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  • May31st

    Teen Shit

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Bipolar disease, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Death of a Child, Death of a sibling, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Kim O'Neill, Loss of a sibling, Love, Mental illness, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Sibling relationships, Struggles, Suicide

    In this part of the channeling session with Kim O’Neill, Erik discusses self-esteem issues and delivers messages for his sisters and brother. Let’s begin.

    Me: What, other than past life issues, really affected your self-esteem, Erik? I mean, why? What happened to you?

    Erik, shrugging: Just typical shit. Typical teenage shit.

    Kim: Erik, could you be a bit more descriptive for your mom?

    Me. chuckling: That was never a strong point of his.

    Erik, shrugging again: Just typical teenage shit! You get together a thousand kids from 16 to 20, or even a million, and ask them from all over the world how’s their self-esteem and they’d say it’d depend on the time of day, if they smoked lately, and lots of other things.

    Me: Did you take any pills on the day you died, Erik? Were you under the influence of any mind altering chemicals?

    I spent 30 minutes or so with him just prior to his death and he seemed pretty stone-cold sober. Just solemn.

    Erik: No, nothing.

    Me: Did the medication the psychiatrist prescribe have anything to do with your suicide?

    He was taking two medications for his bipolar disease, Lamictal and Abilify.

    Erik: No, not at all. But that medication didn’t really help. That medication is going to be taken off the market, because of the negative impact it has on kids and teenagers.

    Kim: Do you think if you hadn’t been on that medication, you would still have killed yourself?

    Erik: Yes, I think I would have. The medication didn’t really influence my decision and it didn’t help me either. That’s why you got it for me, right Mom?

    Me: Yeah. So Erik, did you understand how loved you were when you were here on the earthly plane?

    Erik: I really never thought about shit like that. Kids don’t think about that shit.

    Me, sadly: Yeah, I guess not.

    Erik: Kids only notice when they’re not loved.

    Me: Oh, wow, that’s true.

    Kim: Erik is saying things that are so wise, Elisa. He’s evolved so much in the spiritual world.

    Erik: Kids take things for granted when they’re loved. They only really notice when they feel like they’re not loved. So I guess I was pretty damn loved! (chuckling) Now I know, of course. And I knew when I was there, but I just really never thought about it. I just figured that was, you know, Mom and Dad stuff. Oh, and Mom, I like to call Kristina “Krissie” now, because I know that will irritate the dog shit out of her. It’s like a little brother being obnoxious. I love teasing her. I tell her, ‘Hey Krissie, hang in there cuz it’s gonna get easier. Love ya.’ And I’m really proud of Michelle as a mother. I tell her ‘I’m glad you got your fucking shit together.’ That’s my personal message for her. For Lukas, I wanna just tell him, ‘Everything’s cool, man. I know there’s a girl you like. Go for it, man!’ For Annika, I’d like to tell her, ‘I’m okay now and you should let go of your worries. That family is gonna be fine. I love you, Akka Baby.’

    This was always his favorite nickname for his little sister!

    Next, we begin the Ask Erik submissions. I have around 11 or 12 readers who have submitted questions to Erik about departed loved ones, the direction their lives are taking, and many other issues. I’m very proud of the wisdom Erik’s provided and the incredible amount of energy he has sacrificed in channeling this valuable information.

    Today is Memorial Day, a day for honoring those soldiers who have fought to preserve our freedom and way of life. Today, Memorial Day is a time that I will also honor another type of soldier, one who has persevered in his own personal war, fighting dragons and demons within. He stayed as long as he could for us, the ones he loves so dearly.  I love you my sweet, brave soldier.

    Erik and Michelle

    Pappa, "Krissie," "Akka Baby" and Lukas

  • May28th

    Future Work with Erik

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Parent, Grief, Kim O'Neill, Psychic medium, Struggles, Suicide

    In previous channeling sessions, Erik has told me that we are meant to work together on several projects: this blog, some books, a TV series and a movie. I can’t fathom this, as my energy and motivation is as low as my spirits. How low? The Marianas trench looks like the Rocky Mountain ridge by comparison. Erik discusses this further with me in my May 13th channeling session:

    Me: Erik, I know you say I’m supposed to write some books and screenplays about all this, but I just don’t know how I can do it. I‘ve written non-fiction books, but I haven’t had any experience with fiction and certainly not screenplays. I feel paralyzed, too. I can hardly find it within me to take in the mail; how can I move forward on this? I know it’s important for helping others like bereaved parents and teens who are depressed, but where do I find the strength and skill, Erik?

    Erik: The first thing is a book. You’re going to write a book with me called something like Channeling Erik. It’ll include the channeled sessions with me. Should be a cinch. Fuckin easy.

    Sounds weird coming from a guy that had trouble stringing two sentences together in school!

    Me: Non-fiction?

    Erik: Yes, exactly. True life. You’re going to do a couple of books like that. On might be called Conversations with Erik. Then you’re going to have someone come to you and wanna do a film. That’s what’s gonna happen now, Mom. We are going to do two books, and you’re going to continue with the blog. Many people will read them and learn from them. A lot of parents are going to understand your reluctance to believe that it’s really me cuz of what you can lose again.

