Channeling Erik
  • Past Life Regression
  • January6th

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    I received Jamie Butler’s newsletter a couple of hours ago and noticed she is offering a class in how to see auras and spirits. Cool, eh? I’ve copied and pasted it below. Frankly, I think it would be fun to save up some mulah and charter a cruise to the Bahamas or somewhere else relaxing, and have Kim, Jamie, Jeannie, Jason, Robert, (and Erik, of course) on board to host seminars, channeling sessions and readings. Blog member, Dr. Doug, is a gifted past life regressionist, so he could do some regressions, too! I know we have many members who are energy healers with experiences in Reiki, RET, and other arts, so they might be able to offer their services too. We could all pitch in for their fees and travel experiences. Anyway, we can dream, right. Let’s put it out in the universe so it’ll happen!

    To view and subscribe to the entire Love & Light Newsletter, click here: http://tiny.cc/4sxdz

    Here is the information about the class:

    Learn to See Auras and Spirits: Jan. 15th with Jamie

    Hello everyone! I am so happy to be back teaching in the States:) and there has been so many requests to just teach about how to see auras and spirits so I say lets do it Jan. 15th (it’s a Saturday) from 10am -3pm (taking an hour lunch break). This will be a four-hour intensive class teaching you how to use your eyes to see subtle energy. I will be using exercises, magic eye illusions, the psychomanteum, and our spirit guides to help us see colour and shape of energy/spirits. The point of the class is to help you understand your own talents of “sight”, learn how you work best, help you learn to define what you are doing, to see colour and shape. The rest of the days that follow will be your homework to keep up your good work!

    If you are interested let Weedie (most awesome assistant ever) know as soon as possible because this is gonna fill up. I plan on having a lot of fun with this and be able to work with you as a class and as an individual so the cap on the class is 15 (trying to keep it small). For lunch if you want to bring your own you can. There is a refridge and microwave at the center. You can also plan to eat at Mellowmushroom, Whole Foods, Thai and more.

    Email Weedie to reserve class seats. The cost of the class is $50, you can pay at the start of class or on the web site here

  • December3rd

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    I know I’ve addressed this question before, but again, I love getting Erik’s perspective from different mediums. Part of me wants confirmation to bolster my status as a recently reformed skeptic, and part of me wants to see if Erik has learned more about the subject so that he can share additional details and delve more deeply into the answers to our questions.

    Before we dive in, I want to share a dream I had with Erik last night. The details are a bit fuzzy, but I met him in a nondescript room where there were other people as well. Some were wandering around, while others were sitting on benches or chairs. Erik was half leaning, half sitting on a low counter of some sort. He had his arms crossed. His hair was unruly, as usual, and his grin was one of contentment as he watched those around him. He was wearing blue jeans and a baseball shirt, white with three quarter length sleeves. Then, he turned to look at me and my heart stopped. We ran to each other and I folded him into my arms. Ah, the warmth, the love, the longing to mother my son. We hugged and kissed each other for a long time (but it’s never long enough.) He seemed happy and a bit surprised to see me. I could feel his face, smell his cheek, sense his love. It was pure bliss. While I was holding him, his age seemed to shift from baby to toddler to teen in random order, so I was able to experience all of the wonderful memories of being his mama from birth to death. Waking up was hard. But, back to work…

    Channeling Transcript

    Me: So Erik, why are problems so much more difficult to deal with in the afterlife? Why is it preferable to deal with them here? I ask this to help those who are considering suicide understand, uh, to realize that their problems not only stay with them when they cross over, but they also are much more difficult to manage.

    Erik: Mom, we deal with issues on the earthly plane, not in Heaven. So if you don’t get something done here and now in your earthly lifetime, then you’re gonna have to deal with it when you reincarnate.

    Me: Oh, alright. But in your case—

    Erik: Wait, I’m not finished. Um, if we leave a lot of things undone and we come back to the afterlife, we can be remorseful, we can be very disappointed and unhappy with ourselves, but we’re not able to start working on things again until we go back to the earthly plane.

    Me: Why is that?

    Erik: Because of the duality, Mom. In heaven, everyone acts at the full level of their enlightenment. Souls here are very helpful to each other: very loving, nurturing, wanting to be of service to one another. It’s there on the earthly plane where we forget who we are, where we’ve been, what we’re supposed to be doing.

