Part of the NEC Channeling Series

How You, Too, Can Channel Higher Messages

[Updated Sept. 6, 2021] Because the world can use more channelers.

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CONTENTS

[1] What is Channeling? [2] Why Do We Channel? [3] Depth of Channeling [4] Channeling Techniques — [4.1] Non-Voice Channeling — — [4.1.1] Automatic Writing — — [4.1.2] Ouija Board — — [4.1.3] Indirect (Non-Voice) Channeling — — [4.1.4] Learning from the Many Channelers on YouTube — [4.2] Voice Channeling — — [4..1] Voice Channeling Classes [5] How to Feel Your Guide [6] Channeling Challenges [7] How I Channel Now [8] Conclusions & Related Items

[1] What is Channeling?

PEOPLE often confuse Channelers with Mediums. Here are some basic differences:

1. Mediums talk to the astral/energy body of people who have left their physical body.
2. Empaths talk to the astral/energy body of people who still have a physical body.
3. Channelers talk to the astral/energy body of beings who have never had a physical body.

There are exceptions to all three statements, but most of the time these are the difference.

Some people are one of these three. Others have psychic skills in two of these areas. Still others are adept in all three of them. As we develop skills in one area, it is possible to expand into or both of the other two.

I have heard it said that “the more channelers there are on the planet, the better”. That is because channeling is about connecting with deeper, more expanded, and wiser aspects of ourselves and the cosmos. Channeling is one way (among many) to move the planet from the 3rd Dimension to the 4th and 5th Dimension.

The entities we channel are “guides” who assist us in our spiritual growth. They’re often thought of as a “better” or “future” version of ourselves. As we evolve, we are better able to manage our planet, which is also evolving and ascending, more peacefully and successfully.

I have also heard it said that “we are always channeling”. Most of the time, we are channeling our ego-self. Our ego-self is that voice in our heads that we are almost always communicating with:

• We seek our ego’s guidance when we are trying to make a decision.
• We argue with our ego when another part of us disagrees.
• We try in vain to quiet our ego when we want to focus or silence our mind (in meditation, for example).

We believe that our ego-self is who we are — that it is our identity.

But many spiritual traditions consider our ego a false identity. They say our true identity is our inner-self or deeper-self or soul-self. That self is also always communicating with us, mostly through our intuition. In our 3rd Dimension (3D) existence, we have been taught to ignore our intuition because it is not logical.

Spiritual channeling nowadays is a way to return to our intuition. We are learning to allow our inner/deeper/soul-self to express in the same way our ego-self currently does.

Currently, we are so attached to our ego that we do not consider our inner-self part of us — at least not in our daily life. So, we externalize that part of ourselves — we turn it into another being or entity.

As a result, spiritual channeling refers to connecting or conversing telepathically with another being or entity. That other entity might be:

1. Our Higher Self — a part of us that is wiser than your normal ego-self; sometimes called our “Future Self”; the HS is often a group collective acting and speaking as a single entity (it uses “we” when referring to itself). — Some say it is the part of us that is closest to God / Source, although Archangels and the Universal Soul are also said to be closest to God/Source.
2. Our Spirit Guides — higher dimensional beings who are with us all the time, guiding and assisting us whether you know it; our guides are usually part of our Star Family (members of star systems where we have had prior incarnations) or Soul Family. — Some say our Higher Self assigns Spirit Guides to us and we can have 15 such guides, although they usually speak with one voice; Guardian Angels are like Spirit Guides but different.
3. Other Dimensional Beings — such as Angels, Archangels, Ascended Masters (former humans, like Merlin, Jesus, & the Buddha), Aliens/ETs, Nature Spirits (fairies & elves), Light Beings, Celestial Beings, the Akashic Records, Ancient Earth Civilizations, Power Animals, the Universal Soul, or even God/Source. — Many of these have specialized functions they are expert at; many have also never experienced being a human, which can sometimes limit the applicability of their knowledge.
4. A Deceased Being — humans and pets who have died and are now on the other side of the veil; some of those who have passed on are now serving as Other Dimensional Guides; some say we should avoid using deceased relatives as guides, although other say that it not a problem.
5. Non-Human Physical Entities — plants, animals, crystals, a mountain, money, artwork, music, a book, and anything else that exists in our 3rd Dimension world.
6. Part of our Physical Body — to determine what might be wrong with those parts and how to heal them.
7. Our Psyche or Mental Body — such as our “inner child”, our “teenage self”, our “fearful self”, and our “angry self”, among many others; We often consider these the “hidden” or “shadow” parts of us.
8. Our Energy or Astral Body — such as our “aura” and “chakras”, to heal, activate, energize, and empower them.
9. Our Past, Parallel, & Future Selves/Incarnations — we can meet them and experience their lives to help them or to help ourselves in the present incarnation we are having.

