Answering the Higher Call

Chapter from EARTH SCHOOL, A Fresh Perspective on the Human Condition
By Moriah Marston, http://www.transformationaltimes.com/

Lately I’ve been feeling a distinctly potent Call from the higher planes. This Call carries a sense of urgency—ethereal, vague, and undecipherable. I wonder what I’m really tuning in to. Is this just a figment of my imagination? Or is something trying to get through to me, to us? The Tibetan urged me to write about the Call this month, interrupting our usual conversation with “Call waiting” from the Masters, trying to get our fully conscious attention.
How many of us feel a Call from the higher planes? Do we know how to respond to it? Is it discounted as simply mindless imagination? Are we embarrassed to admit that we may be electronically connected to higher frequencies that spark the synapses in our brain, hooked to some primal code established eons ago, to fire up just when the planet/ universe needs our attention? When we live according to a sense of calling, we can be more sensitive to the Great Call when it is issued. When we live with blinders on, mechanistically moving through our days, it is harder to hear/ receive larger messages from the universe. If we ever needed to pay attention, now is the time. With humanity seemingly out of control, everyone teetering on the edge, we need to be as tuned in as possible.
Many of my clients are feeling the pressure of these auspicious times. They intuit that something much larger is being asked of them. Eager to be of help, to ward off/ neutralize this awful feeling of collective impotence, we strain to decipher the Call that most of us can only vaguely register in the pit of the stomach, through a strange buzzing in the head or from a feeling of restless imminence.
Trying to decode this amorphous Call, I recognize the message: We must become very clear on our unique soul’s purpose NOW. Opening to our sense of elevated purpose magnetizes the greater Self within to come out into this world, representing our soul’s highest energetic capacity. The Call exclaims, “There is a great birth occurring.” We must gather around, supporting each other, joining forces to act as anchors/ acupuncture needles/ magnets for the Higher Forces to assist this stupendous transition. If we can embody our magnitude, our soul’s magnificence, the alchemical balance in this world will dramatically shift to the good.
Terrorists are often trained and then put on hold for years until the day they are given the orders to destroy. We, too, have been trained and put on hold for years—to heal, strengthen, gather wisdom, enjoy earthly life—until we are given the Call. Now is the time—not for destruction, but for CREATION. The Call impresses on me that we must leave the old paradigm, obsolete patterns filled with stagnant energy that left us dry, blank, dead. We must evolve beyond the dulling resignation of defeatedly accepting whatever life presents us. Collectively, we are being asked to set aside our smaller concerns, not repressing them but rather expanding, daring to include and embody our potentiated Self. We must challenge ourselves to open our minds to the Horizon of the Original—where all new inventions, breakthroughs and whirling dervishes of revolution, reside—to carry us into the new paradigm where our minds are joined as one.
Putting myself in the Tibetan's shoes, I would “call” people to claim their souls to stay awake, take the risks and do what they are really passionate about, to open their hearts to each other, to resist going numb, to challenge themselves to see their unique contribution to this current collective spiritual emergence, to be ready at all times to serve, to stop looking back at how things used to be, to speak their truth at all times, to teach others new levels of awareness, to face their shadow. But this is my sense of the Call. What is yours?
