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How Can I Learn To Channel And Talk To Spirits?

This post answers questions for The Council from a reader named, Leah.

Leah: Hi, I have a question for Cynthia. I want to learn how to channel…

Council: (Laughs) Should we step out of the way? And so because we are part of Cynthia, we would like to hear the question, and we will have an answer.

Leah: …and talk to spirits. How can I start easing myself into this, and what are the initial steps or process?

Council: The first thing is you must learn to sit still. You must learn to meditate. Whether it’s having a picture in your mind that makes you feel good, whether it’s sitting there and saying over and over, “I am at peace,” and just see what shows up behind your eyelids. Eventually you’ll begin to get pictures. You’ll get ideas. But the discipline is to have the strength to sit quietly every day. They always say it’s best to sit at the same time so your body gets used to this, but we would advise any time you have free time for at least ten minutes to sit and meditate, to take it no matter what time of the day it is.

We can tell you that when Cynthia tried to learn to meditate, it took her three years to learn how to do it, and it was the discipline. When spirit sees the discipline, from our side we try very hard to come through to you. You have the discipline to sit and speak to us with your eyes closed if you like, and just as if we are already there, which of course we are, and have a conversation with us.

Sit quietly. Sooner or later with this discipline you will get an idea. You will hear words in your head, and you will feel a feeling of lightness in your body where the chakras are now open and bringing in the energy for you to let the spirit energy, which is very high, come into the body. So we would say, have the quiet time. Sit at a computer and type a question. “Hey spirit, are you there? Let me know.” See what happens. You may hear a word that makes no sense. “Peanut.” All right, spirit, I heard the word, peanut. Tell me more. And every day keep asking. Keep asking, and expect that answer to come, and it will.

So when you begin to meditate, the body begins to let in a higher energy. It’s good to work on the chakras. But once that happens, you will connect in your own way to spirit. You can hear words in your head. You might see pictures instead of words. You may have what we call the great knowing, where all of a sudden you have this information about something and you know the whole thing. It’s not sentence by sentence. You just know.

And you can write a question on your computer, or with a pad and pencil. And you do not need someone there to give you the answer. Write it down. Type it in the computer. And meditate, and the answer will come. You will write down an answer or type an answer, and keep doing it, whether it makes sense or not. It can be gibberish, but sooner or later it will become clear, one word at a time, one image at a time. And that is how you’ll connect with spirits. That’s when you’ll begin to channel – when you know and have the feeling, and you believe it’s there. That’s when you’ll begin to channel.

Leah: I’m alone and don’t have anyone to ask me questions, like Bob.

Council: It’s not necessary.

Leah: How can I start to talk back and forth with my spirit guides?

Council: Meditate. Think in your head, ask a question in your head, and sit, and wait. Next day try again, and again, and again. Write it down. Try writing. Try typing a question. Just keep doing it, knowing you are opening a path to connect with your spirits. When you have the discipline to do this daily, it will come. We promise you, it will come. And so we send you love, and we send everyone happy feelings. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your life. Be grateful. Be happy. Think of things you’ve done that brought you joy. Imagine things you can do that bring you joy, and then move forward.

Listen to the entire 6-minute audio recording of our session with The Council (below) to hear all their guidance for Leah and the rest of us, and let us know what you feel about it.

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July 1, 2024 Posted by | Audio Content, Chakras, Channeling, Connecting With Spirit, Meditation, Questions & Answers, Spirit | , , , | Leave a comment

Can I Use The Akashic Field To Communicate With People Who Are Dead?

This post answers a question for The Council from a reader named, Stephen.

Stephen: Can the Akashic Field be used to communicate between the living and the dead?

Council: The Akashic Field is the universal memory of everything that’s been done. It’s something you can look into to discover about yourself and others, but to communicate with other spirits, that’s not what the Akashic Records are there for.

If you want to communicate with other spirits, we suggest that you learn to meditate. And do not call any particular spirit forward, but just in your meditations say, “I am available to all the good spirits that would like to come and communicate with me.” And always remember to do this. Surround yourself with the beautiful white light. And with discipline, and it may not happen right away, but with discipline you will be able to communicate.

And so we’ve enjoyed this again and we send you all blessings, and love, and happiness. And enjoy what you’ve created. And if you don’t like what you’ve created, then change it. Change it with your thoughts and how you think.

You’re a great spirit that’s here to learn many, many different things. And you’ve all created this time to come into this reality knowing it would be difficult, and knowing there would be a lot of chaos. But you came in to hold the beautiful light, to love no matter what, and you will see your lives change.

Listen to the entire 2-minute audio recording of our session with The Council (below) to hear all their guidance for Stephen and the rest of us, and use the Comments box to let us know what you feel about it.

