ANGEL OF ASCENSION

I am Ishmael, the Angel of Ascension, and I come forwards in order to bring message of the nature of ascension to all so that all may understand exactly what ascension is, so that all may comprehend the symptoms of the ascension shift and work towards its stabilisation and encouragement and to aid others as they journey through this process themselves.

 Much has been spoken and written about ascension and much will be spoken and written after my words have long been forgotten.  The conscious awareness of what ascension is has changed as the years have passed and the consciousness of mankind has opened to comprehend ascension's true nature and purpose and in time too the consciousness of man will shift again and they will have a clearer understanding of this truth.  But for today, I have been entrusted with these words, that they may be digested and applied to ascension's nature at this time and so that people may begin to more fully comprehend what this process entails, to recognise it and to flow in accordance with its power and its presence.

Ascension is evolution.  It is part of mankind's natural spiritual growth.  It is a process of nature, a process that mankind has been experiencing from the moment that they were first born, first incarnated on the Earth.  It is the process that leads them to reunification with the Divine.  Reunification with their own divinity, the "I Am" presence, the seed of the Divine that lies within the heart of the soul, and reunification with the Divine Source, the source of all light, love and life.  Ascension must not be confused with enlightenment.

 Enlightenment is a process of consciousness only, which can affect the body but which is of itself not of the body. Enlightenment is a point of personal spiritual realisation which can enable the individual who experiences it to transcend and control their bodily needs and functions and give them power over their environment and the universal laws.  Ascension brings qualities of enlightenment but enlightenment can occur before a person might naturally experience ascension.  It renders the process of ascension for that person unnecessary but it can predate their point of ascension.  It can occur before they might naturally reach this level of personal spiritual evolution and is brought on by hard personal spiritual discipline and attainment.

 Ascension, when it occurs, occurs not necessarily because of the spiritual work that has been done as a precursor to its occurrence, although spiritual work can catalyse ascension shifts.  Ascension occurs when the person is ready, when it is their time, and this time is agreed by the soul, by the higher self.  It is not dependent upon karma though the decreasing of karma can be a catalyst to activating ascension. It is not dependent upon religion or belief, race or creed or social position. It is like an act of nature. It is dependent upon the season of the soul. It does not always transpire that the soul is old or approaching the completion of its cycle of incarnation.  It is more dependent upon the quality of experience that the soul has accrued.  These experiences create for the soul a foundation of consciousness that enables ascension to occur without damaging the soul, but that foundation can be achieved in young or mature souls as much as it can be achieved in the old soul.

Imagine then a tree devoid of leaf or bud or bloom.  It journeys through winter in a dormant state waiting for the spurt of life force to spur it into growth.  Each tree is unique, different to the other. They will of course respond to light and water and to the rising energy of the earth as winter gives way to spring but each one will burst into bloom at a slightly different time, some seemingly premature and others late.

This is like the process of ascension but the process is stretched out over millennia rather than days and therefore some may ascend hundreds of years before others and others may ascend hundreds of years later, dependent upon the season of their soul and dependent upon the work that they might do to catalyse the ascension shift.  Although ascension will come to each and every person in time, there are certain things that can be done to catalyse, to speed the ascension process into being and to stabilise or harmonise the ascension process when it comes.

 The same spiritual application that often creates enlightenment in some can be used to speed the process of ascension into occurring.  The adoption of a spiritual discipline, be it meditation or the recitation of mantras, be it Tai Chi or Chi Kung, be it Transcendental Meditation or Buddhist rhythmic breathing, as long as it is done with earnestness, as long as it is done with passion, can contribute towards ascension.

 Feeding the consciousness with philosophical, theological, theosophical and spiritual truth, working on opening the heart to higher levels of compassion and love, working to clear the karma and cleanse the energy system of impurity and impediment of flow, working towards being a better person, non-judgemental, unconditional and loving, forgiving in their nature, all of these things can contribute towards the ascension shift.  Of course if the soul feels, for whatever reason, that the person is not ready to experience this move then it will hold them back but if the soul feels that they are ready, that they have shown themselves to be worthy and indeed done all the necessary preparations that will allow them to begin their ascension and not be harmed, then the ascension process will be triggered.  But, as I have said, with some ascension will occur with no preparation, with no conscious awareness of spiritual reality or truth.  If it is the right season for the soul to express more of its light on Earth then it will descend and the ascension process will begin.