For more on the different parts of “you”, all of which we can channel, see:

I like this definition of channeling from the talented channeler Pamela Aaralyn:

Each Universe has energetic and physical laws that help it operate. In this Universe, the Universal Law of Oneness is what can be applied to help us not get confused. All beings are one. This means if a spirit guide has an agenda, it’s you having that agenda. All guides are versions of ourselves.

There truly is no separation. We are channeling ourselves but since the majority of earth is asleep to this truth, our “selves” go along with it and play the dream of separation to help us grow past it. Insofar as possession, why be bothered about possessing oneself?

This is only a fear to be concerned about if you fear alleged evil. It’s a huge rabbit hole. When it comes to truth, our dream itself (birth and death) is a lie. Most things in it are lies. Love and oneness are the two truths, but they don’t often exist in most realizations of those who aren’t awake to it.

Trying to explain this is like trying to explain a dream within a dream within a dream (which is precisely what we’re doing after so many lifetimes). All people, including this teacher, are channeling. Whether they are awakened to it or not is another story. (March 22, 2022)

We call this form of communication “telepathic” because it comes to us as a felt sensation (or download), which we then turn into words. As channelers, we are allowing this voice to come through us telepathically. (That also makes channeling different from being a psychic.)

Telepathy is an important skill to learn because most beings and entities beyond 3D communicate telepathically, and not with words. So, we could consider channeling as preparing us for contact with the ETs and aliens who seem to visit our planet all the time.

Many of the channeling videos on YouTube focus on communicating with Spirit Guides, Archangels, Ascended Masters, Aliens beings and civilizations, and sometimes the Akashic Records. Each of these is a different dimension (or density) of frequency and knowledge.

For more on the Spiritual Dimensions, see:

Many channelers channel entities that are difficult to describe. They are guides who are a higher (or future) version of the channeler and do not use names. This is what I do with my Energy Group, who I sometimes also call my Higher Self. They do not have names.

We Can Channel:

• For Ourselves (not shared with others)
• For Ourselves & the World (shared on YouTube, for example)
• For Someone Else (one-on-one)
• For an Audience (being on a stage, for example)
• As a Group (such as in a Group Séance where everyone works together)

[2] Why Do We Channel?

FROM the perspective of our Higher Self (or Soul), everything that I listed above is a part of you. This is the idea of Oneness or Non-Duality. Everything in creation is an individual expression of the one Source (or God, All-That-Is, The Absolute, the Quantum Field), just as leaves on a tree are both individual and part of the tree.

We channel to better connect to and communicate with those other parts of us (we are a leaf and our tree is the universe). We can do this because they are all parts of us at a deeper level of consciousness.

When we channel, we seek:

1. To receive higher wisdom, knowledge, and perspectives on how our universe works, including other dimensions of reality
2. To receive greater insight and advice for us (our ego-self), our path in life, our relationships with others, and our future
3. To heal ourselves or others of physical, psychological, and spiritual difficulties and suffering
4. To develop our subtle senses and creative abilities (art, music, healing, intuition, psychic skills)

I have also heard the following descriptions of channeling. These seem like goals to me, which is why I put them here.

Channeling is:

• Part of “disclosure” (of the true nature of our reality/universe)
• Part of the “thinning the veil” (separating physical and spiritual reality)
• Raising our “vibration” (to align with other dimensions of reality)
• Align with our “timeline” (rather than resisting our true path)
• Expanding our “awareness & consciousness” (part of “awakening” and “enlightenment”)
• Becoming more of our “fuller self” (physical, psychological, and spiritual)

[3] Depth of Channeling

THE purity and clarity of the channeled message is a major issue in all channeling.

