Searching The Truth Will Set Us Free: A Special Time for You

Thursday, January 25, 2024

A Special Time for You

One Who Serves and Shoshanna

Channel: James McConnell

Posted on January 25, 2024

One Who Serves: Om, mani, padme, hum; om, mani, padme, hum; hum, hum. Greetings to you! One Who Serves here. And Shoshanna is in here, maybe in the wings here, we do not know yet, but she is there and will be a part of this.

Because this is a special time for us. A special time for you, yes. It is the end of one year, and the beginning of another year. And all the celebrations and the drinking, and all of these things that you do. It is wonderful! And we enjoy watching it, just so you know. We enjoy these times. We enjoy celebrating with you. We enjoy, yes, at times, even laughing, not laughing at you, but laughing with you!

Because these are just special, special, special, special times for us. Because we are watching many changes that are happening across the planet. Many changes as frequency vibration continues to increase. And yes, we know you hear that, and then you say it doesn’t seem like frequency is rising, it doesn’t seem like vibration is rising, and it certainly doesn’t seem like consciousness is rising. But it is! Please understand that it is. It is rising at a very rapid rate.

And the plan, please understanding there is a plan. There has always been a plan, and the plan, yes, it change from time to time. But the plan continues on. The plan, the Creator’s plan, the Galactics’ plan, the Ascended Ones’ plan; all of this. And even more than that, your plan, you as the collective. Your white hats are well at work here doing what they tend to bring this about.

And yes, it does seem like it is somewhat slow. And you say, “How about hurrying it up a little bit? How about getting off your butts and doing something. And we know that it frustrates you, and you become discouraged, and all of these things.

But understand that it must be this way. We do not like it either! We say we wish it would hurry up. But we are powerless to do anything to help this, other than to guide you. We cannot do it for you. We cannot rescue you. We cannot save you. You must save yourselves.

But there are those of the Alliance, the White Hat Alliance, that are there and ready to assist at a moment’s notice. And they are in the wings at this point right now waiting, just waiting for the right frequency to hit when they can then make their move. And they are going to make a move, please understand that. It is going to happen. When we cannot say, because there are many things yet that still have to happen. There are many truths that need to come through, and they are coming through more and more.

Just look back at this past year you have just had. Look at all the truths that have come forward. Look at how many people have moved away more and more from the illusion, from the third-dimensional illusion. They’re even starting to talk about beyond the 3-D. They are talking about 4-D and 5-D. The regular, average people are starting to do that more! They are talking about frequency vibration.

Go back five years or so—nobody talked about that, except you the awakened ones. But more and more are awakening to this. They are awakening to the fact that they have been held down, that their freedom has been kept from them. You all know this. But it is important for more and more to come forward and know this as well. And they are doing so!

There is what you might call an alarm clock. Each one of you had an alarm clock go off at one time in your life when you began to ask those questions. Those questions that are on many minds at this time where you say, “What are we here for? What is this all about? Who am I? What is my purpose?” When you started asking those questions, the answers started to come.

Just now also, those that are starting to ask those questions, the answers are starting to come. They are coming in many different ways, whether it is coming in their head as thoughts that come to them. Or whether they are led to a book, or to a movie, or to one of you, the awakened ones.

You see, it is all coming together, and you must understand this. We will stop here now.

Shoshanna, do you have anything you wish to share at this point as we continue to move through this?

SHOSHANNA: (JoAnna’s Higher Self, channeled by JoAnna McConnell)

Not yet.

OWS: Very good. Then we will continue to look at where you have come from, and then we will look at where you are going here. Because we know many of you, most of you, want to hear–okay, what are the predictions? Enough of this other stuff. What are the predictions for this next year? What can we look forward to?

And we will tell you that there is much to look forward to. And there is also much to look backward to, in terms of what you have been through. How you have come through this last year. Look at the various health achievements that have been coming through.

Those of the forces of darkness have even tried to bring the mandates back, or the masks, and things like this. But did it succeed? No! How many people do you see wearing masks now at this point? Yes, they continue to try to do this.

It is only about control. That’s all they want to do, is control you. To raise the fear, control you, and to keep you under their thumb so that you are kept in the illusion along with them. They want to keep you from the illusion. If they can’t be out of the illusion, they don’t want anyone to be out of the illusion, you see?

