What are some of the common misperceptions of the Ascension Process and 2012?

Some of the misperceptions I hear about Ascension come from misunderstandings about what is a spiritual practice? Many well-meaning people believe that doing yoga, going to psychics, eating healthy, listening to a guru and praying will get them ascended. Now all of those activities will help, but it's just the beginning.

I've read from other sources that the incoming particle waves will take care of it, or that we will have alien contact and be lifted off the planet. I am not being shown this as our future...I have been continuously for a dozen years been shown by the Sirian architects that we need to raise ourselves up and out of the darkness on our own!

To accomplish this, we need to conquer our personal demons, master the ego-shadow, heal our inner human separation from spirit, and transform our physical biology. It is a chosen lifestyle that requires absolute dedication and discipline. It requires continual internal house-cleaning, like you cannot even imagine! It requires the ego to completely let go of control and a gentle gradual faith in the loving presence of the Soul to provide for our needs and manifest a fulfilling life.