You can also ask The Council your own free question by typing it into one of the Comment boxes that appear at the bottom of most of our blog pages. We’ll answer it as soon as we have time.

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November 1, 2023 Posted by | Audio Content, Channeling, Love, Meditation, Questions & Answers, Relationships, Spirit, You Create Your Reality | , , , | 2 Comments

What Can I Do About My Son’s Anger Toward His Brother?

This post answers questions for The Council from an anonymous reader who says, I’ve been working on my relationship with my young son. In many ways it has improved and he seems to walk through the world with less anger. However, he still seems to have an enormous amount of anger and jealousy toward his younger brother. This is causing a lot of tension in our family and makes it difficult to trust him. Will his anger and jealousy ever go away?

The Council says his anger and jealousy will go away in time if he handles the challenge he’s set up for himself in spirit. Then this will change. At this particular time there is a jealousy of the younger brother, and this is normal in many families. And yet your son has brought in grudges from a few lifetimes, of feeling ignored, abandoned, and feeling that in these other lifetimes he wasn’t treated properly.

The way your son set up this lifetime was that he wanted to be the star attraction, and now having a younger brother, he doesn’t feel that way. There’s a lot of chaos going on and emotions that he doesn’t quite understand right now. He only knows that he isn’t very fond of his younger brother.

It’s good for you to have lots of patience at this time. The only thing you can do is show love, but there are also times where discipline is needed. What’s wanted here is equal attention between the two brothers so that the older son would see that his younger brother was special, and so was he.

Your problem son has to come to terms with being in this reality. If he wants to be a star or to have lots of attention, the way to get this attention is by finding something he loves and developing that talent, not by putting fear and worry in others, and by negative behavior. You have to find a way to show discipline, and also show love at the same time.

Anonymous asks, Is there anything I can do to alleviate this anger and jealousy? The Council says you have to remember that he is the creator. Even though he and you don’t understand what’s going on at this time, he set it up this way in spirit so he can find himself, and find the kind of person he really wants to be. By allowing him to be himself, by allowing him to learn about discipline and about being kind to others, that’s the way you help your son find the path he’s looking for.

Anonymous asks, Where does this anger and jealousy come from? The Council says it comes from other lifetimes where he felt ignored and he was disciplined improperly and unfairly. Your son has gone through lives where he was punished for things he did, and things he didn’t do. In one of these lives your son was thrown out as a very young child around nine years old. This is all in the subconscious, which is stirring up feelings that are confusing him. He doesn’t know how to let go of these hurt feelings from other times.

With patience, discipline, and showing love to both boys in front of each other, showing the younger son the love you have for the older son, and showing the older son the love you have for the younger son, showing kindness, and showing understanding, that’s how you teach and help him find his way.

Anonymous says, In the past The Council suggested I go to therapy, and I have. It’s been okay, but I honestly can’t seem to cultivate a sense of calm and peace in our family. My son is very resistant to any sort of calming technique like meditation and breathing. He prefers to laugh maniacally and endlessly pick on his little brother.

The Council says, When your son laughs maniacally, how do you handle it? Do you become angry? Do you become fearful? Instead, there’s a way you can just look at your son, with your eyes show him love, but immediately turn and walk away. Do not feed it or ask him why he’s doing this. Walk away and he’ll have to deal with what he’s done.

Anonymous says, I’m very open to any perspective or suggestions from The Council. The Council says it’s like we’ve said before, love is the answer, but so is understanding, and so is allowing your son to become who he wants to become. At this time it takes a lot of patience on your part. There’s a lot of unnecessary behavior going on. Know that while this is going on that you won’t condone it, but you won’t fight it and have long discussions about it either. When this behavior comes up, look kindly, but then turn and walk away. This will be unexpected, and that will help him find another way of thinking about what’s going on.

Listen to the entire 8-minute audio recording of our session with The Council (below) to hear all their guidance for the anonymous reader and the rest of us, and let us know what you feel about it. You can also ask The Council your own question by typing it into one of the Comment boxes that appear at the bottom of most of our blog pages.

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February 10, 2022 Posted by | Acceptance, Audio Content, Challenges, Channeling, Love, Other Lifetimes, Questions & Answers, Relationships, Spirit, You Create Your Reality | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why Can’t I Let Go of My Ex-Partner?

This post answers questions for The Council from a reader named, Eden, who asks why she’s unable to let go of her ex-partner. She says they were together for a year and it’s been almost two years since he ended the relationship and I still can’t seem to move forward. I feel like I’ve tried everything and yet it still consumes me and I’ve got no idea what to do. Sometimes I feel like I don’t want to be on Earth if we can’t be together.