And they also know that as the vibrational frequency continues to increase, and increase, and increase, their time is limited more and more. Because they cannot exist in a higher vibrational frequency. It is not possible. Just as you cannot move from the third-dimensional expression into the fourth- and fifth-dimensional expression until your vibration raises higher enough. That is why you are not already in the fifth dimension.

But you do go there at times. You go there in your dreams, certainly. And you go there sometimes in your waking state as well, when you feel a sense of bliss come over you. My goodness, you are in the fifth dimension at that point! Even if it is only for a moment. And then you slip back. And that is accepted at this point. But know that as you continue to move through this ascension process, you will find yourself staying their more, and more, and more. You have already been doing it. We already know this of all of you. You have already been staying there longer and longer. The vibrational frequency is raising everywhere across the planet. This is the reason why all these truths are coming forward. Why the dark forces are coming out of the shadows finally. And those that are ready to see them are seeing them. And we will tell you that many, many more are ready to see them now. They are ready to see the shadows come forward. They are ready to see, and know, and feel the truth come forward. That is what this is all about.

So look back and see everything. Look at how the one, the President Trump, has gone through rrials and all of these things. When I speak of your court trials, although that is happening as well, but trial, after trial, after trial he is moving through because there is a plan. There is a plan for this one. There is a plan for this one who does lead the White Hats here, and is what you call the ‘Commander in Chief’ of those White Hats. Not the Alliance, though.

You have to understand that the White Hats and the Alliance are one in the same, but the Alliance is much, much larger than the White Hats are. The Alliance also includes the Galactics, it includes the Ascended Ones, it includes the Agarthans, you see? It is a much, much bigger family than you could possibly think at this point. So how could anyone, especially those of you that are awakened, think, even for a moment, that things are not going to turn out wonderful here, when you have all these ones behind you, backing you, giving you guidance, being there for you when you need them.

Yes, it is true, you would want them to come more often. You would want them to be here and just simply come in and take out the forces of darkness and be done with it, but you know that cannot happen, and is not going to happen. Because, as you have heard many times, you are ones you are waiting for. That is what this has always been. But that does not mean that sometime in this next year, and this is a rather large hint people, that some time in this next year that they cannot come and be a part of this more and more here, be physically a part of this. So far they have been in the background doing the things they need to do to continue to bring this plan forward. But at some point, and it very well could be in this next year, even early in this next year possibly, by your Spring, that is a prediction, but it is not written in stone, certainly. Remember that predictions are nothing but possibilities and probabilities. That is all they are. And that is the only way we can speak here in terms of possibility and probability. But the probability at this point is saying that you are on the cusp.

Just as Sananda said here earlier, and you’ve heard many times, you are on the cusp of great, wonderful changes. Will it be all rosy? No. No, it will not. But to you, those of you that are the awakened ones, you can look past the times that seem to be more negative. You can look past all this and know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, certainly. There will be many that will look at the tunnel and not see the light. But you know there is a light at the end. So know this, and trust in this.

There are going to be great things that are going to occur, certainly in your health industry in terms of frequency and vibration. You remember some time ago, years ago, we said through the one, James, that everything in the times ahead was going to move toward frequency vibration. In terms of medical healing, and all of these things, it was going to become frequency that was going to do it. Sound, color, wound with different kinds of waves. It is all coming together here. Electromagnetic frequency, laser lights, all of these things are coming and are going to be the miraculous changes that you have all been looking for. Even the one, the great Telsa, the one who could see the future, he could see beyond what anyone could see at that time. Those things that he developed, these things that he invented that are held in patents now, many patents that the deep state cabal has held for a long time. They are coming forward now. They are being released, and will be released more and more.

Many of you have heard of approximately 6,000 patents, not all from Tesla certainly, but many that are going to be released. Free energy is coming. Medical healing that you have never seen before is coming. Where just as the one, President Trump, said, when he said this in your 2020, he said approximately a year or so from now, approximately all hospitals, medical situations will become obsolete. That is not the exact words here, but he came out and said this. He knew about what you know about he med-beds, and the technology that is the precursor to the med-bed, which is already being released now. Some of you are finding this. It is coming out more and more, and you will see this more and more as it comes forward. When finally the med-beds are released. But then that is still a precursor to the celestial healing chambers.

