mind that easily, and I certainly didn't expect to be given the name of a being called Ra! I later learned that the being in question is the same Ra that is channelled by Amorah Quan Yin in The Pleaidain Workbook.
I have since discovered that I have many other connections with both the Pleaides and with other guides of Egyptian origin, as in Isis for example. My introduction to Isis came through seeing a vision of her in meditation. In the vision I appeared to be looking up at this very imposing being who towered above me. Large dark wings stretched out high above her, which appeared to have been carved out of some kind of dark wood. At the time I had no idea who she was and it was only after describing the image to a friend who was familiar with Egyptian mythology, that I learned it was Isis. As soon as I had been told this, I remembered that the friend who suggested I draw angels, had also given me the name of Isis as one of my guides and I had dismissed it as not being relevant to me. Well, what a mistake that was. Since then I have gone on to channel some very interesting information from her.
Some months later, other Egyptian beings introduced themselve to me and gave me the names of Amon and Sekhmet; names that were previously unknown to me, and which I was only able to verify after being given them. Since then they have given me other information, as in warning me in advance of things about to happen (suddenly being given notice to quit my previous rented property being one of them.) But I have also learned that I need to be very careful in who, or what, I am channelling, as mischievous entities are more than happy to play games with the information. My guides occasionally allow this to happen so as to teach me to use adequate protection and to exercise discernment in establishing a clear channel from the higher dimensions and as such not be used as a pawn by a passing entity looking for some means of entertainment.
Asking for protection from the angelic realm & from our guides & the masters is of the utmost importance when on a spiritual path as is the use of visualisation and imagery as a means of protection. Our thoughts are far more powerful a force than most people realise. Meditation is a tool for tuning into the higher dimensions and connecting with the God Source and as such it opens us up to the good as well as that of the potentially 'bad'. Everything is made up of light energy and as such the more we meditate, the more light we take in into our energy fields and the more we become visible to the inhabitants of the astral plane and the higher dimensions. Some of the entities on the astral plane are looking for a quick energy fix and they see the meditator, or spiritually minded person, glowing as clearly as a beacon shining in the dark and if those protective barriers are not in place then the unprotected meditator is likely to become an astral entity's snack! Believe me, I found this out the hard way.
There are also many means by which our protective barriers can be temporarily weakend. Any kind of drug will affect the aura to some extent. I worked in mental health for a while and came into contact with many a young person who was suffering from a full blown drug induced psychosis. Basically, what this means is that their illegal drug taking had induced a state in which they were experiencing uncontrolled hallucinations: hearing voices threatening them or inciting them to violent actions, seeing unpleasant and terrifying visions. If people could see some of the astral entities they were opening themselves up to they would be too terrified to touch another drug. They creates tears and holes in the aura which subsequently then opens them up to attack from the inhabitants of the astral plane, which is the next plane up from ours. These young people were in hell; they were (and probably still are) living a waking nightmare. I am not saying that every psychosis is caused by tears in the auric field and attack from the astral plane, but a lot of them are; as for the rest of them, I just don't know. But the only way the medical profession knows how to control these symptoms is through even more drugs. And although those drugs do, to some extent, control the hallucinations, they don't actually solve the problem and in some cases probably make it even worse by further weakening and damaging the aura.
It is not only illegal drugs that cause the problem either, because the same can be said of prescription drugs. I tend to suffer from headaches and migraines and both the pain and the very occasional heavy use of painkillers also lays me open to attack. Alcohol is another drug that creates the same effect on the auric field. Pubs and clubs are infested with entities feeding vicariously off the people that drink there; draining their hosts of energy. Sometimes these entities are discarnates, those that have passed on. Still hanging around the areas of the earth that it has been used to, or has not let go of, some of these discarnates are trying to relive their lives through the people that are still on the earth plane.Being within the host's aura they can re-experience the sensation the alcohol induces. People who regularly drink alcohol or frequent pubs, just like other drug users, are laying themselves open to attack. Most of the time the people concerned don't even know that they are being attacked or that they have an entity and/or discarnate actually attached and living within their auric field. There are now books on the market written by open minded psychiatrists who have through the use of hypnosis made actual contact with these entities. Through discussion with the entities concerned (via the patient's voice) they were amazed to discover that the symptoms their patients were presenting with were actually those of the entities and not those of the patients themselves. Having managed to move the entities on, the symptoms would then magically disappear. And some of these patients had an enormous number of entities living with them and for every entity, there were a different set of symptoms. I can vouch for the truth of this myself as I attracted an earthbound entity myself. (See Artist's Page) He came in the form of a young man with only one thing on his mind and made quite a nuisance of himself. He hung around and pestered me for a number of years and for the entire time he was with me I took on his libido. As I was living alone at the time this was a bit unfortunate to say the least. But as soon as he was persuaded to move on the libido went with him. (I am still not sure whether I am glad or sorry about this...)