    Kim: That’s spiritual amnesia. So we get here, and we don’t remember who and what we are and what our spiritual blueprint is.

    Erik: And when we get to the earthly plane, we usually start working on those issues right away. Those issues make life very challenging where you are.

    Me: Tell me about it!

    Kim: Some people will run toward their issues and get the work done,

    Erik: But most people, when they get adjusted to the earthly plane, start caring about what others think. They seek approval and acceptance. No one wants to be rejected. So what happens is we start giving away pieces of ourselves until we have no clue who in the hell we are and what we’re supposed to be doing. And it’s the struggle to figure out the answers to those questions that supply us with the challenges we need to grow. That rediscovery of ourselves is what we’re on the earthly plane to do. It’s more about remembering and less about learning.

    Me: No pain, no gain. I get it. But Erik, you evolve in the afterlife too, right?

    Erik: Yes, like when I had therapy, I was able to connect the issues I had in my last lifetime to past life events. But when I go back to the earthly plane, I’ll get that spiritual amnesia and have to deal with overcoming those issues again. You don’t realize it, Mom, but it’s a pain to cross over and realize you still have issues to resolve. That’s a big deal. You can understand your issues, um, you can see your issues here in heaven from a conceptual perspective, but you need the experiential component to really resolve them, to completely remember who and what you really are. It’s like taking organic chemistry; you need to take the lab to TOTALLY get it.

    Me: Yeah, and even then…

    Erik laughs.

    Erik: I know they’ll be some people who are like, “Well, what the fuck? I just wanna be in heaven forever. To hell with the earthly plane.” But believe me, when you’re here, and you still have a lot of growth left to do, um and a lot of issues to deal with,  you really, really want to get it done. You might wanna take a break here, but the urge to go back and finish “remembering” is totally huge.

    You know, every time I transcribe a part of a session, I want to clunk myself in the head like, “Oy, I should have had a V-8!” I always think, “I should have asked this, I should have asked that.” In the case of the Human Experience, I could write an entire book on that subject alone. That said, I’ll have to do the best I can, revisit subjects if it’s really pressing, and create a book that, although only touches the surface, will bring some comfort and confirmation for the readers.

    Please don’t forget to visit the new forum, everyone. Jason has worked so hard to turn it into a beautiful community of sharing and learning. Even if you’ve been a member for months and months, I’d love for you to tell us more about who you are in the “Introduce Yourself” topic. Have a wonderful weekend.

  • November19th

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    Channeling Transcript

    Me: When they dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, of course almost half a million people died in those blasts. One reader wants to know how a soul could possibly survive such an assault when everything around is vaporized.

    Erik: You’re making it sound like the reader is comparing the soul to the body, like a piece of glass that is breakable. The soul is not breakable.

    Me: Okay. So the soul can never be destroyed?

    Erik: No. The only thing the soul can do is surrender and be absorbed, absorbed into the main Source. That would be the ultimate disappearance.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: But it’s not demanded.

    Me: Um hm.

    Erik: It’s not the same as enlightenment, you know, merging with the Source through ultimate enlightenment. That’s different.

    Me: Do you lose your individual consciousness when that happens?

    Erik: Yes.

    Me: Oh, boy, that’s not good. I don’t ever want to lose my sense of self.

    Erik: You still know who you are, and you gain the entire mass consciousness. You’re just not as separated, as individuated. It’s hard to explain, because it hasn’t happened to me. I’m just telling you what I’ve heard.

    Me: Can you tell us more when you find out? I just have this thing about losing my sense of self. It’s like dying.

    Erik: Mom, from what I understand, it’s not like that. It’s just so hard to explain it in terms of human language. And back to your question about if the soul gets vaporized in bombs—a soul’s energy can get, well, sort of torn by certain traumas. I don’t know how to explain it better than that, but we have healers here that mend energy and make it whole again.

    Me: Did you have to have your soul mended since your death was so traumatic, violent?

    Erik: Not really. I left my body before the bullet even entered my skull, because on a soul level this was my destiny. I did have to go through some therapy to get oriented, to help me fully remember that it was my destiny and to connect my past lives with the emotional issues I had in my last lifetime.

