Channeling Erik

November16th

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Life’s a Bitch (Depending on Your Perspective)

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In the beginning of this channeling session, I asked about the hardships one of our family friends had to endure during much of her youth. For obvious reasons, I’ve changed her name to protect her privacy. But I share this with you, because many of us struggle with adversity at some time in our lives, and having a proper perspective can make all the difference.

Channeling Transcript

Jamie: Well, no smells today from Erik, thank goodness, but when I was getting ready in the dark today, because my kids have a little cold so they’re sleeping in and not going to school—

Me: Uh huh.

Jamie (chuckling): I looked over, and he was standing there laughing at me!

Me (laughing): Aw!

Jamie: I said, “Erik, what are you doing?” He’s like, “Oh, no, this time you called me.” And I said, “I did?” He goes, “Yeah! When you got up, you mentioned you were excited that this was your first appointment today!”

Me: Oh, how sweet!

Jamie: So I was like, “Yeah, I did do that! I called you?” So he says, “Yeah, I totally came for that,” and I said, “Oh, sorry for thinking you were about to punk me. I guess it was my bad this morning!”

Me: Well, that’s a new one! Okay, my dear, shall we start?”

Jamie: Yeah, sure.

Me (in a sappy, motherly tone): Hi Erik!

Erik: Hi Mom.

Me (in an even more sugary tone): Hi Sweetie; I miss you and love you so much.

Erik: Mom, that’s the same way you talk to the dogs!

Jamie and I laugh.

Me: I know. It’s true. Okay, let’s see. The first thing I want to ask about is this. I noticed you’re using a lot fewer curse words.

Erik: Hey, I’m finally catching on that it’s rude.

Me: Oh, okay, good! Who’s been fussing at you about it?

Jamie: He says his grandmother.

Me: You mean Pappa’s mother, Bestemor?

Erik: Yeah.

Me: Well of course, that’s the only grandmother over there, unless it’s one from another life or something.

Erik: Uh uh. This life.

Me: Okay.

(Here, I describe the specifics about Lori’s life and the obstacles and heartache she faced.)

Erik: It’s not about her coming full circle.

Me: Why not?

Erik: For her, it’s about letting go, not fighting to make things right.

Me: Oh, okay.

Jamie: Um, he’s talking a bunch. I don’t get what he’s saying, so I’m going to have him repeat it to me.

Me: Okay.

(Pause)

Jamie (with an exasperated laugh): Erik!!!

(Longer pause)

Erik: So when people go through struggles in life, over here we like to think of them as lessons. I think the downfall is when you’re on the earthly plane, you think the lesson IS that struggle itself. You think the actions in the struggle are the lesson you need to learn. Why would you want to go through that type of struggle? We don’t go through those types of struggles over here. So it’s not like you’re going to the earthly plane to struggle so you don’t have to do it over here. It doesn’t exist over here.

Jamie (struggling to talk while laughing): But the point—and he’s making fun of me, too.

Me: The rude thing!

Jamie (gigging): He goes, “Come on! You’re an easy target!”

Me (giggling): Oh no!

Jamie (in mock resignation): Aw, it’s probably true.

Erik: The point of doing the hardships on the earthly plane is to get to the goal. Most commonly, that’s an emotional goal. You don’t go down there to, you know, be a victim of rape, because you were vulnerable, and that was your lesson to be submissive or whatever. So that’s what I mean by how you humans often see the struggle as the lesson itself. The most common reason you’re a victim of rape is the need to learn how to persevere in life. So you continue on, but stronger. What I’m trying to say is people get wrapped up in the action rather than the emotional benefit of the lesson.

Me: Interesting. So in Lori’s case, give me some more specifics. I mean, what are you saying as far as her case is concerned?