    Me: Yeah, sure.

    Erik: And it’s not about trusting Kim; it’s about trusting yourself and trusting me. I’ve let you down, so I can understand why it’d be hard to trust me. As much a part of you that’s concerned about trusting me is you trusting yourself. A lot of parents are going to understand that, so it’s really important for you to write about those feelings of doubt. I think you should start the book with this issue. You’re going to have hesitations Mom, because you’re going to wonder whether you should write the books from the standpoint of you being a strong woman wanting to help others rather than a crying puddle of fear and doubt. But Mom, that’s what everybody’s going to be feeling. We have to write about that so people can relate!

    Me: Oh, yeah, I don’t mind showing my weak moments at all! I’ve got more of those than moments of strength!

    Erik: Yeah, Mom, you’re going to have “Terminator moments” when you’re making it through and life is good and then moments where you wish you were dead or that you died with me and you just don’t care., You don’t care about anything else. You need to write about all of that cuz that kind of stuff will be what people relate to.

    Me: Been there already. My “Terminator” moments are rare. Lately, I’ve felt weak and incapable. How the Hell am I going to be able to write anything at all? I don’t even feel like starting!

    Erik: I know, but you just have to force yourself, Mom. Once you get started, you won’t be able to stop. That’s how you’re wired. Remember when you told me you hated to vacuum because you didn’t like the first step of getting the vacuum cleaner out? You always told me that once it was out and plugged in the rest was easy. Same thing with your writing.

    Ugh, now I feel really tired. The very thought of vacuuming…

    I just received the recording of the latest channeling session with all of the Ask Erik submissions. It arrived a little late, but as soon as the long holiday is over, I’ll start transcribing it. I thank you all for being so patient.

  • May26th

    Suicide: To Be or Not to Be

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Life, Mental illness, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Reincarnation, Struggles, Suicide

    I’ve had a number of readers submit questions to the Ask Erik column who are depressed. Many are in crisis, at a crossroads and in despair. Some are admittedly contemplating suicide. As a physician, my impulse is to help by giving them various resources and a compassionate ear. As a mother, my impulse is to rescue them, to wrap my arms around them and whisper in their ear that everything will be alright. Mama will make it all better. As a human being, I feel inadequate to do any of these things. The burden is weighty and, well, frankly scary. So I decided to bend Erik’s ear for advice.

    Me: Erik, some of my readers who write in say they’re so depressed that they want to commit suicide. I’m not sure how to handle this. After all, they read your description of how your death was so painless and how the afterlife is so beautiful, what’s to keep them from taking the leap like you did?

    Erik: I dunno. It’s fuckin great over here. It’s an individual choice. You know how we all choose when and how we return to the earthly plane? It’s the same thing with returning to the spiritual plane. Do you do what I did and get here earlier, or do you let your destinies play out and get here when you’re meant to? It’s always better for us to stay on the earthly plane and fulfill our destiny, because our life has a ripple effect on so many others. Without us, other people are not going to be able to do what they’re supposed to do.

    I can certainly vouch for the ripple effect Erik’s suicide has had. It has all but destroyed me. I have a deep dark hole in my heart that can never be filled. Everyone who knew him and loved him has suffered phenomenally too. Has it stopped me from fulfilling my destiny? Possibly. Perhaps had I been left whole I could have had the confidence, the energy, the motivation and the power to help thousands of others. Perhaps I could have transformed a life, a family or a community in some positive way. As you will read about in an upcoming entry, one young suicide victim Erik channeled realizes now that his destiny to be a powerful healer has been cut short. For that reason, many will be deprived of his abilities. Without him, many will die.

    Other suicide victims Erik channels realize that their problems still haunt them in the afterlife. They may have shed their bodies but their depression, their angst, their poor self-esteems, all survive death and are, in fact, only aggravated by the remorse they have for their fateful decision. They are well aware of the grief and pain they’ve created for the loved ones they’ve left behind on the earthly plane. And with their destinies cut short, their spiritual progress has taken a huge step backwards. The therapy and work they’ll have to do in both the afterlife and in future earthly lives will be long and arduous. Hmm, not worth it.

    Erik continues…

    Erik: I’m worried that you’re taking on the weight of the world, Mom. It’s so typical of you to want to prevent or help minimize the suffering of other people. You’re so nurturing; you wanna mama everyone. Just don’t take on the weight of the world. Just say what you believe and what you’ve experienced and leave it at that.

    Kim: Can I ask Erik a question, Elisa?

    Me: Of course!

    Kim: Erik, is…Oh, he’s shaking his head no but wait, wait, let me just finish asking the question, Erik! He keeps shaking his head no and telling me I’m wasting time. (She laughs.) Erik, could…and I appreciate you saying that. Is Mom supposed to be…He’s shaking his head vigorously!

