The channeling process

So this brings us to the actual process of channeling itself. Since this isn't a text on how to channel, but is instead a text on understanding what channeling is, I won't go into the step-by-step procedures (and there isn't just one set) of how to channel. Instead, I'll explain the general sequence of events, and you can explore from there or read more later when I write something on how to channel.

One of the fundamental "rules" or "laws" in any endeavor involving spirits is that there can be no overriding of another entity's free will. Period. If on entity tries to override another, severe consequences will occur.

However, it is possible for one entity to give permission to another to override their will, and to give it on the spirit level where they may not be aware of the agreement consciously. Although this sounds like overriding one's will, if the person being overridden has consented to it, it isn't really. I consider this a kind of loophole, but I'm not sure I'd change it.

This rule applies in channeling as well. An entity cannot be channeled unless the channeler agrees to bring the message through. If you are already a channeler, or are interested in becoming one, and you hadn't heard this before, take note. Every entity who is aware enough to try to bring a message through a channeler knows this rule. If you don't like what's going on--that is, if you don't like how the entity's energy feels, or if you don't like the tone of the message or if you even don't like the look of the entity's eyes, you can ask that entity to leave and s/he will have to.

I say this as an introduction to discussing the channeling process because the channeling process starts with an invitation: You, the channeler, invite the entity or entities you wish to channel. You are not coerced or forced; instead, either an entity contacts you and asks to be channeled, or you invite an entity, either specifically or generically (for instance, you might ask for Jesus to speak through you, or you might ask for the "highest beings of light possible," meaning the highest beings you are capable of bringing through). In either case, you have full say over whether whoever shows up will be allowed to stay and speak.

Once the invitation has been made, then the process of connecting takes place. If the channeler is a trance channel, s/he goes into trance sometime around here, and the entity then takes over some control of the channeler's faculties and allows the entity to speak. If the channeler is a more conscious channel, then a more conscious arrangement is arrived at whereby the entity being channeled steps into the energy field of the channeler, but the channeler remains aware of his or her surroundings. In some cases, as I mentioned, instead of a merging in that sense, the channeler makes a telepathic connection with the spirit.

At this point a communication link of some sort has been established and the message starts coming through.

If the channeler feels either at this point or at any point during the session that something isn't right with the connection--either the entities don't "feel" right or the connection itself isn't clear--the channeler may do any of the following