Erik: Her emotional goal is just letting go. She’s so wrapped up in the actions of the lesson that she’s struggling to make things right and redeem herself. And she’s struggling to keep things buried. There’s a tug of war conflict going on inside her, eating her up every day between covering things up to avoid the pain and wanting to undo the harm she thinks she’s caused and to pay for her so-called sins. It’s an exhausting battle that she can’t win. Plus, she’s not getting the lesson she was supposed to learn. She’s not learning to let go of the past and of things beyond her control.

Letting go is, in my humble opinion, one of the hardest lessons to learn.

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  • Skoshi

    To add to the discussion the other day about Sananda and the Shift and the Mayan calendar…

    I tend to distrust anything I read about Jesus Christ, because so much information out there is false, so I think actually I may have read about Sananda before and just discounted it, but once I hear something from my guides, I trust it. The ripple symbolism and things in the quote Debbie shared totally vibrate with my knowledge. I’ve had visions about rippling water, actually. My guides tend to use visions and symbols A LOT with me. I do Reiki on myself every day and have visions daily. I wish they would just outright tell me stuff, because sometimes it takes me a LONG time to get the symbolism!

    As far as the Mayan calendar, Cannon’s subject mentions it in Book 3 of the Convoluted Universe when talking to her about the Shift. I’d read recently that in translating the Mayan calendar to the Gregorian Calendar (which is what we go by), scientists think they made mistakes; some scientists think instead of 2012 the end of the Mayan calander when converted to ours is actually 50 years later and others say it’s 3012. In Book 3, though, Cannon’s subject says the date of the Shift is not set in concrete. It’s the 100th Monkey kind of thing…when the tipping point comes, it comes, but they said there is so much destruction to the Earth with Global Warming and the ice caps melting and so much spreading of light (because of the ripples), that the Shift is coming sooner rather than later and the time frame is speeding up…we won’t be able to stand the cataclisms.

    The Shift – you probably just know it by another term, Debbie – is when the New Earth breaks off from the Old Earth because the vibration will have shifted/accelerated sufficiently. In Book 3 the subject says it’s not that anyone will die. People (who aren’t killed by natural disasters because of flooding and tsunamis etc.) will go on living on the Old Earth and those who transition will live on the New Earth, but VERY shortly after transitioning to the New Earth, those who transition will become energy rather than physical beings…undoubtedly as you envisioned. It isn’t that people who stay on the Old Earth are “bad”; they just haven’t graduated. Once they’re ready, they’ll go to the next stage…just like Erik talks about…stage upon stage upon stage.

    In the chapter “The Library” in Book 3, Cannon’s subject says past lives and karma don’t matter any more. The shift is soon. Karma has nothing to do with the New Earth. He says delving into past lives are “a waste of time” (he says I don’t mean to insult anyone), and people should get Reiki and study, etc. to raise their vibrations, not to deal with old karma. I was surprised that he mentions Reiki several times because I read the book before and didn’t remember it. He says we should try not to ingest foods contaminated with heavy metals, hormones, pesticides, etc. and we should drink lots of water. He said eventually we’ll go to liquid diets. I HATE that; I LOVE to eat; my Reiki master told me there are people now living JUST on tea! UGH. He said it’s important for us to get ourselves healthy; that it’s important for our bodies to be as healthy as possible as that helps raise our vibrations.

    I haven’t read any of Cannon’s Nostradamus books (anyone care to tell us their messages?), but Cannon said when Nostradamus was contacted (by time travelers from our time in their astral bodies as I understand it), he thought they “glowed” and Cannon was thinks it is because our vibrations are higher; that we glow when compared to people from 1800 or earlier.

  • Skoshi

    Amen to that Elisa! I spend a lot of energy going around and around in my head about old stuff. In the Tricycle.com enewsletter the other day the take away was “Abandon Poisonous Food”. The writer (a female Buddhist nun, I think) was saying we shouldn’t grab onto unhelpful religous beliefs or practices and make ourselves sick by following them, but it struck me as applying to me feeding myself pain and anger all day by dwelling on old wounds. It makes the body tense and thus sick and slower vibrationally. So I put a stickie with “Abandon Poisonous Food” on my laptop and look at it whenever I’m rehashing old events. Maybe that’s a suggestion that would help “lori”?

