December31st
Blog member, Yarhi, sent me this fascinating YouTube on what life is like in the 5th dimension. Thanks Yarhi!
Also, tomorrow is the big day to begin nominations for the 2012 Bloggies. With your help, we’re going to win! www.bloggi.es
I wish everyone a Happy 2012, a year we’ve all been wondering about with great (and probably overblown) anticipation. It should be interesting!
Love you all!
December30th
I’ve always been a Debbie Macomber fan, so when she lost her own son to suicide, my heart broke for her. In hopes of helping her grief, I sent her the following transcript where Erik provided us with news on his current welfare. I’ve told Debbie that I would reconnect with him after he had a chance to get oriented if she wished.
Me: Have you heard that Debbie Macomber’s 36 year-old son passed away this week? His name is Dale. Thirty-six, apparently a suicide. I’m hoping we can get a message from him for his mom, because I sure know how she feels. I’ve heard that he’s a really sweet guy, but he just got real despondent for some reason.
Jamie: That’s exactly what Erik was saying while you were talking.
Erik: He says he really loves is family. There wasn’t any contention there.
Me: Oh, yeah.
Erik: In fact, he had such deep respect for them that he never wanted to tell them he was doing badly. He didn’t know how to receive love and help, and so instead of asking and learning how to do that, he beat himself up so brutally that the only other external thing he could do is take his own life.
Me: Aw. Does he have any messages for his mama?
(Long pause)
Jamie: It’s weird. I get this image in my head and it’s only the guy’s nail beds. This random image. And, um, the nails are cut, they’re manicured, but there is dirt by the cuticles—not under the nails. It’s not like he was digging in the dirt, but his hands were dirty. Odd image. All I can hear is “I’m sorry.”
Erik: He’s not ready to talk yet. He just got here and he’s getting healing therapy.
Me: Well, maybe we can see if Debbie wants us to ask him some questions a bit later.
Erik: Yeah, I can bring him to a session in the future. Meanwhile, I’ll show him the ropes and orient him, hang out with him. I understand what he went through and what he’s going through now.
Me: Yeah, I know, Honey. Tell Dale we’ll try to get this message to his mom. Erik, maybe you can also help Dale communicate with her.
Erik: I don’t mind being the matchmaker.
Me: I know that’s one of your specialties over there. Tell Dale I said thank you for his time.
Jamie: He was here the whole time. Erik brought him along. He just sort of disappears. No goodbye or anything.
Me: Okay.
R.I.P. Dale
And now, here is a beautiful poem written by our Erik with the help of channel extraordinaire, Robert:
the snow angel
my life faded
as the snow angel
under norwegian sun.
proof of my existence
is expressed in the impression
i left behind.
just as the emerald grass
is compressed
by snow’s blanket,
just as the weight
of the body i once possessed
left whispers of the snow angel
after the warmth of the thaw
called powder Home.
i was here.
i am here
surrounded by loved ones
whose existence remains
and is celebrated by
joyous tears,
by the embrace of infinity.
my body sleeps
just as the snow angel
in norwegian summer.
carry inside
the tangible peace,
the love i expressed,
the mischief i shared.
they replace the shrouds
of my many forms;
brother, son
confidant, prankster,
musician, inventor,
cherished incarnate.
i am the snow angel.
i chose to take flight,
to relish the bliss
just out of reach
while treading winter’s path.
i am forever
at long last.
robert f. burke
december 27, 2011
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December29th
New blog member, Michael Suede, sent me this fascinating video about the connection of electricity with all that Erik and others have been teaching us. Fortunately, it’s in layman’s terms. I love the beginning–perfect for knocking closed-minded skeptics off their soap boxes. Michael’s primary interest is teaching people why the initiation of violence can never lead to economically or socially positive outcomes. Michael’s website, LibertarianNews.org, focuses on teaching others why this non-aggression principle creates the most prosperity and happiness for humanity.
Let’s welcome Michael into the fold and enjoy his gifts–I’m sure this is the first of many!
Thunderbolts of the Gods
http://www.libertariannews.org/2011/10/05/thoughts-on-god-and-the-nature-of-consciousness/
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December28th
As you’ll see by this post, losing a body doesn’t mean you lose your emotions, your ability to worry and to grieve. On the flip side, they can still feel love, something Erik does best, as his grave marker (and I) can affirm.