Please understand, it is going to be a wonderful wide world of joy that you are moving into. And the more that you look at it that way, and do not get held back, bogged down, back into the quagmire of the illusion, the more you can stay out of that as a collective, or as individuals first, and then as a collection, you will find that these things will come forward even faster.

Please understand that it is as an avalanche now is gaining, coming down the mountain. This is what we want you to see now. It begins as just a small pebble rolling down the mountain of snow. And that pebble begins to become larger, and larger, and larger. And finally it becomes a great big huge ball of snow coming down, and creates an entire avalanche. Well, that is what is happening. And has anyone ever tried to stop an avalanche from coming down? It is not possible.

So this is what you are looking toward as you continue to move forward through this next year. You can look at it as a tumultuous year, and certainly it will appear to many as a tumultuous year. But there are those times when you have to move through the darkness to reach the light. And that is what is happening. You are in the process of moving through the darkness now. Will it get a little darker? Perhaps, yes, it may appear that way. And to many it will definitely appear that way. But to those of you, the awakened ones, you know what is coming after that, you see? So you need to have no concerns as these times continue on.

As the days, the weeks, the months go by in this next year, moving through the year and into your next year, 2025, so much can happen in this time period. Are we at liberty to say what? No. Do we know what is going to happen? No, we do not at this point. We can only speak again in possibilities and probabilities. But you are definitely moving in that direction.

Your ascension process is gaining steam. You have no idea how far and fast you are moving through this ascension process. So many in the Galactic Councils never thought this was going to be possible that this could happen so fast. What you are going through would have taken lifetimes to move through before, hundreds of years. But now, you are doing it in just a few years.

So be at peace, my brothers, my sisters. Be at peace. Because you have everything in front of you. You have your entire life’s journey. And we do not speak of only this life, we speak of many lives beyond this. But understand that your life as it is now is not going to be held back to such a short time period. Those times are going to be passed. You are going to move beyond that, where you are going to be able to have not 80, 90, 100 years, but hundreds, even thousands of years of life. As you move through this process, as you move through the ascension process into the full ascension, into the fifth dimension and beyond, you will be looking at thousands of years of life, no longer fear of death. There will be none of this. In fact, there will be no fear whatsoever. This is what you are moving toward. It is going to happen in this next year? No, probably not. But you are in transition. You are on a journey through this transition now. And the transition is taking you further and further along in this ascension process. And your vibrational frequencies are increasing everywhere.

So, again, you are going to see some big things happening. You are going to potentially, very probably, see your media being taken over. That is likely to happen, and very much will happen, here. This year, very probably. But for sure, the next year it will happen, if not this year.

So again, we cannot give the predictions. We cannot give time frames. We do it somewhat, but we are held back from doing this because it is not good for you. Because if we give time frames, then you are expecting something on that time frame. And if it does not come, you become discouraged. You become disconsolate. You become depressed. Do we want that? Certainly not. So we cannot be concerned of time frames. But again, possibilities. Yes, that is where we go with this. That is where you are all going with this.

Because again, you have everything there in front of you. You just need to sit back, relax, continue to watch the show, the movie, whatever you want to call it, and know that very possibly the movie, as you have been watching here, is going to come to an end. Again, very probably this next year it will come to an end. And once there is that ending, you will then have a new beginning. But it will be a new beginning with light, and love, and truth in front of everyone, where even those that were somewhat and mostly sleep, even those will have awakened to a very large degree. Will all awaken? No, they will not.

But it is hoped that as this continues forward, as this transition continues on, that you will be essential in helping to guide those that are coming into their awakening process. You become us, so-to-speak. You become the ascended ones that can then doing exactly as we are doing here if you wish to, to come through another and provide these messages to another, if you wish to do that.

You will also be able, if you want, to go up on the ship and be able to boldly go where no one has gone before, if you want to. Your Star Trek, you see? Star Trek is real, by the way. Not so much here, as you understand it, but galactically they are certainly real. You are going to even begin to see more of Star Trek in the technology that was shown in that show and in those movies. You will even begin to see that in this next year or so, as technology continues to rise. But it is only rising because consciousness is rising. Understand that technology does not care whether it is dark or light, who was using it.