One channeler told me that when we first channel, the message might be 50% channeled and 50% ourselves (our ego-self). As we channel more, the channeled % increases and ourself % decreases.

The ego never goes away. But we can try to keep it neutral toward any message that comes through. As soon as it judges a message as good or bad, then it has biased the channeling.

Some believe if a channeler is in a deep trance (unconscious), the message will be purer and clearer because there is no ego-self present. But just because “conscious awareness” is not present, does not mean that the ego-self is not influencing the message. Our ego-self is never 0% — despite what many professional channelers may say. (“Professional channelers” are those who make their living from channeling.)

This Channeling Depth Scale follows the level of conscious awareness that is present. Note that the “% channeled” and “% ego” are not directly related to the depth of the channeled message. For more on trying to understand that, see section “(6) Channeling Challenges”, below.

1. Message Source is Unknown & I am Unconscious — this is when we downloaded a message in a dream; we have little if any knowing that this download of information has taken place
2. Message Source is Unknown & I am Semi-Conscious — this is when you have an intuitive feeling about something; you may feel in your gut, heart, or elsewhere and it might not be very clear
3. Message Source is Unknown & I am Fully Conscious — this includes moments of inspiration and insight that come from our guides, but we are unaware of their presence
4. Message Source is Known & I am Unconscious — this is Deep Trance Channeling or just Trance Channeling; it was more common in the past than today because, some say, that the planet’s overall vibration was lower in the past
5. Message Source is Known & I am Semi-Conscious — this is Light Trance Channeling and is the most common form of voice channeling today
6. Message Source is Known & I am Fully Conscious — this is Conscious Channeling, although Indirect Channeling is more accurate; it is when the channeler is listening to the message and then repeating it for others to hear (see more on this below)

[4] Channeling Techniques

TO access any of the entities or experiences above, you use the same techniques described in this article, below. But instead of calling on a guide or your Higher Self, you call on an Ascended Master, the Akashic Records, a past or future life, a tree, or something else.

The channeling techniques described here are of two broad types:

1. Non-Voice Channeling (not speaking)
2. Voice Channeling (speaking)

This table shows how the different techniques relate to the depth of awareness while channeling:

[4.1] Non-Voice Channeling Techniques

There are three types of Non-Voice Channeling. For me, these are all easier than Voice Channeling. However, you may be different. Try different techniques to see which is easiest for you to start with. They all require some ability to calm the ego, to be in a state of neutrality, to allow the message to come through.

[4.1.1] Automatic Writing

The simplest way to get started channeling is “Automatic Writing”, also known as Spirit Writing and Psychography. This is writing without thinking. It is letting thoughts flow from your deeper self onto the paper without judgment or interpretation from your mind. We also call that “Free-Form Writing”. When done for a set amount of time (like 5 minutes) it is sometimes called “Timed Writing”.

People usually recommend using a pencil and paper and, if possible, your non-dominant hand. Although they do not recommend it, when I do automatic writing, I use a laptop keyboard. I am a fast-touch typist, so I can get my words down quickly without looking at the keyboard.

I have done automatic writing occasionally for many years. But I never thought of it as channeling like what Jane Roberts/Seth had done. I saw it more like the I Ching, which I consulted a lot in my college student years to help me make life decisions.

This is an example of Automatic Writing:

Journaling is a form of Automatic Writing. Indeed, I consider all writing as “channeled”. That is especially true when we are “in the zone” or “in the flow” while writing. That feeling shows we are connected to our higher dimensional selves.

[4.1.2]-Ouija Board

Another introductory technique is to use a Ouija Board. We can do this alone or with two people, each touching the pointing device. Ouija Boards were more in the past than today. Jane Roberts, for example, started on her path of channeling Seth in the 1960s with a Ouija Board.

Some psychics warn that Ouija boards should be used with caution because they can allow apparently “negative energies” (or “lower astral entities”) to communicate with or through us. That can be disconcerting for some people, especially if they are expecting a higher dimensional teaching to come through.

