I continue to meet with clairvoyant and channel Pat Bruckmann to help facilitate her channeling sessions. We work collaboratively and I am there mostly to provide a second perspective of someone who has not been given material from this source for years. I ask questions that hopefully others would naturally be wondering at the appropriate times and also build a dialogue with THEY WHO SPEAK that sparks the introduction of interesting material in general (although they are quite clear that they have an agenda of material they wish to bring to humanity via the channeling, they also wish for the process to remain a fluid dialogue as we have been conducting it).

Pat and I both got busy over the holiday season and just met today for the first time after having missed two weeks. Toward the end of the session I brought up a question that she and I had discussed earlier – would there be value in channeling predictive material? There was a long involved answer (to be made available in its entirely on 36stones.com in the new year) but what really sparked my interest was their statement that we should exercise caution with what we ask and that an answer will not always be given. I asked them to elaborate. They explained that if too much information is provided given a future event then that information can go out into the world, affect people’s perceptions and activities and perhaps change the unfolding of the future event itself. I asked if they had a sense about WHEN giving information regarding the future could have this negative effect and they said yes. I asked HOW they could know. They explained something about how they could see things in steps– if there were 10 steps between a person and the door, they could see things broken down and how at step 3 a bird may fly by and hit the person in the face and how the other steps may change if the bird does not hit the person because the person knew to duck. (I am probably not doing their words justice here and will refer to the transcript when available.) Then I asked them if their ability to see all of these things, future events and things laid out in steps as they were describing, was an artifact of their existence in another dimension. They said, yes…that was sort of it.

Now this is where it got fun. I asked them, then if they could be wrong about things in the present…for example if I was hiding a blue ball from vision in my hand and asked them what color the ball in my hand was, if it was possible for them to get a question like that in the present tense physical world wrong. I think at that point they may have chuckled at me a bit over on their “side” wherever they were. They stated that they could infact materialize the blue ball in my hand if they wanted to, but that was not the point of their work. They went on a long discussion that basically made it clear that WE choose to incarnate into this wretched delusion of separateness (my words, not theirs)…which is necessary for the human experience, all the growth and unfolding involved. They feel no need to perform “parlor tricks” (their words) or prove themselves as this defeats the purpose of our journey. They also said that if everything was known to mankind regarding what it truly is to exist in spirit, then there would simply be no one left here. And yet, I find myself confused by the paradox that we WERE in the comfy, happy beautiful loving spirit zone when we for some INSANE reason thought it would be a good idea to incarnate on this planet (I am being a bit sarcastic…bare with me). I did understand their point and thought it was a good one. While trying to have a conversation with them about how it would be awesome if they would materialize stuff in my hand in front of people so that everyone would then listen to their message, they shut me down so fast (wouldn’t even let me finish that not-so-brilliant question) that I found myself unable to counter with anything except: yes. I understand. you’re right. (and kind of a silent “darn” to myself.) I realize that I am a two-year old to them..an awesome two-year old that they are fond of, but still a two year old.

Pat is my friend. She has many qualities about her that I really enjoy being around. It is interesting for me to now begin to develop a kind of friendship and working relationship with a different consciousness that is coming through her. It looks like her and sounds like her voice but sure doesn’t feel like her or choose words like her. And there is this relationship developing between me and them through my already existing friend Pat as a kind of microphone. Its just a bizarre experience to the senses at first. When we close the session, they leave, she quickly wakes up and then we have a whole bunch of stuff to say to each other and its time for us to catch up on things, kind of like she was away for the past hour and now its time to hang out with her again.

The truth about humanity right now is that we are all over the place with our levels of understanding. What I have to share here will seem to be at the infant level to some people who are experienced with metaphysical and transpersonal concepts. To others, they may think that I am in danger of being possessed by demons and should spend more time in church. I hope there is a group of people out there who can appreciate hearing what it is like to experience this from someone used to breaking things down and attempting to think in concrete terms. I have been told over and over again in the metaphysical world that thinking will get me nowhere. They could be right. There is a large number of people in that community who feel that the human brain has very little to contribute in this arena and that a different “heart-based” knowing comes into play. What I know about ME and my path is that I have to give it my best shot and at least try to think about it. I have to think about these phenomenal things that are happening to me each day right now, because they contradict most of what I was taught my whole life about how the world and reality works. To me, that is very important. I have found out from personal experience that mainstream accepted knowledge has it wrong in many cases. It’s not enough for me to simply stop trying to think about these exciting things and just accept them.

Maybe it comes from being a doctor. I learned ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support). I learned a sequence of applying chest compressions, electric shocks and IV drugs that all the data said would give a person their best chance of hanging onto life in the physical world. Thinking brought all of that about. Then I got to run codes on people in the process of dying. I got to see some of those people go home with their families. On a very basic, personal, concrete level- I GET the value of thought! In all honesty, I have to criticize the metaphysical world for its at times arrogant disdain of critical thinking. Thought has gotten us a ways in the physical world. What if someday we could measure the energy that is a “soul” that attaches to a body at birth (or conception..who knows) and leaves at death. There are many many people who walk this earth who truly believe they are only their body and everything goes into complete dark nothingness someday for them…wouldn’t that science, that thinking, that proof of energy change at birth and death change everything for those poeple..give them hope and inspire a new way of living? Don’t get me started. There are millions of examples of how our collective consciousness could be transformed into something happier, kinder and more beautiful with a richer understanding brought about by responsible scientific investigation of the spiritual/metaphysical. This is my passion, by no mistake. THEY WHO SPEAK are already taking amused notice of my analytical mind…this is going to be fun for all involved as I am passionately wired this way. I’m also humbly willing to learn as I stay true to my inner voice!

May your heart be filled with joy over these holidays, whatever they mean to you. Take time to notice the wonderful scents, scenes and most of all take some time to LAUGH at yourself!