    Erik: NO! Mom is supposed to be sharing information, her thoughts, her beliefs, her experiences, period, end of story. She’s not to be giving advice, Kim, because that is not part of her earthly responsibilities. You have enough responsibilities as it is. Mom, Mom, you don’t want to get yourself into a position where your guides or guardian angels think, ‘She’s bored and has got nothing to do; we’ll give her something to do!’ The blog and the books are all going to be about what you see, hear, believe, and experience. You’re also going to be doing web-isodes on YouTube where you are going to be channeling me yourself. You’re going to be doing  little programs on YouTube.

    Of course all of these things I’m “supposed to do” at this point seems daunting. I still just want to curl up in a little ball in some remote corner and weep. But I know I will find the strength within and do what I can to help my family and others. It’s what sustains me. I hope those of you who are considering suicide reach deep inside and find your own strength. Life can be painful, but that adversity is what helps our spirits grow and evolve. We all just need to give life and ourselves a chance. Erik has faith in you. I do too.

  • May24th

    Crisis of Faith

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death of a Child, Energy, Ghosts and Spirits, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence, Struggles, Suicide, Visitation

    The last couple of months have been difficult for me. I haven’t really felt Erik’s presence for what seems like an eternity. No sounds, no signs, no smells, no nothing. This paucity of evidence along with my ever-present tendency to analyze and doubt has begun to erode my faith. Yesterday, I had an epiphany about why my grief seems so deep and why my life still feels so empty without my son. I think it’s a “mother thing.” When you carry a child for nine long months, their physical energy and yours is forever intertwined. When I lost Erik, physically, I lost part of my self physically as well. My pain feels like any other physical wound…a broken leg, a deep gash, a dagger to the heart. So along with the emotional and mental anguish, we mothers experience a physical pain as well. Here’s the first part of my channeling session with Erik through Kim O’Neill on May 13th.

    Me: I’ve been struggling a lot lately. I just don’t understand why I haven’t been sensing your presence, Erik. Why have I not seen you in my dreams lately? Why have I not sensed you tangibly for a long time now? Are you just goofing off, doing too much snowboarding lately or is it me?

    Kim: Let’s see what he has to say, because I know he said he was working on something for Mother’s Day. Oh, he’s right here!

    Erik: Hi Mom! Hi Mom I’m right here. I talk to you all the time! I talk to you telepathically all the time. We’re having conversations daily. You talk to me every day, every single day, throughout the day. And I talk to you too. Mom, you keep asking me to speak to you and make it clear to you that it’s me. I hear that and speak right back to you, and I know you hear what I’m saying inside your head. I make suggestions and you do them and stuff, so I know you hear me. I guess the key is making you more aware that it’s really me. I think it’s that you’re mourning so much and you’re feeling so much loss that you’re afraid to trust that it’s really me. That’s what I think, Mom. By acknowledging me tangibly in the physical, you’re afraid that you’re giving me up in the physical, and that’s like you’re acknowledging 100 percent that I’ve departed and so we’ll have no more interaction here on Earth. That’s what I thought it was but I wasn’t sure, so I went and talked about it to Jesus. You know Pappa. He always says go to the person who knows! Don’t waste time with anyone else!

    Kim, laughing: Elisa, I’m sure that your angels would love to hear that! Does that sound like Erik or what?

    Erik: Anyway, Jesus says that it’s because when you accept that I’m in spirit, you’re acknowledging that I’m gone from the physical plane.

    Kim: Erik, that kind of surprises me, because your mom is so courageous; she’s so strong. Mom accepts things as the way they are. She isn’t given to flights of fancy.

    Erik, shaking his head vigorously: No, no, no, Kim. You don’t get it. This was different. This was losing me. And I know that I was always Mom’s favorite. (He says this chuckling.)

    Erik: Mom, once you decide to surrender and accept that this is me talking to you, not one of your angels, but me, then the communication is gonna be effortless.

    Me: Yeah, but part of me is wondering what if it’s all not true? What if your soul has just turned into some field of information? What if you just dissipated into thermal energy? Now that I have so much to lose by not believing, it’s much scarier.

    Kim: Elisa, that is an excellent point. It would be like you lost him twice.

    Me: Yeah.

    Erik, nodding vigorously: Okay you get it! You understand perfectly. This is what you need to tell other parents. It’s a choice whether you want to embrace me as a spirit with the same personality I’ve always had and to know that I’m around you and still alive. No one can make that choice but you, Mom.

    Kim: He’s looking at me like he already knows what you’re going to do but he doesn’t want to be bossy.

    Erik: Yeah, one bossy person in the family is enough, right, Mom?

    Kim, laughing hard: He’s talking about Rune.

    Me: That is soooo true. (My husband has a bit of a “I know best” attitude. Usually, he does.)

    Me: Erik, when was the last time you came to me in any tangible way?