The ascension process has many different phases and occurs differently for each person.  For some the ascension process is very physical.  It is about changes occurring within the physical and energetic structure of the body.  They will experience the growth of new energy centres.

Their meridian systems will be rewired.  The integrity of their subtle forms improved, restructured.  The auric field dynamically changed. Their assemblage point will be shifted within the energy cocoon. Their chakras will take on new hues or begin to merge together as one.They will begin to experience alterations within their psychical and spiritual senses and their capacity to channel energy.  For them the ascension will be a very physical process.  As with all growth they will experience pain around those areas of the energy system that is shifting.  Sometimes the pain will be very physical although there is no physical reality to it.  Sometimes the pain will be very mental or emotional in nature.  They will feel very isolated and separated from their world and want to leave.  As the light of the soul shines more greatly through them, cleansing and purging them and forcing itself into expression through their spiritual body, burning away the negative traits of the ego and forcing them to stand more in their power as a divinely realised being, they will seek to clamber back into the spiritual world, finding the harsheties of their material reality too difficult to bear.  For these people there are certain practices, certain objects that will benefit them greatly:  working with the Merkabah light body field will surround them not only in a protective layer of energy but create a portable incubation field that will stabilise, balance and catalyse the ascension transformation.

 Working with Sugilite in order to form an extra powerful light field of protective power and in order to call around them the magenta rescue ray that will enable them to move through the process of transformation more easily and also utilising the powers of Moldavite to help, to encourage them to journey through the transformation with grace and flow and to prevent them from feeling the symptoms of desiring to leave the planet will be of great benefit.

 For some the ascension process will be more to do with their consciousness.  They will not experience the aches and pains and the shifts within their spiritual energetic bodies.  They will experience an expansion of their awareness, an alteration within their perception and their mind.  Not necessarily a psychical acceleration but more an acceleration of understanding, of thought and comprehension.  They will become open to the truths of the universe, to the presence of the Divine Mind, the supernal triangle.  Temporarily they may experience moments of blankness, forgetfulness, confusion, dizziness, moments of recapitulation where they find themselves stuck in reverie thinking about the past.  This will be complimented by times of great clarity, perception and mental power, the capacity to multitask, to juggle a thousand different things in their head at the same time, an awareness of other truths that they had been closed to previously.

The ascension of consciousness does not always either follow or precede the ascension of the body.  Sometimes people will experience both simultaneously, sometimes one after the other but they are not necessarily synonymous with each other.  The ascension of consciousness can be equally taxing and frightening but can also bring the same amount of joy and liberation as the ascension of the energy body does.  It is once again dependent upon the nature of the soul.

The ascension of consciousness can also be eased by certain stones: celestite, sapphire, aqua aura and platinum aura can aid in the consciousness reconfiguring itself to take on the multidimensional hues of energy that it is becoming exposed to.  As the consciousness becomes aligned with those parts of itself which exist within the five spheres that separate the gap between Earth and Heaven, the individual may need to lean upon azestulite, a stone which enables people to become more attuned to their higher chakras in order for them to integrate the consciousness of their higher states into one.

They may need to utilise visualisations such as the Hexagram of Light within the brain, formed from two triangles initially created as one triangle is drawn by linking the pineal, pituitary and hypothalamus centres of the brain together.  They may need to work with other visualizations that can be found within the systems of the Gaiadon Heart (previously known as the Melchisadek Method) or by drawing upon other sacred geometric forms like the Flower of Life made popular by Drunvalo Melchizedek.  There are at this moment in time many different techniques, visualisations, stones and systems which can aid people in their ascension processes.  There are people trained as light body surgeons who can aid in the facilitation of the transformation of the energy body.  There are light body psychologists who can aid in the transformation of the consciousness of an individual.

In the angelic realm we prefer to keep things as simple as possible, knowing that simplicity is closest to divinity, and as such in order to aid mankind with their ascension process I was created.  My light, my presence, therefore can be invoked whenever anybody is experiencing symptoms of ascension.  My force can be called down around a person to hold them within my presence so that my light, my consciousness, can smooth and balance the body's energy fields and guide gently the consciousness of the body to move in greater sync and harmony with the higher self, bringing about the ascension shifts with much greater ease and grace.  My breath, my light, can breathe a space into the mind so that the consciousness can find respite from the transformations occurring within its nature.

