Spiritual Awareness
‘Change Has Begun’
Jay Hill and Michelle Kraus
Foreword by Amy Farrar
2008 2012
2012 : A Guide to
2012 : A Guide to Spiritual Awareness
Copyright ? 2008 Jay Hill and Michelle Kraus
ISBN: 1-882918-17-7
edited by: Amy Farrar
Page Design by: Chad Lilly
Cover creation by: Chad Lilly
Original Cover Drawing by: Michelle Kraus
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Are You Aware?
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Table of Contents
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7 : foreword
11 : introduction
19 : chapter 1 - Ge?ing Rid of Stu? - The Beginning
32 : chapter 2 - Fear and Greed
40 : chapter 3 - Forgiving Yourself for Your Mistakes
52 : chapter 4 - Moving On
60 : chapter 5 - Returning to a Spiritual Community
74 : chapter 6 - The Path of Peace
87 : chapter 7 - Dealing with Society
99 : chapter 8 - Raising Your Consciousness
in Preparation for 2012
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First and foremost, we would like to thank with
great humility the messengers who deemed us worthy
of receiving their messages and asked for our help to
distribute the messages in the book.
Michelle would like to thank her parents Cal and Irene
for being supportive in all ways of this project. Michelle
would also like to especially thank her husband Mike
and daughter Ma?a for their patience and supportive
love during the sometimes trying times of the writing of
this book. And as always, a thank you goes to the people
who were her second family and friends who listened
and accepted her for who she is. Thank You for believing
in me.
Acknowledgments
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Jay would like to thank all of the people who helped
make this possible. These people include his family and
friends who believed in him, and his supervisor Andrea
at his work for being so understanding and all the people
in his life who regardless if they knew it or not were his
teachers. A special big Thank You to his cousin Linda for
everything that she did to support this project. Jay would
also like to thank Dr. Chris Grams for helping him look
at love in a whole di?erent way and showing him how
to love with his heart, and for also introducing him to
people who helped facilitate the channeling process.
We would both like to thank Drs. Diane and Loren
Mickelson for the psychic work they did that helped
open and remove blocks in us both so that we could more
clearly receive messages. What they did not only helped
with the book but helped us in all areas of our lives.
And a special mention and thank you to Amy Farrar.
Amy edited the book and through her professionalism
and knowledge of the writing business she showed us
and taught us much. Amy embraced the project and
believed in it and was supportive and patient with our
want and needs. She wrote the forward and has started
as we have to live as the book asks. Thank you Amy
We would very much like to thank the universe for the
abundance we have received in all areas of our life.
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When I was ?rst approached by Jay to work on this
book, I wasn’t sure what to think. Although I had edited
books of a spiritual nature before, I had never edited a
strictly channeled book in which much of the information
in it was sent by people who had passed on, spiritual
guides, and what many of us think of as angels.
But as I began working on the book, I was ?lled with
this overwhelming feeling of trust, not only in Jay and
Michelle, but in the book’s content and its other authors—
the spiritual beings that have brought us this message.
In the o?en unpredictable world of freelance writing
and editing, ?nding clients that we freelancers can trust
right away doesn’t happen very o?en. And although I
consider myself a fairly New Agey type of person, I also
have an analytical mind that usually discounts theories
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and books about the end of life on Earth as we know it.
This book is not about the end. It is about the
beginning—the beginning of a new way of thinking,
feeling, and living among the human race on this planet
we call our home. Although the authors of the book (and
by authors I mean Jay, Michelle, and the spiritual beings
who borrowed them to channel this information to you)
refer to 2012 as a time of chaos that will result from wars
and natural disasters, that time is already upon us, and
each of us must take it upon ourselves to do what we can
to heal our planet, ourselves, and each other. This is a
book about spiritual awakening.
As such, one of the most potent messages in the book is
to love they neighbor, a message given by Jesus that most
of us in the New Age community take very seriously. Can
love conquer all? Yes, I believe that it can. I believe that if
we love ourselves, others, and the planet, that we all will
come through this into a new world that we can bring
into being.
As the authors state in the book, we are already
embroiled in tremendous change. Even if you don’t
believe that spiritual forces are and will be at work over
the next decade, you would have to have your head in
the sand not to acknowledge the huge changes that are
going on right now due to global warming, which was
the subject of the ?rst book I wrote (which was part of
the reason the universe threw us all together to work on
this book).
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As the authors suggest, start by unplugging from the
unhealthy brainwashing we all receive to be good li?le
consumers; really learn about sustainable living to the
best of your ability—how to grow your own food; how
to rely on your local community for support and help;
and how to survive without electricity or running water
in your home. This last point may be alarming, and most
Americans reading this may even laugh at it, but it is
a very real possibility in a war-torn world ravaged by
ongoing natural disasters, even here in the United States.