    Kim: Oh, he’s got a bunch of information for you in that regard. He’s going to answer that right after he says this:

    Erik: You’re going to get lots of proof that I have a personality, that I always did and that I’m alive , because I’m going to be giving you information that nobody else could possibly know. You’re going to know it’s me and not one of your guides. That’s going to prove to you that I’m still alive in spirit and not just some meaningless piece of ectoplasm that no longer has the ability to communicate. I’m going to give you lots of information all throughout this lifetime to let you know it’s me, not only because of what I tell you, but how I say it. You’ll know it’s me, Mom. You’re so familiar with my energy; who’s more familiar with my energy than my own mother? My little physical body has been inside of you! There’s going to come a time, Mom, when you are going to say, ‘Okay, I’m going to take the risk, and I’m going to believe that he is speaking to me.’ And Mom, you’re not going to be speaking through Kim anymore or any other channel. You’re going to be getting all of your own information which you are totally capable of doing. You’re going to be talking to me a blue streak every single day. You’re going to be leaning on me for support and encouragement and love in this mother-son connection, but you’ll also ask me for advice on a lot of other things, because I will keep maturing in spirit. I know you’re proud of me. I know you can see me for what and who I am. We’re going to be even closer than we were when I was on the physical plane.

    Me: I don’t see how that could be possible. Okay, so when did you try to create a tangible presence with me last?

    Erik: When you were with the baby, Arleen. I was talking to her, playing with her…Okay, this is what I’m going to do. I’m going to play with the dogs, and I’m going to play with Arleen so you can see that they’re communicating with someone that isn’t in the physical. I think that’s going to prove it to you, because I do speak with other members in the family, but they’re gonna feel sort of clueless like you do sometimes, Mom. But animals and babies can see us three dimensionally, and you’ll know that they’re not making things up or imagining things. You’ll know that. When you were playing with Arleen the other day, I was interacting with her so that you could see, but you weren’t picking up on that.

    Kim: Erik, here’s a question: and we understand that you only have so much energy, and you’re working on building your energy so that you can communicate more tangibly with your mom in regards to materializing, but what’s going on with you right now in regards to how tangible you’re being?

    Erik, sarcastically: Um, I think I just told you! That’s what I’m doing.

    Kim: Can you say to Mom…He’s looking at me (chuckle.) Obviously I’m micromanaging here. He’s standing and he’s got one leg out bent at the knee and he’s crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow like, “Hellooooo, don’t you think I’ve thought about this? Hellooooo.”

    Erik: This is what I’m going to do. Around the dogs and around Arleen, I’m going to say, “Now, Mom, now!” Then watch as I interact with them. It’s gonna be obvious to you that they are interacting with someone not in the physical. You’ll just know it’s me. I think it’s going to take more courage for you to believe and surrender to the faith that I am with you now, it’s gonna be harder than when you found me dead.

    Me: Yeah, that was pretty hard.

    Erik: Because you’re afraid of losing me twice. If you lose faith in my spiritual existence, it’ll be like my second death. I’m also going to try to make myself more tangible visually when things are quiet. It’s really hard to do when it’s not quiet.

    Anyone familiar with my chaotic, boisterous family environment understands that Erik has a tall order on his hands. I guess I’m going to have to seek out those quiet moments and savor them instead of dreading the dark thoughts and memories that creep in and take over. This will take practice and perseverance, all worthwhile considering what I have to gain.

  • May20th

    Is 2012 the End?

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Quantum Physics of the Soul, The Physics of Consciousness, The Physics of Heaven

    Last time I channeled Erik through psychic medium, Kim O’Neill, I asked him a question that seems to cause a great deal of concern to people the world over. Does the year 2012 mark the end of the world as predicted by the Mayans? With the world economy in historic distress, with Iran and North Korea threatening the West with nuclear attack, with the United States losing a grip on its superpower status, we do seem to be racing through a Venturi tube to some sort of climax. Let’s find out what Erik has to say:

    Me: Erik, is there any truth behind the whole 2012 prediction?

    Erik: Hell no!

    Me: Well what about the Mayan calendar? After all, it ends in the year 2012.

    Erik: That calendar was all channeled to the Mayans. It stops at 2012 because there wasn’t anything else channeled to them.

    Me: What about Nostradamus’s predictions? I think he also foretold the end of the world in 2012, but I’m not really sure.

    Erik: The universe is a sea of information. All that information is interconnected and quantum in nature. It includes information about the past, the present and the future, but it also includes the infinite quantum possibilities: all probable pasts, all probable presents, and all probable futures. There is an infinite number of universes, an infinite numbers of “you’s” and an infinite number of possible realities. Nostradamus and others just happened to tap into that sea of information, seeing possibilities that will not happen.

    Me: So we don’t need to protect ourselves, start hoarding supplies, build underground shelter or make any other doomsday preparations?

    Erik: Nope. It’ll be just like any other day, just like the whole Y2K thing. That was lame. We’re not going anywhere.

    Me: Good to know. Good to know.

    So I guess we can breathe a little easier knowing that our very existence isn’t being threatened after all. Thanks Erik. Peace, light and love, my angel.

    Erik's Knowing Smile

  • May19th

    Is Your Life Really That Bad?

    Posted in: Channeling, Struggles, Suicide

    I ran across this YouTube video. It gave me pause. Many people struggle in life. Some choose to stay and fight. Some, like my Erik, choose to give up. Oh how I wish he had seen this before he made that fateful decision. It makes me sad and angry. If you are considering ending your life, please watch this first. It might just change your mind.