So if those of the forces of darkness are using the technology, as they have for thousands and thousands of years, then this is what happens. This is how they have held you back by holding their technology back from you, holding it so that you could not have it. They had it, but you could not have it. Now that is going to change.

More and more people know of the new technology. And as they know about it, they create it coming forward, just as you are creating it coming forward. You are creating the new healing technologies that are coming forward. You are creating the energy technology that is coming forward. You are creating all of this, bringing it into being. And the more that you bring it into being, it comes into being! That is how this works! If you think about the darkness, if you think about the illusion, the third-dimensional illusion, and think everything is falling apart, then it is falling apart. But to some degree, and yes, the third-dimensional illusion must come apart, it must crumble, we will say. And it willb e replaced by the new technology. It will be replaced by, again, the truth coming forward. It will be replaced by higher vibrational frequency consciousness. That is all coming here.

We are coming now with a need to take a break here, as we find it.

Shoshanna, do you have anything that you wish to say now?

SHOSHANNA: (Channeled by JoAnna McConnell)

No. We do not.

OWS: Very good. Then at this point, we will ask if you have questions. We know that when questions are asked, Shoshanna is right there to bring her wonderful insight into the situation. So would there be any questions? You can unmute your phones now if you wish. Only if you ask a question, though.

Guest: Yes, beloved ones. I have a question.

OWS: Yes?

Guest: After we pass through to the fifth dimension, which then we could channel through someone. But could we also appear, as Jesus did to Mary, and actually just have our say to a third-dimensional being, like to our children or whatever else the case may be? Would that be possible?

OWS: It will be possible, but not so much that you would want to do it. Just as those of us do not do it very often. It is difficult to come down in vibration. Can be done, and is done at times, but it is not something we think that what you have gone through all this that you will want to come back in that respect, you see? Once you are through all of this, you’ll want to be through with it, move beyond it, go again where you have never been before, or at least not in this life-time, or even many life-times here.

But you have all been in ships and through other systems and planets, and all of this before. All of you are either on councils, various Galactic councils aspects of you, we speak of, not you yourself, but an aspect of you are on Galactic councils, and you are part of the Great White Brotherhood of Light, and many others of the brotherhood, Galactic brotherhoods that exists. When we say ‘brotherhood,’ we mean ‘sisterhood’ as well, you see? So, it is not that you would not be able to, it is more like, ‘will you want to,’ you see? Shoshanna, do you have anything to add?

Shoshanna: We wish to add here, but we wish to delve a little bit on why this question was asked, you see? We are not certain of the true question here. Is it that you wish to come back to warn people? What is it that you wish to come back for?

Guest: I wish to tell my beloved ones that though I am not necessarily like you, alive moment by moment, I am there with them in spirit, and I’m there in the moment. If they need me, they can just talk to me and I can respond.

Shoshanna: Dear open, you are referring to perhaps your mamma-bear instincts. You are referring perhaps to wishing to comfort those that you have left. Is that not correct?

Guest: Yes, it helps them in your past however it seems.

Shoshanna: Yes. So here is what we will tell you (and this is difficult): the idea of coming to help another is only if the other wishes for your help, you see. They must ask. They must long for it. They must wish for it, you see. You cannot intervene in another’s life because you wish to, you wish to comfort them. They must wish for the comfort. Does that make sense?

Guest: Yes. I just am wondering, is it possible for me to let them know that it is available if they want it?

Shoshanna: If they wish for it, you see. It is all based on what the being is asking for. So if they wish for your comfort, then you can give that to them, you see. But you cannot show up in another’s life if they are not asking for it, because then they will not accept it. Do you see what we are getting at here?

Guest: I think it is like an aggravation or something.

Shoshanna: or an intrusion.

Guest: Oh, okay.

Shoshanna: Yes. So we understand your heart, Dear Sister. We have always understood your heart. And we will tell you that the most difficult part of a being that wishes to comfort another is to wait for that other to wish for their comfort, you see. That is the rub. Namaste.

Guest: Thank you.