  • http://www.facebook.com/robert.f.burke Robert

    This comment is for Steve…  :-)

    He asked me to write something on the subject of life being a school and that the struggles we endure are our lessons.  In fact, what we humans must come to realize is that as Spiritual beings we already “know” everything, at least our Spirit self does, so viewing the physical existence as school is misguided.

    The true purpose of life is the experience that which we already know.  Knowing and experience are two sides of the same coin, but beyond the veil, true experience of something we “know” isn’t possible.

    For that reason, we come into the physical realm for experiences of all types.  We must learn to recognize that all events in our lives, whether positive or negative serve to allow our Spiritual self to get the full perspective of existence.

    This applies not only to experiences mind you, but also the roles we play in life.  Take for instance the so called “Relationship Villain”.  The human playing that role chooses to do so for the experience of being “the bad guy”.  Likewise, all of those who come in contact with “Relationship Villains” chose that role for the experience of being on the receiving end of said individual.  All parties ultimately benefit from these roles.

    I hope this is helpful to everyone!  :-)

    Big hugs and lots of love to all of you!

  • Steve

    Thank you Robert! Very well said!

    Skoshi, I’ve read Cannon’s books 1 and 2, and not yet 3. So many are talking about the shift now, about the New Earth. I’m not sure what to make of it all, nor do I buy it “literally”…but I do know that we are changing rapidly and the Earth is also going through dramatic climate change. Only time will tell what will happen to us, but I wouldn’t take the accounts from folks under hypnosis as Gospel. Remember, there are many possible future realities, and these people are only communicating probable ones, not definite ones.

  • Donna

    So when Erik says they don’t have that up there *the struggles* does that mean that we don’t have the pettiness and rudeness between souls that we have here? What seems to be wearing me out about life itself, is how some people treat others. Right now I am referring to myself and difficulties with people who are my supervisors and such. Sometimes it just seems as if everyone is just down on me at the same time. I get really down and I hope and pray that in heaven there is nothing like that. Does that make sense?

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Yes, he’s talking about the struggles that others cause for us like pettiness, rudeness, but he’s also talking about other struggles like hunger, pain, illness, poverty, as well as inner struggles like loneliness, insecurity, vanity, etc. THe only way I can deal with the emotional baggage others heap on my shoulders is to shift my perspective toward them. It’s all about seeing them as souls on the same difficult journey and remembering to see them with compassion. It’s hard sometimes because people can be such asses sometimes. But the ones who are hardest to love are usually the ones who need it the most. You’ll see this in today’s entry.

  • Skoshi

    That’s for sure, Steve. Cannon and my guides are always saying nothing’s in concrete. Otherwise there would be no true free will OR purpose in living through things. – XOXO

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

    Ditto to what Robert said. A Teacher of mine and Robert says that knowledge without experience is useless.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Yep, that’s what we’re doing. We, as part and whole of All That Is, understand Who We Are conceptually (Love) but to grasp it experientially, we need the contrast, the painful duality that the earthly plane offers. To truly know the Light we must EXPERIENCE the dark.

  • Den ise

    I have a book question. I have always thought that everything is laid out before we show up here with alternative paths to a myriad of possibilities. You and this blog are such touchstones for so many people that it is mystifying to me that this was not laid out before you got here. But if the trigger for all of this was Erik’s action did his action create a new scenario on the spot, did you agree to this after the fact perhaps subconsciously, was this reaching out to others in such a big way in your chart and this is how it adapted to your circumstance? I realize accidents happen and obviously people make choices after they are here. Is it just a matter of the universe filling in the gap created by unplanned actions?

