What is channelling and how do we do it?

There are many persons giving evidence of their various capabilities of channelling in today’s world of spiritual seekers. But what is channelling? Is it a new phenomena or did we do it through all the times in history?

We could call channelling the ability to for example give words, actions, music, art, science or whatever we want to receive and express out of inspiration. There are two important parts in this process that will give the result of our channelling a specific quality. Both parts have everything to do with the quality of who we can be in the moment rather then with the quality of a specific spiritual guide, angel or other being that is the source of our received messages.

Our thoughts, emotions, feelings, beliefs, actions, expectations, everything that together gives a certain quality, a certain frequency to our person will decide the specific ability to receive inspiration. We can not receive a joyful inspiration when we are feeling low. When we want to receive something that has joy, peace, knowledge or beauty in it we have to make ourselves available for it.

Although human life is always in the make, always in a process for whatever change is needed, there is one important part of us that is always in joy and peace, that is always light, knowing all that we have to know, always open for the beauty of life. This is our innermost being, the Source of who we are.

We can use whatever way or method to come to the ability to channel precious inspiration that will enhance our own life and all other life that it touches. The most important thing that we want to happen is a switch of identification, or more precise, a process of “mix, match and unify” the person that we are and the most inner and complete being that is the true source of our existence and our personality.

In the moment of the highest channelling we identify more with our innermost being and less with the part of our personality that is troubled with things that dim us down. In this way we do not deny the personality we are, that could not be because our innermost being is all accepting and loves us, the personality, in unconceivable ways. We can be one, we can be totally blended with our innermost being and so receive far more knowledge, love, beauty and whatever quality we can receive than in our ordinary state of mind.

We can see this matching of the channel or the receiver, and the inspiration in the light of the endless adventure of the human being and understand that there is an immense variety of what we can possibly feel and see reflected in the inspiration we receive. From sadness to ecstasy it can all give us specific experience that will nurture us and make us grow, will help us to reach the fullness of who we are and what we can be.

Many composers for example materialized music out of their inspiration. Often the personality of the composer was not in a very happy state of being, but the inspired art is still beautiful in all its transcended stages of awareness. Although the composer lived a life probably with all the ups and downs of all people, in the moment of his true inspired writing he was able to blend the experience of human life with the inner peace and joy that can set even the worst human experience in such a perspective that it can be transcended to another level of light and understanding. When we really listen to the music of the great composers we will open up for the measure of their allowance. This music can touch us deeply, because it has the magical blend of both human experience and the inspiration of a deeper source of knowledge, love and light in it and can therefore have a positive influence on us too. The really great music, it doesn’t matter from which corner in the world and what kind of music it is, can serve us as a gateway, it can show us the way, or even effortlessly lead us towards relief, joy and inner peace.

Now we know that step one is “mix, match and unify”, we have to understand that everybody has his own preference and specific talent to do so. For me music of Mozart or Bach works perfect to write about anything that has my interest and a daily self-treatment of Reiki is my most important way to open up to the harmony of body, mind and soul and the deepest inner peace that I can allow in the moment. But everybody has their way and rightfully so! Be creative and trust yourself!

Next to a method to open up we want this method of ours to work well. That is why it is so important to let go of everything, like strong beliefs about our inability to receive, that stands in the way of receiving precious inspiration. All thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and actions that inhibit our ability to receive the highest inspiration we have to let go. We have to just look at our history and see all the examples of inspired people to find excuses for our letting it in too. In fact we always receive inspiration for all our thoughts, feelings and actions because we are part of one living, communicating and interacting life. But it will make a difference for the quality of inspiration with what exactly we are connected, and what we are able to allow into our life.

While the first step has everything to do with the state of the receiver, being the frequency of who we are in the moment and our capability to allow, the next step has everything to do with how we can materialize what we receive. In words, music, deeds, action, scientific results, or whatever else medium to materialize in, our inspiration needs to solidify or else it can be only a personal, often fleeting, moment of good feeling, solace or encouragement.

All our life experience will not only influence the quality of our receiving, the channel through which inspiration can come, but will also supply us with the body of language and experience that will shape this inspiration into existence.

If ever I would suddenly have a passionate question about the complicated mathematic laws that reflect the evolving of our universe I would certainly receive the answer, like a never before felt feeling of order, beauty and magnificence, but I would most probably not be able to give word to it, to express it. It would be only this fleeting beautiful feeling. Never in my life did I develop any passion at all for mathematics so there are no words in my world to describe it. But if a person has a natural interest in mathematics, has learned about mathematics, asked the right questions, and is able to completely open up for inspiration, beautiful insights not only could come, but also could be expressed, all within the natural reach of the receiver.

We need to understand that all our passions, all our interests, all our life experience, all our knowledge but also all our inhibitions and all our positive and negative beliefs together make up the modus of our inspirational expression. Inspiration comes to us through the path of the least resistance and is expressed through the path of the least resistance.

If we strongly believe in angels, spirit guides, and all other expressions of beings currently not in human physical appearance, if we think highly of them and regard them as superior beings we have great chance that inspiration will come to us through one of these beings.

It does not mean that the knowledge we receive through these beings is of higher quality then the knowledge coming from our own most inner being, but because of the intricate belief system and expectations we have we will probably trust knowledge coming from the archangel Michael more then the knowledge coming from the Source of our own being. But most likely the knowledge coming from the archangel Michael is the same knowledge that Source in us can supply to us because in the level of Source in us, there is only Unity. If we can reach the deepest level of being in our selves, all the angels combined are there because all higher consciousness is one with Source, our inner being.

The limit of the inspiration of love, knowledge, beauty or power lies not in the Source that can provide. Whether through an individual being we experience outside us or through the presence of our own innermost being, the limit of receiving is within the frequency we can hold and within the possibilities of our materializing quality.

Have an inspired life!
With love, Ruth