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The Earth wants us to be channels for her.
Speaker:The Earth wants us to learn how to
listen to her voice and to bring
Speaker:those messages into our
actions, our expressions,
Speaker:and our interactions with others.
Speaker:Hello and welcome back to
Remember Why You Are Here,
Speaker:a podcast for seekers and sensitives
where you can relax, receive,
Speaker:reconnect yourself and remember
the most important thing of all:
Speaker:why you're here. I'm Asia
Suler, earth intuitive,
Speaker:author, teacher, and channel.
Speaker:So I have been using
channeling in my work now for a
Speaker:decade.
Speaker:I started teaching channeling
couple of years after I
Speaker:really began incorporating
it into my work.
Speaker:So I've now been through many years of
guiding other people through learning how
Speaker:to channel,
Speaker:and I really find it to be just
one of the most helpful tools,
Speaker:not only in intuitive work or in
Speaker:creative work, but just
in life in general.
Speaker:It's one of those practices
now I tune into on a daily
Speaker:basis. I use channeling for
creating podcast episodes,
Speaker:clearly, especially my intuitive
readings, but just episodes in general.
Speaker:I use channeling to create my classes,
Speaker:to help me make decisions in my life.
Speaker:It is one of my absolute favorite tools,
Speaker:and it's something I'm really
passionate about helping other people to
Speaker:access. In large part,
Speaker:because I truly believe
we are all channels;
Speaker:human beings are natural channels.
Speaker:And so this is not a skill that is
reserved for the elite. In fact,
Speaker:it's a skill that is innate to all
of us that we can all access and that
Speaker:when we can access in this way, when we
have the tools to know how to channel,
Speaker:we can just lead these lives
that are so much more graceful,
Speaker:so much more supported.
Speaker:We can move through the world with
this feeling of confidence and
Speaker:clarity.
Speaker:This has been up for me in a really
big way this past fall as I've been on
Speaker:this sabbatical, writing my second book,
Speaker:because there's this level
in which all creativity is
Speaker:channeling. Good creativity. The
kind of creativity where we're like,
Speaker:where did that come from? Or we see a
painting or we hear a song and we're like,
Speaker:wow, this is connecting to me
to something I can't even name.
Speaker:How did they come up with
this? That's channeling.
Speaker:And there's all different
things we can channel,
Speaker:all different ways we can channel.
And I go into that into the recording.
Speaker:I'm about to share how to
start channeling, but to me,
Speaker:that's where all the richest
art really comes from.
Speaker:So while I have been deep
in research this fall
Speaker:and in scholarship and
experiential things while I write,
Speaker:I'm also channeling constantly all
the time to bring this through.
Speaker:I was reflecting on this in particular
because when I made this recording,
Speaker:it was right before my last book came out.
Speaker:And so it just felt like
such a sweet thing to
Speaker:reshare now, as I step into
creating this next book,
Speaker:and as I realize that
I've taken everything I've
learned through writing that
Speaker:first book, my first book
Mirrors in the Earth,
Speaker:I've taken everything that I've learned
in writing Mirrors in the Earth,
Speaker:and I have now expanded
upon that in this next book.
Speaker:I've taken the practice
that I had of channeling,
Speaker:this practice that I didn't
even have a name for at first,
Speaker:but realized with time was channeling,
Speaker:was channeling these
messages from the earth,
Speaker:and now I'm wielding it consciously.
Speaker:And it's been really incredible to
see what happens when you become a
Speaker:conscious channel,
Speaker:and that is just so much of
what this guide is about.
Speaker:So if you are interested
in how to start channeling,
Speaker:keep listening because I'm going
to detail the steps for you to
Speaker:begin to step into this channel
that is uniquely your own,
Speaker:this channel that you are.
Speaker:In my last decade of working as a
teacher, writer and practitioner,
Speaker:I started to realize something.
Speaker:The information that was coming
through me wasn't coming from me.
Speaker:It wasn't coming from my mind.
Speaker:I realized this because I would be in
session with a client or I'd be teaching a
Speaker:class and all of a sudden this
information would come through me
Speaker:and it was deeply healing,
Speaker:not only for the person I was speaking
with or the class I was sitting with,
Speaker:but for me.
Speaker:Receiving that message and that
information was a healing experience unto
Speaker:itself.
Speaker:And I started to realize as the years
went on that this is channeling.
Speaker:Now, I firmly believe that we
all have this ability to channel.
Speaker:I am not special in this way.
Speaker:Every single one of us here on this
planet is a channel and we're all
Speaker:really being called to inhabit
that specific channel now.
Speaker:This is your guide to stepping into the
Speaker:channel that you are.
