GOING HOME
Here are some excerpts from Rotherend*'s November 98 message:

"It is time to speak of home, of the other side of the veil from which you came. In the near future, many will be leaving the planet. Most will choose to leave to reincarnate into new body, some carrying in the seeds of the new crystal vibration.

The overall vibrations of the planet continue to rise at a quickening pace. You are beings of great capabilities and power. It is your higher purpose to take ethereal forms and ground them into your three dimensional world. All of what you term as man made are actually ethereal thought forms that you have run through your bubbles of body to make them three dimensional. This is at the basis of the co-creation process. On an even higher aspect you may see that your purpose on the planet is to carry Light into the Earth Light being and ethereal waveforms. Transmuting it into the three dimensional world is most easily achievable through human body. Because all things on the Earth are connected, the more Light you transmute into the Earth, the higher the collective vibration becomes.

Because of the changes you have willingly made within yourselves you have greatly increased the amount of light you are carrying into the Earth. This simple action of clearing yourself enables you to purposely tune your world to a higher vibration. For this you earn the highest colors and honor of the universe for it affects more than you can imagine. As a direct result of the vibrational increase, the veil that separates our worlds is much thinner and it will be possible in the very near future for interaction between the dimensions known as Heaven and Earth. There is now a permanent corridor of Light manifesting to facilitate this interaction. In the past, all forward vibrational movement must have been accomplished within a body. Yet now as Heaven and Earth come closer together in vibration, it is possible to interact from this side of the veil.

As the veil thins many will begin to see and re-member home. This is happening now. The joy of home will call to many and some may decide to leave based on that call alone. The vibrations of home are powerful and when felt they have a pull that is difficult to resist. This experience ("near death experience") differs slightly because of the cord not being severed. You have spent much energy placing yourself in the right spot to play the part before you.

Your vision is tainted with the effects of polarity and your perceptions may tell you that you are not in a position to help in the grand plan. We tell you that you are in exactly the right placement for the path you have chosen. To make a conscious choice to return home early would be leaving just before the miracle happens. Do not let your life circumstances discourage you. Instead, take your power and change your world.

Individually moving to higher vibrations within your own being adds to the collective and the planetary vibrations. Through your willingness to play the game in the lower vibrations, you are able to ground these ethereal energies in ways that we can not. We watch as you experience the pain of being human. We see the deep loneliness you experience from being far from your true home. We see the confusion at not being able to easily re-member your direction or your power. Do not ever think that you are alone on your journey.

In the lower vibrations of Earth it has been possible for interaction mostly in human form, therefore, for us to interact with your three-dimensional world, it was necessary for us to lower our vibrations. In time past this was accomplished only for short periods and only at important junctures in your development because of the great expenditure of energy required. It is a universal constant that states the truth that like vibrations attract. Therefore it should be of no surprise to you to find that contact with the higher vibration beings was labored and required much effort.

Guides: It was this space between the worlds that created the need for intermediaries to help with your experience of free choice. This has been the purpose of the beings you call 'guides'. These roles are taken and agreed upon ahead of time before entering the incarnation. Mostly these are beings that have had experience in the areas in which you wish to work in this phase of the game. They carry great love for you and often prop you up when you feel lost and can not re-member your true self. These beings have agreed as part of their forward movement, to assume an intermediate vibration that enables them to walk with one foot in both worlds concurrently.   Many of you have spent time in this role in service to others. It allows you to give constant love and support to the recipient. The guides that ride on your shoulder during the game are also on their path of advancement.

These wonderful beings are available to you at any moment.    Many of you have tried so hard to communicate that you cannot hear the voice that has been in your ear since birth. Once again we ask you to look within instead of without. Instead of listening for them to talk to you in voices different than your own, we ask you to pay attention to the gentle nudges that have been with you always.  They are present because you have asked for them, before entering, yet as you play on the gameboard of free choice, it is yours to listen or not.

It has been your belief that only those of the higher vibratory levels will be a part of the ascension. This is like saying that one can only evolve by way of the top step of the ladder. The ladder of Earth is not fashioned in this manner. In fact it is designed in such a way as to   incorporate the collective vibratory level and when that reaches its critical mass, the entire ladder will move to the next level. Therefore we ask you to view vibratory levels as something to move through on your path of enlightenment.