Channeling Transcript
Me: Gosh, I don’t think we have time to interview another celebrity today. Maybe we can start one?
Erik: Nah, that’s lame! Let’s not just do half of one.
Me: Yeah, you’re right. So, let’s talk about you, Erik? How are you? How is your life going? Sometimes I forget that I need to see how my baby boy’s doing.
Erik: I’m good, Mom. I just want to say I don’t think you really know what a following you have for the blog. It’s obscene; I mean that in a good way. People get addicted to it, and some of them haven’t really lost anyone. It’s like their daily affirmation or they want to learn a tidbit here and there. It’s working successfully. So if you just kind of put out little teasers for the celebrity interviews, that’ll be good. You’re gonna have to publish a book first, then the movie or TV show will come. The celebrity book will be a good start, even though it’s cheesy in the same breath. You can edit it and self-publish it so you can sell it for cheap.
Me: Like an e-book or a hard copy thing?
Jamie: That’s what I used—publishing on demand. So it can be hardcopy but there’s no waste, but they still can buy it as an e-book or Kindle format.
Me: Yes, and we can used most of the profits for our non-profit organization.
Erik: Why not? You’ve done all the hard work. And, once you have a product, people will call and say, “Can you come on our talk show?”
Me: Yeah.
Erik: Then when you go on those shows to talk about the book, you can also talk about the blog and say, “Listen, here it is. Follow it.”.
Me: Yeah! Huh.
Erik: That’s what I’ve been thinking about, but I’m trying to figure out a way to sell it to you.
Me: Well, I’ve been working my way through the transcripts.
Erik: But I gotta let you know that the end of this year is going to be really challenging for you.
Me: Yeah, probably.
Erik: Emotionally.
Me: Oh, no.
Erik: There’ll be a lot of good-byes, a lot of separations, some deaths. And I hope that you find a sense of —regularity?
Jamie (giggling): He just kind of puts his hands out and laughs and says, “I don’t know if that’s the right word.”
Erik: But I want you to stay grounded, Mom.
Me (choked up): It’s not easy for me sometimes.
Erik: Do fall apart when you need to.
Me: Oh yeah. You don’t have to worry. I do; I definitely do.
Erik (crying): I love you so much, and I—
Jamie (tearfully): Oh!
(Pause)
Jamie (to Erik): Honey, it’s okay.
(Long pause)
Jamie (crying): He’s crying. There is something up with him today. He’s so different. Very calm.
Me: Is everything okay, Sweetie? Everything okay with your girlfriend?
Erik: Yeah, everything’s fine with me; I just wanna take care of you more.
Me: Oh, so sweet.
(Poignant pause)
Me: Yeah.
Erik (still crying): So, I’ll be sure to give you more signs and encouragement.
Me (crying): Okay. I think you have. I’ve felt all sorts of goosebumps. Been kind of a rough couple of weeks.
Jamie (sweetly): Oh, it has?
Me: Yeah.
Jamie: He does like a little fist to his heart, thumps on his chest like—
Me: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Erik: I’m feeling it here. Maybe we need to sit down and watch some reruns of SNL.
Me: There we go! We can watch Chris Fartly. (to Jamie) We used to call him “Chris Fartly” just for fun.
Jamie laughs.
Me: Okay. Well, I love you very much, Baby, and I will talk to you as I do every day. I’m going to go check on my dad and see how he’s doing right now. Thank you, Jamie, and yep, I’m going to keep plugging away like I always do.
Jamie: You’re so welcome, and he says he loves you more.
Me: Aw, okay. Love y’all.
Jamie: Bye.
Me: Bye.
Knowing what I know now, his epitaph should have been written in present tense: He loves deeply and is deeply loved. Sigh.
He loved deeply and was deeply loved.
December27th
Enjoy the last session of the abridged interview of guru, Sai Baba.
Me: I feel funny asking you this, but do you have any regrets?
Sai: No.
Me: Because?
Jamie giggles at his answer.
Sai: I never took a step in my life without consciousness. This is why I have no regrets.
Me: How wonderful! Not many can say that. Can you share a past life that may have influenced your most recent one?
Sai: It was a life where I was a turtle. I lived for over a hundred years in the heat and the rain, and I loved only one. And it was through this patience that was forced upon me because of the size of my body and by the—
Jamie (to Sai): I’m sorry. I don’t know that word. Condemption? It’s almost like being condemned to live a long life.