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      The last answer I got on this is that it was Erik’s destiny to die, then do what he’s doing now with me as his facilitator and and scribe. I was to go through a lot of hardships (as was Erik) to be able to have the proper perspective and sense of compassion to bring comfort and knowledge to countless others. My being a physician and being an author are all components that prepared me for what we’re doing together now. It’s weird, but I could never imagine Erik old or married with children. I could with my other children, but not him. Even before his illness ravaged his mind, I just couldn’t conjure up that visual. To me, that means on a soul level I knew his life would be short and for a very good (but very painful) reason.

  • Jason

    Elisa, You get visuals from Erik pretty good now right? Work on what Kim told and showed you. Maybe you could do this with Michelle..And tell Erik ahead of time that your interested in “seeing” some of his past life partental roles/kids. And then try out a few writing sessions, and at the end or before of them ask him if possible to “Show” you any visions of that. Robert and I have seen a few of those, and without telling you I am curious as to what you see. I don’t know though, it depends on what Erik thinks. I dont want to speak for his intentions.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Okay, I’ll try but I’m not very good at it. Always busy and the house is always full and crazy!

  • Denise

    Okay. I was confused I thought it was not his destiny to die at that time. Perhaps infinite possibilities are accounted for when planning a chart even though it is difficult to grasp that concept.
    You and your family are very brave to go through this.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      THe first two psychics said it wasn’t and the third said it was. I’m not sure why. I think maybe Erik only just realized that it was part of his spiritual blueprint.

  • skoshi

    It IS a hard knock life. I don’t know ANYONE who has an easy life. People who seem to have it easy, because of money or whatever, all of them I know have illnesses like diabetes or fibromyalgia or a loved one with leukemia. Back in the days when people used to hang laundry out to dry, my grandmother used to say, “If worries were laundry, after it dried, everyone would take their own back in and not want their neighbor’s.”

  • Jason

    There is no such thing as what we typically think of as “Destiny”. “Free will reigns supreme here and in the here after. It even over rides divine intervention in most cases. A more accurate way of describing it would be a long series of “if then that maybe ok if it works out go through that door” situation. Perspective radically varies depending on where not only we are upon reception of the message, but where the Spirit is vibrationally at the time, and how long since their passing. The higher up and farther back one is, the more the spirit can See.

  • Jason

    I also wanted to add; perhaps Robert could elaborate. Destiny is more about “Intention and “if then” scenarios. Once we are here on earth we can really mess up intention and alter the scenarios..sooo…

  • http://www.facebook.com/robert.f.burke Robert

    Jason is correct.  From the Spiritual perspective, there is no “Destiny”, for Free Will is paramount.  However, “Destiny” is the most succinct word we humans can use. Ultimately it more complicated than that, though.

    In Spiritual terms, you can think of “Destiny” as perfectly following the Plan we lay out prior to being born.  This is part of the reason why Erik initially said it was not his “Destiny” to die, or more appropriately, the timing was not ideal as he had work he’d planned to complete before crossing over.  It also explains why his Aunt Denise chewed him out when she saw him after he crossed over.  

    Erik and I debated his “Destiny” and eventually he began to remember what he’d forgotten…that he was supposed to die, but it was meant to happen later in his 20′s.  His Free Will decision to end his life when he did was not in sync with the ideal scenario he’d laid out.  It took him a small amount of (our) time to remember this fact. 

    I hope this helps.  :-)

    Big hugs and lots of love to everyone!   

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      I knew it in my heart!! Sweet Erik sacrificed himself for us. I didn’t think it was possible, but I love him even more.

  • Skoshi

    What I’ve been told many times is that we are decision makers. Nothing is locked in. Otherwise life here would have no challenges; we’d just live out our plans like robots. A lot of us mess up. Life here is so dense and we over-reach when we make our plans because of our desire while on the other side to use the opportunity of being here to make progress. And I hate it when I hear employers are abusing employees. Some people are get their jollies misusing their authority, and no matter how reasonable or how good a worker someone is, they can will never be treated decently. Best, especially in this difficult job market, while a person has a job, to discretely job hunt and move on. Save oneself YEARS of grief and stress.