  • May14th

    Finding Strength in the Dark Forest of Grief

    Posted in: Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Crossing over, Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Heaven, Life, Messages from the dead, Struggles, Suicide

    Many readers have commented on how strong I am despite having just lost a son. After all, can there be any greater travesty than the death of one’s child? For me, no nightmare is as grim. The grief is still raw and fresh like an open wound. Yet since my blog explores the “upside” to death and the intimate mother-son relationship that lives on in the face of tragedy, it gives that illusion of strength. I assure you all, I am anything but strong. Erik’s death has left me broken and weak. It has sapped the lifeblood from my veins and the joy from my heart. Motivation, optimism, inspiration, enthusiasm and hope, once my constant companions, have betrayed me like fair weather friends who abruptly abandon the picnic at the first sign of a storm cloud.

    This blog is my storm cellar. By helping others and giving Erik’s death some semblance of meaning, channeling and writing keeps me distracted and sane. Each channeling session with my son is like a spelunker’s trip into a dark unknown where I search in desperately for any shred of sense in the untimely death of such a sweet soul. But despite uncovering gems of hope in that search, my grief is a breeding ground for skepticism and despair. Once I begin to doubt Erik’s immortality, I feel despondent, as though I might lose my son a second time. Two deaths in less than a year would be too much for me to bear.

    This tug-of-war between belief and disbelief, between hope and despair, weighs heavily on my soul. Like a hungry rat, it gnaws relentlessly on what is left of my heart. I confess there are days when I can’t imagine living a moment more in such torment. Every day, I weep. Every day I wonder what I could have done to save him. Every day I resent his leaving me and others in such a broken state. I daydream about the peace and relief that only death can offer. I contemplate various scenarios, the justifications, the joyous homecoming that would allow me to hold my baby in my arms again. After all, in the afterlife, can I not look after Erik as well as those loved ones I leave behind?

    This pleasant reverie is fleeting, however. Unlike Erik, I am fully aware of the devastation my death would leave in its wake. I must stay here to love, guide and nurture my family and friends. Were it not for them, I would be with Erik right now. As trying as it is in my fragile, beleaguered state, I must sacrifice relief and release for those I cherish. This is a personal inner war I wage alone in the name of Love.

    Perhaps that is where strength is gathered. Love. Love guides us through life’s tempests and uncertainties. It nudges us toward what is right and true. It leads us toward hope and joy. It gives our existence meaning, in my case, the meaning that death so cruelly and abruptly plucked from my life.

    So I will try to let Love be my guide, my guardian, my savior. In the name of all you hold dear, I hope you do the same. I know Erik would want us to.

  • May11th

    Ask Erik: Irene’s Question

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Guardian Angel, Kim O'Neill, Life, Messages from the dead, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence

    I really enjoy watching Erik wield his newfound wisdom to help others. I have my next channeling session in a couple of days and already have several Ask Erik submissions, along with my own personal questions. Here’s the last one from a woman living across the pond.

    Irene’s question:

    Hello Erik:

    I would like to know what questions I should be asking in my life. Do you have any insight on this?

    My question is purely about what questions I should be asking in my life (of myself, of other people, of my life itself etc). It doesn’t really have anything to do with anyone else, living or dead.

    I am 32, live in London in the UK and my surname is Finlay.

    The exact question is “What questions should I be asking?”.

    I understand if that is too strange a question, but I can’t think of any way to express it.

    Many thanks.

    Irène

    Transcript from channeling session:

    Me: Irene from London, in her early thirties, wants to know what kind of questions should she be asking in her life?

    Erik: Irene needs to ask about her life’s work, her health and where would be the best place for her to live. Her life is in transition right now. It’s like she’s in an elevator stuck between floors. Like she’s already left the life she was living, and she realizes she’s in transition and moving forward but she doesn’t know to where or to what. What should she be focusing on? What should her spiritual to-do list be? How should she put one foot in front of the other? The best thing she can do beside have someone conduct a channeling session for her is to channel for herself. She is totally capably of this. Her guardian angels, because she’s in transition, want her to channel for herself like once a week for an hour. The more she channels, the more experienced she’ll become, and the more confident she’ll be with her information. And they say they have specific information to give her. That’s what she wants. She isn’t the type to like things like, “Oh, you’re going to get a letter.” She’ wants specific instructions, and they have that to give to her. Tell her she’s going to be thrilled with her life. Ask her if she’s ever thought about living in Italy and if she’s ever thought about drawing and painting.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: I mean, Mom, they have lots and lots of information to give her. What she needs is a longer session. She needs specific information on a lot of topics: where to live, what life’s work she needs to get into, her future personal life, her health. If she wanted someone to channel this all for her, she’d need a couple of hours, at least. That’s how much information her guides have to give her.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: You see, our guides are always around us trying to give us information every single moment, She’s picking up on a lot of it, because she knows she’s in transition; she knows she doesn’t know where she’s going. That’s a very important acknowledgement. It’s like, I know I’ve left where I was, but where the hell am I now? She feels like she’s in Limbo. Actually, Mom, Irene is very wise to understand she’s in transition.