With a clearer understanding of vibration we now move to the subject of the other side of the veil. Returning home brings about a return of your full power. This power is very subtle and often the new inductee is not even aware that they are creating their reality. Home has more possibilities than is possible for you to imagine. You create your individual experiences by calling in a reality that you can understand. Your expectations of the other side determine your first experiences as you arrive home. This is the reason that many describe this experience differently.  No matter the experience it is always woven with the thread of pure love for in the form of spirit you walk in full union with your higher self. In this place called home, you once again re-member how to live in the most pure forms of Love that we call Light.

The first perception is of seeing the "Greeters" that await you to help in the process. They are often seen as beings of light or simply felt, but they are always present. Most of the time, these are beings you have known that have gone on before you. The greeters offer their hands to show you that they are there and ready to help. Depending on your understanding, it is also common to be greeted by those of angelic vibration. At this point,   without the proper attitude, it is possible to go into fear and fight the graduation process. If you resist the process, most often you grab hold of something out of fear and anchor yourself to an earthbound object. This is the basis of what you have labelled   ghosts or earthbound entities. Since this process takes place at a time when you are in transition from the gameboard, momentarily the rules of both worlds apply. In all situations  free choice is yours. With guidance and education this diversion of energy will happen less often. This education is the role of the Transition Team members.

Envision the process now before you as walking through a tunnel from one vibrational state to the next. There are Greeters holding out their hands in encouragement, yet you are the only one that can walk through. This tunnel is actually the inside experience of the soul leaving the body through the pineal gland. The fear of not knowing what lies ahead can tempt you to turn around or stop walking. For this reason the Greeters often make themselves known prior to transition. They appear to you in your sleep or altered consciousness states and let you know everything is as it should be. If you have been unconscious prior to your transition, you will usually regain consciousness momentarily. This is to disengage the connection they have made. The passage through this tunnel or valley must be of your own volition. No one can walk beside you on this journey.

At some point in this tunnel or valley you will notice the Light. This Light is like none known on Earth as it is the vibration of home. It is there to remind you of home and entice you through the tunnel along with the hands of the greeters waiting to take your hands and    pull you through the last few steps. The re-union at the end of the tunnel is grand indeed and there is great celebration.

At this moment you find yourself   alone being greeted by the Light. The Light is the same pure energy that you have been channelling into the Earth. This Light transcends all the levels of home and is the thread of truth that travels through all things. The Light is truth and the pure form of the energy we call Love. If you are accustomed to  the Light you will look directly into it and embrace it.   If you are unfamiliar with the Light it will be difficult for you to incorporate and you will resist and look away. Most often it is    the judgments you carry about yourself that make it difficult to look into this Light.  If you are able to embrace the Light let us encourage you to do so for it carries the truth that will allow you to release all judgments. The purity of this Light will instantly illuminate by simply allowing it to shine upon you.

The degree to which you accept the Light determines what level you enter the next dimension. It is important to understand that there is no judgment about which level you enter. It is simply a way to direct you to the most efficient starting place. It is this process that was shown to you a very long

Jainist Prayer for peace

time ago that humanity has   twisted into the story of Heaven and Hell.    Such is not the case and we tell you there is no judgment on this side of the veil other than what you bring with you. Practice releasing that judgment and you will realize benefits on both sides of the veil.

Depending on the energy conditions of the soul upon leaving it   may be time to rest and heal. If the spirit was very weak and labored greatly during the transition process, it will be necessary for a period of rest and healing. This process is an important part of returning home. If a spirit reincarnates before receiving ample rest and rejuvenation between phases, they will carry with them a tired feeling through most of their experience on earth. For this reason special levels are set aside for this purpose and you are encouraged to make full use of it as you are nudged to do so.

You are soon seeing your own life passing in front of you .  Many experience this life review at the moment of their transition if energy levels of the soul permit. This is a very personal event and is not what most would expect. Besides being a time to review one's own life experiences this process serves to indelibly etch these experiences into the collective consciousness of all that is. As there is no judgment about the game the reason for this review is   to prepare for what you wish to include in the next incarnation. It is at this time that you see your full life and every moment of it in all phases. If the soul is in a state of confusion, this life review will be experienced seemingly alone. If not this is the time that you are rejoined with those that you asked to ride on your shoulder.

