Next Level Soul Podcast with Alex Ferrari

FLASHBACK FRIDAYS: UNBELIEVABLE Changes Ahead – MANKIND'S Great Shift Explained – PREPARE for 2024 RESET! with Sara Landon | September 26, 2025

Episode Overview

In this illuminating episode, host Alex Ferrari welcomes back channeler and author Sara Landon to discuss the spiritual and energetic shifts unfolding in 2024 and beyond. The conversation explores the Great Awakening and humanity’s evolving consciousness, the integration of spiritual practices into modern life, and Sara’s insights from "the Council," a group of higher-dimensional beings she channels. The episode includes a profound live channeling session, offering direct guidance from the Council on personal empowerment, AI, overcoming fear, the future of religion, grief, and finding purpose during times of global transition.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Sara Landon’s Channeling Journey and New Book

• Sara reflects on her path as a conscious, non-trance channel, noting a shift in collective consciousness where trance is now less necessary for channeling (07:00).
  • Quote: "The voice in our head is usually judgmental, critical... but your higher self is unwavering love, reverence for you, compassion." — Sara Landon (06:44)
• Her book, You Are a Channel, demystifies channeling and encourages everyone to explore their own intuitive abilities, noting channeling is accessible to all.
  • She’s led 5,000+ students in learning to channel for guidance, creativity, and healing (08:18).

2. How to Distinguish Inner Guidance from Ego

• Sara emphasizes automatic writing, journaling, and following resonance/joy as ways to access genuine soul guidance rather than ego or conditioned thought (06:40–08:12).

3. Channeling in Everyday Life

• Alex and Sara discuss how artists, athletes, and business leaders “channel” inspiration when in the flow, with each person filtering universal wisdom through their unique life experience (15:02–17:34).
  • Quote: "The same message from Source... is based on your interests and experiences... it gets filtered in." — Alex Ferrari (16:22)

4. Consciousness, Creation, and the "Holographic" Reality

• The Council describes reality as a "holographic field," where imagination and play in higher states of consciousness precede physical manifestation (21:09).
  • The shift from “manifestation” to “creation” is highlighted: It’s not about forceful wanting but envisioning “how fun would that be?” (25:35).
  • Quote: "We're truly here for expression, to expand our consciousness, and to have the experiences we want to have." — Sara Landon (29:05)

5. Balancing Spiritual Awakening with Modern Life

• Sara shares practical stories of integrating higher consciousness with life's daily challenges—like flight delays and difficult people—by framing every event as happening "for you" and maintaining "heaven on earth" within (36:51).
  • Quote: "Nothing is worth my heaven on earth. Somebody cuts you off... take a breath. Deep breath. Is it worth it?" — Sara Landon (41:25)

6. Role of Suffering, Triggers, and Self-Compassion

• The duo explores how judgment, shame, and resistance keep us in "the dark night of the soul," while self-love and acceptance speed awakening (66:46–70:00).
  • Quote: "The dark night of the soul will last as long as you continue to deny love for yourself." — The Council via Sara Landon (67:47)

7. Children, Programming, and the Future

• They discuss child development, societal programming, and how one awakened generation can transform the collective ("We could really live in a fully awakened world in one generation" — Sara Landon, 62:16).

Live Channeling Session with The Council

(Begins at 82:51)

The Great Awakening & Elections

• The surge in global elections and societal turmoil reflects a mass "voting moment"—a call for all individuals to choose between awakening to personal power or giving it away (85:20).
  • Quote: "You are all coming to a pivotal moment of choosing—not right and wrong, but to awaken or remain powerless." — The Council (85:20)

Perceived Darkness & Collective Healing

• The Council reframes global chaos as a collective mirroring of inner unworthiness and self-denial, instructing that peace must be established within to affect the outer world (87:31).
  • Quote: "You can't rid the collective of all things you call negative. You must do it within yourself.” — The Council (88:58)

Timeline and Nature of the Shift

• The Great Shift is ongoing; as individuals change perspective, their reality shifts. Focus determines the reality experienced—look for and you’ll find awakening everywhere (90:58).
  • Advice: Practice "witnessing": pause, breathe, withhold judgment, and align to peace (94:10).