What does it mean to receive our “induction papers” from the Universe? If we receive these papers, do we consider going AWOL from the cosmic army? Do we wish to postpone our stint in “the service” and continue going numb, burrowing into complacency to wait out this horror show. I hate being told what to do. Being a rebellious Aquarius, I don’t like take orders from anyone, including the Masters! But not even my obstinate spirit can withstand the roar of cosmic marching orders as they are delivered to me through this great CALL.
Where are these induction papers sending us? What are we being called to do? What can we do? In the war between the Light and dark forces, is the real front simply within as we battle ourselves, always at odds with who we truly are?
Many of us feel hopeless in the face of world events. We don’t know whether to be politically active, to pray/meditate or simply to hope for the best. Overwhelmed by the current wave of chaotic destruction, my own powerlessness sets in when I view our world. I want to fall to my knees in despair and curse the karmic board for sending me to incarnate at a time in human history when so much seems to be going wrong.
The Tibetan urges us to recognize that we must mature, step out of the playpen, and take responsibility for every thought, feeling, and deed. Lazily we put it off—maybe next week, year or lifetime—when we are ready. There is no way to feel ready for this unprecedented collective process. Ready or not, the time has come. Selfish egos aside, we can no longer indulge insular narcissistic agendas. The Tibetan emphasizes that now is the time to “get spiritual.” Aren’t we already spiritual? I assume we must shift our focus and values to more urgent Universal demands. We must open our eyes, ears, and hearts to the CALL.
What does it mean to step up to the plate when we have no point of reference for this time in history? When we have so much power to self-destruct and yet, paradoxically, are more united in consciousness as a global village than ever before. For me, stepping up to the plate means that I can no longer hide my Light, dwell in fear, postpone karmic homework, be too tired, too lazy, or too numb, claim “I didn’t know,” or indulge in feeling lost/ unloved/ abandoned/ betrayed.
Struggling to respond to this persistent, internal, nudging Call, I wonder how to direct the pressure. Fearful of despair undermining my idealism, I hold back my passion and belief that collectively we can transform the world, and shamefully settle into mediocrity, collapsed by the inevitable “limitations” of the physical plane. It’s so easy to get distracted from the Call. I’m too busy, exhausted, confused, downright frightened, and would much rather withdraw and wait it out. My ego cautions me about sounding delusional: “There is no Great Call, whatever you think you hear, keep it to yourself. Don’t share these higher impressions/ knowings with anyone or they’ll write you off as a flaky New-Ager, some Pollyanna with her feet in the clouds.”
But at age 54, I’m old enough to know better. I have never felt more purposeful, driven and determined not to waste a minute, tenaciously holding my own feet to the coals—laboring to stay conscious and open my ears to the Call—the directives from on high instructing us how to successfully birth this “New Cosmic Day.” If we can’t freely share common impressions on what is REALLY going on here, how can we unite our force fields to transmute the dark grid of negativity devouring our world? The Call insists: Stop living at the level of ego. Stay awake and tuned in. Trust that humanity is not simply in a nightmare with a horrendous ending. Most importantly, we are being called to discover our unique gifts to this world/each other and to recognize how these gift are an integral part the emerging new consciousness being born as we walk this dangerous razor’s edge together into unified consciousness.
The Tibetan strides forward, hard-wired to my questions as they magnetize his consciousness into mine. He summons:

“CALLING all light workers, teachers, channels of love, students who dare to express their truth. The Masters ask humankind to sign a cosmic petition to end the old paradigm—to join as One. To view many names on a petition demonstrates that self is not alone. This communal awareness allows students to open their collective force field and recognize their birthright, authority, and contract to assist in ushering in the New Cosmic Day. This requires rigorous clearing, self-examination, braving the corridors of the shadow where stored on-going karmic afflictions are waiting to be touched, healed and integrated.
“Dare to embody the Light at the most potent level imagined. Then multiply this Light times 10,000. At least do that much. There is no time to be off-duty. Know that self can transform much faster than ever imagined. Whatever breakthroughs self experiences need to be communicated, shared, expressed. With full consciousness of the darkened energies surfacing for final resolution, dare to be positive. Remember that all make it to the threshold of awakening, and that the earth herself is held within a Universe of Love. Then create a plan of action. Commit to it. Start eliminating all aspects of life that are meaningless, at odds with self’s sense of purpose.
“Don’t underestimate the impact of just one student’s full ensoulment, radiant in light, on the collective consciousness. Receive the joy of being propelled by an inner force that knows exactly what self signed up to do before this incarnation. Self’s mission need not be unduly dramatic, sacrificial, overwhelming. It may be fulfilled through humble, subtle levels of contribution that are no less impactful. Ironically, it is the subtle energy that carries the Call. This subtle energy is streaming in to conduct the rarefied vibrations of the New Cosmic Day. Students are Called to refine their ears, eyes, hearts to attune to the subtle nuances of higher, refined, etheric energies. When trying to decipher a newspaper written in a foreign language, self has the opportunity to feel the energy from the words, subtly picking up the message carried within the form. Trust self’s intuition. Don’t question it to death but rather embrace this knowing with the innocence of a child trusting that the play will emerge. This trust opens portholes of perception. Soon self recognizes the meaning of the newspaper’s foreign words.
“Release pride. Ask each other for help with this experiment. Don’t allow the ego to convince you to hold on to outmoded models of learning. Humbly sit in the Mystery as it impresses the Call on your heart, igniting a soul agreement made well before this incarnation. Know that self has a uniquely important contribution to make and it must be made now! Don’t worry about self’s imperfections. Continue to improve character, thought, deed as self goes forth—the imperfect warrior of light daring to mix with all of the frailties, vulnerabilities and illusions of the human condition
“Humankind’s greatest illusions are the following: Self can’t make a difference. Self isn’t enough. Self isn’t worthy. These are all constructs that feed darkened energies, closing in their deadly grip on the earthly plane. Don’t underestimate self’s impact. It is time to consider self’s mastery. Pretend to be a Master. Go forth as if self’s spiritual life were the most important event in the Universe. Yes, continue to have the feet on the ground, deeply rooted into mother earth, while daring to IMAGINE a new world. Then do whatever self feels CALLED to do.
“Follow the pathway of least resistance, holding the channels of grace well-developed in previous lives that are now storehouses of the soul’s gifts, so that those gifts can be offered at this time for a very precise reason. Practice generosity. Share self’s gifts eagerly, unconditionally, knowing that they carry just the right ingredients for the collective soup that is cooking humankind into its full awakening. Commit to listening within, every morning, mid-day, evening. This weaves one’s externalized consciousness into the sacred fabric of the soul, calling it forth.
As the Masters issue the Call, so too, do the students issue the Call urging their own souls to emerge—urging each other to transform—and urging the world to make its leap. Holding hands at the edge of the cliff, millions of souls take the leap together, demonstrating the trust, wonder, excitement of responding to the Call that moves all of humankind to a greater world in consciousness. This is a time of Renaissance of Spirit - where all illusions of negativity, destruction and suffering melt into the waters of Cosmic Love and are overtaken by this burning mandate for liberation. Hear the Call. Respond to the Call. Be the Call. All will KNOW. And all will be served.”