Me: Oh, okay.
Sai: Yes, I was condemned to a long life, and because of my size, I moved slowly. This allowed me to understand the subtleties of the earth and what she teaches us. Through this I gained the wisdom I needed to know how to be the human I wanted to be.
Me: Were you one of those gorgeous, huge Galapagos Island turtles?
Jamie: That’s exactly what he’s showing me! Don’t they live a really long time, like a couple of hundred years?
Me: Yes. Really long lives. Fascinating. My dad once rode a Galapagos Island turtle. I’ll have to find that picture.
Jamie: Really?
Me: Yeah. Now, have you reincarnated yet or do you plan to?
Sai: I will return to earth after the change is made to be able to sustain the people’s needs and desires.
Me: Okay. Can you tell us a bit about your afterlife?
Sai: Life is expansive and so is my afterlife. I stay in the constant state of meditation and—
Jamie (stumbling to say a word that starts with a d): Can I say it in my words?
Erik: Go for it, Jamie!
Jamie (to Erik, giggling): No, Erik. I’m asking Sai Baba!
Everyone laughs.
Jamie: It’s confusing. His words are very graceful, but he’s sharing that he stays in meditation so that he can divide himself and work with thousands of people at a time. He’s constantly manifesting for centers and individuals and groups on earth to communicate with them and continue his teachings that he had on earth.
Me: Wow.
Sai: It was my will and my desire and my time to leave. I was told it was my time. I knew. Therefore, I agreed to it and accepted it, yet I still enjoyed the role of showing.
Me: So, before you passed away, you were already dividing yourself and manifesting yourself in various places, just like you did when you appeared before Jamie and the others while you were still alive.
Sai: Yes.
Me: Fascinating. Now, what do you think about the state of humanity now?
(Pause)
Me (in the high-pitched voice of a begging child): Be gentle, please!
(Pause)
Jamie sighs.
Sai: Thoughts and words and deeds shape others and they shape you and they have shaped the governments of every country. There should not be any dislike or distrust on language, age, sex, race, nationality, and socioeconomic status.
Me: So what you’re telling me is what you envision the state of humanity to be if it were perfect? It sure isn’t like that now!
Sai: To be clean, to be pure, one must first clean out.
Me: Clean out what?
(Long pause as Sai Baba explains to Jamie.)
Jamie: Ooo! He’s talking about cleaning out the judgments that humans think they have the right to hold.
Me: Yeah.
Sai: For so long, the children of the world were set free, and they gained a false sense of security and power. Now we must learn the untruth. You cannot and do not get attached to worldly pursuits and things. Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.
Me: Wow. Any other advice or messages for us?
Sai: Everyone wishes to seek enlightenment, but the spiritual process is right living.
Me: Living right?
Jamie; Yeah, living right.
Sai: Good conduct, moral behavior, honesty—these are the spiritual progress; these are enlightenment.
Me: Okay, last but not least: Erik do you have any questions you’d like to ask?
Erik: What do you want to tell mankind? I know you’re already told them a lot.
(‘Gosh, was Erik listening?’ I thought.)
Sai: For what the people need now, I wish I could go to every person and tell him or her that patience is all the strength that man needs.
Jamie: When he says man, he’s referring to men and women.
Me: Yeah, humanity. But who are we kidding? We know it’s mostly men who need that, right, Jamie? Women are perfect!
Jamie (giggling): He smiles and then laughs.
Me: I’m just kidding, of course.
Jamie: You know he’s not really that straight-laced. He’s very relaxed in his posture. He looks comfortable and shifts his weight from one hip to the other.
Me: Well, thank you so much. I look forward to meeting you in the future.
Jamie: He puts his hands together and bows.
Me: I can just see him! Thanks so much, again.
Sai: Thank you, and I look forward to visiting you soon.
Me: Oh, I hope so! We’ll try to spread your wisdom to the masses.
Sai Baba leaves.
Jamie: That’s so cool! He said thank you, and he gives blessings on your book.
Me: Aw, thank you!
(Enough with the thank you’s already!)
(Pause)
Me: Wow. Just wow. The whole turtle thing just blew me away.
Jamie: That was really, really awesome! To hear him talk! He’s got that big hair! Big fuzzy hair!