The Council asks Eden how she can move forward when she’s constantly thinking of her ex. In planning for this lifetime The Council doesn’t see anything permanent between you and your ex was planned.

The Council asks what Eden can take from her experience with her ex that she liked and create with someone else? You must change your thoughts. Find what was good in this relationship and create it with someone else. Imagine there’s another partner for you with all the attributes of what was good in your past relationship and add onto it what else you’d like.

As soon as you begin to think about your ex, acknowledge it and then change your thought. It can be as simple as thinking about a flower, a tree, a beach, or anything else. After a while this will become your new habit. You’ll have better thoughts and your mind won’t drift to your old companion. This is the discipline you need to change your life.

The Council says there are several different souls that are willing to come into Eden’s life when she changes the way she thinks. If she goes in one direction there’s a soul who’ll fill her needs. If she goes in another direction there’s a different soul that will fill her needs. There’s a happy relationship there for you, but you have to do the inner work first of changing your thoughts.

What you wanted to learn in this lifetime was discipline in all things. Discipline by knowing what you want and how to get it by using your mind and visualization until you see you can create. As you create little things you’ll be able to create bigger things, sometimes referred to as miracles, until your life completely changes.

Listen to the entire 4-minute audio recording of our session with The Council to hear all their guidance for Eden and the rest of us and let us know what you think about it, or ask your own question.

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May 23, 2020 Posted by | Audio Content, Beliefs, Channeling, Creation, Life Purpose, Pre-Incarnation Planning, Questions & Answers, Relationships, Soul, Spirit | , , , | 2 Comments

How to Change Your Life From Sadness to Happiness

This post answers questions from a reader named, Georgie, who says her life has been difficult and sad for as long as she can remember. In recent years she’s become sick with various immune diseases.

The Council says when you have a lot of trauma in your life, if you don’t deal with it, keep the grief inside yourself, and you focus on the grief and the sadness, it will eventually start to affect your body.

Georgie says because of ill-health she lost her business, her side job, her house, and her cat, and she’s dependent on her partner of 7 months. The Council says Georgie has called for these experiences to learn from them. And if you haven’t learned from them, you’ll have to experience it again in this lifetime or future lifetimes.

You’re spirit is ready to experience a different kind of life, and yet you’re still focusing on these sad experiences which attract to you more of the same. Remember the good times. Change the focus of your attention and appreciate what you have. Feel gratitude for times when things were good. When you do this because you’re ready to start again, your lessons will be different from what they were in the past.

Georgie says her partner is unable to handle all her health problems. She feels abandoned again and wants to break this cycle, but she feels helpless and depressed. The Council says believing these thoughts and not doing the inner work to change her life, she’ll keep creating the same depressing experiences.

Georgie says her partner is her fiance, but now he only wants to be friends until he’s in a better place. The Council advises Georgie to consider that her partner also has issues that he’s working on and he’ll do what he must to work on them. And at the same time, you should be working on your issues so that a change can take place.

Georgie says she’s still able to live with her partner, but she wants to be with him romantically rather than friends for now. The Council say while being just friends isn’t what you want right now, aren’t you a bit grateful that you’re not being thrown out with nowhere to go. Things can change in a friendship and The Council suggest Georgie focus on how wonderful it is that her partner is allowing her to stay where she is.

Georgie asks if she and her partner are destined to be together? The Council says you and your partner make this destiny. In spirit it was decided you would like to be together. Now can you both do the work necessary to create a life where you can be happily together? You can be together, but there must be changes in your lives to see it the way you desire it to be.

Georgie asks if good health will ever return to her. The Council says all her health problems will change when Georgie begins to feel happiness from memories or from something that happens, even if it’s just one thought each day of something she’s able to appreciate. Her vibration will begin to improve and she’ll begin to attract more appreciative thoughts. Your body will improve as your vibration improves and you start to feel appreciation. It’s your decision. No one else can create for you.

When you’re depressed and as you listen to the recording you may feel it’s too difficult to change the pattern of your thoughts to happier ones. You may not feel good about staying in the house with your partner, but only as a friend. This will leave you in a stagnant, going nowhere energy. You need discipline, and The Council sees it is possible for you to do this. The littlest positive changes will begin to happen and as you acknowledge them, there will be more positive changes.

Georgie asks The Council if she’ll ever feel strong, love herself, and feel loved by someone else? The Council says when Georgie returns to the spirit world after this lifetime she’ll feel all this love. There is nothing but love in spirit. But Georgie’s job is to bring the love from spirit into the life she’s creating now. By forcing yourself to hold onto a more positive thought for 3 seconds, if that’s all you can do at first, you will begin to change your negative beliefs. This is your job. This is why you came into this lifetime. You came to experience the traumas you’ve gone through, live through them, see what you allowed these traumas to do to you, and now you have the chance to change your life and make it the way you want it to be.