Of course this book states this will happen on a much
bigger scale, than say, New Orleans.
How it happens really isn’t the point. War and
environmental degradation are real world problems
that are already at work. 2012 means di?erent things
to di?erent people. Many reference it as the end of the
Mayan calendar. Although this has been interpreted
very negatively by a lot of people, no one knows for sure
exactly what the end of the Mayan calendar means. Much
of the Mayans’ writings were destroyed by invaders and
there is no concrete evidence of what the end of their
very accurate calendar means. But whether the chaos that
already seems to be happening (or at the very least has
happened since the dawn of recorded history) means the
end of the Mayan calendar, the end times predicted in The
Bible, or aliens coming from outer space (for either good
or bad reasons), there are a few things we can start doing
now, and those are the very valuable lessons outlined in
this book.
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One thing is clear—we are at a point in our history
where some very big decisions are going to have to be
made if we want our planet and our people to survive
and thrive. Make the decision suggested in this book and
slow down to think about who you are, what you are
here for, and who you want to be. Don’t let the frantic
pace of your life keep you from seeing the reality of it.
The decisions we make in the next few years will be
important not only for our survival, but for our collective
internal evolution.
There’s no question that all this change can be very
scary. But I truly believe that if we can have the courage
to say no to what is happening to our planet and our
people the world over, if we can say no to money ruling
our lives, and if we can ?nd our spirituality and really
incorporate it into our lives, that we can change not only
ourselves, but the world.
— Amy Farrar
2008
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This book is a guide to simple, slower, and more
aware living during this critical time in Earth’s history.
The information in this book was channeled through us
from spiritual sources outside of ourselves, the authors.
We refer to the spiritual entities who delivered this
information as healers or messengers, but some people
refer to others like them as spiritual guides and angels. It
is our collective goal to teach you about awareness and
how we treat ourselves, others, and the planet.
We asked the messengers if 2012 would be important.
They answered with a de?nitive, “Very much so.” This
is a profoundly di?cult time in the history of the human
race. Human beings are being challenged now like they
never have been before, by global warming and other
environmental problems, and by a spiritual vacuum
created by a frenzy of consumerism that is fueling greed,
isolation, intolerance, and war. Now is a pivotal time in
which we as a race can so?en the changes that are coming
by relying more on each other as we once did and by
learning to become aware of the spiritual guidance that
is being sent our way.
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Some people have referred to the changes that are
coming in a sort of doomsday-like context, but the
messengers have assured us that if we take their advice
and do what they say, we can weather the changes into
an enlightened era. The messengers do not tell you this
to alarm you, but to help you make the transition into a
much more loving, peaceful existence that will involve
living at a higher vibrational frequency that rejects
darkness and negativity.
One of the primary messages we received is this:
“You have lost appreciation for the ability to live. You
have been placed on Earth for a purpose and we would
like you to achieve that purpose. This book is a glimpse
of our expectations for proper living. We have light and
very li?le else. Material things are of no value to us.
We are spiritual beings living together. We have and
are essentially removing your barriers to becoming a
spiritual people. It with urgency that we tell you the
earth will continue to crumble until more awareness
has been achieved. No amount of magic or voodoo is
going to change this. No amount of denial is going to
change this. Emotional evaluation will change your
view of spirituality, whatever that may be. Your love
of life and others and also what is known in Eastern
cultures will change the earth. Love, live, breathe.”
We have included some of our own personal
experiences and awareness in this book, but consider
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ourselves to primarily be conduits for information that
has come to us through the healers. They told us to write
this book and we are honored to deliver their message,
which the world needs to hear.
Channeling this book has been an amazing process.
Michelle and I (Jay) met at work, where we had a spiritual
connection of sorts from the very beginning. Michelle
approached me and told me that her brother (who had
passed over) was prompting her to talk with me. She
then asked questions to test the waters to see if my belief
system was based in spiritual thinking.
So when Michelle and I started to write the book, we
discovered that Michelle can channel and receive streams
and blocks of information, while I predominantly receive
ideas and concepts. Both of us received whole messages
at times and at other times, it took both of us receiving
parts to get an entire message. We would also incorporate
feelings and emotions we received during channeling to
allow us to accurately interpret the messages. We veri?ed
whether our interpretations were correct by asking the
messengers if they were.
At times we would receive very large amounts of
information and we spent many hours organizing it.
Sometimes we would both receive information at the
same time and other times we would receive it at di?erent
times. We live many miles apart, do not communicate
daily and live very di?erent lives. A lot of the information
we would each receive separately on many occasions
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would be matching in content. We would meet and
compare and say, “Wow!” We would know then that
was pertinent information the messengers wanted in the
book. It was and is amazing to us. We are both aware
enough to be certain that what came through was from a
light-?lled, positive place and was for the greater good of
all. Our guides would help us in this respect also.