OWS: You have to understand that when you move on from this lower vibration into a higher vibration, and this is why when those pass on in the death process, they do not often make contact back. They move on. They have their continuing journey, their continuing life continues beyond this expression here. So that is why for the most part there are not the connections that happened. Now, with that understanding, know that in your situation, your situation being the collective situation of man here as they move through the ascension process, there will be a difference here in that there will be, what we have spoken of as, the waves of ascension. And you, those of you that are already the awakened ones, are to be in that first wave of ascension if you want to be. We think all of you do at this point. So you will be in that first wave, and will be able to assist others in the second and third waves, actually in the second wave, and then those in the second wave will then be able to assist those in the third wave. And you in the first wave will go on from wherever you want to go from there, you see? This is why we have said, even though you all say “we’re never coming back here again, we’re never gonna do this again,” you will likely want to do it again to a point here. Not to the point of suffering and going through a third-dimentional expression again, certainly not. But you will want to assist those to be able to move forward in their journey as well, just as you have received assistance from us in various ways to move through your journey, you see?

Would there be other questions here? Any other questions?

Guest: I have a question.

OWS: Yes?

Guest: I had heard quite a few years ago through Cobra that Tesla is coming back to some other male to continue with his ministry, I guess. Is that true?

OWS: We cannot tell you…

Shoshanna: We will share.

OWS: Yes, please do. We cannot say, but you may share.

Shoshanna: We wish to share. Dear Sister, Rita, may we share with you?

Guest: Yes, you may.

Shoshanna: Dear Sister, the being that has embodied the brilliance, and the understanding, and the inventiveness of that one known as Tesla walks among you! Do you know who this is?

Guest: Trump?

Shoshanna: No. this one that walks among you, that has embraced the technology of moving forward is known as Elon Musk.

Guest: Oh, my!

OWS: You have let the cat out of the bag now!

Shoshanna: He has embodied that consciousness of the one known as Tesla, and that is why his company is Tesla, you see. Because he is one with Tesla. He may not completely understand this, and we do not think he does. But he has been downloaded with all of this great information. And he is meting it out to the public on a limited basis, because he is not free yet to give what he came here to give, like the idea of free energy. But he is coming very close to that, you see.

Do you know of the invention, the Tesla wall?

Guest: Excuse me, what did you say?

Shoshanna: Do you know the invention, the Tesla wall? It is a wall of batteries that captures the sun’s energy.

Guest: Oh. A little bit.

Shoshanna: That is Elon Musk’s invention, you see.

Guest: Aha. Okay.

Shoshanna: Many do not recognize this. Many do not. And many will not even believe what we say. But the one known as Tesla is living in consciousness within this being. Namaste.

Guest: Okay.

OWS: There you have it!

Guest: Okay! Thank you.

Shoshanna: Yes.

OWS: Would there be other questions here? That one came quite out of left field, as how we look at it, but wonderful. Would there be any other questions?

Guest: Well I have a follow-up question if no one else wants to ask. So okay, so we had our first wave of ascension. What will our loved ones and friends make of the fact that we just seem to have disappeared off the face of the Earth all of a sudden. Will they think some harm came to us? Or will they start to wonder then what’s going on? Just curious what you think they are going to make of that fact.

OWS: At this point, we can tell you that it is very difficult to say exactly how this is going to go, because as we have said many times, this has never happened before where an entire planet, and the people on the planet, were able to go through the ascension at the same time. So your guess, in some respects, is as good as ours is. Again, we can only look at possibilities and probabilities here. So whether or not they are able to do as you are saying is somewhat up in the air. But perhaps Shoshanna can share more light on it.

Shoshanna: We can share here, Dear Sister. May we share?

Guest: Yes, please.

Shoshanna: Dear Sister, the idea of ascending is about vibration and consciousness, and you have heard this over and over again. And the process does not harm anyone. It is not meant to create fear or loss. It does not do that, you see. It leaves a trail of vibratory essence that is wrapped in love, understanding, and compassion, and great excitement and joy, you see. So if you leave in the ascension process and rise, you will not be missed in terms of fear or sadness, you will be remembered. You will be remembered with great joy and love, and memories that are only good to that person, you see. Because the ascension process leaves that trail of vibration that the other picks up, you see. So there is no harm to another. We hope we have made this understood.

Guest: Yes. Thank you.

OWS: We can also share here in terms of your Yeshua, when he ascended. Those who were close to him, did they mourn his ascension? They mourned what they thought was his death, but they did not mourn his ascension, you see?

Shoshanna: Yes.

OWS: That is what Shoshanna is speaking of here.

Guest: Yes.