I can guide people to the places, to the stones, to the visualisations, to the teachers and the healers that they need.  I can help them re-acclimatise themselves with their world so that they will not feel so much the desperation that often descends when people require to leave the material plane and re-enter into the higher spiritual realms of their origin.  I can provide people with energy, for energy is often lost when people enter into their ascension shift and they can feel very tired and drained indeed.  I can re-acclimatise people to the vibration of their environment and reacquaint them with the vibration of their friends and family so that they do not feel so fearful of these harsh frequencies that they suddenly become exposed to.  I can also be called upon to guide those who would draw upon my light to help those others who are experiencing these processes.  My light, my wisdom, can be channelled in order to heal, in order to point the way.  My power can be called upon to help all of those who find themselves evolving in this way.

My name is Ishmael and I can be invoked through prayer, through the simple recitation of my name, through its singing or its chanting or by focusing upon those symbols that are connected to me.  My colour is the platinum white ray, a white ray that is filled with the soft rainbow hues of the platinum aura crystal stone.  My symbol is the lightening bolt superimposed over the Tree of Life, representing the descension of the Divine into the realm of matter.  My sound is the sound of light, the sound of a single, simple tone descending from a high point to a low point, the descension of a scale of music, and represents the lowering frequencies of the light of the Divine as it moves closer and closer into the physical planes of consciousness and body.  I have come at this time in order to clarify, in order to illuminate, in order to bring ease.

My presence is not to glamorize the process, for at times it is difficult to endure, but equally I have not come forward to isolate those who are not experiencing these changes.  Ascension is a process of life and existence but we must not envy those who journey through this state if we ourselves do not.  We must not look upon ourselves and consider that we are lagging behind, that we are unworthy of this state of change.  We must content ourselves with who and what are and acknowledge that each part of the process is valid, is unique to who and what we are.  It cannot be stimulated above and beyond the rhythm or meter that is beaten out by the soul's decree and should not be desired with envy or jealousy but rather looked to as an inevitable attainment as part of the natural flow and cycle of existence and life.

 Each phase of life is beautiful, designed by the Divine to be enjoyed.  With each change and transformation that occurs something is gained and something is lost. Innocence, maybe, or the capacity to enjoy life simply without the deeper repercussions of understanding the finer nuances and details of synchronicity and eventuality.  It is very important then that each and every human being tries within their circumstances to enjoy the place in which they find themselves and not to hanker for that that will naturally follow but to stay within the moment and embrace it when it comes.

Children of the new dawn, humankind who stand on the cusp of evolution, I leave you with this simple prayer:

 "I call upon the light of ascension, the platinum white ray.  I call upon the power of natural and organic spiritual growth.  I open myself to the light of the Divine and my "I Am" presence.  I invoke it.  I call it down into my heart.  Purge and clear me of all that that I am ready to release.  Of all that that I have surpassed and no longer have need of, be it thoughts or feelings, be it memories or energies within my spiritual and physical bodies.  Shine through me, light of the soul, light of the higher self, light of the "I Am".  Purge me, transform me, remake me in the image of the Divine Source.  Grant me ascension in accordance with the right time of the universe.  Let me be free.  Let me be free.  Let me be free."

 Go forwards in love and trust with the greater grace and goodness of the Divine.  So mote it be.

- Channeled by Edwin Courtenay

Archangel Michael, the Angel of Justice

In the beginning, when human beings are small and young, they are taught by their parents about justice and fairness. They are taught to live their lives in accordance with a series of moral codes and rules that define right and wrong. Laws exist within society to enforce these moral codes and some adhere to them strictly, adding their own ethics, their own virtues, strengthening the moral codes that were outlined to them as children. Others choose to ignore these rules, these laws, and commit crimes which sour the nature of society and pollute the positive strength of community, bringing sadness, pain, horror and death to many. Those on the spiritual path are raised to believe through their doctrine, their religion or their spiritual belief system in a sense of universal justice, in a sense of universal fairness. That the Divine Source, however it is seen, whatever it is called, holds over the world and mankind a pattern, a form, a clear definition of what is right and what is wrong, of justice and fairness that applies to all and that when an individual crosses these invisible boundaries they are subject to universal punishment, to karma, they have fallen into the shadowy realms of sin that will bring about punishment in this plane or in the next.

