No Going Back

Channeling The Council of Light April 9, 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic with Stay in Place Orders

"Channeling feels like being in a rocking chair, or double swing, have you, and someone else is rocking you. You are along for the ride. You are not the person doing the rocking, but your body is moving as the other person dictates the movement. You have to let go in that same way- let someone else do the rocking and just go with it. You are aware you are rocking but you are not trying to shift around to slow it down or speed it up."

This was me in collaboration with the Council of Light trying to make sense of an explanation for others to understand what it "feels" like to channel. Those were not my thoughts alone, as I would not be inclined to use the phrase "have you", but I was aware parts of the message were coming from me. My body went from a swinging motion to stillness as my head bowed down and remained there for the rest of the message...

Council of Light: "Right now is the time to allow the rocking to take you to bow your head in reflection, to go inside and ask, 'what is this time teaching me?'. You see, you'd rather swing with your head up and back in joy, than let it drop, bowing to the internal, the eternal you. The darker parts, the parts you keep tucked inside. Now is the time to be okay without being comfortable [as my neck was feeling the discomfort in this position]. Let's say that again, to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. There is so much around you to distract, so much instant gratification available at your fingertips.

Where is it [gratification] now? We are forced to look inside at the uncomfortable parts. Some of you are okay with this and some find it terribly uncomfortable, so all they can do is complain about the situation instead of using this time as an opportunity to really SEE! We said 2 days ago, and this is why it has stuck with you to recall it here now- that there is no going back to how it was. That is impossible. There is celebration in not going back because so many were stuck in a pattern of doing, rather than being. How many people struggle with 'the company they keep' [reference for me to the last line in The Invitation Poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer: I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.]

To the collective, we mean you spending time with you. How are you still finding ways to distract yourself? TV, media, complaining, feeling sorry for yourself? Are you going outside into nature, just stepping out the door to take in fresh air? How many are finding a deeper appreciation for the Earth at this time? How many are journaling and reading to gain insight and knowledge on how they can better serve? How many are blaming other people for their life circumstance? Don't you see?? Take responsibility. If you don't like your circumstances, change your circumstances. Maybe you were forced into this discomfort to change something going forward. It is not 'woe is me', it is 'wow is me'!

There is no going back and you need to see that, so you can change it going forward. Where have you felt the most discomfort? That is where you need to change. Restructure it. Redo. How wonderful you are given the opportunity for a do-over? Or do you play the victim, the woeful? This is a time to see that better days are ahead, but you must get present in the now.

You are given this time as a gift, not a curse, so quit cursing this time. It will not be the same as before. it is useless to want it back to before now. Be here now. If it is a struggle, welcome the struggle to find solution. If it is a beautiful time, give gratitude for you called in this special time. Is it confusing? Ask for clarity, find purpose. Don't allow fear to come to your doorstep. Turn it away like a solicitor. You are far too important to invite the fear into your home, into your being, into your family. Now is the time to lead...to lead with love. Wow is me!"