Me: I don’t know what he looks like. And fuzzy hair? Really, Jamie? Isn’t all hair fuzzy?
Jamie laughs.
My Father Riding Sai Baba?
December26th
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We have several new users, and I hope you all will friend Erik and me on Facebook, twitter, and other social connect media! Now, let’s see what one of the wisest men in history has to say. Please welcome Sai Baba!
Me: Let’s interview a religious or spiritual figure, now. What do you think about Sai Baba? Are you up for hunting him down, Erik?
Jamie: Oh, I’ve always wanted to talk to him!
Me: Good, so can you get him for us, Erik?
Erik: Sure
(Erik leaves)
Jamie: I’ve seen him twice!
Me: For real?
Jamie: Uh huh.
Me: Or in spirit?
Jamie: Well, not for real. He was still alive when I saw him the first time. He manifested in the room, and then I saw him after he passed away; I asked for him.
Me: Oh! How awesome.
Jamie: The first time, I didn’t ask him to come. He just sort of arrived, and the other people in the room saw him as well!
Me: Oh, how amazing!
Jamie giggles when Erik comes back with Sai Baba.
Sai (jovially): Hello!
For some reason, I expect gurus like Sai Baba to comport themselves with great solemnity and poise, so to have him announce himself with such unabashed glee takes me aback!
Jamie (shyly): Hi. Oh, I’m going to act like a little girl; I can feel it!
Me: I bet! I hate to admit, I really only just heard about him from a blog member, so I know nothing about his life! Hello, Sai Baba! I can say your name over and over again and have all sorts of fun with it. It just rolls off the tongue so playfully. It’s almost like music.
Jamie (laughing): That makes him smile!
Sai: Thank you.
Me: So, I’m sure you know why we’ve summoned you here. Let’s see if you can knock some sense into this crazy world of ours with some of your wisdom.
Sai: Unfortunately you can’t push wisdom on anybody.
And it begins.
Me: So true. Now the first question I’d like to ask is this—you can interject any time you want, of course—Reflecting on your life, do you think you accomplished your spiritual mission?
Sai: From the moment I was born, I accomplished my spiritual mission.
Me: Really? Can you explain?
Sai: I accepted and surrendered into the work I knew I had to do.
Me: So, was that part of your spiritual mission, to surrender? To let go? Is that what you’re saying?
Sai: Yes.
Me: Okay. Were you here to learn anything or were you just here to teach?
Sai: I was only here to teach.
Me (giggling): You’re a man of many words!
Sai: Words can wield more power when there are fewer of them, sometimes. The more words a person utters, the less others listen.
Me: Isn’t that the truth! So, what were you here to teach?
Sai: That life, love, all of your cravings, all your needs you create for yourself in life—they begin in the heart and they resonate in the heart.
Me: Mm.
Sai: I’m—
Jamie (laughing at Sai): Whatever!
Jamie (to Erik and me): He doesn’t consider himself to be the world’s greatest teacher.
Sai: I mostly came to live a life of example of what it could be for so many others. I denounced material possessions and with that—
Erik: Wait, why would you do that?
Jamie and I giggle.
Me: Oh, and when did you do that?
Sai: When I was a young teenage, I think. I didn’t pay much attention to time passing by, so I really didn’t know my exact age. Once I was able to cut that tie to material things, I was able to see life without the demons we create that get in our way.
Me: Ah! So, I’m sorry I stepped on Erik’s question there. Erik, you asked him why he let go of material goods, and I interrupted. Sorry.
Erik laughs.
Jamie (laughing): He’s turning away from me, and I couldn’t hear him; he’s talking directly to Erik. I’m going to move and get in his way!
Me: All right! You show Sai Baba who’s boss!
(Pause)
Jamie (touched): He calls Erik “Son.”
Me: Aww.
Sai: Son, you make a choice of identifying what you need in life, and then your second choice is identifying what you do not need in life; in the action that follows, this is choosing to be honest with yourself about the difference between the two. In my life, I believe in following through with what you think is best instead of going with the herd.
Me: What a wise lesson for all of us to learn. We need to have the self-honesty necessary to distinguish between our wants and our needs.
Sai: Indeed! It’s the one facing everyone on Earth! It’s the one that is collapsing the world economy.
Me: Sure! Everyone wants, wants, wants. They confuse their wants with needs.
Sai: Yes.
