So, here I am, wrapped up in a blanket, dealing with a sore throat and swollen lymph glands – classical signs of the “flu”. And it is a golden day outside, in lower 50’s, blue skies, golden trees, a perfect Indian summer day, but I don’t have the strength to enjoy it right now, except internally.
Why did I say, internally?  I said that because of what I feel within, 
like a glowing sun warming my face with its rays.  There is a growing 
peace and sense of serenity emanating from my heart, despite all the 
apparent chaos that dwells in the world around me.
No, I’m not completely free of anxiety.  And no, I haven’t quit my day 
job yet.  And yet I am growing and expanding within as my connections 
with spirit grow ever stronger.  There is still much to take on, but it 
is a step by step process, as my physical body is being remodeled into a
 higher frequency model.  And so I am compelled to rest and recover 
through another spell of “illness” designed to get me in a quiet place 
for a time.
The energies of the Full Moon are intense, are they not?  Aries moon in 
Libra.  I have actually dealt with that energy in my natal chart all my 
life.  The refined energies of the great balance, Libra, aligned with 
the masculine intensity of Aries.  As a result of this blend of 
oppositional energies, I am an unusual Libra.  I am not particularly 
social, but love people, especially to observe them.  I crave privacy 
and quiet time, mostly to be able to relax and refresh.  I love animals 
and plants, having a natural attraction and affinity to the beauty and 
grace that is inherent in Nature.
I am naturally detached in my nature, being a creature of air and fire. 
 Emotions are short-lived, but intense.  And I have awakened to a 
natural empathy, realizing that I have taken on much of the energies of 
others throughout my lifetime here, this time… and perhaps in all my 
lifetimes upon this planet.
So, I am in the midst of the process of carefully and thoroughly 
unwinding those energies that are not mine from my auric field.  In 
short, I’m in the process of cleaning house, something that each of us 
needs to undertake right now.
Each of us has assistance in our present efforts to step up in 
frequencies, although much of the information “out there” can be 
confusing.  So it is important to be able to discern for yourself what 
is right for you.  Also, understand what is “right” now may not be 
“right” tomorrow.  Inner trust that you will discover your own way is 
mandatory.  Looking outside of yourself for “the only way” is giving 
away your power.
Yes, there are still teachers, guides and mentors, but each of us has to
 be willing to discern whether those self-same teachers, guides and 
mentors are providing us with what we need in the moment.  Since my own 
path up until now has been a very windy one, following my inner guidance
 system, which has until recently been mostly of a non-verbal nature, I 
can say with some authority, yes, it is wise to trust Self.
I first learned about the power of intuition many years ago.  I’m a slow
 learner, I guess, for it took me a while to figure things out, but I 
have advanced considerably along the path since then.  A couple of years
 ago, a lady who does readings told me that I was extremely powerful.  
She told me that after first telling me that my energy was clouded and I
 was frightened.  However, after invoking the names of Archangels 
Michael and Raphael, she felt my energy abruptly shift and open.  With 
much wonder in her voice, she told me that I had been on the Path all my
 life, but I already knew that.  I had already realized that I was in 
hiding from myself, but all for a purpose, for the completion of a 
reiteration of the path of return.
Before birth, most of us, especially the light bearers of my generation,
 were blocked off from realizing our inner power and beauty.  We 
struggled in the darkness.  We yearned for a better world.  We dabbled 
in music, art, poetry and writing, always seeking to express the longing
 within.  And some of us “fell” to the temptations of the world in which
 we found ourselves, giving in to the existing paradigm, at least on the
 surface.   Always within there was the sense of spiritual longing, as 
if what we were being fed was without nourishment and lacking in 
substance and so we began to explore places off the beaten path.  There 
were few road maps on this path of discovery, so we made them up or 
adapted those of other cultures to suit our needs, always driven from 
within by some nameless longing for Home.
Yet, as we found the beginnings of the path, we gradually discovered 
that we had already been on the Path, for a lifetime or more.  That all 
that we were “discovering” we already knew.  What was being presented to
 us through various sources was already within.  We were really only 
reopening up to the awareness that we were greater than we appeared on 
the surface, as ordinary human beings.
And so it has been, our path, our discoveries are merely verification of
 what already exists within.  Your “teachers, mentors and guides” are 
only there to prod and guide, not to lead you into ascension, and 
certainly not to walk the path for you.
As Jim Self has stated, ascension takes some work and there is some 
assembly required.  It is a reawakening to the power and beauty of the 
greater You that exists within.  It is a reconnection to the 90% of you 
that exists outside of the physical body.  It is a stepping up of 
frequency levels, built upon a sturdy foundation of sound, geometry and 
trust, so you might anchor the energies of heaven (your higher self) 
into your physical body.