The many who exist in the world who do not believe in higher spiritual truth, in the presence of the Divine, in the Divine Plan, in the Divine Order, often use the argument of the non-existence of universal justice, of universal fairness, of universal law, as evidence and proof that the Divine is nothing more than a myth. They state and claim that when one lives a virtuous life they are no more rewarded than an individual who lives a life of crime and that in fact those who often defy the law of society exist more comfortably than those who abide by the laws of their society. Often too, when mankind is faced with challenges in life, difficulties that are brought to them as a result of the death of a loved one, as a result of the loss of their business, as a result of illness, as the result of poverty, famine, starvation, drought, they are known to shake their fist at the sky, to call to the Divine and ask why this has occurred, to state that this is not fair. And many who have begun their path aligned to the truth of the Divine Source end it at this moment, unable to comprehend why the Divine, why the universe, could be so cruel, could punish one so innocent, could be so unfair in its treatment of those who have done nothing other than strive to benefit the Divine Source and its plan here on Earth.

“ Justice and fairness” is not something that has the same sense in the higher spiritual planes as it does here on Earth. Mankind’s comprehension, mankind’s definition of these words is very different from the higher divine perspective and truth. Mankind has applied certain rules, certain restrictions, which are not real. They have confused the laws of their society, of their reality, with universal law and these things are very different, very different indeed. Mankind on Earth lives within a small space, the space between life and death. Even those who comprehend and acknowledge their prior existences and their future lifetimes too are stuck within the conscious awareness of one incarnation. Even those who have memory of their past lives and of their future lives as well cannot escape the solid reality of the present incarnation in which they reside. This makes their life seem very small, it makes time very precious, it intensifies the experiences of the moment and can make occurrences seem very unfair, seem very unjust. The Divine Source which sees all, which sees from the very beginning right up until the very end, acknowledges the eternity and infinite nature of man’s soul, sees that mankind has lived many times before and will live many times again, acknowledges the continuance of the energy of the higher self. The higher self acknowledges that what is not completed in one lifetime is ultimately, eventually completed in another. The higher self sees that lovers parted through calamity in one incarnation are reunited in joy and love in another. The higher self sees that experiences that have been lost, relationships unexplored, families destroyed and blown apart, are all healed, are all resolved, are all restored in time. And therefore universal justice, universal fairness, spans across the many incarnations of each and every soul on Earth, taking its time but fulfilling the flow of right action, enabling each and every person to create, experience and clear karma, to reap the rewards and the detrimental effects of the threefold law, to experience the return of the energies that they have sent out into the universe, to learn their lessons, to grow, to experience love and joy, to be tempered by pain and death.

The Divine is an infinite, eternal, cosmic universal presence that defies and confounds mankind’s limited perspective and consciousness. It is not something that we can apply to the one life, to the short period of existence that any human being knows. It is beyond that, it is across time and dimension and space. It is profoundly huge in its nature and as such its sense of justice, its sense of fairness, its sense of right action is beyond mankind’s comprehension. When mankind shakes his fist at the sky, abandons his path, calls the Divine, when mankind claims that his life is not fair, that there is no justice in the universe because of what has occurred, he does not comprehend or take into account that that has gone before that has led to this point or that that will follow it that will eventually resolve and heal that which has come to pass.

Mankind judges too quickly, too harshly and with too much arrogance. They believe that they know and understand, that their morals, that their virtues, that their laws define the nature of their reality when they do not. They believe they have all the truths, all the perspectives, they believe that they have weighed all the facts, all the relevant details but they cannot, for many of these details, these facts, exist in previous incarnations stored in the Akasha, stored in the consciousness of the higher self, of the murderer, the terrorist, the rapist, the victim. Stored in the higher consciousness of the rich, the famous, the successful, the entrepreneur. Mankind cannot possibly condemn or judge another person, an event or situation because they do not possess this knowledge, because they do not perceive the pattern that has led to that one tiny, single moment in time.

This of course implies that religion, that society, that culture and convention, that civilisation and community have got it wrong. That the rules that they apply, that they teach, are irrelevant, that they have no true presence or function within the world. And this is true. These rules serve a function. They outline a basis of behaviour. They strive to maintain order and a sequence of community and society that is constructive and positive, that encourages growth and love. But these laws, these rules, they are illusionary, they are limited, they are finite, irrespective of their supposed source and in time they will be transcended, they will be transformed, they will be changed. Ultimately not to the detriment of your world. Hopefully not to its destruction. But the society of the future will be a very different society to the one in which you live at this moment in time. Things that you now would consider to be heretical, obscene, antisocial, will be acceptable, comprehendible, the norm. And because of the ascended perspective, because of the altered state of consciousness that mankind will at one point in the future achieve, they will be closer to living as eternal beings. No longer shaking their fists at the sky. No longer judging or condemning, no longer believing the universe to be unfair or unjust but rather seeing the pattern that flows from one period of time to another, from one incarnation to another, the pattern of energy that dictates the nature of the now.