  • http://channelingerik Pat

    Hey Jason, I would also like Robert to address this “Intention” and “if then” scenarios. You and Robert do a great job of complimenting Elisa’s posts with your insights. Please keep it up.

    Your description of Free Will and what I regard as Free Will always makes me question when mediums state… “you will meet your soul mate in August of next year in a book store”…or whatever. It seems that with Free Will and all the limitless possibilities that exist that making such definitive statements could not be possible.

    I have read that those who go through the “life review” after death will actually review situations where they see themselves passing by their potential soul mate but something interferes with the meeting and they say…”Oh, look there, we almost met…oh well, we will have other opportunities”. So, they are not upset or disappointed.

    So we must have many, many possibilities in life and for a medium to predict just one of them at one point in time and be so sure about it seems to be difficult if not impossible and can be frustrating for the person who is receiving the reading if it doesn’t happen.

    Robert, do you have any insight on this as well?

    Thanks again to everyone for all the input on the threads. I find them to be informative and very interesting.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      From what I understand, a medium’s reading is but a snapshot in time. It’s what is predicted at that moment. Dang that pesky free will!

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

    I am not really sure where to post this. I left it in the forum, but I am not sure how much traffic that gets, so this seems like a good as spot as any. This weekend Erik facilitated a visitation from a departed friend of mine and had a message for everyone here on the blog/site at the end of my post.

    Here it is:

    The following was actually a mediumistic vision facilitated by Erik. He asked me to have it posted and the message at the end be shown to blog members. ~Jason

    Over the weekend (11/13/10) I learned that an old friend whom I had not had any contact with in years and years had suicide’d from an overdose. That she had been battling addiction for many years. Towards the end she had reached out to a couple of old friends and thus her death was quite a shock to the friends. When I first heard I was deeply saddened. But also really sad that the connection had been let go of and lost all those many years ago. I didn’t know her very well, but back then I was so fond of her. I looked up to her for her independent and creative spirit. And she was a part of the core group of friends, through who’s presence helped hold me while I underwent my own trauma.

    When I first read the letter of her death, I confess I was a little scared about her possible visit. As you know I am still new to all this and felt intimidated about the unknown and how to possibly handle it or what I should and shouldn’t do. But like so much of late; Spirit came a knocking. My sadness, feelings of fondness and thoughtful recognition zeroed in on her like a beacon and she looked up and noticed. Then,- she was right there. In a hind-sight vision– she asked my guides and my Angles to help bring her through. They were holding her back until I was in a state of mind to receive her.

    She came to me. She looked just how I remembered her. Only her image flitted between youth and middle age; and told me she didn’t mean to go like that, it’s just she was wanting an escape and overdid it. And that she was OK now. Sad, and tired, but at peace and healing.

    I confess it kind of startled me. I wasn’t expecting it. And I was scared of an attachment situation. I didn’t even think to ask Erik to go to her. Because I sometimes feel like I am a burden and don’t want to burden him more. I was scared that I would have been asked to relay or do something that I wasn’t ready for. So much else was going on this weekend Spiritually and with family that I was distracted in the extreme. It took Roberts help to re-center me emotionally so that I could pass along all the messages I need to from this weekend.

    A dear friend emailed me and told me that it would be good to introduce Erik to my departed friend. A thought,– like I said, I’d not entertained before…
    So on today’s Spirit “Walk and talk”, one of the things my Teacher and Erik talked to me about was my friend. And that friend showed up and said that Erik had already met her. That she was very grateful that I had known her and so when my soul called to her that she heard, and had the opportunity to meet Erik. She gave me a message of love and friendship to pass along. Saying that Erik’s been talking to her all about “US”, and that she would never be a burden to me. That she would be waiting for me and our old friends, for when we passed to be reunited all together, so she could show and express her love.