Speaker:I used to be freaked out by the concept
of channeling when I was younger.
Speaker:I thought it meant giving over conscious
control of yourself, your body,
Speaker:your personality,
Speaker:and that it meant opening up to entities
that I really didn't know anything
Speaker:about or frankly wasn't
even sure I could trust.
Speaker:Then I realized something:
Speaker:channeling at its most basic is
just opening to a wider wisdom
Speaker:than what we can access with our
conscious mind. And the fact is,
Speaker:we're all it all the time.
Speaker:So if you've ever gotten dressed up
for a date and you were really feeling
Speaker:your fierceness or thinking
about a movie star or a rock star
Speaker:who you wanted to embody,
that's channeling.
Speaker:Or maybe you had to give a speech and
you thought about a mentor or a teacher
Speaker:who really means something to you in your
life and you are bringing that energy
Speaker:into your body and into your
speech, that is also channeling.
Speaker:The key is to become a conscious channel,
Speaker:to really decide who and what
type of energies you want to
Speaker:embody, what you want to
channel or bring into your life.
Speaker:So we all have the ability
to tap into our wider wisdom:
Speaker:aspects of yourself, your wider self,
Speaker:your higher self, your divine,
Speaker:or perhaps any beings in the non-physical
world or physical world that you
Speaker:feel drawn to or look up to. You can
bring that energy into your body,
Speaker:into your life to help guide
you, make better decisions,
Speaker:to live out the full authenticity
of yourself and to really find and
Speaker:isolate the choices in your life that
hold the most light and potential for you.
Speaker:So what is channeling really at its most
basic channeling is just a frequency
Speaker:shift.
Speaker:You can feel it like in that example of
going out on a date or being about to
Speaker:give a talk, you can
feel your energy shift.
Speaker:And so this frequency shift is you
deciding to tune into a different kind of
Speaker:energy, a wider energy,
Speaker:an energy that you really want
to embody and feel in your life.
Speaker:,For me,
Speaker:true healing channeling
is stepping into wiser,
Speaker:loving,
Speaker:benevolent energy and letting that
energy move through me to heal me
Speaker:and to help me in my endeavors.
Speaker:So when we shift our frequency or
our energy in this way to be open
Speaker:to channeling a certain energy
or frequency... For example,
Speaker:you could decide to
channel an old growth tree.
Speaker:It doesn't always have to be that
you're channeling an archangel or
Speaker:one of your guides. You can channel
anything. That's the beauty of channeling,
Speaker:because everything has energy. So when
you decide to open up to channeling,
Speaker:you can also receive life guidance,
Speaker:receive support in making decisions,
Speaker:and overall just infuse your life
with a different feeling state.
Speaker:So how do you start channeling? How do
you start consciously channeling? Well,
Speaker:I think the best way to start is to
get clear in your intentions of who
Speaker:or what you want to
channel or interact with.
Speaker:When we get specific with our intentions,
we're actually directing our energy.
Speaker:We are making this direct energetic
connection to that entity or
Speaker:that energy that we really want to embody.
Speaker:Once we get clear on who or what
we want to channel in our life,
Speaker:then that's the time to call
in your circle of protection.
Speaker:So you can call in colors,
you can call in guides,
Speaker:perhaps animal guides that
are in your life, ancestors,
Speaker:any beings in the physical or non-physical
world that feel protective to you,
Speaker:that help you feel that sense of safety.
Speaker:So you're going to call
in that circle of safety,
Speaker:and this is really just helping to support
you in making a clear connection to
Speaker:that energy that you
are wanting to channel.
Speaker:So once you feel that
that connection is open,
Speaker:and over time you'll learn how to
really tune into the subtlety of that.
Speaker:But I know for me it often
feels like a relaxing,
Speaker:I can sense my mind starting to quiet
down a little bit and almost like
Speaker:an eye dilating or a camera lens opening,
Speaker:I sense myself expanding in this way
while another part of my mind quiets
Speaker:down. So once you sense
this connection is open,
Speaker:that's when you can drop into
the active channeling part.
Speaker:So I recommend either starting
with written or spoken channeling.
Speaker:So this is just a way for you to translate
what you're feeling into words you
Speaker:can revisit later. So when
you do written channeling,
Speaker:you just get a piece of paper and once
you sense that you're in that soft,
Speaker:receptive, connected state,
you just start writing.
Speaker:And I think it's good to set a timer
for something like five minutes so you
Speaker:don't put too much pressure on yourself
that you're going to download a whole
Speaker:manifesto. Just give yourself five
minutes and write stream of consciousness.
Speaker:So get your pen on the paper and don't
lift your hand until that timer is
Speaker:up. And just see what comes through.