After my interview with Sai Baba, a quick Internet search reveals a Sai Baba temple in none other than Houston, TX. Looking at his hair do, I think this may not have been a smart move, because Houston has got to be the “Bad Hair Capital of the World!
Sai Baba Gita
Until Part Two, enjoy the wise words of Sai Baba:
If you want peace and if you want happiness you must live in love. Only through love will you find inner peace. Only through love will you find true happiness. Love flourishes through giving and forgiving. Develop your love! Immerse yourself in love!
…Love is the basis of everything. It is the single most important quality that has to be developed. All your thoughts must become immersed in this quality of love… then truth will naturally establish itself in your heart.
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.
Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.
Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it.
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them
The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.
What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.
SUCH WISDOM!
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December25th
I’m taking the day off from posting, but I can’t do so without saying how much better this Christmas is because each and every one of you are a deep part of my life. I cherish you all. I hope that your holiday is full of Love and that every day that follows is filled with Love as well.
Merry Christmas One and All
December24th
That stinkin’ ego. It sure gets us into a world of trouble, doesn’t it? But why do we have one? It’s all about survival–that sense of separateness crucial to the duality of the human experience. And the ego does what it can to give us a sense of separate identity so that we can create the contrasting roles we need to learn and grow.
It accomplishes this by comparing itself to others. “Do I have as much money as he does?” “Do I have a better belief system than she does?” “Am I thinner, prettier, more handsome, smarter, fitter?” To gain a sense of self, we must measure ourselves to a reference of some sort: another person, past performance, someone’s expectations. As a result, we feel either superior or inferior to that point of reference. Whether this makes us feel lesser or more than the “enemy,” the ego creates boundaries and defines us as individuals.
We best achieve this sense of separation by making others–a person, a group, a situation– the reviled enemy. There is nothing that increases the sense of “other-ness” more than enmity. In contrast, friendship and affinity blur the borders we establish between others. This sounds self-defeating, but, teleologically, we had to have this not only for spiritual growth through the human experience, but also for survival. I’m sure we’d want to feel as separate from a ferocious tiger as possible rather than cozy up to one ask to be its best friend.
When you look at the ego, you see that it is merely a bundle of thoughts and emotions. It is not YOU. Nevertheless this ego, when allowed to romp with reckless abandon, creates horrid repercussions for its owner: bulimia, jealousy, a sense of inadequacy, envy, hatred, anger, fear and more. It can plunge us into victimhood; it makes us gossip, complain, bear grievances, resentments, and more.
In all cases, the ego is always right and the “other” is always wrong, even if it perceives someone as “wrong” for being superior. You feel wronged when someone or something delivers a blow to your sense of self-worth–even if they don’t even know who the hell you are. Damn the rich. Damn the powerful. Damn the accomplished. Damn the ones that covet this belief or philosophy or opinion, repudiating yours.
On a grander scale, the collective has its own ego, creating bundles of rigid and powerful thoughts such as doctrines, edicts, organized religions and other collective beliefs. Those thought bundles are often wielded like swords to cut down the individual and even entire masses. Holy wars, imperialism, genocide, civil wars, and other atrocities result.
That said, the ego divides and creates conflict on small and large scales. The more tenaciously our ego clings to beliefs about ourselves and others, the more intense and damaging that conflict is. It makes us believe that we alone possess the real truth. Everyone else’s is wrong. But thoughts are not the truth. As Eckhart Tolles says, it at best can point to the truth. One Buddhist saying capitulates this: One can point at the moon, but that doesn’t mean the finger is the moon.
To best grow and to mitigate the trials and tribulations of the human experience, we must recognize our ego for what it is: an impetuous child demanding our attention in order to define its identity. How do we do this? We simply become aware of it. YOU are that which is aware of the ego. YOU are the I AM. You are the way, the truth, the life.
Resisting the ego is futile. Ignoring a whining child will only encourage him or her to whine louder and with greater capacity to annoy. “You cannot fight against it any more than you can fight against the darkness,” as Tolle says. Instead, shine a light on the darkness that is the ego and it will disappear.
Look at the world around you and you will see two polar developments. Negativity in every form from war to victimhood is on the rise. The egoic mind is reaching its peak. On the other hand, those who embrace spirituality as we do are also increasing in numbers. This is as it should be. It is part of The Shift.
