Channeling Erik

January20th

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How We Evolve After Death

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I had trouble keeping Erik on track with this question. What I really wanted to find out is how our senses, emotions and self-concept changes while we’re in the afterlife, but for some reason, I couldn’t get him to go much beyond the comparison of how these differ before and after death. He was a bit distracted. Maybe he felt the question was tedious and boring. Like calculus.

Channeling Transcript

Me: How do we evolve in the afterlife? Specifically, how does our sensory system change? How does our concept of our “memory body” change? How does our concept of self and individuality change?

Erik: Uh, well, we let go of the body and the brain, so a lot changes. Once you let go of the brain, you operate at full capacity.

Me: But do we still keep evolving? In other words, so—

Erik: Yes.

Me: —do we have more of a memory of senses right after we shed the body, then does that memory change or dissipate?

Erik: No, we maintain that memory. We can evolve in heaven, but the big daddy of ‘em all for evolving is there on the earthly plane. That’s where big shit happens. Big jumps in progress. That’s why we keep choosing to come back.

Me: Okay. How do our emotions change while we’re there?

Erik: Hugely, cuz when we get here, we drop all of our issues at the door, and we act at the peak level of our enlightenment. There’s nothing dragging us down.

Me: We still have emotions?

Erik: Of course! When we die, we retain our personality along with our emotions, but since there’s no adversity or challenge here, the emotions you feel are mostly positive.

Me: Well, what about when you guys see people over here grieve over your loss, what kind of emotions does that evoke?

Erik: Kinda depends on the individual soul, Mom. For me, when you found my body, it brought tears, trauma, guilt. I felt a horrible sense of regret and responsibility. It was the worst experience I’ve ever had. EVER. So there are definitely emotions in heaven, but here, we know why we’re feeling certain emotions—always! On the earthly plane, some people wonder, “Why do I feel depressed,” or “Why do I feel so sad?”

Me: Ah, gotcha.

Erik: And over there on the earthly plane, negative emotions and resistance to working through issues can bring on injury or sickness. That can’t happen over here. Since we don’t have a physical body, we can mourn the loss of a loved one without it affecting us in any other way.

Me: Oh, interesting.

Erik:—except emotionally.

Me: So really, the emotions, the concept of body, our five senses—they’re different when we shed our bodies, but they don’t really evolve after that?

Erik: They can, with uh, they can, but not as much as on the earthly plane.

Kim: Spirits can evolve like Erik. Look how far he’s come! Guardian angels can evolve because they’re learning and teaching…

Me: Okay.

Erik: On the earthly plane, we’re interacting with souls who we know but who we forget we know, and who can make VERY negative choices that completely changes our lives.

Me: Oh, yeah.

Erik: Over here, that doesn’t happen.

Me: Okay, that makes sense. Now is there any point or circumstance when we lose our unique personality or sense of self?

Erik: In the afterlife, no; on earth, all the fuckin’ time.

Me: No kiddin’!

I have a few announcements: I’m leaving this afternoon to Lubbock to take Lukas on a college visit. He has been accepted to Texas Tech University, his top choice since it has one of the best atmospheric sciences departments in the country. I’ll return Friday late, so I don’t think I’ll be posting anything tomorrow. I hope you rummage through some of the old posts or ones you may have missed.

Second: I just ordered what I think is going to be a fantastic DVD, “The Afterlife Investigations.” Take a look at www.theafterlifeinvestigations.com.

Last: My third article has been published in the Huffington Post. I hope you read it and make comments (to offset the criticism that is sure to come!) Here’s the link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elisa-medhus-md/channeling-erik-the-insid_b_804364.htm

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  • http://www.supernaturalsenisitives.com Only4Love

    I feel the reason for not having as much baggage in heaven is because we can see from a much higher point and we know that even though the game of life is very important we realize it is a process our soul must have and it is a gift and we will see when we are back together again. Everything is in perfect natural order and there is nothing to worry about knowing we choose exactly what we want to learn and when.

    Elisa…..you know if you keep thinking about these questions and you have enough interest in this topic you will eventually get have your question answered. This is the law of attraction and anything you think about with enough effort comes to you naturally.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      True! Never thought about that!

