“Channeling is the act of connecting with a spiritual entity and receiving transformative information from them. The person that transmits this knowledge is called a channel. Channeling is different from mediumship in that a medium communicates with people who have recently died, whereas a channel communicates with a spiritual teacher. Both practices are equally valuable.” michaelteachings.com
Esther Hicks channels Abraham 
“Abraham is not a singular consciousness as you feel that you are in your singular bodies. Abraham is collective consciousness. There is a stream or river of consciousness. As one of you asks a question, there are many, many points of consciousness that are funneling through what feels to be one perspective, (because there is, in this case, one human, Esther, who is interpreting or articulating it) so it appears singular to you. We are multidimensional and multi-faceted and, certainly, multi-consciousness.”
Abraham Hicks on 8/29/99