    Me: So she’s a pretty highly evolved soul?

    Erik: Exactly, Mom.

    Irene’s response:

    Dear Elisa and Erik,

    Thank you for that response. It is indeed very helpful. Interesting too. Many thanks, and sorry for having such an awkward question.

    Irène.

    Irene hasn’t read the final transcript. We’ll see what she thinks when she does. I look forward to talking to Erik Thursday. I miss him. I really haven’t had any recent visits, which makes me a little sad and forlorn. I plan to ask him, ‘What the heck, boy?? Where you been??” Stay tuned.

  • May10th

    Ask Erik: Tom’s Question

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Crossing over, Death, Dreams, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spiritual presence, Struggles

    And now for the next question presented to Erik through psychic medium, Kim O’Neill. Please note that I’ve obscured the last name for privacy issues.

    Tom’s “Ask Erik” submission:

    Hi Elisa,

    Stanley is a friend of mine and back in February, he emailed me a link to your blog here. At the time I thought it was an odd thing to email, and I even asked him why he sent it, and he really didn’t know other than he got it and upon checking it out, liked what he saw, and passed it along. I’m sorry for the loss of your son, and as you said, and I have known for quite a while, no parent should have to bury their own child, but sadly it does happen, one way or another.

    Sadly, I learned the reason that Stanley sent me your link. One of my younger cousins died in a tragic and horrific car collision earlier and my family is really devastated with the loss. I have emailed Stanley about possibly contacting you, and he said go for it, but I really don’t know where to start, there are so many questions. Also, I know your time with Kim is limited, and I don’t want to take away or interfere with the interaction with Erik, but I have a bad feeling about what happened with my Cousin and I guess I just need to know if he is OK, or as ok as can be expected in these things, and the ever present ‘why’. I have others on the other side that I would like to chat with, if not to just say ‘HI’, and do some catching up with, people I miss a lot. What is it that you need, or how can I format stuff to be as efficient and effective as possible?

    I really, really hate asking all this (it must be a guy thing)  and  it is amazing how you are kind enough and strong enough to be able to share all this on-line. As time passes I hope that maybe I can work with my Cousin directly, and not depend on a ‘middle man.’ I have had some confirmations and dreams and other activities through my life, so  I guess I can ‘channel’ if I get out of my own way. It’s just one of those things though that once you turn it on it cannot be shut off. I guess fear of the unknown is at the heart of that.

    Thank you for your blog, and your time and showing your readers what unconditional love and acceptance really are, I wish there was more, a LOT more of it in this world we inhabit.

    Thank you for yours and Erik’s time =)

    Tom

    Channeling session:

    Me: Here’s a question from Tom XXXXXX. His cousin, Jim XXXXXX, Jr. lived in Santa Monica, California. He passed away when he was 48 years old. Erik, can you find him and if so, is he okay?

    Erik: He saw it coming It was very painful but very fast.

    Me (sarcastically): Oh, great! (I was really worried about revealing this to his family.)

    Erik: He experienced the crash and his soul popped out of the body after 7 to 10 seconds, But that was an awful long time. His body was devastated. There was no way anyone could have resuscitated him. But Mom, tell Tom that it was his destiny to pass that way.

    Me (in disbelief): He had to hurt like that? Why didn’t he leave the body the moment he saw death was imminent?

    Erik: Well, you know some people choose cancer to suffer from. We choose issues that present us with the adversity we need to expand and become more enlightened. Like we can choose to suffer pain before or at the time of death. It’s personal preference.

    Me: Well why on earth would Jim choose to suffer 7 to 10 seconds of pain?

    Erik: Oh, because he never passed away like that before in any of his past lifetimes, and he never has to come back now. Jimmy, Jimbo had a very busy, eventful life. To say it was “eventful” is putting it mildly. He wanted to get a whole bunch of issues worked through in one lifetime so he’d never have to come back, and by God, that’s just what he did. He never has to return to the earthly plane, and now he can work as a guardian angel for others. The XXXXXXX family members are going to find this really funny, because he was always like the maverick, someone who had a great sense of humor, was mellow. If anyone was gonna say something like, “Hey Dude, what’s up,” it was gonna be Jimmy, Jimbo. So he thinks others would find it kind of amusing that he was going to be a guardian angel, but he’ll be an awesome one.

    Me: Was anybody there to greet him in Heaven, or did he have to figure things out on his own?

    Erik: Oh, he was there to get the party started! Once his soul popped out of his body and he looked down, his reaction was, “Shit!” He always knew deep down that he wasn’t going to live to an old age. He had mentioned that to a number of people throughout his life. He knew he’d never live to be old. He says he lived longer than he ever thought he would! He was like, “Wow, shit! All of my earthly experiences are over now!” Then he felt this magnetic pull and he found himself at this fantastic party. It was outside on a boat. The girls were all in bathing suits and he had a captain’s hat on and he was walking around on the boat with a drink in his hand and everybody was there to greet him.  He says, “Wow it was some party! It was a real shindig that lasted for weeks!”

