Channeling Some Things

Sometimes when wishing I could channel 

Divine wisdom, I realize

All of us human beings are channels of or 

For some things

And the somethings are important

If I talk about hearing spiritual guides or voices 

Tell me about the ways you experience life

Feeling guided or stunned by whatever you channel

Whatever you see or hear

Witness in your body

Smell or taste

What are some things you channel?

Sometimes we channel our conditioning, our

Programmed patterns from the past

(mostly unconsciously)

Believing some of the stories we tell ourselves about

Ourselves, about life, about others, about death

We channel the fears that we may have inherited

The fears that we have helped to create

The fears of some realities that are horrid and torturous

The fears of our nightmares and daymares

The fears of human life and suffering

We channel anxieties

As if they own us or control us

Arising unexpectedly, vociferously

During times of great stress or loss

Times of chaos and pain

What is channeling? 

What or who are we channeling?

Channeling needs a conduit

Channeling is something that comes 

Through us

Whether from outside, inside, all around us, or 

From some divine or evil or in-between spirits

(Life is not always so black and white)

Channeling can come in words, feelings

Thoughts, obsessions and images

Often artistic and creative

Moving through us and hopefully into

Our conscious minds and awareness

Maybe our channelings are somethings 

We intuit or just know to be true

We can challenge some of

Channelings at times

Do they bear any resemblance

To the realities in which we live, and if not

What other realities might we be channeling?

Can control our channelings

Our feelings, thoughts, experiences?

Probably not

Channelings may be like the weather

They come and go, sometimes

In predictable patterns

And sometimes not

We don’t control them

But, we can be open and willing 

To whatever comes our way

We can be curious about our channelings

With a sense of humor and humility, knowing

We aren’t always right, correct or accurate

About some things

Knowing ourselves better and more deeply helps us

Shine a loving light toward and around other

Humans and all living beings

Next time you hear someone talk about

Channeling some being that lived long ago

Smile to yourself and know that

You, too, are a channeler of

Some things and

The somethings matter