Beyond the Veil

This Excerpt is from an interview with Lyssa Royal. Lyssa Royal holds a B.A. in psychology and through this study developed an interest in hypnosis. While in college, she acquired the ability to put herself in a hypnotic state for the purpose of stress management. It was then that she discovered her natural intuitive abilities.

The following is an excerpt from Beyond the Veil: A Look at the Channeling Phenomenon. You can find the complete interview with Lyssa at http://www.royalpriest.com/art09.htm. November 1998

How did you become a channel, and what kind of training did you go through? Please be specific about your training.

It seems like the circumstances in my life guided me to learn the skills that I needed to learn to become a channel long before I even knew what channeling was. In 1979 I had a UFO sighting with my family in New Hampshire. Though I had been interested in psychic phenomenon before that experience, the UFO sighting really accelerated my interest in paranormal subjects. I was in college at the time. Shortly after that I was studying hypnosis in college and learned to place myself in an altered state of consciousness, mostly for stress management.

Those early situations (the UFO sighting and learning to put myself in an altered state of consciousness) helped to lay the foundation for what happened later.

In 1984 I began to see a channel named Darryl Anka who channels Bashar. The channelings by Bashar had a very profound impact in my life. During that time I had a dream in which an entity materialized and touched all of my chakras. The entity said to me, "You will be a channel." That experience both scared and excited me. I immediately went to Bashar and asked him what this was all about and what I could do to develop my channeling.

Bashar actually recommended a channeling class that he knew of in Los Angeles that was just beginning. I called the teacher and it turned out that there was only one opening left. The class began a month or two after my initial phone call. During the interim I felt like I wanted to continue to learn about channeling before the class began.

An exciting process began happening. I began to feel the presence of other entities and a lot of energy around me. I would go into that self-hypnotic state that I had taught myself years before and the spirit guides began teaching me the early stages of channeling. They would blend their energy with mine, move my hands and head, and they would exercise my vocal chords so I could feel what it was like to speak with a new energy in my vocal chords. That really got me ready for the class.

Channeling has existed for centuries but has taken on different styles. Why do you think that the popularity of channeling has risen in conjunction with the growth of the New Age movement?

I think there are several reasons. One has to do with species evolution. If you look at human history there is always a resurgence of paranormal interest at the end of a millennium. This is both positive and negative. The negative is that there is a resurgence in apocalyptic prophecy. The positive is that there is a spiritual revival in one way or another. The boom of the New Age movement at the end of the 20th century falls in line with historical trends.

Also, we are living in an increasingly technological world that is leading us away from nature and our connection to the universe. I think people are trying to fill a need to feel connected again. Connection is our natural state of existence! People are looking for any activity or philosophy that can make them feel that connection. Channeling is providing a service, but it is certainly not the only way for people to make that connection.

How has channeling changed your life? How has it enriched your life?

That is a difficult question because since 1984 channeling has been such an integral part of my life that I don't know what my life would be like without it. I would say that when I started to channel, I began to feel more in control of my life. I began to feel that I created my reality and I had the power to create a positive reality that I preferred. Any challenge that comes up, I have the power to walk through it and learn from it. Channeling has encouraged me to always learn from everything that I experience and it has made me a lot more optimistic -- probably more than I ever could have been in this life if I wasn't a channel.

Do you have any advice for anyone who wishes to develop their channeling abilities?

The number one thing that channeling will do for you is accelerate your personal growth. So, be prepared! If you choose to develop yourself as a channel, you will be transformed and you will become a different person. The best possible reason to choose to be a channel is to become a better person. If you choose that goal and pursue it while using channeling as a tool, you will become a very clear and good channel.

I would not recommend that people choose channeling in order to become a professional or to solve all of life's problems, or for any other reason that is not one of humble service. It must be a path of the heart. The path becomes difficult for those whose main focus in not on their own growth. This is because in order to become a good channel you must be willing to look into the mirror of your soul and embrace even the most horrific aspects of self. Not everyone is willing to do this.

Finally, at the risk of sounding like a school teacher . . . if you are going to do it, you must practice, practice, practice! That is the way you become clear. When you practice, you will have periods of doubt. Continue to practice during those periods of doubt because the doubt eventually fades. But you have to have the will to get through those challenging periods.

Copyright 1998 by Royal Priest Research and Neo-Delphi, Inc. This interview was conducted by Lyssa's Japanese interpreter, Ms. Kazumi Hoshina, in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 1995. Reprinted By Permission.

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