So, how do we let go of our egos? We must become aware of of our thoughts and emotions rather than remain imprisoned by them. When I see signs that my ego is rearing its ugly head, I try to see it as that little toddler having a tantrum, and I laugh because it’s so damn cute! (Although I don’t recommend this with an actual toddler.) You can create your own technique, but the important thing is this: Thoughts and emotions must be used in the service of the truth rather than in service of the ego. Once you accomplish this, you will feel that glorious oneness, that connection to all there is. That is LOVE. And to experience LOVE is JOY.
Once you are able to see the ego as separate from the essence that is YOU, it’s nearly impossible to react to things and persons that would have normally incited anger, sadness, shame and other negative emotions. This is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself for the holiday season and beyond.
The concept of joy (and gifts) conjure up the very nature of the holiday season. I have been reflecting lately on how much you all have saved my life–given me a reason to continue living after Erik’s “death,” and for that I am eternally grateful. Each and every one of you are the best Christmas present I could ever ask for, and I know Erik feels the same. He could not do what he is doing without his Channeling Erik loved ones. Below is a picture of him sitting in Santa’s lap with Annika and Lukas.
Happy Holidays, Sweeties.
Get These Freaking Kids Off My Lap So I Can Get My Flask!
December23rd
My younger sister, Laura, is one of the best cooks I have ever known. She thrives on nurturing others, healing and sending love in the way of food. Every Christmas, she bakes around 200 dozen cookies that are so freaking delicious that I secretly think she laces them with crystal meth. Just saying’. In fact, several of her lucky recipients knock at her door the day after getting their high calorie gift to ask if they can order ten more tins.
I suggested to her that she should start a cookie business of her own and, after reviewing all of the laws and regulations, she has decided to do just that. I told her I would help her as a humble pair of extra hands, and so she decided to call her enterprise, “Two Sisters Treats,” at least for now.
I asked Erik yesterday if he thought this was a good idea and he replied:
“God yes. She’ll start out small and will eventually create a multi-million dollar company.”
After the session, I drove to McD’s to get my usual Diet Dr. Pepper (to save my calorie allowance for those addictive cookies of hers). I had to use Michelle’s car, because Rune was borrowing mine. His truck is in the shop for an oil leak. Now, I always pay with a credit card. Always. It’s been over a decade since I used cash to buy my morning drink. In fact, I had my credit card in my had while I was waiting in line at the drive in.
For some reason, I was drawn to the collection of money in Michelle’s coin holder. “I’ll use her coins to pay this time.” Now, that’s a warped idea since she’s as poor as a church mouse, but nonetheless, I put my credit card back in my wallet and plucked the first two coins out of the spring-loaded coin dispenser. Two nickels. Something (or someone) compelled me to look at the dates (something I haven’t done in years,) and guess what they were? The first was 1956, my sister’s birth year, and the second one was 1955, my birth year. It’s not very common to see coins as old as Methuselah (and me).
Was this a message from Erik that we–the two sisters–need to work together on this endeavor, her as the head, the mastermind, and me as the loyal minion? You be the judge.
Two Sisters
December22nd
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Jack the Ripper: I was so misunderstood—because I took people’s lives—
Me (to myself): Ya think?
Jack the Ripper: –the work I do now is so praised.
Jamie (stunned): He really doesn’t consider himself a murderer!
Me: Well, do you not think that every life has value?
Jack the Ripper: Every productive life has value.
Me: Aww. Well, from a spiritual standpoint, don’t you think otherwise now? Oh, were your victims part of your spiritual contract? Did they sign up for this? I mean, was this a higher spiritual goal?
Jamie: Erik’s explaining it more detail.
(Long pause)
Jack the Ripper: Yes. Yes.
Me: So, your victims signed up for it before their last life. Is that what you’re saying?
Jack the Ripper: Yes.
Me: So, what is the whole spiritual aspect behind what you did? Was it meant for you, individually or for the collective?
Jack the Ripper: I don’t think it was a spiritual lesson for the collective; I did it for the sake of science, and I think it did help science.
Me: Hm.
Jamie: Just ignorance, here. Can I stop for a second?
Me: Sure!
Jamie: Was he—I just never read about him—did he cut the bodies in a certain way?
Me: I don’t know. I really don’t know anything about him. (I read about him as a teenager, but that horse left the barn a long time ago.)