The reunion with your guides is a joyous time. Your guides have been at your side every moment of the journey. Now is a joyous time to look at the replays.  Envision yourself viewing all the replays of your life in three-dimensional reality with your closest friends at your side.

Copyright 1998 Steve Rother. Further information from Steve Rother and the Group may be found at http://www.Lightworker.com.or through Rother Enterprises at (619) 748 5837

STARS
With Saturn turned direct on December 29th, all planets except asteroids Ceres and Vesta are direct now. This means that people are generally moving forward with projects and thinking about creating new forms of self-expression.

The SOLSTICE CHART, December 21, 1998, is used as a symbol of the upcoming year, like a 'New Year's' chart. The Capricorn Sun meets the intersection of the Galactic Equator and the Ecliptic, which is an alignment that occurs only every 13,000 years. There is an opportunity, more than ever, to become aware of the vast Reality beyond the usual parade of desires and fears that runs through most of our minds. It is possible that new information will be accessible that puts these long-term galactic cycles in perspective.

The intersection in the Sagittarius/Scorpius part of the zodiac is visually far more impressive and is also the area of 'galactic center.' If the Sun is central to the solar system, the galactic center is like the central sun, for all the stars of the galaxy circuit. When the equinox or solstice points are aligned with the Sagittarius/Scorpius intersection, the Sun rises at galactic center on those dates! This occurs about every 6,480 years and marks a change of Platonic seasons.
Participate in conscious ceremony and festival, especially during the winter solstice of 1998 to celebrate the beginning of a galactic year. The rising Sun is a marvellous opportunity to receive a transmission of galactic intelligence directly from galactic center, for dreaming and co-creating the next great age."  For more information go to: (http://mountainastrologer.com) Mountain Astrologer

EARTH CHANGES AND CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD
(Excerpts from Book 3)

God: "In many ways, life is like a CD-ROM. All the possibilities exist and have already occurred. Now you get to select which one you choose to experience. What many of the psychics are saying about the Earth changes is true. They have opened a window onto the 'future', and they have seen it. The question is, which 'future' have they seen? As with the end of the game on the CD-ROM, there is more than one version.
In one version, the Earth will be in upheaval. In another version, it won't. Actually all of the versions have already happened. Remember 'time does not exist'. So everything's happening at once. All that has ever happened, is happening now, and ever will happen, exists right now. Just as all the moves in the computer game exist right now on that disc. So if you think it would be interesting for the doomsday predictions of the psychics to come true, focus all your attention on that, and you can draw that to yourself. And if you think you would like to experience a different reality, focus on that, and that is the outcome you can draw to you".

NDW: So You won't tell me whether the Earth changes will occur or not, is that it?

God: "I am waiting for you to tell Me. You will decide, by your thoughts, words, and actions. Do you think that you have nothing to do with any of this? I tell you, that would be inaccurate. I am not here to predict your future, and I will not do that. This much I can tell you. This much anybody can tell you. If you are not careful, you will get exactly where you are going. If, therefore, you don't like the way you are headed, change direction.

Go inside. Search your place of inner wisdom. See what this calls on you to do. Then do it. If that means write your politicians and your industrialists, asking them to take action on environmental abuses that could lead to Earth changes, do it. If that means bringing your community leaders together to work on the Y2K problem, do it. And if that means just walking your path, sending out positive energy every day, and keeping those around you from falling into a panic which brings on a problem, do it.

Most important of all, do not be afraid. You cannot 'die" in any event, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Be aware of the Process unfolding, and quietly know that everything is going to be okay with you. Seek to get in touch with the perfection of all things. Know that you will be exactly where you have to be in order to experience exactly what you choose as you go about creating Who You Really Are. This is the way to peace. In all things, see the perfection.

Finally, don't try to 'get out' of anything. What you resist, persists. So celebrate. Celebrate the perfection! Smile and celebrate and see only the perfection, and that which others call the imperfection will not touch you in any way which is imperfect for you.

NDW: You mean I can avoid the Earth shifting on its axis, or being smashed by a meteor, or being crumpled by earthquakes, or being caught in a confusing and hysterical aftermath of Y2K?