Perhaps it’s time to regroup and look at where we are with the process of Ascension, now said to be gradual rather than sudden. In doing so, I’m aware of the need to be more circumspect in what I say and how I interpret the Company of Heaven than I have been.

If I accept that Archangel Michael, for instance, never intended that 21/12/12 be seen as the end point in Ascension, then I for one must be more tentative in my interpretations in the future. Gone is the easy confidence that matters are easily understood or cut-and-dried.

To date no tangible evidence, proof, or signs have been given of the matters discussed here, making an easy acceptance of these assertions somewhat more difficult than it has been in the past. The Company of Heaven, through Sanat Kumara, the planetary logos, recognized our difficulties recently. About them, he said:

“You are turning to us and saying, ‘What you have promised has not come through, and what you are giving us is not enough.’

“That message is heard and acted upon, in ways that are different for each one of you. Yes, including and before and after the healing that needs to take place. What you feel you are doing is working with a fractured relationship, a relationship in which you have been promised that you will ascend.” (1)

I personally believe that Ascension is going ahead as our sources outline here, but the reappraisal that allegedly took place prior to 21/12/12 has definitely stumped many lightworkers and caused upset that is now in the process of healing, as Sanat has noted.

To begin with, mass Ascension was reportedly postponed to allow a much larger cross-section of the Earth’s population to progress than the 30% who would have gone if a mass Ascension had occurred on 21/12/12.

Archangel Michael related the figure of 30% to me in a channeled reading on Dec. 26 but asked me not to make the figure public. However Sanat made it public on Jan. 7 in hisHour with an Angel interview.

“Now, you know, or perhaps many of you do not know, that very close to the 21st of December, it looked like about a third of the entire population was ready, that composing mostly the lightworkers, love-holders community.” (2)

He explained why the Company of Heaven did not alert us to the fact that the full Ascension would come later.

“Why did we not warn you that you might be disappointed? Because the energy, the forward thrust of what you were creating together with us, was so strong that we had no desire, particularly in the unfoldment of the Mother’s plan, to say, ‘Wait a minute, and stop. Let us take time out and breathe.’ Because that would have … hmm … you have a saying, ‘put a wrench in the works.’” (3)

The scenario that was being discussed behind the scenes as we approached the 21^st of December, according to Sanat, was “that the whole of humanity would ascend.” (4) He explained what happened beyond our realm of consciousness.

“What you would think of as the 11th, or even the 12th hour, a cry went up to the Mother directly from the collective heart of humanity, which surprised even us, that said, ‘Let us come together.’ The portal of 12/12, the opening of the unity of heart, has been so magnificent that we don’t want to leave anyone behind, even those that do not know, and who have not chosen, a path of light. …

“And if it doesn’t mean immediacy, then that is all right, because we all came to do this together. So can we slightly adjust? Frankly, it was debated and considered, because, as I say, it was one of those minor potentialities. The Mother is the Source of infinite wisdom and mercy, compassion, and so she said yes.” (5)

Archangel Michael made a similar assertion:

“But there are many others that we are also waiting for, that are approaching that bus station in hordes and this has not just been our decision. It has been your decision as well.” (5)

“Think of it as a family decision, saying, slow down, because we all want to come. The plan has still need to go forward with great rapidity, by the way. But we will slow down because we want to accommodate everybody [who wants to ascend, that is.]” (6)

I’m sure no one would wish for anyone to be left behind. That isn’t the problem. The problem is that none of us has a recollection of making such a request, which makes this assertion one that I cannot vouch for. We’re obliged to accept the word of our sources on the matter.

Archangel Michael tells us that the response of the Company of Heaven to our alleged request that everyone be permitted to ascend was to push the pause button.

“So rather than thirty percent ascending, many going to a holographic Earth, a few going to an alternate universe, think of it as pushing the pause button, but even as you know, that even as the pause button is pushed, there is still recording activity. It is not that you enter no time.

“So what has taken place in this what you can think of as pause, is the old Third [Dimension] has taken its form fully as a holograph, on the outer rim, rather than separate from Gaia, she has allowed this, many are still looking outward at that holograph. It is just that, although much of life is a holograph, as you have pointed out.

“And the collection is being made so that all may shift into the new form and this is being made possible not only by us who have pushed the pause button, but by each of you. You say but we are not conscious of this. But your soul is most certainly conscious of this and that is why you are so anxious.” (7)

Many lightworkers strained to remain free of work commitments until 21/12/12, pursuing their missions and believing that they would find themselves on the Fifth Dimension, not needing food or money. In this they were mistaken, which has caused considerable reflection. AAM addressed this matter.

“You say well, Lord, that is all well and good. But in the meantime while the pause button is on hold, and you are not telling me what day and time, rents are due and bills must be paid and people are waiting. We did not agree to this pause and to this adjustment in plan without understanding that you will need more help on the physical realm.

“And we will do so.” (8)

However as yet, no signs of assistance have come from the Company of Heaven. One could argue that lightworkers mobilizing to take care of each other is the assistance that AAM promised. While that may be the case, we have no tangible proof of it.

It was Matthew Ward who first raised the possibility that the whole planet would not ascend on 21/12/12 as many lightworkers, myself included, expected. In his message on Sept. 1, 2012, he said:

“Now we shall fast-forward to this year at hand. During its last days and the early days of 2013, the planet will travel through the celestial window between third and fourth densities, where the energy wisps of both densities briefly commingle, and it will enter fourth density, where Earth’s Golden Age begins.

“But that glorious milestone is not the end of her journey. Ascension will continue until the planet is securely within fifth density, where Gaia originated in antiquity and so did her planetary body. After eons of being in the low densities that were commensurate with the collective consciousness of successive civilizations, Gaia’s body will have returned home.

“Indeed, Earth’s exiting third density will be heralded throughout the lighted universe! However, knowing that this brilliant process will continue for long years to come will prevent despondency from befalling those who are expecting a dramatic event to occur on December 21^st. When nothing of dynamic proportions happens that day or any other in that same narrow timeframe, how sad it would be if those who are counting on something spectacular become so depressed that they decide at soul level to join the others who also choose not to remain on the planet for different reasons.” (9)

While I believed at the time that Matthew was mistaken, he has in fact been proven correct. He went on to suggest a timetable for our progress past 21/12/12 on Sept. 24, 2012. According to him many advanced beings here to help with our progress will leave once the planet is firmly anchored in the Fourth Dimension.

“It would not be realistic to think that traveling through fourth density and well into fifth will happen in that same blink of an eye, universally speaking. Once the planet is firmly within fourth density and all profound reforms have been completed worldwide, the highly evolved beings who came to help in those achievements will want to return to their homelands.

“Throughout the rest of Earth’s journey to her destination in fifth density, she’ll be on her own and her ascension pace will be in accordance with her peoples’ collective consciousness, which no longer will include those advanced beings.” (10)

Here again there appears to be a disparity between Matthew and Archangel Michael and Sanat Kumara who allege that we’re already in the Fifth Dimension, though our attention is still on the Third and our perception of the Fifth has not yet developed.

Matthew gives no timetable for this progression. While Matthew appeared to disagree with other sources on whether 21/12/12 would produce a sudden mass Ascension, none of our sources asserts that no Ascension will occur. Theirs is a disagreement over pace rather than the actuality of Ascension itself.

(To be continued tomorrow.)