THIS IS MY ENTRY FOR THE CONTEST BY ****@BLISS11 AND Hive account@drakernoise*****

THOUGHTS SPINNING AROUND IS THE WAY LIFE WORKS, SOMETIMES BLISSFULL MANY TIMES VERY HARD TO HANDLE. TRY TO CHANNEL THE THOUGHTS BEFORE YOU MAKE UP YOU MIND AND TELL OTHERS.

…channeling is a powerful means of spiritual unfoldment and conscious transformation. As you channel you build a bridge to the higher realms…. Channeling involves consciously shifting your mind and mental space in order to achieve an expanded state of consciousness.”

(Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer, “Opening to Channel: How to Connect With Your Guide”)

About Channelling

Channeling means opening yourself up to universal energies and letting them flow through you. It is a way of translating universal knowledge for your benefit. A natural form of non-verbal communication between humans and other angelic/spiritual beings that help you build a bridge to the higher realms. Done with belief, this introduces a loving and purposeful higher consciousness into your life.

Channeling helps you to discover more about the nature of reality, learn about yourself and others, and see your life from a different and more spiritual perspective. It will help you discover a deeper meaning to your life and the challenges you face.

Channeling means accessing higher knowledge in order to support spiritual growth and to gain greater clarity about the direction of your life. It promotes a deeper intuitive quality and a deeper connection between your intuition and your thinking self. Channeling can be thought of as the practice of entering a meditative or trance-like state in order to convey messages to and from a spiritual guide.

The Ways to Channel

Channeling can take many forms: psychic healing, automatic writing, seances, and Ouija board are actually psychic tools forms of channeling.

To achieve this expanded state of consciousness, channelers usually meditate, trying to break free of worldly influences and tune in to a higher consciousness. They may imagine themselves seeking out specific spirits of dead loved ones with whom they wish to communicate.

Conscious (mental) channeling is done while being fully aware of what is happening. It allows us to stop the experience at any time:

Clairvoyance is when the channeler receives images as the means of communication
Clairaudience (the channeler hears voices or other sounds and this is the means of communication)
Clairsentience (channeler senses a spirit presence, like an emotion, changes in temperature, breezes, a feeling of cobwebs on the face, a smell, scent or fragrance)
Trance (physical) channeling is channeling done while in a deep trance state. The level of trance can however vary. Edgar Cayce, one of the most famous trance channelers was called “The Sleeping Prophet” and only channeled when he was in a deep trance state.
The main purpose of channeling is to enhance personal growth and development. People who channel become happier, mentally clearer about their path and choices. They become more confident, loving and psychologically much stronger. Channeling can provide greater understanding, helping to find answers to such questions as “What is the meaning of life?”, “Who am I?” and “What am I doing here?”

Now for the contest itself....all you need do is...

Take a photo and use any filter or effects of your choice. Be creative with the use of the effects or filter of your choosing.
It could be a selfie, photo of your pet...anything at all, as long as you use a filter or effect on the photo you are good.
Write a short post on what inspired the effects you used and how it turned out.
You need to put up the "original" (without effects, filters, editing) photo so we know how it looked like.
Everyone is welcome to join in the fun...try as many effects or filters as you want.
Prizes: since it's our first time with this contest, we are looking to start humbly but hopefully with time and depending on the entries the prizes would increase. So for now...

First prize: 3 steem
Second prize: 1.5 steem
Third prize: 0.75 steem

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