    Erik said and told me to tell everyone on the site the following:

    “We in Spirit (all of our guides, Angels, and loved ones); We have your backs even when you are not paying attention; when you forget; when you can’t remember; when you are not even aware; When you are scared — We have your backs. We love you and know you, and wish for the success of all your loved ones in the now and hereafter.–No one– No one is lost. All have the capacity to find love and light and be reunited with their loved ones. The journey is not just about the there and now for -you but, also for your loved ones waiting for you.”

    Lots of love, Jason and Erik

    “It is not the shape of the clouds that give meaning, but the meaning we give their shape that matters”

  • Debbie B

    Jason and Erik your post has me crying. Jason you are a very generous soul to share yourself the way you do. How wonderful you have connected to Erik in this way. Love and peace to you both.

  • http://www.facebook.com/robert.f.burke Robert

    Hi Pat…

    Thanks for the kind words about Jason and I.  :-)

    What Elisa said about psychics is on target.  Psychics are allowed to see things as they were planned when the person was in Spirit.  Ultimately, though the person could change their mind or decide not to heed what the psychic stated and thus end  up with a different outcome.  If you’ll notice, I stated it is allowed to be seen.  I chose that word because the person asking had the Intent of wanting to know, which is why they asked in the first place.  The Intent of the asker is the key here, because without it, neither the Guides or the person’s higher self would permit the psychic from getting the answer.

    You may then ask yourself, what if the person doesn’t ask, but the psychic provides the answer.  Intent doesn’t require the person to verbally ask.  They could merely have the thought in their head at the time, or dreamed about the night or days prior, or it could be in their subconscious.

    You may then next ask, well what would cause a person to ask a question in the first place?  Well, that could be because on a Spiritual level they felt a calling to do  so because the question will get them back on track with the Plan they laid out for themselves (if they are off course), or asking enables them to take the next step with their life plan.  Intent is still there because it is coming from their Spiritual self (which we sometimes refer to as our conscience).  If the person chooses to ignore their Spirit, then their Guides will subtly prod them, but it will be very subtle so Free Will is maintained.

    Hope this is helpful dearest.  :-)  

  • http://www.facebook.com/robert.f.burke Robert

    Hey Elisa…Erik said “Oh Mom, I love YOU more! And I’d gladly sacrifice my life 10,000 times over for you! I love you that much! Here’s something I was gonna keep to myself, Mom, but the first time Robert trance-channels me, YOU will get the first hug! I promise! Bee line to Mom! All others outta the way!!”. Erik’s such a sweetheart! I hope my romantic soulmate is half as funny and loving as Erik! If he is, all I’ll be able to say is “Jackpot!!!”. Erik’s blushing now and Jillian’s saying “Aw, how sweet of you dear Robert!”. It’s nothing but the truth sweet Jillian! :-)

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Aw, I love you Robert!!!

  • Denise

    Life naturally goes toward more; more bliss, more fulfillment, more entertainment. Even if we look at our “planned life” and go in the completely opposite direction we eventually will get back to the source. I think it just depends on how much resistance, work, conflict we want. Personally I don’t enjoy confrontation but some people do. (I don’t have a bitch switch.) Makes me wish I was a little more adventurous.

    • http://drmedhus.com Elisa

      Me too. I don’t like confrontation either. But I guess there’s a way to do it and a way not to do it. I’ve always been very intuitive about language: what people need to hear, what they don’t need to hear.

  • buddy boy

    It’s hard to let go- is an understatement. Ever hear of the term ruminating? When a matter comes back to me and I turn it over and over in my head I begin the process of relieving myself some of the shame or guilt or embarrassment of the event. I find myself analyzing and understanding the situation better. And that lessens the emotional conflict inside my head. I’ve been able to let go of lots of things, but it takes quite a long time in some cases. Perhaps it depends on how stongly something effected us. Thanks again for the enlightenment Erik.

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