  • Elizabeth M

    Okay, so I think I had an Erik experience too. I haven’t really encouraged Erik to visit me, so to speak, because I’m not sure I have the sense of humor or patience to be “pranked” or messed with. (Who took me keys!!! Why won’t the phone work?!! Nah, makes me cranky.)

    So this is the experience I’m still sort of trying to process:

    Last night I had trouble sleeping. It was very windy and I was waking up a lot. Around 3:30 am, I awoke and had that sort of gut sense you get of spiritual tension around, and I thought of Erik, rather than my dad, father-in-law, or other more likely spirit candidate. I wasn’t creeped out (interestingly enough) and I was sort of thinking “I’m just making this up.” So as I’m thinking this and Erik’s face flashes very quickly and faintly in my mind, my entire body started to have an energy surge, for lack of a better word. It was sort of like sticking my finger in electrical socket except it wasn’t exactly painful, just high-intensity vibration. It was uncomfortable enough that I tried to shout stop it! But couldn’t move. Figuring I must be in that sort of light dream state I even tried to wake myself up by screaming, nightmare style, but I couldn’t do that either. Finally I thought, just relax and enjoy it — this is a novel experience, so go with it. So, I “vibrated” for probably 20 or 30 seconds, which is pretty long when you don’t know what the heck is going on, and then it just subsided and everything was back to normal. I was wide awake, so I just mentally said “thanks” and figured it was my personal hello from Erik. Wow.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Oh that’s him alright! I get the same sensation. It borders on uncomfortable it’s so intense! Congrats!

  • http://www.channelingmyself.com Todd

    Hi Elisa,

    I clicked on the link for the Huffington Post article but got a page not found.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Dang, really? I’ll check it when I get back in town.

  • Skoshi

    Hope you and Lucas have fun. Is he the next Al Roker? : )

    Can’t wait to see your article. Did you notice the report on Huffpost that we may have 2 suns for a while in ’12?

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      No I didn’t see that? Can u send me the link!

  • Betty

    Link doesn’t work, but go to huffingtonpost.com and in SEARCH put medhus and you’ll find all three of Elisa’s articles.

  • http://www.endresphotos.com Endre

    Dear Elisa,
    The link to the “Afterlife Investigations” DVD doesn’t open from here. I tried my own version which has the http in front of it and that works fine. I’ll post that here just in case it helps others to get there easier (Little that I know about how to work web things!) http://www.theafterlifeinvestigations.com/ If worst comes to worst, people can simply copy and paste it into their browser’s address window. Anyway, maybe it will be of help. Looks like an interesting DVD.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      That’s weird cuz it works for me but you and Steve both had a problem with the link. Maybe it’s a browser thing?

  • Skoshi

    Here’s the Huffpost “2 Suns in 2012″ article, Elisa:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/two-suns-twin-stars_n_811864.html

    I read some of the comments to your article, and it occurred to me that the critics might be enlightened if they had their own experiences of Erik, so last night I asked him to get his buddies (’cause it might be a big job!) and unmistakenly visit people who wrote disbelieving comments. I hope he has some fun with it and changes some closed minds. – XOXO

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Funny, I thought the same thing! Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Erik and clan did that?! Thanks for the link!

  • Skoshi
  • Steve

    Hey Elisa – I’m so psyched for Lukas! As you know, my degree is in atmospheric sciences. It’s not an easy degree. You have to take a ton of math, almost like an engineer, and a good amount of science.

    I have one word of advice for him – contact a local TV weatherman and hang out with him on the weekends a few times to see what they do. Also, take a tour of the local National Weather Service (that’s where I worked right out of college). Other jobs include environmental engineering – working with air pollution forecasting.

    If he gets out a bit DURING college and sees the careers, it will help to motivate him to keep up with the schoolwork. The classes are tedious but having that goal in your head helps. I wished I had done that, and known ahead of time what the potential jobs would be like :)

    Good luck to Lukas!!!

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Hey Steve, can Lukas call you if he has questions?

  • True

    Hi Elisa!