About the Author

Founder of the School of the Golden Discs, Moriah has been a channel for Djwhal Khul since 1986. As a soul mentor, Moriah includes astrology, dream analysis and past life integration in the intuitive work as a mid-wife to the soul alignment process. Moriah has a private practice in Shelburne Falls, MA and specializes in phone sessions.
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Dreams: The Gateway to the Unconscious

I don’t know what I would do without my dreams! They map my inner world, buffering me from the ever-present chaos looming in my unconscious. Through their images I make contact with the myriad of sub-personalities within. Dreams come bearing messages, however obscure, teasing my knowing out into the daylight of waking consciousness. They evoke the detective within me as I hunt for clues in their maze of incongruity and ridiculousness.
These clues, disguised as pointless stories and colliding images capturing only the absurd, nonsensical, random loose ends of my inner life, reveal the psyche’s wisdom as it valiantly pulls out all the stops to get my attention! It knows what is going on with me at deeper levels even if I don’t. My responsibility is to learn how to listen to my psyche and make sense of its unique language. The dream language of images and symbols is both mysterious and obvious. Sometimes our dreams are downright corny as our psyche works to show us the blind spots right under our nose.
It is fascinating how Source created such a complex creature when It created humankind. I have wondered why Source split our psychic structure in two parts—one to be so easily experienced at a conscious level and the other to be forever just out of reach in the deep waters of the unconscious. It seems like “mission impossible” that we have to integrate our unconscious into our consciousness in order to be fully aligned. How can we integrate something that is specifically designed to be unknowable? Why didn’t Source simply allow us to have full conscious reign over the unconscious?
The Tibetan is often referred to among the Great White (Light) Brotherhood (the group of enlightened Masters working with the earth plane) as the Great Psychologist. He and I share a fascination for the workings of the human psyche. He reminds me that if we had full conscious access to the unconscious terrain, our egos would have a field day censoring our inner life. Any “unacceptable” aspects of self that our egos might judge and disown would be cut off from our psychic juice and allowed to wither away. These aspects of self are therefore banished to a distant corner of our psyche (the shadow) where all the “undesirables” are corralled off in order not to contaminate the “righteousness” of the rest of our being.
So our shadow must live, unthreatened by our conscious belief systems, far below our waking knowing in the underbelly of our being. In this world of shadow land our unconscious fosters the growth and development of all aspects of self not yet acceptable to our current identity. If we were to have full exposure to this underworld reality, we might be thrown off balance. No one is eager to claim his or her darkness and wear it like a badge. So we keep it neatly tucked away from the boundaries of our conscious self.
However, as night falls (even our persistent egos need rest) then it is the witching hour. This is the hour when our censors punch out on their time clock as they leave their days work, all defenses checked and working—ego in tact. Then the hobgoblins from the dark shadows within start to shout out - to voice their concerns—to make noise—to move about. Now it is their time for full expression as they bring forth our soul through shadow. If we are “lucky,” we are completely unconscious of this activity. We are simply sleeping the night away, eager to return to morning’s light, unthreatened and secure in our known self.
However, Source gave us one foolproof linkage point between the unconscious and the conscious—our dreams. Upon waking up to the rising sun we bring back with us evidence of our bizarre journey into shadow land. We bring a story, one that usually makes no sense upon initial recall.
If we are willing to lovingly hold that story almost like one would hold a vulnerable alien being in the palm of one’s hand, we can learn to listen to this entity who speaks so strangely to us. The more we listen, the more we begin to understand dream language. While we may often recoil from their messages desperate to write them off as foolish nonsense, if we allow ourselves to digest what we are being shown, we are alchemized. Our conscious self finally embraces the unconscious.
The Tibetan teaches:

“The heart’s capacity to love and accept human nature allows one to receive the full impact of the unconscious material as it pushes up into full awareness. If one can accept one’s shadow, so richly expressed through dreams, one can accept the full human condition and all of the apparent aberrations of Source. As the student lovingly embraces this dark material, he/she realizes that what appears to be a distortion of one’s divinity is actually a poetic, imagaic description of soul material that lands outside the confines of one’s belief system.
‘In this terrain the soul is free to unleash its wildness, uncivilized or untamed by the expectations of the ego—rich in passion—in juice—in life force. Without this realm, conscious life would be a desert, dry and lifeless. It would reflect too much light, blinding the student into the illusion that light is all there is. The deep, dark waters that lubricate and cleanse the soul are essential to the Divine Feminine and must be accepted and embraced. In this embrace, the light and dark unite in mystical harmony”.