Children’s Role

• Children incarnate with higher consciousness and catalyze the awakening of others; their presence signals collective progress (96:27).

AI, Technology & Spiritual Growth

• AI is a neutral tool, reflecting the collective energy invested in it. Used consciously, it's a vehicle for creativity and expansion if we avoid surrendering power to fear (98:10, 99:58).
• Quote: "See AI as something you all have called forth... to support you in doing what brings you joy." — The Council (101:20)

Overcoming Fear

• For those paralyzed by fear (AI, politics, environment, etc.), the Council’s advice: Focus on fundamental spiritual questions (“Who am I? Why am I here?”) and on joy. Resistance is exhausting; openness brings freedom and clarity (103:43).

Religion and Outdated Systems

• Old systems (religion, government) will persist as long as people want their power managed for them. The shift comes as individuals reclaim personal agency; ascension occurs by surpassing—not eradicating—these structures (107:40).
  • Quote: "You ascended beyond them. Those things no longer have power over you." — The Council (110:00)

On Purpose, Grief, and Realization

• Finding Purpose: Your purpose is to experience realization, joy, and self-expression in your unique way (111:13).
  • “Live fully, love fully, and be all that you are.” (112:31)
• On Grief: When a loved one dies, they “release the density of the body and re-emerge into pure love.” The relationship continues at a new level, accessible when aligned in love and peace (120:49).
• Loneliness/Feeling Lost: The sense of loss comes from separation; moving into peace restores a sense of guidance and connectivity (126:18).

Central Affirmation

• The Council’s closing message (132:29):
  • "I know who I am."
    Repeat, allow the awareness, and let it become experienced reality.

Notable Quotes & Moments (w/ Timestamps)

• "You are always guided in every moment. You're exactly where you're meant to be." — The Council (05:52)
• "Nothing is worth my heaven on earth." — Sara Landon (41:25)
• On the pain of self-denial: "What’s really hard is to deny love for yourself when love is what you are." — The Council (117:49)
• On fears about darkness/future: "When you create peace within, you contribute to the collective peace without." — The Council (88:58)
• On bypassing “saving the world”: "You're inspiring millions... not because you're trying, but because you love what you do." — Sara Landon (33:56)
• "AI is part of the expansion of consciousness and innovation—the energy you bring creates the experience." — The Council (98:10)

Important Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |--------------------------------------------|------------| | Sara Landon’s intro/thoughts on channeling | 03:36–12:13| | How to distinguish channeling/ego | 05:52–08:12| | Imagination, consciousness, creation | 21:09–29:05| | Self-love, integration, triggers | 41:25–70:00| | Children & programming | 62:15–66:46| | Live channeling session begins | 82:51 | | The Council on elections | 85:20 | | The Council on darkness/power | 87:31 | | Explaining the Great Awakening | 90:58 | | AI & technology | 98:10–101:20| | Advice for the fearful | 103:20 | | On religion & systems of control | 107:40 | | Purpose & realization |111:13–117:49| | On grief and crossing over |120:49 | | Final affirmation/"I know who I am" |132:29 |

Closing & Resources

• Sara Landon’s book: You Are a Channel—available July 2, 2024, in print and audiobook.
• Website: saralandon.com
• YouTube Channel: Regular channeled video podcasts and resources.
• Free resources: Meditations, channeled messages, and classes for various stages of awakening.

Summary:
This episode is a heartfelt guide through the challenges and potential of present-day spiritual awakening. Sara and the Council invite listeners to reclaim their power, practice radical self-love, accept the world as a reflection of collective consciousness, and trust in the extraordinary times of which they are a part. The core message is empowerment: "I know who I am."