Feeling emotionally vulnerable also lays me open to attack. If I am feeling hormonal and tragic and have allowed myself a good cry fest, then this is the time I am most likely to be attacked. I have learned from experience that at these vulnerable times I must call on the on the heftiest protection I can muster up. In fact sometimes I think my bedroom must be jam packed full of angels & guides called in to give me the support I need! And believe me, they do come. I know they're there, because even though I can't see them clearly, I can see their shadows flitting about the room, or moving across my closed eyelids. But that apart, being clairsentient I can also quite tangibly feel them around me. Being on the ascension pathway I have given them permission to work on me and to do whatever is necessary for the process. (And yes I did think long and hard about the wisdom of doing this before finally deciding that it was the right for me to do it.) Now, as soon as I close my eyes at night, they are there with me and working on me. I feel their hands on my back or on my shoulders, I feel energy being poured into me; energy so strong the whole bed is vibrating as though it had somehow been turned into a generator. Good energy is poured in, negative energy is sucked out. Parts of my body twitch spasmodically as though a nerve has sprung into life. Seeking to merge with me, the energy of the lightbody, (our higherself) undulates inside my pillow as though a snake is moving around in there. I didn't know what it was at first and thought it might be guide trying to use my body for channelling, but eventually I realised that the energy was a part of myself; the part of me that still lives in spirit and which is now seeking to descend into the human form. The lightbody energy is quite distinctive in that it feels very magnetic. It is exactly like the sensation of propulsion and repulsion that you get when you play with two magnets. You can feel the energy quite distinctly and you know that it's there, even while you can't see it. This is how the lightbody energy feels when it's around me; it feels very magnetic and therefore tangible. To a greater or lesser degree it merges with me, sometimes when I am doing everyday things, and sometimes durning meditation. During the latter the experiences have at times been pretty intense.
All of this was quite spooky at first, but it's amazing what you can get used to if it goes on for long enough. These days I just close my eyes and go to sleep, leaving them to get on with it. Same with being attacked or having some nasty entity growl at me (this happens out of the body, but when I am still on or near the bed), so I just shake myself back into my body and into full consciousness and then call on the heavy protection gang again! I don't even turn on the light anymore, I just turn over and go back to sleep. You might wonder why my guides or the masters allow this kind of attack to happen; so did I at first. They could give me 100% protection, of that I am in no doubt, but the ascension path is a path of empowerment and you can't have empowerment without the skills that go with it. So this is something that all lightworkers have to learn fairly early on in the process. It's like that saying: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; give that same man a fishing rod and show him how to use it and you will feed him for life. There's so much wisdom in them allowing this to happen; they simply want to empower us, they want us to learn how to do it for ourselves.
Have you noticed that throughout different phases of your life you develop a liking for certain colours that you then can't seem to live without? For me, over the past few years, it has been pink, not that I wear it a lot, but I just like the colour around me in furnishings, cushions, bedding, walls, even as my home page. I find it such a loving and soothing colour, and it is of course associated with the heart chakra and also with the crown chakra, so on some level it brings in this energy. Some time last year I had my aura photographed and you can see the result of this below. Makes you think, doesn't it?
(N.B.The
round white shapes are the lightbeings and guides that were with me at
the time.
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I hope you have found this information useful and you never know, it might give some of you some ideas for your own birth into channelling, or perhaps experimenting creatively in areas you believed you weren't any good at. I didn't think I could channel; I didn't think I could draw angels either, but with a little help from the invisible world of Guides, Angels and Ascended Masters, who knows what we might be capable of...?
For
more information on the ascension path and what it is all about I would
highly recommend reading either: The Awakener by
Sandy Stephenson and/or A Little Light on
Ascension by Diana Cooper.
For more information about the ascension path from my point of view, click here.
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