Trying to remember dreams is like fishing with one’s hands. Dreams are slippery, wet and illusive. They tease our consciousness as our logical mind tries to capture their stories in recognizable language and story line. Most of our dreams slip away like secret messengers, revealing the impossible line between the world of the awake and the world of the asleep. If we are lucky enough to catch a dream, we must immediately rush to save it in our dream journals, scraps of paper dedicated to honoring these fleeing moments of contacting the unknowable within.
When we wait too long the dream may vanish, leaving us with a vague sensation that we dreamt something but can’t quite put our finger on it. Ironically, if we decide to ignore our dream, the dream often continues to swim along side of our waking consciousness, vague and blurry but annoying us with a distinct feeling that there is something there that needs our attention. It is the same annoying feeling when we stop mid-sentence, having just forgotten our thought. Oh, how we hunger for integration at that point, for just a momentary opportunity to connect the dots within our soul and see the big picture as it is reflected through our underground friends—the characters that live in our dream world.
I first began to take my dreams seriously when I was thirty-nine years old. I was entering my mid-life crisis, deep rumblings beginning to resound in my soul. I had been channeling the Tibetan for three years. This period had been one of light, light and light. When we open our channels we are often infused with heightened light vibrations as we access realms beyond the earth plane. These realms are etheric in nature—lighter, finer, and more rarefied in frequencies. While this is initially experienced as highly pleasing, expanding and uplifting, eventually there may be a counter-reaction in the psyche.
As I was bathing myself in the heightened light factor known as Djwhal Khul, this higher vibratory rate was flushing out dormant shadows in my soul. Consciously I was focusing on spirit, love, compassion and other “spiritually correct” qualities while unconsciously my dark side was beginning to stir with a vengeance! I was able to keep a clean separation between these two worlds for three years. Then my unconscious broke loose. I could no longer resist the internal pressure from my own shadow.
My dreams were filled with dark, frightening images. These images pushed up into my mind screen even when I was only momentarily closing my eyes. I felt barred from the angelic realm as the forces in my underworld caught my soul and began to tug it down, down, down. Night after night I was tormented by fearful images both personal and collective. Several months of nightly terror through a repeating nightmare of being pursued by Nazi’s drove me into Jungian dream analysis. I wanted to get away from these “bad guys” and return to my light-filled “high-level” reality. However, these “bad guys” would not loosen their grip. Now that they had my full attention they weren’t going to let go. I began to wonder what was wrong with me. Was I being possessed by the dark force in retaliation for all the light work I was doing?
Within the first month of dream analysis these nightmares receded. Finally psyche had both my attention and commitment to exploring my shadow lands. I soon realized that it wasn’t the dark force taking over my being but rather my own unique underworld drama trying to participate in my transformational process. Light magnetizes dark. It was time for me to dig into my dream life and bring the hidden aspects of myself into full consciousness. I was amazed at their potency. Within each dream were characters, real beings, who carried strong emotional charges. These characters were highly differentiated, specifically created to carry energies that my soul had cast off earlier in this lifetime or perhaps in past lives.
With my channel opened and higher self accessed it was time to tie in all the old threads, leaving no stone unturned in my efforts toward complete wholeness. Initially I felt embarrassed and exposed by these dark dream beings. They reflected parts of me that my ego refused to accept. I teased myself that perhaps these were someone else’s dreams, surely not mine!
With the encouragement of my analyst I began to claim these aspects of my soul, accepting each character as myself. My curiosity and flair for drama moved me into their reality, wondering what their message or teaching might be. As I embraced each one, they gifted me with heightened energy that had been bottled up in the dark recesses of the basement within my soul. As I allowed the dream characters full expression, I realized that there was nothing wrong with any of them.
I learned to appreciate their divinity as much as I appreciate the divinity within a bouquet of flowers. Allowing my underworld sub personalities to have an impact on me, I saw them as raw gems waiting to be polished. Polishing them with love and acceptance, I began to embrace this bushel basket of jewels within my psyche. Soon I began to hunger for my dreams, eager to see what gifts I could pull up from the rich, dark fertile lands of my unconscious.
So, daily I eagerly awake, dream journal close at hand, hoping each morning I will be given another story revealing the next layer of my soul. Deeper and deeper I go in this quest for soul-knowledge. Working consciously with my dreams creates a feeling of connection and integration. I no longer fear the monsters deep within my psyche. I welcome and celebrate my internal mystery through the stories told by my psyche’s brilliance.
Dreams guide me into the most profound levels of my passion. No longer do I fear being blinded by the light. With my awareness firmly anchored and rooted in the soil of my uncensored self, I am free to stretch out into greater and greater realms of light. Spinning stories of the evolving self and releasing our fears, dreams guide us into our deepest truth. Dreams are the rainbow bridge between the known and the mystery—moving us into the land where soul and spirit become one.

Chapter from Soul Searching with Djwhal Khul, the Tibetan by Moriah Marston
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