[4.1.3]-Indirect (Non-Voice) Channeling

This is listening to, and maybe talking with, a guide or other entity within one’s mind. Immediately after that, the channeler then repeats or interprets the message. We write this on paper (Indirect Non-Voice Channeling) or spoken (Indirect Voice Channeling).

Most of us do indirect (or intuitive) non-voice channeling a lot. We do this when we consult with our ego (as discussed above), when we search our mind for an answer to a challenge, for example. Indirect Channeling is the same process. But instead of our memory or logic (our ego), the answer comes from a specific entity we see as separate from ourselves.

My second attempt at channeling was a long conversation that I had with a guide in my head (Indirect Non-Voice Channeling). I have also done this when in a public space where I want to channel (to kill time) without being too obvious. But it is difficult to remember all the details afterward.

In my first attempt at channeling, I sensed a dozen beings/entities in my room, but there was no communication:

[4.1.4] Learning from the Many Channelers on YouTube

MANY YouTube videos describe how to get started with the first two techniques above.

• Automatic Writing instructions on YouTube
• Ouija Board instructions on YouTube

I only resonate well with a few of the spiritual or psychic teachers and videos on YouTube. I check out a lot of them but only stick with less than a handful. And even those change. I am sure this is just me because many of the ones I don’t care for have significant followings and likes.

Find a teacher, video, and form of channeling that resonates with you, and go with what you love!

Also, channeling lessons often include much preparation to reduce intrusions from negative spirits and forces and to enhance access to positive spirits. This is worth doing when you first start because it helps to empower your confidence.

I do not do those now. I just try to keep a positive outlook at all times, and that seems to be enough. Follow your instinct on this, and experiment.

[4.2] Voice Channeling

There are three types of Voice Channeling:

1. Indirect Voice Channeling (see the Indirect Non-Voice description above)
2. Conscious Channeling or Light Trance Channeling
3. Trance Channeling or Deep Trance Channeling

All three are more challenging than Automatic Writing and Ouija Boards. They take a lot more trust and confidence in yourself to allow your ego to get out of the way.

As the consciousness of the planet increases, which it seems to be doing, this should become easier for more people.

Of these three, I find Light Trance Channeling the easiest. This is when you are conscious and aware as the channeled voice comes through you. A light trance helps to quiet the ego. It is the most common type of channeling these days and is what I do the most. (Automatic writing is what I do second.)

If you can do Conscious Channeling, you can probably do Indirect Voice Channeling, as well. I am not sure about vice versa. Some prominent channelers only do Indirect Voice Channeling in which they report what they are being told in their minds.

Deep Trance Channeling is when the channel (or channeler) is in a deep trance state and is not aware of what the entity says. That was more common in past and is the type of channeling by Edgar Cayce and Jane Roberts.

[4.2.1] Voice Channeling Classes

There are MANY YouTube videos on how to get started channeling:

• How To Channel on YouTube

Most of those introductions are short, which I think is not so useful — but maybe that is all you need. With YouTube, of course, you do not have access to a teacher to ask questions and discuss experiences.

Here is an example of a quick intro, which I think is good:

ET Contact (by Lincoln Gergar) video on YouTube. ⬅ This meditation guides you in how to connect with ETs. You can change “ET” to the “Akashic Records”, your Higher Self, or other higher dimensional beings.

One of the most comprehensive introduction to channeling course on YouTube is this one:

• Liah Howard has a very comprehensive set of 20 lessons (each over 1 hour long) on how to be psychic that are free on YouTube. These are recordings of a live class from several years ago. They are about channeling, with a focus on angels and ascended masters, as well as various rituals and meditations. I found them useful when I started, though I do not follow most of her guidelines anymore.

When I first looked into it, I found fee-based channeling classes that ran from $19/month (for mentoring) to well over $1000 for a full course. I then found a class on Udemy.com that was on sale for Black Friday at $9.99 and I signed up for that. It was a basic class, not focused on angels and with very simple rituals. I found it helped a lot and gave me someone I could go to with questions.

I supplemented that class with the first handful of Liah Howard’s free classes on YouTube (above). They were also very helpful and gave me a very different perspective on channeling from the Udemy class.