Each day, the messages of different channelers and oracles bring us 
words of encouragement and support.  Every day, we look outside of 
ourselves to see if the world has changed.  We need to remember that our
 “world” is an illusion, built from the mostly unconscious thought forms
 of the collective.  The shift will be made more apparent when the 
collective becomes conscious, but until then most of the work will be 
internal, within each of us.
The ones doing the initial heavy-lifting are the light workers.  Given 
various names, starseed, wayshowers, gatekeepers, portals, etc., these 
are the ones who have dedicated lives and lifetimes to the cause of 
bringing this planet back into the Light.  It has been a thankless and 
often dangerous mission but one that we were carefully selected to do 
and be, for it is only from within humanity that humanity could be 
transformed.  By taking the decision to come into form, we willingly 
undertook the mission to win back this planet and so it has come true.  
The Shift has occurred, the barriers of the third dimension have been 
lifted by the creative Elohim and the way is open for the complete 
transformation of our world.
And yet, nothing seems to have changed.  But, if you feel within there 
is a sense of elation, a lifting of the clouds of gloom, a new hope 
springing evergreen from the heart center.  And if one carefully gleans 
the alternative news, there are signs of spring and positive change all 
over the world. Even in the midst of apparent chaos and challenge, there
 is change.  As an increasingly unpredictable climate and planetary 
cleansings occur, in the shape of wild fire, flood, hurricanes, 
tornadoes, drought, earthquake and volcanic eruptions, people are coming
 together, in community, recognizing intuitively that survival requires 
working together.  And they feel better in reaching out with a helping 
hand to a neighbor that perhaps they never would have talked to before 
because of perceived differences or competiveness.  When someone has 
nothing left of their old “life”, finding community by building it step 
by step is a solid approach to begin a major shift into a new paradigm.
As a child, I soaked up the unspoken fears and prejudices of my 
parents.  Being naturally empathetic, I acted as an intermediary in my 
family without ever being aware of what I was doing.  And I carried 
those burdens well into adulthood, letting them go, piece by piece, like
 the furniture and possessions of my family that I have sold or donated 
through the years.  And now, I’m ready to step up to another level, but 
this time, I know I am not alone.  Although solitary in recent years, 
I’ve connected, at least online to many who are walking in parallel 
paths.
I have to laugh… as I am often given “visions” of what is to happen.  I 
see all those separate paths leading to a great clearing in the forest, 
where we will come together in celebration, laughter and cheer.  The 
forest is the great unconscious that we have been traveling through.  
The clearing is where we walk beneath the sun, open to the light and to 
each other, with no secrets and no stuff left to clutter the path 
ahead.  And some of us are nearly there.  And there are others waiting 
for us in the clearing.  And others walking behind, still following the 
path delineated through the tall ferns and towering trees.
I am a work in process, a human being becoming a human angel, an 
awakened, fully conscious co-creator with Source.  As the source exists 
within every atom, so the source exists within you.  You carry within 
all that you need upon your journey. The seed of your light body is 
within, but you must prepare the soil, water the seed and let it grow.  
Through your efforts, attention, focus and intent, the light body will 
be re-connected and your branch of the Tree of Life will be lit with 
candles of love, faith, hope and charity.
And so you see, even though surrounded with seeming limitation, there is
 no limitation when you embark on the inner voyage of discovery.  Worlds
 without end exist and you can visit every one of them.  There is no 
limitation to your greater self, no limitation when you enter into the 
sacred marriage between soul and body and unleash the creative energies 
that exist within, that naturally align with the symphony of the 
Heavenly Hosts, the inner vibrations of life that we see echoed in the 
beauty of Nature all around us and in the marvelous creations that we 
wear, our human bodies.
There is no reason to fear your power.  No reason to fear a recreation 
of the Fall of Atlantis.  We have, as a collective, gone by that 
particular due date; there will be no mass demise of humankind or of the
 planet.  Our presence here, our light and power and inner grace, much 
of it still unconscious to ourselves, has made the difference.  Our 
sacrifices have made the difference.  Now, we can turn those sacrifices 
into joyous celebration as we come together in community to build 
together a new world that will celebrate unity in community, unity in 
diversity, unity with the heart of creation, our Source.
Go into the light, my brothers and sisters.  Walk with heads held high. 
 Walk with your natural grace and be gracious to one another, for you 
are real family, what family was meant to be.  You know each other and 
will come to be reacquainted, again, in the days that are yet to dawn 
here on this planet of amazing grace.
I AM your sister in light and love, Elizabeth.
Namasté.
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