    Thanks again for arranging the call – it was a nice discussion with some really amazing souls.

    I don’t think Erik is distracted – I think it is difficult to articulate the answer when that answer is so beyond our mere mortal comprehension, hence the appearnce of distraction or inability to answer.

    Safe travels – XOXOXO

    True

  • Skoshi

    I found the link to Elisa’s Huffpost article worked if I cut and pasted it into a new window, but not if I clicked on it from here.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      I think it’s a browser thing because it works fine for me. I wish I knew more about this stuff.

  • Be Free My Angel

    I’ve been having some amazing experiences lately, one of them today, I was listening to the Eurythmics – There must be an Angel and half way during the song I see Erik singing/dancing and playing the harmonica. Elisa you have to watch it on youtube. I’ve seen the video before so I already knew what was going on, he was playing part of the video only it was him being a little crazier. At about 2:40 of the video he is dressed in quior clothes, modern ones like you would see now, not like in the picture, he is singing and then played the harmonica part too still in the quior clothes.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B8Y8seX7IU&feature=related

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Erik loved to play the harmonica! I still have his in his room. I bet your baby was sending you a message and put Erik up to the supporting cast role! She is one of the angels! How perfect. I love that those two play so well together. Something tells me they had some past lives together, maybe siblings, father/daughter, etc. Sweet!

  • Donna W

    Good Morning Elisa, I am sure I had a Erik visit last night. I have four touch lamps in my house. Two in my bedroom. One in my living room and one in the family room. One of them in my bedroom and the one in my living room was on this morning. All lights were off when we went to bed last night. I know a power surge can turn them on. But I don’t think we had a power surge during the night last night. If we did they all would be on. The first thing I thought of was Eric this morning. I am sure it was him. Maybe Robert or Jason could ask him. If it was Eric, thanks for visiting.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      If he popped into your mind, Donna, it was probably him. I get the feeling that sometimes he brings people’s loved ones with him. He promised he would facilitate these communications. Did you feel anyone else’s energy with him?

  • http://sites.google.com/site/kookyspookyookyjournal/home Jason

    @Donna. I just asked Erik. He was laughing and slapping his knee and said to say, “Dude, tell her to talk to me”. In my minds eyes he’s been visiting you for a little while now and has chummed it up with your guides I got a visual of him and two other individuals in your room looking over their shoulders at you sleeping while they exited the room. Nothing else except him grinning. My experience has led me to believe that touch lamps are one of the easiest devices for them to manipulate because they only have to barely flick a little energy at it and it’s on. I remember about 8-10 years ago before I started channeling I had to get rid of my touch lamps because my guides would mess with them trying to get my attention. At the time it only scared me. Now I wished I had them again.

  • Donna W

    @ Jason that is so cool.I love it. That just proves my first thought is correct. I can talk to my guides through my mind and I asked Wayne if he did it and he told me no it was Erik. Then Erik told me to post this on here because his Mom would love it.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      That Rascal! I do love it!!

  • Be Free My Angel

    Elisa, Im so glad you were able to get something out of it. I wasn’t sure about posting it because it seemed that song was so personal and I just felt he was being silly and why would you want to know…there are times that he will pop in and I don’t post about it, it just seems right not to. Then there are times that I get a funny excited feeling about it and this was one of them. He was jammin and it was so funny I started laughing about it while driving. It was a shot of love he gave me while I was on my way to try doing volunteer work for the local animal shelter. Thanks for letting me share ♥♥♥

  • http://www.supernaturalsensitives.com Only4Love

    I feel he connects with me on youtube music videos also…..lol

  • Denise

    I feel the need to go buy a touch lamp and learn Morse code.

  • Stanley

    Hello,

    First, Elisa please tell Lukas congrats for me. That’s good news that he got into a collage he was shooting for. :)

    Also, I wanted to make a suggestion. You mentioned that you have been working to channel Erik yourself. I was told about a device called a “ghost box” or “franks ghost box”. It’s a scanner that can freely scan AM/FM channels and the spirits that use it choose different channel segments to form words. I have seen it used a few times on “Ghost Hunters” and other programs. Though I am not able to say for sure as I have not seen it in person. But they run in price from around $40.00 on up. If I can find the money, I would like to get one if nothing else just to check it out for myself. Anyone else had experience with a “Ghost Box”?