[5] How to Feel Your Guide

THIS may be the hardest part of channeling — feeling and knowing if your guide (or other entity) is there or not. They are always there. The challenge is opening your inner senses enough to feel that.

There are many inner senses, and some of us are more attuned to one than another. We also know these as different forms of intuition and as the “clair senses”.

This list of clair sense combines several sources. In theory, any of them could be a gateway to communicating with other dimensional realities.

— Clairaudience (Hearing, Sound) — Claircognizance (Knowledge) — Clairsent, Clairolfaction, Clairalience (Smell) — Clairomancy (Divination) — Clairprescence (Presence of Spirits) — Clairsavorance, Clairgustance (Taste) — Clairsentience, Clairempathy (Emotions, Feelings) — Clairvoyance (Sight, Vision) — Clairtangency (Touch) — Claireloquence (Communication)

⬇ This helpful video by Tiffany Tin reviews other ways that one can connect with spirit guides, other-dimensional beings, and higher/future selves.

Her list differs from those discussed above and includes the following (see the video for more details):

1. Channeling (the focus of this article), which she equates with meditation and mindfulness
2. Telepathy, or Claircognizance, which is like an instantaneous thought download of information
3. Heart-Centered connection, through feelings of heart openness and expansion, which is more emotional than thinking
4. Communion is where you align your energy with that of the guide, you take on the energy and perspective of the guide(s), without actually channeling them (I do this often when I am writing)
5. Mind Meld is where you and the guide become one psychically and emotionally; you share and exchange each other’s feelings and thoughts through your mental or astral bodies
6. Implants placed in your body by your higher dimensional guides to help with your ascension, and which you can use to communicate with them when you need to
7. Signs are insights and synchronicities that you receive throughout the day, including, for example, seeing number sequences
8. Summoning, or asking your guides to communicate with you, which is sometimes associated with rituals, prayers, using crystals and light codes, and other practices (see also the Liah Howard videos above on this one)

[6] Channeling Challenges

THERE are, in my experience, two major challenges to overcome in channeling. The first is getting out of the way so the message can out. And the second is overcoming your doubts.

[6.1] Getting the first channeled word or sentence out

(down on paper, in your mind, or coming out of your mouth) is half the battle in channeling. Once you express that first word or sentence, the rest will more easily come.

This is mostly a matter of getting your ego (or monkey mind) out of the way and trusting that what you hear next is from a higher source.

Adopting a phrase that always becomes the first channeled word can help a lot. Most channelers have a single phrase that they always start with. I have heard “Greetings”, “Dear Ones”, and “Close your eyes and feel your spiritual heart”. I always start with “Hello, Alan”. It may take a few tries, but once you find your phrase, it will make things much easier.

[6.2] Overcoming doubts

is an even bigger challenge because your doubts can continue for months or longer. The main doubt is whether the message received is coming from another being that is more than your ego-self or is just you talking to yourself.

It is said that you can tell it is another being when there is no way that you (your ego-self) could have known the message. But I find it not as easy as that. For me, it takes faith and confidence in myself. It also helps when others read my channeled writings or hear my channeled recordings and find them helpful.

This is what my guides told me when I first started channeling…

[6.3] The purity of the message

is another challenge. As mentioned above, your ego-self will always influence the message to a degree. Anything negative or divisive shows the influence of your ego-self. Your Higher Self is always positive and nonjudgmental toward everything. (Lower dimensional beings, like ET/aliens, might not be that way, if you channel them.)

So, we do not want our 3D Self influencing our Channeling for the message to be pure.

But how much of Channeled Self we want in our 3D life is open to debate. Some say that the purpose or goal of a 3D incarnation is to allow our inner-self, or soul, to come into our life fully. Others say that our ego-self is the expert on living a 3D life and has as much to teach our inner-self or Higher Self as it can learn from that part of us. We want to seek a balance, with each self in its right time and place.

Related to this issue, a researcher who studies channeling at the Noetic Institute (see her YouTube interview at the end of this article) says four factors influence all channeling. Each of which contributes a specific vibration or frequency of energy to the event. (1) the Channeler (2) the Entity that is Channeled (3) the Message that is being delivered (4) the Audience receiving the message

For more on channeling doubts, see…

[7] How I Channel Now

I GO through cycles of channeling every couple of days, about once a week, and once a month (or more). I have used a couple of different spaces in my house that are private and comfortable. I originally started with a sacred altar, but I no longer use that.