    Me: Okay, Well, I’m so glad you left your body and didn’t feel any pain. It’s a relief to me to know this death was your destiny and that you’re meant to help so many people from your perspective in the afterlife. I had a hard time dealing with the idea that it wasn’t your destiny. Why did it come across that way in the earlier channeling sessions?

    Erik: Two reasons. First, early on, I wasn’t fully oriented yet, Mom. Now, I know. Second, the mediums misinterpreted things a bit, maybe because of me being confused. They thought it was a destiny I created for myself after I got here to make up for what I did. It’s true, I wanted to make things right, but it was more like I was determined to work even harder to make up for all the suffering my suicide caused for you guys. That’s why I planned, between lives, to commit suicide instead of dying in like in a car wreck or from some illness. We both knew it would be more emotionally traumatic for you and the rest of the family, and this would motivate me to accomplish more here, to work a lot harder.

    Me: That all makes sense. Well, I’m glad, and I’m so grateful and proud that you’ve sacrificed your life on the earthly plane to help us, Sweetie.

    Erik: Yeah, it was our plan all along, Mom.

    Me: Okay, so you say where you are now, the grass is purple. Is that only for you or everyone else, too. In other words, can you and another soul be right next to each other and see a different landscape?

    Erik: Well, we can do both, Mom. We can see the same landscape through the other person’s “eyes,” because, listen, listen—a (he’s very excited at this point in the conversation.)

    Jamie (chuckling): He’s got his palms out.

    Erik: Listen, Mom, if the person’s sitting next to me, they’re sitting in my energy.

    Me: Ah!

    Erik: And when we do that here, we can merge perspectives, merge consciousness.

    Me: Ooo, cool!

    Erik: So if I’m perceiving the purple, shiny grass, then the person sitting next to me can see through my eyes what I’m envisioning.

    Me: Wow!

    Erik: And I can see through his.

    Me: That is awesome, Erik! Now, what if you and your buddies want to go surfing at a beach. Do you have to create reality as a collective?

    Erik: Yeah, but there’s so many people who have that same desire, that these beaches exist, so we can go to that place any time.

    Me: Oh, I see! Can one buddy snow ski while you surf, but you’re still in the same proximity?

    Erik: Yep. You can have a created realm on top of another created realm. It’s amazing, Mom.

    Me: Plus you don’t have to break a leg or get eaten by sharks!

    Erik laughs.

  • October9th

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    This part of the channeling transcript was not at all easy for me. The graphic memories, the heartache, the sense of loss, it all flooded back to me like a tsunami of dread and despair. For that reason, I’ve transcribed just a portion of Erik’s description of his death. The heart can only endure so much pain.

    I do hope, however, that you can find some comfort in his words, particularly when you think of your own departed loved ones, because there are elements of peace, beauty and joy in death.

    Channeling Transcript

    Me: What did you notice after your death that was different for you, Erik? I know it’s different for each person, but as a general rule, what do most souls notice right away?

    Erik: Their bodies.

    Me: Yeah. You see your body? That’s the first thing you notice?

    Erik: No. The body… the way it feels. It’s crazy, Mom, because you don’t have any pain, but sometimes that doesn’t register until like days or weeks later, as Earth time goes. There’s no hunger or thirst. You’re never too cold or too hot. And some notice it right away, but for others, it’s like a few days after they go, “Hey, I don’t have any pain!”

    Me: Wow.

    Erik: Because some people have lived with pain for so long, they don’t realize when it’s gone.

    Me: Yeah. So what else? What other sensations do you notice right away?

    Erik: Expanded. You feel expanded and lighter. It’s like you’re not cramped into that tight space anymore, and you can fill any space you want. Also, one of the first things you notice is when you think of something…when you have a thought, you don’t get in a car and travel somewhere to see it or go get it. You just end up there. Like when I think of you, I’m there. When I think of Bestefar in Norway, I’m there.

    Me: Wow, so thought creates reality much faster there?

    Erik (laughing): Oh, yeah!

    Me: Must save on those plane tickets. No frequent flyer miles for you, though, Erik.

    Erik laughs.

    Me: But can you create a car or motorcycle or boat and travel that way if you want to?

    Erik: Yeah! Hell yeah! You can create anything. Just like humans can create houses and build their cars; we have the same capabilities here, but it’s done in a much different way. Easier and quicker.