    -Stanley

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      i’ve heard of the Ogilvie (or something like that.) They also have tons of “Ghost detectors” you can get from the app store for iPhone. I’d love to hear what other blog members’ experiences are like!

  • eupeptic

    Stanley and Elisa, I’ve spent a good deal of the past 5 years learning about ghosts and spirits and have heard of a number of ways that spirits may be able to communicate with us. Although it’s tempting to be able to use such a form of communication, my conclusion is that spirits would much rather have us educate ourselves on how we can acquire what is necessary for them to be able to communicate with us without any external devices as it’s likely to be easier and better for way for spirits to be able to communicate with us directly (they can also communicate directly with us via our thoughts – and that’s something that can not be achieved in any useful manner via electronic devices), and it also seems that the ability to mentally communicate with spirits is closely tied into mental, spiritual, and physical health – and those should be good things to focus on improving regardless of whether or not you want to communicate with your guide or other spirits. (And with electronic devices it can often be quite difficult just to try to understand/decode what is said as there’s likely to be a lot of unintelligible noise in the rare cases where verbal communication is even possible.)

    My personal experience is that after a couple years about reading about ghosts and spirits (including a number of books about life after death and the spirit world) is that 6 weeks prior to reading a book about channeling your spirit guide my own spirit guide began interacting with me by making creaking noises in the room I was in. Then 10 months after those noises began (which evolved into the ability for me to give my guide suggestions about what I wanted to dream about, muscle twitches, and other odds and ends such as temporary pain as well as chills in various parts of my body, and turning on my PC and turning off the toaster oven) my spirit guide began communicating with me mentally. That was in September 2008 and we’ve been able to communicate with each other ever since. (Though it’s not nearly as rosy as I’d like it to be – my opinion is that he pretends to be all kinds of dark/less evolved/lower vibrational spirits/ghosts as my belief is that there are things that I need to learn, do, and not do, and apparently the sprit activity that is bothersome is supposed to be some kind of motivator for me to learn/make the changes that my soul wants. I don’t know how spirit communication is for most people [perhaps it's much easier for some/many than it is for me], but this is how it has been for me so far. My hope is that in the future I won’t be bothered by any spirits [I can ask various spirits/souls for white light and other forms of protection which usually helps for a while, and not being selfish and having a positive attitude seem to be two main things for me that lead to spirit activity that I find to be bothersome - but these are things that are difficult for me to change to the extent that my soul wants.])

    Most ghost detectors simply measure the electromagnetic field (I don’t know how the iPhone apps work as it’s limited to using a microphone, the antenna, the motion/g-force sensor, and the touchscreen for input – there’s no electromagnetic field detector in it [the microphone may work as a rudimentary one, though]) around it (giving you a high or low reading – nothing more) and they’ll detect the electromagnetic field from anything that creates an electromagnetic field (which is something that most electrical devices create) – so it can be easy to get false positive readings. If you are interested in experimenting, though, I’d simply recommend using a telephone pickup coil (which has a suction cup that allows you to stick it near the earpiece of a phone so you can record the conversation) with either an amplifier or audio recorder – the first two can be had from Radio Shack (#44-533 & #277-1008) for $23, and likely less from eBay or elsewhere. I tried this myself with my spirit guide early in 2008 and didn’t get any further than several instances of a short pulse of noise – similar to the creak/pop noises that he was making in my room and with the TV, VCRs, and monitor.

    If interested I believe you should be able to find videos of ITC, EVP, and ghost detectors on YouTube. I personally would recommend that you not get too excited though for the same reasons that Ouija boards aren’t recommended for communicating with ghosts by anyone who has respect for ghosts – along with from the likelihood of throwing your money away you can end up getting yourself into more trouble than it’s worth. It’s perhaps better to focus on things that are likely to lead you towards a greater degree of spiritual evolution (e.g., obtaining spiritual knowledge, wisdom, and happiness; love and compassion for others, yourself, and other healthy behaviors).

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