I have a regular afternoon meditation practice, and sometimes I channel immediately after about an hour of mediation. It does not seem to matter how soon I channel after my meditation.

Most of the time, I start by simply centering myself as deeply as I can in my heart, usually with some deep breathing and eyes closed.

I occasionally experiment with new techniques that I hear about, if they are simple. These are mostly suggestions on how to prepare for channeling in different ways. Sometimes they relate to doing the channeling itself.

[As I make some small updates to this article in January 2022, I am channeling almost every day. I do an evening Chakra Humming meditation and channeling for at least a few minutes immediately after that. For more on that see this article on Medium.]

Another channeler told me I should try to channel a greater variety of entities because we have access beyond one being or group of beings. I tried, with some success, but I found it too forced (for me, at least). In fact, I have now come to a point where I use no names for who/what I am channeling.

I am not concerned about “evil spirits” affecting me or my channeling, because I do not believe they exist outside of my psyche. If I encounter them, which is rare and mostly in dreams, I try to shower love on them. (I know many others believe in, and struggle with, such spirits or forces. I respect that in them.)

I say out loud:

“I am seeking a message that is in my highest and best interest. Blessing to all who hear this message.”

If I am not feeling very confident, I might pull a card from an oracle card deck and use that card as a theme to start the channeling. That helps a lot to get over any doubts that my ego still carries. Sometimes the message starts with the card and then veers off in a different direction, which is fine. But overall, the oracle card messages are not as good as when I leave it open-ended. [January 2022: It has been a long time since I last pulled a card.]

After taking a deep breath, I look or listen for the first impulse for a word to come from outside of me.

The channeled message always starts with “Hello, Alan”. If I am not feeling that impulse, I will just force those two words to get started. Sometimes I still need to wait longer, but something eventually comes through.

I often open my eyes while channeling. I am comfortable doing that.

Finally, I make audio recordings of all my channelings using Google Recorder on my phone, which provides a text transcript with the audio file. I hold the microphone (bottom of the phone) fairly close to my face, which seems to work very well.

[January 2022: I used a field recorder (a Zoom H2N) in the past, which has better sound quality. But I have not used it in a while as I focus more on convenience.]

I edit the recordings that I share on YouTube to remove coughs and other unwanted noises (I have allergies and my channeling space can be noisy). And to add a video background, as required by YouTube. I am considering doing video recordings of my channeling but have not yet made that leap.

Most of what I channel is specific to me, and I do not share it.

(8) Conclusions & Related Items

Each of the 7.8 billion people on our planet today is much more than their smaller ego-self. Channeling is one way to become the greater, multidimensional, and more meaningful self that we are.

While doing so, you will help move our planet into a higher vibrational dimension. That reality will be much more interesting and fun than what we have been through for the last several thousand years.

Good luck with your adventure into channeling. If you want to discuss this more, send me an email using the address below.

Related Resources

• (1) ⬇ This Batgap interview with Helané Wahbeh, discussing research on channeling done through the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

• She says they identify the following forms of channeling: 1-Automatic Writing, 2-Trance Channeling, 3-Psychophony (speaking with spirits/deceased), 4-Remote Viewing, 5-Aura Reading, 6-Geomancy (place/land energy), 7-Nature Empath (nature/plant communication), 8-Animal Communication, 9-Intuition, including the “8 clairs”, but especially: Clairaudience (hearing a voice/sound) & Clairempathy (to feel emotions), 10-Precognition (future prediction), 11-Mediumship (speaking for the deceased).
• (2) To read how I got into channelers and how I started channeling, see my more autobiographical article ⬇.

• (3) I also have a short book on Wattpad.com ⬇ in which I have all my channeled messages from 2019, when I first started. It is only the channeling, with a few comments added.

• (4) ⬇ For more on the What & How of Channeling, see this collection of articles.

• Note that the articles in that collection are behind the Medium paywall. For paywall-free access to my articles, go to www.AlanLew.com, linked below.

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