Jamie: Me neither. I chose to read about Helen Keller, not Jack the Ripper.
Me: Exactly! Sorry Jack.
(Sometimes I cringe at the thought that these comments hurt that entity’s feelings. Then I feel guilty for feeling sorry for such a monster. Can’t win for losing!)
Me: Do you have any regrets, “John,” I should say?
Jack the Ripper: I regret that I was so misunderstood; I regret that I came into a time when it was not appropriate to work upon the human body for discovery reasons.
Me: Okay. (It’s all about him, obviously.)
Jack the Ripper: If I were to come to life now, the work I would have done would have seen as very brilliant, very intelligent. I wish my legacy was not based on murder, but that it was based on knowledge and scientific exploration. I did not have the craving for death itself; I had the craving for understanding what life was.
Me: Do you think you could have accomplished the same thing—of course I understand you couldn’t do to dead bodies what you did to the living back then, but do you think you could achieved the knowledge you wanted by working on the dead, if that were possible?
Jamie: Uh, he just got tons of energy! He leans in front of me and says, “NO!”
Jack the Ripper: It would not have been the same discovery. I needed tissue that was alive. The body is dead within minutes, and you only have a certain amount to time to see how the organ is functioning—
Jamie (to Jack, frustrated): Again, would you PLEASE use words that are—
(Pause)
Jamie: It’s something about the tissue structure; it breaks apart when it doesn’t have the oxygen.
Me: Necrosis? Necrose? Does it start with an “n”?
Jamie: What is it?
Me: It starts to die; you say it starts to necrose.
Jamie: Is that when it doesn’t have oxygen?
Me: Yes. Or he might be saying “anoxia.” So, John, you’re saying that you wish you could have lived in a different time like today, where you could have had a person who had just died, and (with permission) you could have quickly done an autopsy (in a way that you think would yield the knowledge you were seeking.)
Jack the Ripper: Yes.
Me: Okay. Do you have a past life that you think influenced your last one?
Jamie: He’s talking about being an African in the heart of Africa itself. The landscape is really interesting. He’s showing me that it’s jungle that turns into this desert. It’s like a fine line: jungle, desert. (unintelligible for a few seconds.)
Jack the Ripper: I learned how to train and work with the monkeys.
Jamie (laughing): In my head, I asked if there were monkeys in Africa, and Erik just started laughing!
Me (laughing): Oh, no! Erik, be nice!
Jamie (giggling): I wasn’t thinking!
Me: We had a monkey in our family , and his name was Erik.
Jamie: A ha! So, the monkeys would die natural deaths, and out of curiosity, he’s ask the gods’ permission, and he would ask the tribe’s permission to remove the skin and use the skin, the muscles and the bones for tools. It was the discovery of how the animal was actually working that encouraged him to want to learn how to do that to humans. But that was never offered to him, ever!
Me: Well, I guess not! He could have chosen to be a cannibal. That would have been a better choice.
Jack the Ripper: Never.
Me: Do you have any final messages for anyone out there: maybe the victims’ families—anyone?
(Long pause)
Jack the Ripper: My final message is this: The power that you put behind your own judgment maybe falsely placed.
Me: Okay.
Erik (to John the Ripper): Don’t you want to tell us more?
Me: Yeah!
(Pause)
Jamie (sternly): Listen, you don’t have to be mysterious, John. Just talk.
Me: Yeah, time’s a-wastin’, John!
Jack the Ripper: I’m disappointed how one respectable person judges another for something that might have not been done wrongly. Then, the masses agree with that one judgment, and power builds behind it.
Jamie (to John the Ripper): You’re talking about yourself, aren’t you?
Me: Durr!
Jamie: He feels like what he did was for the right cause.
Me: Yeah. Now, how would you envision the perfect world to be, John?
Jack the Ripper: Open. Open communication, open honesty. Open knowledge where everyone is able to learn whatever they want.
Me: Interesting. That makes sense (but not at the expense of others.) Erik, do you have any final questions for Mr. Ripper?
(I laugh.)
Erik: Nope.
Me: Okay, well, thank you very much, John.
Jack the Ripper: Thank you for having me.
Jamie: He does this kind of (Jamie wraps an imaginary cloak round the front of her body.) I don’t even know what you call it. A cape? A loose jacket?
Me: Okay, well, thank you again.
Jamie: He’s slinking out of the room.
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