Speaker:Try not to think about it
as it's flowing through you.
Speaker:Don't judge it or evaluate it
as it's moving through you,
Speaker:just keep writing and then you'll
be able to read it at the end.
Speaker:What I have found about written and
spoken channeling is that after I
Speaker:read it or listen to it back,
it's often actually quite simple.
Speaker:And sometimes people get discouraged
looking at this and think, well,
Speaker:this is so simple. Like for
example, might say something like,
Speaker:"we want you to love yourself," or "spend
more time outside." But the thing is
Speaker:you're not looking for the
complexity of the words.
Speaker:You're looking for the energy behind them,
Speaker:because that's really what you're
bringing in and capturing through these
Speaker:words, whether you're writing
them or you're speaking them.
Speaker:So if you want to do spoken channeling,
Speaker:you can just get your phone or any
other recording device, like a computer,
Speaker:and just press record and start
Speaker:speaking. So for me,
Speaker:it helps to close my eyes or otherwise
have a soft gaze so I'm not so focused on
Speaker:the world around me. And again,
Speaker:I just start speaking and I keep
speaking and I try to just continue on.
Speaker:If at any point you get stuck,
whether writing or speaking,
Speaker:try repeating the same thing,
Speaker:this will help you actually attune your
mind to the energy that's coming in
Speaker:and make sense so that
the flow can continue on.
Speaker:When you feel complete
or when the timer's up,
Speaker:take a moment to thank the energy
that you've connected with, and then,
Speaker:after your channeling session, immediately
after, or, take some time later,
Speaker:and then go back and
look at what you wrote.
Speaker:Sometimes it will take some time for
it to really land with you. Again,
Speaker:it's the energy that you're looking for
and the energy that we're really wanting
Speaker:to pinpoint here is this
energy of loving non-judgment
Speaker:and benevolence. The energies
that you want to channel,
Speaker:the entities that you want to channel,
Speaker:that is the energy that they're going to
hold. And I often recommend for people,
Speaker:if it's their first time doing this,
Speaker:to just try and tune into your
wider self or your higher self,
Speaker:whatever term makes sense for you.
Speaker:The part of you that has the bird's
eye view to tune into that part of you,
Speaker:that's a very safe,
solid-feeling place to start.
Speaker:And from that place,
Speaker:you can be pretty clear that if
something comes in that has a
Speaker:tinge of judgment or criticism to it,
Speaker:you can be sure that you weren't
actually channeling this being of
Speaker:love and light that you had intended to
channel. And you know what? That's okay.
Speaker:We're all in a process of learning how
to channel what we want to channel.
Speaker:For example,
Speaker:instead of channeling the news we heard
that day or channeling the patterns we
Speaker:had from childhood. As I said,
we're all channeling all the time.
Speaker:So we're just learning
how to change the channel,
Speaker:literally how to change our frequency
to channel what we want to channel.
Speaker:So if what you wrote or what you
spoke had that tinge of judgment to
Speaker:it, or there's a way in which
it doesn't make you feel good,
Speaker:then you can know it just
wasn't quite the right channel.
Speaker:And that's totally okay because you're
learning how to do this and you will try
Speaker:again. You will know that
it's the right channel,
Speaker:that it was the energy you
wanted to connect to because
no matter how simple the
Speaker:words are, the feeling of
it will make you feel good.
Speaker:It will make you feel expansive, free,
Speaker:understood.
Speaker:Even when the guidance or the information
is around something like a life
Speaker:change or something we need to shift,
Speaker:there will still be an aspect
of it that just by hearing it,
Speaker:it will make you feel free. And that's
how you know you've got the good stuff.
Speaker:My job for the last 10 years
has been all about working in
Speaker:tandem with the earth to
channel healing for people,
Speaker:whether that's making medicine,
Speaker:teaching classes in wild spaces
or working one-on-one with
Speaker:clients. And over the last 10 years
of working intimately with the earth,
Speaker:in all these ways, I
have learned something:
Speaker:the earth wants us to be channels for her.
Speaker:The earth wants us to learn
how to listen to her voice,
Speaker:to listen to the plants and
the animals and the stones,
Speaker:and to bring those messages into
our day-to-day lives and to bring
Speaker:them into our actions, our expressions,
and our interactions with others,
Speaker:to listen to her voice,
Speaker:to listen to the plants and
the animals and the stones,
Speaker:and to bring those messages into
our day-to-day lives and to bring
Speaker:them into our actions, our expressions,
and our interactions with others.
Speaker:Humans have this unique ability
to both intuit information
Speaker:from their surroundings,
from the living world,
Speaker:and then to use their intention and their
incredible abilities of communication
Speaker:to pass that information
on, to share it with others.
