"This is Spirit.
This class is the most important offered here, because my primary
intention is to help you establish strong, inner, two-way communication
with me. When we are in communication, you will know it's me
partly by the way my messages align with the other information
I have given here, and through my other
channelers. However, the most important way you'll know it's
my presence you sense and my voice you hear is by a certain felt
sense. Developing, refining and using this sense is the main
subject of the class.
"This class is experiential. Channeling,
like any skill, can be learned only through practice. The class
will also include input from some of you who have already had
experience in channeling me. Besides the channelers here, several
others have also established avenues of deep communication with
me, and I'll ask them to come forward and add their perspectives
as well.
"The truth is that you and I are already
in inner communication. From my side I know this very well. From
your side, however, it may not seem to be true. The reason is
that you are not yet aware of all that is going on inside of
you. Out of ordinary awareness, in the deep unconscious mind,
you are in constant contact and communication with me and the
other parts of Deity, and not only with
us, but with every being in Creation.
The Iceberg Metaphor
"It's as if your conscious mind, the
one you know, is the tip of an iceberg. Your unconscious mind
is like the rest of the iceberg, very large and powerful, and
yet unseen because it floats below the surface of your awareness.
It is in this deeper part of you that doorways open to other
realms, other realities beyond what's obvious to the external
senses of the conscious mind. One kind
of inner doorway opens to the spirits of others around you, as
well as to those not so near. A slightly different kind of inner
doorway opens directly to me.
"Since there is already inner communication,
the work in this class is aimed at helping you become more aware
of it, and finding ways to rely on it. Awareness of energy is
the first step in this process. Although the specific energy
practices in this class are not essential to be able to channel,
it's important to be aware of the differences between your own
energy and that of others. I therefore strongly suggest this
practice before going on to Lesson One. I have asked the channelers
to present this practice from their
own experiences."