    Tom’s response:

    Hi Elisa,

    Thank you for the email!  I’m sorry I missed your earlier email before the session with Kim, I wasn’t expecting anything till later, so I wasn’t checking. I guess that will teach me to be more watchful….just in case.

    Thank you again VERY much!! Much of this does make sense, something told me that this was supposed to happen, but I wasn’t sure if he was able to come back (or want to be back.) I guess I just needed confirmation.  It’s still sad either way. Jim was an easy-going guy and more like a friend than a relative, which is kind of rare and odd. We got along well and had a lot in common. I’m  just really sad he’s gone. It’s nice to hear that he is happy where he is. I’ll look for a visitation from him someday. I have had those before and, as odd an experience as they are, it leaves you with a wonderful feeling of peace and happiness.

    Anyways, I’ll wait for your next mail and thank you SO much for doing this. Do I owe you anything for the access to Erik for the time? I should probably schedule an appointment with Kim, unless there is someone reputable here in the Los Angeles area, or maybe it doesn’t matter…….I’m rambling again.

    Thanks for taking the time on this for me. It is greatly appreciated, and if there is anything in there I can pass along to his family I’ll

    do so =D

    {{{{{{{{{HUGS!!!!}}}}}

    Tom

    My response:

    You are most welcome, Tom. I’ll post the actual transcript when I receive the CD. Of course you don’t owe me anything! Please understand that this is as healing for me as it is for you. Helping others is quite healing, and giving Erik a chance to achieve something meaningful in “life,” to find fulfillment…well, that’s any mother’s dream.

    I could use a party like that right now. I hope this helps Tom and his family understand that death, painful or otherwise, is a rebirth of sorts…a spiritual opportunity, a voyage home.

    Erik Enjoying the Pool

  • May7th

    Ask Erik: Lauren’s Question

    Posted in: After Death Communication, Afterlife, Bereaved, Channeling, Communication from the dead, Contact with the dead, Death, Death of a Child, Grief, Grieving, Guardian Angel, Heaven, Kim O'Neill, Messages from the dead, Past lives, Psychic medium, Spirit visitation, Spirits visiting as birds, Spiritual presence

    Mother’s Day looms in the near future like a dark specter taunting me. I feel so conflicted. On the one hand, I should be rejoicing that day. After all, I do have four wonderful children still here with me on the earthly plane. On the other hand, this is the first Mother’s Day without Erik here in the physical. There will be no card with his chicken scratch handwriting on it. There will be no lukewarm coffee or burnt toast served to me in bed on a morning brightened by his heartwarming grin. There will be no hugging that skinny little body of his. This Mother’s Day will be hard, because now the word “mother” brings to mind other words like “loss,” ‘death,” “grief,” and “forever gone.” But like all of the “firsts” since Erik’s death, I will limp through somehow.

    Enough sadness. Let’s allow my son to use his gift to heal. That said, here’s the next “Ask Erik” submission.

    Lauren’s questions:

    Hi Elisa,

    I found your blog through your daughter’s (Kristina) whom I graduated with at MHS. Though we were never close friends, I was so moved by her facebook status updates about Erik back in October. Reading through your blog, I’m just amazed by the ways you’ve been able to “stay in touch” with your son. Watching Lisa Williams show in the past made me firmly believe in channeling, and I truly feel like I was meant to read your blog. Though Erik’s death was a tragedy, your blog is really a beautiful way to share his life and your journey in staying connected with him.

    So I have a question for Eric involving my grandfather Charles Edwin Smith, Jr. (usually called “Ed” or “C.E.”… but I called him G-Dad). He was born I think in Houston and passed in 1999 in Houston.

    I just want to know if all those times I see cardinals (like the bird) if it’s him? I’ve always felt like it is…which makes me think he’s watching over me.

    I was also wondering if he has any words for my mother (his daughter) as she has been very invested in caring for my elderly grandmother (his widow)…which has demanded the utmost in patience and love.

    Thank you for offering “Ask Erik” to others. It’s so generous of you to share the time you have talking to him. It’s strange because I feel a little selfish asking about my grandfather when I know of other people close to me who have dealt with much more tragic losses and would benefit from some form of communication with that person. I was torn whether to ask about G-Dad, or an Army buddy of my boyfriend, John, who died in Iraq in front of him. His name was Sean. I think my boyfriend has always struggled with why it was his friend and not him who died. I supposed I’ll leave it up to Erik. Perhaps he’s been snowboarding with Sean lately, or run into G-Dad while boating. :)

    Thanks for everything, Elisa. All my best to your family and you.

    -Lauren Wolf

    Questions posed to Kim:

    Lauren lost her grandfather, Charles Edwin Smith. He died in 1999 in Houston. Is he watching over her, and are the cardinals him?