OWS: Would there be other questions here? Any questions about times ahead here? Your new year as you are moving into it?

Shoshanna: They have all learned to live in the moment.

OWS: That is very good. And we are taught something here.

Guest: I have a quick question about that, since you brought it up. There is some talk that Trump is going to be in charge, and in some level he is already. And some people say he is going to bow out and not be involved going forward. Would you care to astound on those two situations?

OWS: At this point, as things are looking, he is certainly in charge of those of the White Hats, and is the Commander in Chief of the Military, that is all accurate. And he is destined, at this point, to continue on. Because he is a great part of this plan. If you knew who he was in the past, then this would make a great deal of understanding here as to what he is doing and why he is doing it. He is continuing something that was started long ago here, and continuing the process. So he is certainly going to be a big part of things as they move through this next year.

Shoshanna: We will share.

OWS: Yes.

Shoshanna: May we share?

Guest: Yes, Shoshanna. And you can also share if he was General George Patton (laughs, guests laugh).

Shoshanna: We will not. But we will share our perspective on your question if we may, Dear Sister.

Guest: Yes, please.

Shoshanna: Dear Sister, this is a difficult thing to explain, but we will give you the spiritual side of why there are two things going on here. Why there is this man that has been given charge of the whole world, and why the story of bowing out is also running forward at the same time. And we will explain this to you from a higher perspective, you see.

The one, Trump, may bow out if he is exalted to savior status, you see, if he becomes that icon of a savior. Because the people of your planet must learn to lead themselves. Even though they must have a leader, they must learn to think for themselves and lead themselves, as what has occurred is lack of this, lack of constructive thinking, lack of self-preservation thinking, lack of understanding of who these beings really are when it comes to the course, you see. There are gods walking, and they have the divine source within them to accomplish anything, you see. So if they begin to rely solely on this man to save them, then by command of the source, he will just remove himself. That is what is going on. Namaste.

Guest: Beautiful. Beautiful. And I feel even though I think his ego is not as big as everyone says, I think he is absolutely guided, he’s generous, and he’s enlightened. That’s my opinion.

Shoshanna: We agree, Dear Sister. We are speaking of how other see him, you see. If that gets out of hand, then he has been asked by decree to remove himself. Because it is not good for your planet to make him into the source itself, you see. Does this make sense?

Guest: Absolutely. Yes. I suddenly understood. Thank you.

Shoshanna: Namaste.

OWS: Very good. Are there any further questions here? Nothing further? Then Shoshanna, do you want to wrap this up here?

Shoshanna: We will just say that what is important here is that each command themselves to move forward in consciousness and live the lives they wish to live. Regardless of what they think they see, what they think they hear, what they think they are experiencing, that they command themselves to live prosperously, to live wondrously, to live miraculously, to live in great joy and peace. And that is up to each individual. It is not what is going on externally, it is what is going on internally in each day that creates their lives. Namaste.

OWS: Very good. Then in closing, we say look ahead in this next year with joy. Do not get, again, bogged down by all those things that others are saying. As it was given here in one of your last times here, when all of those around them are losing their heads, do not do so yourselves, or something of that nature.

So know that as you continue to move through this year, that it is not doom and gloom, as many are beginning to say here. Because as the darkness continues to recede and the shadows recede, and the light comes forward and shines on that darkness, then that is why people are seeing now and thinking that things are falling apart.

And indeed they are falling part. But that is necessary. The old third-dimensional illusion does need to fall apart so that the new 4-D and 5-D expressions can take its place.

Shoshanna: And we wish to share a little more on this.

OWS: Yes.

Shoshanna: We wish to share that often, the conversation has been around timelines on your Sunday calls. So we must remind you that if you were on a timeline that you do not like, and it is fearful and you are scared, jump the timeline. If you are on a timeline where food is scarce, jump to the timeline where food is plentiful.

You have the ability to jump the timeline, and the only way that you can do that is believe that you can, and take your beliefs to the next level, you see, to the next timeline.

The timeline right now in the third-dimensional consciousness will terrify people. And they are on those timelines. You do not have to be. You can move away, move forward to whatever timeline you wish to experience. Namaste.

OWS: Good. And we just say now, Happy New Year! And again, be in joy in this next year!

Shanti. Peace be with you. Be the one.

James and JoAnna McConnell

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