Speaker:The bedrock of any change is culture,
Speaker:and the way that we create and
shift culture and revolutionize
Speaker:culture is through this
intuitive connection.
Speaker:It is through this ability to speak to
the living world, to the wider world,
Speaker:to understand the
messages it's bringing us,
Speaker:and to infuse those messages into
creating the kind of lives and cultures we
Speaker:want to be a part of.
Speaker:Over this last 10 years of working
intimately with people, plants,
Speaker:stones, in the living world,
Speaker:I have had amazing
experiences of self revelation
Speaker:and healing and tandem
with the natural world.
Speaker:And I'm so excited now to announce
that those experiences and the
Speaker:profound messages that this earth
is passing on through me are now
Speaker:available in my first
book, Mirrors in the Earth:
Speaker:Reflections on self-healing
from the living World.
Speaker:This book has been a true labor of love,
and it's been a healing experience.
Speaker:It's been a channeling experience.
And how do I know that?
Speaker:Because writing it has healed me.
Speaker:The book is about this core concept
that the earth wants us to learn about
Speaker:ourselves, to understand ourselves,
Speaker:and to embrace ourselves with compassion,
Speaker:because it is through learning
self-compassion that we step into the
Speaker:gifts we are here to bring to this earth.
Speaker:The book is a series of reflections
given to us from the natural world that
Speaker:show you just how good you are,
how precious and how worthy,
Speaker:by looking at all of the natural
processes going on around us.
Speaker:The natural magics of the earth reflect
back to you just how natural and
Speaker:magical you are. So now, I
would love to hear from you,
Speaker:as I describe channeling,
Speaker:are you realizing that you actually
have had an experience like this before?
Speaker:What was that experience like?
Speaker:And I'm particularly curious now that
we've talked about this idea of being a
Speaker:channel for the earth,
Speaker:have you ever received a message from
the earth - maybe from a plant or an
Speaker:animal or a landscape - and
if so, what was that message?
Speaker:What came through for you?
Speaker:The things that we each receive
are essential and vital.
Speaker:We are all receiving
a part of the healing.
Speaker:And together when we each bring
forth what we've experienced,
Speaker:what we've heard, what we know to be
true, and what the earth has given us,
Speaker:we can become a part of healing the whole.
Speaker:So I hope that this guide was helpful
for you. If you begin to channel,
Speaker:I would love to hear more about
how that has gone for you,
Speaker:what comes up, the messages you receive.
Speaker:You can leave me a comment or head
over to AsiaSuler.com/remember and
Speaker:leave me a voice note.
Speaker:And if you're interested in being
guided to connect with the Earth,
Speaker:to specifically use writing as a
form of channeling to access the
Speaker:earth's wisdom and ignite your creativity,
Speaker:I have an online nature writing workshop
and series of magic lessons called
Speaker:Writing the Earth's Voice.
Speaker:This four module course was designed to
help you connect with the sentience of
Speaker:nature, so you can really understand
the nature of your creative gifts.
Speaker:Inside the course,
Speaker:I guide you to make direct contact
with your healing guides in nature.
Speaker:I help you tap into your abilities as
what I'm calling an "earth oracle" so that
Speaker:you can understand more about
your unique creative gifts.
Speaker:I will walk you through channeling
earth energy for healing and revelation,
Speaker:and really walk you to
the door of this enchanted
Speaker:world that we live in,
Speaker:so you can access the stream of guidance
and wisdom that lives in the earth.
Speaker:Because you are here to play a
unique part in the earth's evolution
Speaker:and Writing the Earth's voice,
Speaker:the channeling and the creativity that
we undertake within this special writing
Speaker:workshop, is here to help you
understand that unique part.
Speaker:I often say that this workshop is spending
the afternoon in a magical cottage at
Speaker:the end of the woods.
Speaker:So if you're interested
in a cozy experience of
stepping into a flow state of
Speaker:creativity and communion with
nature, head on over to my website,
Speaker:AsiaSuler.com and check
out that course there.
Speaker:So thank you so much for listening.
Thank you for being here.
Speaker:Thank you for being the
channel that you are.
Speaker:What you are bringing onto this planet
is so important, it's so necessary.
Speaker:And the light that you embody
just by being who you are
Speaker:is the biggest force of healing you
could ever bring to this planet.
Speaker:So thank you. And may all these
connections that you're making,
Speaker:may all of the energies that you tune
into and channel and all the ways in which
Speaker:you're expanding your
understanding of who you are,
Speaker:help you remember that most
important thing of all:
Speaker:why you're here.