It was and is a strange feeling when you suddenly
have all these words, information, and directions in your
head and there is an urgency to write or type them. We
would have been thinking of other things (like being at
work) and suddenly feel this urgent need to write down
the information we would be receiving. We would write
or type and not even know what we were pu?ing down!
We just kept going till we were done and could continue
with what we had been doing. It would happen at our
jobs, early in the morning, at night, at our homes, or
while driving.
We met most weekends to have our writing sessions
and we estimate we channeled 80-100 hours worth of
information. We would end up with all these pages of
notes, ask the messengers where they wanted us to put
them, and we would be given the chapter numbers, so it at
times was like pu?ing a puzzle together. This was a very
tiring process. We want to thank everyone, including our
coworkers, who were so understanding and cooperative
during this di?cult time.
The messengers and healers who sent us the
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information in this book have not only helped with
writing it but have helped us increase our personal
awareness. They tell us there are many helpers/guides
involved in writing this book. Each contributes their
expertise in di?erent chapters and some in all the chapters
of the book; it is a collaborative e?ort of many. We do not
receive speci?c names and the messengers overall seem
very humble in their contributions to the whole. They are
all very positive, caring, and wish to express only love.
The messages we received revolve around a strong
urgency to change our ways, starting now. They focus
on becoming more spiritual, being kind to ourselves and
others, saving the planet, blending Eastern and Western
belief systems, and opening our eyes and being more
aware of what is happening around us. We want this
book to facilitate healing. Everyone chooses their own
path in this lifetime; it is a ma?er of personal choice. Even
though at times it seems we have no choice, we always
have choices.
Throughout our lives, most of us ask God, the universe,
or whoever our higher power is for help and we are given
messages and choices. This is what the messengers have
told us: We have made more bad choices than good; we
have not heard or have refused to listen to the messages
we have received; we have not had the awareness we
need; we have not chosen paths that will lead to positive
outcomes, and we have strayed from the spiritual path.
Look at all the war, distrust, greed and fear, hunger and
madness in the world.
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This book is about returning to a spiritual path and
living from our higher selves. All of us have guides,
angels, and helpers who present us with choices to
achieve what we feel we need or want. When you leave
the spiritual path or do not hear the messages and focus
more on the ego, on cravings, on fear, and on greed, you
do not serve yourself or the greater good of all. You dwell
in negativity. You live in negativity.
Unfortunately, the world is out of balance. We need to
return to the positive. And this is simpler than you think.
We have not been aware enough to receive help from
spiritual sources to keep us on a positive and kind path.
We are told this book will make us more aware of the
messages and choices that we get and it will help us to
achieve balance. It will help you recognize why you are
not aware. It has been wri?en for everyone, regardless of
religion, philosophy, or belief system.
If everyone lived with awareness and tried to maintain
balance and respect towards the earth and each other, they
would see we are really all one community. By picking up
this book, it is a sign that you are actively seeking ways to
simplify and improve your quality of life. You want to be
part of the revolution of spirit that is happening. Please
read the entire book.
One important step to achieving balance is to make
choices that will enhance your awareness of your
surroundings and environment. We ask that you make
the choice to follow the path of kindness presented in
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this book. This book is especially for those of you who
?nd yourselves saying, “I feel: out of sorts; not myself; not
grounded; incomplete; or stuck.” Do you ?nd yourself
doing something that you were not paying a?ention to
and then saying, “What was I thinking?” or “What was
I doing? I know be?er than that!” We hope this book
introduces ways to counteract all the feelings of losing
yourself. It is easy to be forgetful and lose track of being
aware of what we have created around us and who we
are. It is easy to lose track of how we live and how we
treat each other with how we are trained, programmed,
and in?uenced by the unrelenting barrage of marketing
messages and disinformation we receive through every
means of communication. It is easy to feel overwhelmed
and lost trying to ?nd explanations for the questions we
have and the feelings that produced them with how busy
the world has become.
We can break through the brainwashing that convinces
us to be the best consumers we can be, to own more than
we need, and to keep buying more and more. We can
overcome the psychological programming that dampens
our awareness of our actions and thoughts of ourselves
and the earth and convinces us that we are all separate
communities and not all one community. We are in this
together, all of us. We have forgo?en and been led away
from remembering there were times and societies that
successfully maintained community life, individual belief
systems, individual rights, and balance with Mother
Earth; societies with long histories. Everyone can bene?t
from remembering those times. We can blend the best of
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those times with the best of the present time. We must
remember and realize again we can achieve anything we
want to do or be.
We the authors are very happy with the message in
this book and are very grateful we could be a part of it.
We hope it helps you. Peace.
— Jay Hill and Michelle Kraus
2008
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