    Erik’s response:

    Yes, the cardinals are him, and this she knows already. She didn’t need to ask. He’s there, very protective. He’s there all of the time with the family. Well, sometimes he’s here in Heaven riding around in that boat of his. They were very close, C.E. and her. He loves her a lot, and she’s been his daughter in a whole lot of past lifetimes. He died of natural causes, but he would have liked to have stayed on the earthly plane to be, like, 150! He liked being there. He wanted to be there with the family. This guy always took great responsibility for himself, for the family. Others could lean on him. No one met C.E. Smith that didn’t love him. Oh, and if you want an honest opinion, you asked C.E. Smith. Ask Lauren about that and she’ll laugh. He spends all of his time with the family. He’s a little concerned about a brother of Lauren’s. He feels he’s not living up to his potential. He’s not frantic or upset, but a little concerned. But Lauren is living up to hers. He says he couldn’t be prouder of her. He says, “I adore her, I always have, and she knows that.” He wants you to ask her if she remembers how she used to sit on his lap when she was little. He loved her little pigtails. She was very special to him. Oh, and her little freckles, he says. He liked those too.

    Me: Okay, I’ll tell her! Now her boyfriend, John, had an army buddy that was killed in Iraq right in front of him. His name was Sean. Is he okay?

    Erik: He’s here, yep. It was his time to go. He knew when he went to Iraq that he was not going to come back. He knew it. He’s telling me this was not his first tour. He knew it was going to happen. He got the same feeling that he had before he died in WWI, in the Civil War; he has a lot of military lifetimes. He says he’s going to hang around John always. Mom, this is kinda unusual. He’s going to hang with John the rest of his life. He and John have been twins in past lifetimes. You know, Mom, a lot of times, people who mourn the most have had really deep past life connections. They usually find it hardest to recover even if you feel that person is still alive on a soul level, it’s traumatic to them that the person they care about lost their physical body.

    Me: Oh, yeah, sure. How well I know that.

    Erik: Sean is doing great. Not only is he spending time with John and his own family…oh he’s saying there was a girl he left behind. He’s visiting her too. But he’s also works as a guardian angel for other soldiers who are not supposed to die. He helps them avoid unnecessary danger. Like he tells them, “Don’t open that door!” “Duck!” or “Don’t trample over that piece of ground; you’ll be blown up!” So he’s kept a lot of soldiers alive who aren’t supposed to die.

    Me: Good! Good!

    Erik: Yeah, he’s helped soldiers not only in Iraq, but Afghanistan, too.

    Lauren’s response:

    Hi Mrs. Medhus,

    What a wonderful response. Can’t wait to read the full transcription, too.

    G-dad and I were very close. We shared the same birthday, October 9th, I look a lot like him, and I distinctly remember sitting on his comfy lap…. it’s a fond memory of mine. There’s a picture I thought of from this reading, me around age 3 or 4, sitting in his desk chair with pigtails, smiling big. I was always very different from my brother and sister…I was a “gifted and talented” kid in school, and in my youth that translated to me often being kinda weird and artsy as a kid. But my grandfather, as I’ve been told, was always very protective and if anyone commented on my sometimes odd behavior he was very defensive. He had a daughter, besides my mother, who was born with cerebral palsy and died around age 12, so perhaps I was her in a past life or another life.

    G-dad was also VERY blunt and honest with people, so that sure did make sense. He passed when I was in 9th grade and my Mom always wondered if we might have butted heads had he lived longer because we both were so honest with our thoughts. He was very, very loved. If you believe anything about horoscopes, he was your typical Libran male, very sociable and fun-loving.

    As for my brother- this certainly rang true. He has struggled in many ways in the past few years and I have also felt that he isn’t leading the life he could be.

    It will take some time before I can approach the subject of John’s buddy, Sean, with him. He’s a skeptic about these things, but slowly and surely I will ask John more about him. I’m so happy to know he’s so close to him and spends time with him. I can’t say for sure that I’ve felt Sean’s presence because I never met him, but watching how John has progressed away from some of the drastic PTSD symptoms he’s had in the past, I’ve always felt like someone was there along the way. I’d wake up when John had bad nightmares and was yelling out in his sleep, but I never felt alone. I think that’s why I felt so compelled to ask about Sean.

    I wanted to ask you, Elisa, about Kim. Is she located in Houston? My mother has always been interested in connecting with her family in this way, and she was certainly very taken by these notes I shared with her about her father. Is there a good way to contact her?

    Thank you so, so much for taking the time to ask Erik about my grandfather and about Sean. While I can’t “fact check” details on Sean, I can tell you that everything you said about my grandfather is so, so, so accurate. So skeptics beware. ;) I’m sorry to read you’ve been struggling with missing Erik. I read some of your entries to my mother, and they really touched her…I think it moved her so much to imagine how you’ve connected to your son, and it encouraged her to do the same with her father. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for sharing your experience.

    From Erik and I, you are all most welcome. It’s a privilege to be able to help others, allowing our souls to progress as they should. I hope that you all will join me this weekend as I pray for the hearts of bereaved mothers the world over. Oh how deeply I understand their pain as our special day will never again be as it was in the past.

    Erik in Norway

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