Sharing my understanding on the ascension bit:
Ascending out of this world is not something that we're looking to do at this important time.
The goal is to ascend in consciousness while remaining here so that we can help with the collective ascension
. To be in the world but not of it. To be in the game, but see through it.
Any talk that we are supposed to 'disappear' I would suggest is dangerous talk... However, I understand that in the example with Jim Self he may be talking about people that have passed from the body (died), then ascended, this is a good thing, they graduate from the schoolroom and don't have to come back here under amnesia again...
For us here though, we're here for a big party!!!
Raising up and healing of this planet and all of it's people is what we came here to do, let's enjoy our jobs and celebrate our planet and the goodness that abounds here when we know where to look
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