Georgie asks The Council if she’ll be financially stable and have work that she loves, or even work that she likes? The Council says, as you slowly begin to feel better, you’ll hear about ways to do new things that you enjoy to bring financial stability into your life. It’s all there for you, but it begins with your thoughts and the inner work. Don’t worry about the future. Be in your present moment and insist that you think good thoughts.

The Council hopes their guidance helps Georgie move along her path. By this time next year there should be many positive changes. If you go in the direction your spirit planned, moving forward with the thoughts about how you can bring love into your life, your life has to change.

In their Closing The Council asks us to feel the joy of the Christmas spirit, and be grateful for the help they offer. Listen to the entire 13-minute audio recording with The Council (below) to hear all their guidance for Georgie and the rest of us. And let us know what you feel about it.

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January 11, 2019 Posted by | Audio Content, Channeling, Law of Attraction, Love, Questions & Answers, Relationships, Spirit, You Create Your Reality | , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Why Am I Constantly Stuck in Negative Situations?

This post answers questions from a reader who goes by the name, cmw787, who says her life is on a downward trajectory and has been for years. She’s doing everything she can to fix her life, but she’s unable to do it. Cmw says it feels like every day will be worse than the day before, she’s living every day in misery, and she’s praying for death.

The Council begins by asking cmw how she thinks she can change her life when she expects every day to be worse than the day before and she’s praying for death? The Council says this alone will keep her vibration from raising higher so she can begin to change and bring in the sort of life that she would like.

Cmw says she’s sick of being lectured on the law of attraction. She says she’s practiced it and lived it, and it’s not working at all for her. She doesn’t understand why this is happening to her. The Council notes that cmw doesn’t want to believe in anything that’ll make her life better.

Cmw says she was contacted by people who came to Earth from the Pleiadian star system about 2 years ago, but she doesn’t understand what they want from her. The Council says Pleiadians are very loving and they’re trying to get cmw to focus her thoughts differently so she can raise her vibration.

The Council tells cmw it’s not wrong for her to want to know about herself, but she insists on looking only at what’s negative and trying to understand that. They say understanding isn’t necessary for cmw. What’s necessary is to change how she thinks about her life. She should ask herself if meditation will help you? Ask if helping other people will help? Will having a different perspective on your life help you? Will it help you to focus on something to be grateful for 10 minutes every day? If you do these things it will begin to change your vibration. The Council feels if cmw continues to focus on why her life isn’t working the way she wants won’t make her life any better.

The Council tells cmw she has the talent to become an oracle because in previous lifetimes she was a teacher in Atlantis, Lemuria, ancient Egypt, ancient Rome, and ancient Greece, and in her current lifetime she’s questioning these talents. Meditate on these time periods and ask for information. More information will come. As you tap into these past lives you’ll change your vibration without even knowing how you did this.

The Council says as cmw taught in these ancient places, there were some students that found it difficult to work with energy and change matter, and cmw had difficulty understanding this. So coming into her current lifetime she created a life where she has doubt and negativity to learn from it. She wanted to see how difficult it can be to change negativity into a higher vibration, and see how difficult it can be to go from expecting things to go wrong, to hoping they go right. The lesson was to go through these difficult times and when it seems the most difficult, to grasp onto the littlest thing and begin to change it with something more positive.

Cmw asks The Council what her soul purpose is, and why is she constantly stuck in negative situations. The Council says it’s because her belief is more negative than positive. Your purpose is to find a more positive way to live your life. The Council asks cmw to try to improve her life again, even if it’s with the tiniest seed of hopefulness, and she’ll find a difference.

The Council advises cmw to surround herself with a few crystals that she picks out for herself and begin to meditate, even if it’s just for 10 minutes. In Atlantis you worked with changing energy and taught with crystals. Familiarize yourself with this again and be patient. As you begin to change your thoughts the tiniest bit, you’ll notice experiences in your life will improve.

The Council says as cmw reads about these different ancient cultures she’s been part of, just by taking her thoughts off negativity and putting them on these better feeling times, she’ll connect with this higher vibration and her journey will turn in the direction she wishes.

The Council sees a positive outcome for cmw, but she needs the discipline she taught in these other lifetimes to concentrate on more positive thoughts. If she’s able to read about these ancient times, and surround herself with crystals and meditate, her life must change.

Listen to the entire audio recording of our session with The Council (below) to hear all their guidance for cmw787 and the rest of us, and let us know what you feel about it.

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September 20, 2018 Posted by | Audio Content, Beliefs, Channeling, Doubt, Other Lifetimes, Questions & Answers | , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments