We would like to talk about the potential for a swine flu pandemic.

As we see it the recent attention to what has been called the 'swine flu" is but one manifestation of what is likely to be an outcropping of a number of different rapidly mutating flu strains that are going to be making their way around the world.

You've had avian flu, you now have swine flu, and if you know anything about the replicating mechanisms behind the viruses responsible for these flus, you know that they are able to rapidly mutate. You have also set the stage for this series of mutations by creating a very hospitable environment in which "super viruses" can grow and proliferate. You have created this hospitable environment by your seeming attention to detail when it comes to certain aspects of cleanliness, personal hygiene and antibacterial formulations, and also because of the way you treat your water and sewage systems. We could also go into the whole factory farm industry and its overuse of antibiotics — all of this together  has created this really juicy environment for these mutating strains to change at a rate that will be impossible to keep up with medically.

We see the potential being relatively high at this point for millions of people to die from various flu strains as they make their way around the world within the next two years — and this is only the beginning. You have created a global economy and a global awareness. People are traveling and are eating foods from all kinds of places. Your awareness of where things come from in your life is so diminished that you could be touching a keyboard created in China that was coughed on by someone who was ill before they even knew that they were ill. So these viruses are going to be difficult to contain.

Because these strains will be rapidly mutating, the medical industry is also eventually going to go through a rapid change in focus as a result. In other words, the eventual fallout of this to the western medical community will result in a big change in focus from what it has been. The economy of the pharmaceutical industries is going to collapse in the long term — for other reasons as well, but this will be the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.

People's immune system response, in general, is lower now. The way that people eat has changed, mostly in Western countries, but truly everywhere because there are few countries that are not westernized to the point of being removed from one's roots. The way that most people eat (processed foots, eating foods that didn't come from your surrounding area, eating foods that are not right for you genetically based on your racial heritage, eating genetically modified foods, and eating foods that are either infected with a lot of harmful bacteria that your body then has to deal with, or are completely devoid of any helpful bacteria) is serving to greatly diminish the immune capacity of the species as a whole.

Much of this decreased immune response has been shored up artificially by the pharmaceutical industry. In other words, you are throwing drugs at various maladies in order to help you get over symptoms while not addressing the underlying causes, which are based on a lack of energetic strength or connection to chi. The more you as a people become divorced from the energy that is all around you that exists in nature, the energy that exists among one another, and the more you feel isolated and act as if you are isolated, the less connected you are with your own immune response.

We would say then that there is a better than 60% chance that what we have projected in terms of a pandemic — in other words, millions of deaths occurring due to a series of quickly mutating viruses — will be occurring within the next two years.

[Note: Approximately 60,000 people die of the flu in the United States alone every year, so this additional amount on a worldwide level does not look like a true epidemic.  Polaris did not indicate that this particular virus was going to be the cause, either.  They certainly do not support adding fear to this mix.  More was mentioned on what you can do at the May Monthly Message]

We have been as yet somewhat incomplete in our explanation of what we mean when we say "Love".

Love to you - in your perception that is based on cultural tradition, social cues, literature, music and real emotion - is limited.   It's limited in part because your perceptions are inherently limited, because you perceive what there is on the physical plane, which are things that you can touch feel things, imagine, see, hear, smell or taste.

But when we say love, we don't limit that to this good "heart" feeling that you get when culturally and socially you think of the work love.  We mean complete presence: a complete awareness.

And so saying that love is attention is accurate.  When you give your attention to something, you're not judging it.  You're not deeming it worthy, unworthy, good, bad, painful or beautiful. You are simply noticing.  You are simply being with it - and this is love.

Once there was a cat in a small village near some mountains.  It was a traditional village in every sense of the word: things happened there much as they had happened for hundreds of years.  There was a baker, a butcher, a priest, and many farmers who came to town periodically.

This cat, however, was not traditional.  Not that he thought of himself as such.  He simply did whatever he wanted.  And he wanted to do things differently.

Every afternoon, he would wander through the village square, and every time he did so, he did something new.  He didn't do these new things for any other reason other than it felt natural to him.  One time he simply stopped in the center of the street and took a bath while he knew everyone was watching.  One time he playfully attached himself to the mayor and would not let go until he received enough petting.  Many times he simply walked differently, with a bounce in his step.  He stopped at odd times.  He wasn't upset or even concerned with other's reactions.

At first, the villagers thought there was something wrong with the cat.  It was a small enough village that everyone knew each other, so at night they would discuss what could be going on with this cat that did not act like a traditional cat.

After some months, however, they began to realize that the cat was truly enjoying himself.  It was all done out of play.  And so they began to enjoy themselves while watching the cat.  Instead of discussing what was wrong with the cat every evening, when they got together they laughed at the antics of the cat.  The butcher left out choice meats for the cat, which of course the cat thought was natural.  He continued to do things differently, but not out of any desire for reward.  He simply did what he wanted in every moment.  He acted as was natural for him without restraint.

After a year or so, the villagers had gotten used to seeing something new every day from the cat.  They saw how much joy he had.  So one or two tried to do things differently as well.  It wasn't every day at first, and they didn't even realize they were doing it.  Some walked differently and stopped to look at odd things.  Some playfully started strange conversations with other villagers, so as to get to know them better.  The baker experimented with new treats.  The butcher tried selling marinated meats that he had dreamed of.  The priest started telling odd stories in his sermons . They didn't think about it much, but instead did it out of a new, burgeoning curiosity.

This created, in turn, new talks about how these people were destroying tradition.  It created some fear.  But after another few months, they realized that there was more fun in the village.  There was more honest joy about seeing each other, as there could now always be something new to experience.

The cat of course noticed this, but didn't get affected at all.  It simply continued to do things differently and enjoyed himself all the while.

After a few more years, some passing university students noticed that the atmosphere in this village was different.  While at the local tavern, there wasn't a dismissal of their ideas - there was curiosity.  There wasn't necessarily mutual understanding, but there was enough true communication that the students felt enlivened.  They had heard new ideas, and afterwards they felt more ideas coming to them.  They parted the village with a sense of newness in them.

In a year or two more, one of these students had inherited his father's fortune and decided to create a new home near the village.  This person was a scientist and wanted to run experiments to expand his knowledge in a place where he felt at home.  New inventions were created which caught the ear of others, and soon more people of a similar disposition had homes near this village which had expanded to a town by now.

In time, this now-town became what intellectuals called "enlightened".  It became a center of learning and the arts.

The cat continued to do what he wanted.  And had a wonderful, joyous life.

On Apr 14, Karen was invited to a 30 minute segment on ThatChannel's flagship TV and radio program, Liquid Lunch.

It was quite an event, with half being an interview with Karen herself, and then Karen allowing Polaris through for some wonderful new and live channeling on the nature of time and how presence and awareness affects the flow of time in your life.

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This month the energy is about “Renewal.” Many of you will be seeing and feeling renewed hope, feelings of increased peacefulness with what is happening around the world, and feelings of increased peacefulness on an inner level.  Renewal of the spirit, as well as the body.

This feeling is in sharp contrast, however, to some things that are happening or beginning to happen in many places around the world.  We have long spoken of change, and many of you have begun to feel it on an intrinsic level.  This deep level of change, a fundamental shift occurring around the globe and affecting ALL of you, has felt frightening at times.  Overwhelming.  But because a sharp turn was taken globally in an energetic nexus occurring at the end of last month (March), the new month brings with it not only all that change but also a decrease in levels of anxiety about it.

This question was asked in the "Ask Polaris" forum.  You can read the full question with all the background here, but the full question can be summarized as:

"This friend was missing, and I energetically searched for her and got a clear sense that she was alive, and then I found out she wasn't.  What was happening?"

We will approach this different ways. We will speak to the particular events that have been asked of us and we will also speak to generalities. In this particular case there was enough energy left behind by the departing soul so as to create a sense of reality to the person who was sensing her.  In other words, in the reality (the particular parallel)  in which Miché's friend exists, her relative died early on during this time period.  There was quite a lot of energy associated with it that she was able to tap into and to feel an "aliveness".  Upon receiving word that the person had died and had been found, that energy source was then immediately terminated and that sense of aliveness was no longer present.  However at the same time, there was a parallel in which she lived for some time afterward.

Let us take you on a journey.  This is, of course, a journey of Self and of discovery, an analogy for the journey you are taking this month energetically. Are you ready?

Think of something to take with you on this journey.  It can be anything -  one single thing - that you would most like to have with you on this journey.  It can be anything, from the concrete to the abstract. Your imagination is your limit.

Take some time now to savor this thing you are taking with you.  Feel it, hold it in your hand (if you can!).  Feel its edges (if it has them), and its weight.  Feel what energy it, too, carries with it, and how that makes YOU feel having it near you.  Really take time with this and imagine as much detail as you can before going on.

We are in New Zealand! This is a place that stayed under my radar for a long time, alternating between being "so far away" in my mind and "not that interesting," at least not when compared to more exotic places like India.

I couldn't have been more wrong.  Oh, it's far away, all right.  But it's a gorgeous country with lots of spiritual significance and we've only as yet explored a wee bit of it.  Matthew has been perfecting his Kiwi accent while I am determined to sample every odd-sounding culinary delicacy (today was chicken-flavored potato chips).  I am convinced that you can best get to know a culture by eating its food!

Question: There's a been a lot of focus on Obama and his inauguration.   Could you give perspective on who he is?   What are his agreements and relationships with those around him and with the population at large?  Please include some Michael Teachings terms in this!

Let us talk about this man who has been so inspiring for a great many people.  There is of course no accident in this.  This is a soul who has some experience in leading great numbers of people.  He has acted as a war general throughout various parts of history, including surrounding Alexander the great, in the Napoleonic wars and other times that are widely known throughout history.

This is a fourth level mature priest who is drawing on some sixth level energies in order to collect on some karma.  There are a great number of people who "owe him a favor", and this is a life that he is tying together quite a few loose ends in order to create a completion of sorts.

[Note that these terms are from the Michael Teachings perspective and are supplemental.  You can learn more about the terminology by following the links]

This is part of where his "air of service" comes from.  He has plans to affect a great number of people all at one time: the country and the world.  There are a great number of people who are going to be affected by who he is and the energy that he brings to this role that he is playing.   

Make no mistake, he is aware that he is playing a role.  There is more to the man than the role that you see.  But he has conscious awareness of his effect upon other people. 

This is a month of practice and repetition.  Feeling like things are familiar? That is because it is very likely you have already done them, or felt them, or thought them. If you are feeling, then, that you are simply stuck in old patterns of response and behavior because things just seem the same as they ever were, then understand that this is your last practice, your last exploration, before perhaps letting go of them for good. In order to move along, to take the next step, one must take stock of where one is at present. That is what we see happening for many of you now.

I went for a long walk today.

It feels like I've been sitting since early December. Oh, wait. I have been. I don't think I've been outside since November. For someone used to being active and outside, this was a huge change. I went inward, contracted, became smaller. It was time to do something about that.

I live near a lake, in an outdoorsy community about fifteen minutes outside a smallish city in the northwest corner of Washington state. It's an hour south of Matthew in Vancouver B.C. (long story, but Canada wants me to maintain a residence in the U.S., or anywhere but Canada, so I've been here officially since December) in an area covered by tall tall evergreen trees. It's not for nothing they call this the Evergreen State, and it's one of the most beautiful areas I've ever been to, let alone lived in. It was time to get outside and be a part of it.

I have a confession to make: I'm not perfect. For that matter, neither are you. I'm totally okay with your non-perfection, and in fact I see perfection in your non-perfection—the very humanness that makes you the unique and loving person that is YOU. But in me it's another matter.

I "should" be perfect.

I mean, after all, I'm like this spiritual person, right? A channel? There's an implied perfection in that. Wisdom. Greatness. Enlightenment. And yes, I've been around many, many times. I've had hundreds—thousands—of lifetimes. I have 24/7 access to Polaris, an enormously powerful and wise being (compared to our seemingly puny human cluelessness) who is here to simply help us be more of who we are. So I should be levitating by now, right?

Here is something that could be said to come from your Essence, your innermost core of YOU.

I hope it connects you to your true Self.

I love you unconditionally.

I am your darkest criticisms of yourself.
I am your most expansive hopes and dreams.
I am the creation of universes that goes on inside yourself.
I am the destruction of all that you choose to leave behind.

I am your most explosive, raging, vindictive anger.
I am your most childlike, idealist, pollyanna hopes.
I am your most melancholic, hopeless, despairing sadness.
I am your most ebullient, rhapsodic, ecstatic joy.
I am your most panic-stricken, terrified, traumatized fear.

I am your most tranquil, Buddha-like, serenic peace.
I am your most expansive, all knowing perceptions.
I am your most impenetrable, unavoidable and insurmountable blocks.

I am everything you can imagine that is within you, and I am what you hope you are not

 

You express that you want oneness with me, and I laugh.
For this is where you already are.
You ask me to tell you what to do and I lovingly roll my eyes.
For I speak to you through your own desires.

You are where you are meant to be.
You are doing what you are meant to do.
You are connecting with whom you are meant to be connected with.
You are being who you are meant to be.

You can look outward and see me in others' eyes
and through the rolling hills and sturdy trees of nature.
You can also see me through the quiet space inside
that appears to you in deep meditation.

 

I am all of YOU.
Welcome me.  All of me.
I am here for you—inside, within, and around you.
I AM you.

When you welcome Me, you welcome You, and then you live the rapturous joy of loving your Self.

Welcome me.  Welcome You.

I Am You. All of You.

 

If you've read the article on "What Is Channeling" and gone on to this, then you're likely having some resonance with channeling. Something appeals. You want to invite this energy — and the transformation that comes with it — into your life. It is helpful, however, to check in with your rational, decision making mind and explore what how personal channeled sessions can help you.

We can't speak for everyone, and can't speak for other channelers, but Talyaa checks in after her personal sessions and the landslide response from her clients is that "something major" happened.  Of course not everyone responds that way. It's not for everyone. And that's good - Talyaa is does this to help.  She wants to invite the people that it will help.  She's not reluctant to say when she feels she is not going to help, and then perhaps suggest a different path.

A channeled session is different from coaching or therapy. It has some similarities: if you start with that, add an authoratative presence and a powerful energetic healing, you'll get some of the recipe that channeling holds. You are, after all, connecting with the energy of a very large being from another plane of existance. Polaris connects with you before, during, and after your session in whatever way they know is most helpful.

There are many layers to channeling. There's the intellectual component — the words.  Talyaa brings a concise, accurate description of things that are inherently nebulous. There's also the emotional component: transmitting messages direct to your heart via the phrasing and energy. And yes, there's also the last component: the energy work. Even when it's not a focus, there is work during your session with your energetic field and with the meridians in your body.

That's all very nice, you say, but is it for you?

Who benefits from a channeling session?

Everyone benefits in some way — but not always in the same dramatic fashion. We find that the people most open to this type of guidance will resonate with the following:

• You have a feeling inside that something is "stuck". Life isn't moving. And you recognize that. You're ready to create change in your life.  You're open to a very different way of looking at life, one in which you can perceive things from a wider scope and see different possibilities. You are willing to ask very core-level questions and you want to know what's going on at the root of you so you can move forward.
• You are seeking to align with your life purpose. You know you're here for a reason, and you feel connections on a soul level both to yourself and to those around you.  You're here to make a difference.
• You're sensitive and aware, especially on an intuitive level. You're affected by group energy and people, sometimes quite strongly. You are looking to integrate all of it with your rational mind, to be able to bring it so that when you make decisions, you use all of your facilities, blending your thoughts and intuitions seamlessly.
• Bonus: you are familiar with energetic healing. The channeling of Polaris involves an enormous amount of healing energy and assists with making transformational shifts. (Don't worry, many people who aren't previously familiar with energetic healing report amazing changes in how their body feels even after one session.)

Information you can get from a channeling session

• Past lives affecting you now. Many times there are charges brought over from past lives into the current one, including "themes" which you explore over several lifetimes. Bringing this information to your conscious awareness can help you both to let go of pain you do not need at this time and to bring more awareness to what is affecting your choices now.
• Soul-level agreements. There's so much that goes on beyond our conscious awareness - what we call an essence level. Why are you in a relationship with this person that brings up such emotion? Why do you feel drawn to this career path? What helpful agreements have you made while in dream state?
• Who you are. Every lifetime we make choices that affect the set of perception lenses we wear for that life. No two people share the same perception. Knowing who you chose to be in this life and how you see things, as well as how others see you and react to your energy, helps you understand yourself on a deep level.  You'll know why you make certain choices, or react in certain situations the way you do.
• How to get your own guidance.  The best spiritual teachers are the ones who help you access your own deep inner wisdom.
• Energetic awareness. Channeling can bring words to what so many of us feel. Our society discounts "vibe," or the feeling you get when meeting someone or what you feel when among a group. Because of this, we often discount our own perceptions. Channeling gives information about what's going on at an energetic level, which can greatly help you to learn to trust your own perceptions.
• Empowerment. This is the biggie, what you will use for the rest of your life.  It incorporates all of the above.  Empowerment comes from having access to and trust of your own perceptions (so you aren't relying on channeling from others), as well as having a greater connection to the totality of who you are.  Without that connection, also called "the flow of your life", you tend to feel like you're being pushed around without having influence.  You see what's going on, but something else is making the choices for you.  Empowerment is above all about seeing the choices and the power you have to create your own life as you want it.  Without relying on advice from anyone else, including Talyaa.

Empowerment is what it's all about.  Channeling is always, always, ALWAYS about helping you develop your own perceptions and power. Trusting them. Polaris has a bigger, wider perception than ours, but your own wisdom and choice is always what's best for you.

Validation is always encouraged — especially if it's regarding something that doesn't quite feel right. Sometimes it isn't right for you, and it's good to explore the reasons for that feeling. Other times it could be that it's something you simply don't want to hear. But if it doesn't feel right, then that feeling is always right, and it shouldn't be pushed away. Ask questions! Get to the root of the feeling.  That's what truly helps you with trusting yourself and feeling empowered.

Beyond the Words

As mentioned, there is a strong emotional and energetic component to the focused attention in channeling. (Please read up on What Energy Work Is if you haven't!) Even if your session isn't focused on energy work, this component will be a part of it.

Change in your life, if it is to be sustained, must always incorporate your mind, your heart, your body, and your spirit. That's a key aspect of empowerment as well.  If one element is fighting the others, things don't flow as easily. That's why it's so helpful to allow attention to everything at once.  This will be a part of sessions.

Are you ready for change?

Book your private session now, or contact Talyaa for a free telephone consultation to find the best way for you to get where you want to be.

This is a video made around the new year with a gentle reminder that it is always your journey that is important, not any end result.

Because there is an exercise involved, it is useful to watch and listen in addition to the reading the transcription.  To watch, simply click the image or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PslgHf4-NY.  You can also subscribe to videos via Polaris' youtube channel.

Question: Economics is a question on many people's minds. There could be a depression and there seems to be many people in power who are still clinging to old ways of using the current situation to make more money for the privileged rich. How worse is it going to get before it gets better? Is this another Great Depression?