And so, how do we live in the now? What course do we follow? How do we make sense of what has been given? Of what has been said? How do we teach our children to be? How do we ourselves act and react to the world around us? The answer is simple. Right action is an energy which flows through everything. It is the voice of our conscience. It is the silent and invisible will that guides us to do right, to abide by convention and transcend it. To listen to the laws outlined to us by our society and community and to resist them. To acknowledge the teachings that have been outlined by our parents, by our teachers, by our religious leaders and to transform them. It is the ever-changing. It is the ever-present power and force of the Divine Plan that underpins and underlies each and every thing. Every person has the capacity to sense the flow of right action. To divine for themselves that part of the Divine Plan that they are to tread, that they are to manifest and bring into being. Each and every person has the capacity to feel it and know it and express it and become part of it or to resist it, to work against the stream, to try to oppose the manifestation of the Divine Plan and presence on Earth. All we have to do is to listen, to pause, to be still, to go within into the temple of our heart where the voice of the soul can be heard. To feel what is right and what is wrong, to feel what we should do, what we should say, to feel what rules should be abided by and what rules should be challenged, to feel what we should work towards changing and reforming in our world.

The world is comprised of many different truths, of many different views, of many different perceptions of right action, of universal truth. These threads combine to create the most beautiful and diverse tapestry. Eventually this beautiful pattern will be woven into one single thread, one single design. But up until that point the diversity of the pattern is part of the process that leads to unity, truth, the way, right action. For each individual it is different. This is not and has never been the problem with your world. The problem is when this truth becomes static, when it does not change or grow or evolve, when man in his arrogance believes that the truth that they have been given, that they have stumbled upon, that they have created, is absolute rather than comprehending that nothing is absolute until the point of unity, until the point of enlightenment and ascension with the Divine.

We must then, you must, be true to yourselves; you must listen to your truth, to your guidance. You must find your way, your sense of right action. You must be clear in regards to its motivations, in regards to its ramifications, in regards to its end. And you must live your life authentically, standing within your power, exercising your truth, bringing forward your piece of the Divine Plan. Manifestation within your universe in your eyes is slow, divine law, divine justice, right action, more so than many other things. Those who radiate darkness out into the world will at some point in their existence experience that darkness threefold. Those who commit crimes, who express themselves inappropriately, flowing against right action, causing harm and pain to others, create karma that they will have to reap. There is no action that does not create an opposite and equal reaction in the world. It is simply that sometimes these actions are much slower to manifest than you would imagine. Everything has a function. Everything has a purpose. It is just difficult sometimes for mankind to ascertain it, for mankind to see it. In order to do so you need not to judge it but to feel it and recognise within it the power of truth.

I am the Archangel Michael, I am the angel of justice and truth and I have come to give you this message in order to help you contemplate why your world is as it is at this moment in time. Why seemingly there are people who commit atrocities and do not pay for their crimes. Why the rules of your society are changing. Why the nature of your reality is so different from what it used to be and how to live within it, how to choose right from wrong. And so to that end here is a small prayer to remember and to say when you are confused, when you find it difficult to see the course of justice, right action, the Divine Plan, the presence of the Divine or when you do not know what you must do. Focusing your energy upon the heart and opening it, simply say these words:

“ Divine Source of light, open my eyes, open my mind, open my heart. Let me see that that can only be seen by you. Let me know that that can only be known by your mind. Let me be strong and true. Let me flow in accordance with right action and do what must be done in order to contribute to your plan. In love and light and peace let this be so.”

Your world is a beautiful one and although there is much darkness, much sorrow and much pain there is still much joy, much beauty and much love. If you are to become the people who you are meant to be, you must allow more of the essence of your divinity to shine forwards. You must release your judgement and start to look upon the world with the eyes of the Divine. Go forth blessed and protected by this angel’s light. In love and truth let this then be so. So mote it be. Amen.

Channelled by Edwin Courtenay

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