    Jamie (laughing): He’s giving me this look like, “Oh, poor you!”

    Me: Us poor peons down here have to do everything the hard way, huh?

    Jamie laughs.

    Me: What about the body? After you leave the physical body and look down at your spirit self, do you still have a body of some sort like a “memory body?” Does your form seem solid to yourself, at least at first?

    (Long pause)

    Me: I mean, when you looked down on your, you know, your lifeless body, but then looked at your soul’s body, what did it look like to you?

    Erik: Mom, at that time, I didn’t even know to wonder if it was solid or not. It just wasn’t even in my realm of thinking. I was just too concerned about, “What’s gonna happen now?”

    Me (sadly): Yeah. Must have been scary for you, Baby.

    (Pause)

    Erik: I know this sounds weird, but I didn’t have a lot of fear, because there weren’t those smells and sounds and sights and feelings that would create fear. It was actually extremely peaceful. And you know that one second felt like five minutes.

    Me: Okay. Which one second? When you pulled the trigger?

    Erik: Yes.

    Me: Oh, okay. Did it hurt?

    Erik: I remember the sounds around me but not the pain. It’s like I heard the ricochet whizzing sound of the bullet after it went through my head.

    Me: Gosh, Erik, weren’t you scared when you were slowly squeezing the trigger? I almost feel like you probably weren’t sure you were actually going to do it until it was all over, like you didn’t totally make up your mind until it was too late. What were you feeling at that moment?

    Erik: That’s pretty interesting that you knew I pulled the trigger slowly.

    Me: Oh, I just got that. I don’t know. I just get the feeling you had not made up your mind until it was all over. Maybe you told me about your indecisiveness before in another channeling session, but I’m pretty sure you didn’t tell me you pulled the trigger slowly. That’s just what I get. Maybe it was channeled.

    Erik: That’s true, but I didn’t really think I would die from it.

    Me (somberly): Yeah, well, it was a 45 caliber hollow point. Oof.

    (Long, poignant pause)

    Me: What else do you want to share about death and the moment right after death, you know, what the soul realizes right after death?

    Erik: Well, definitely lack of pain, like I said. Ease of movement. How thought creates reality in an instant. Also these wonderful things are happening to you. There’s this full-on weakness that you have at first. For me, I relate that to—I don’t know how to maneuver this body. When I was alive, I would reach out, grab the can, open it up and drink it. I could feel thirst and take care of it. If I wanted to see my family, I could go call or come over or email. But now these patterns that I learned don’t exist anymore. They don’t work the same way.

    Me: Hmm. Wow!

    Erik: In the beginning, there’s this sense of helplessness. I’ve heard some spirits call it release, but you have to sorta relearn how to interact with people and stuff. Some spirits know how to do it right away. You know, entering a dream or moving something away or making something appear. But some of us just take longer before we able to do certain things.

    Me: To do what, exactly? Can you give me an example of something you’ve tried to do and it was difficult?

    Erik: I remember I tried to pick the gun up.

    Me (sadly): Um hm.

    Erik: I tried to move my face to help me.

    Me; Um hm.

    Erik: None of that worked. My hand just went right through everything. It penetrated, it had a sensation; it wasn’t like my hand was moving through air. I could feel density and texture. I could feel the emotion of what I was going through.

    Me: Did the emotions feel different?

    Erik: Yes, they did. It’s like they weren’t mine. Though I was looking at myself—I know it was me, but it didn’t feel like me at all.

    Me: Help me understand this. What emotions did you—your soul—feel right after death?

    (Pause)

    Me: Besides, of course, helplessness and—

    Erik: Joy. Wait. I take that back. If I have to break it down in a sequence, I’m guessing the first feeling I had was peacefulness. Being at peace.

    Me: Yeah.

    Erik: I recognized I was at peace and felt joy. Then, when I saw that I was separated, you know, from my physical body, I felt I wasn’t solid, that’s when I went to go help myself, try to anyway. I only had time to try to help once. And I wasn’t afraid for myself, either.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: Because I felt fine!

    Me: Yeah. And then, did you feel like, when I went up there and found you, did you go through that, “Oh my gosh; what have I done” feeling?

    Erik: Not right away. At first I was really interested in finding out what was next. I didn’t do the “Oh my gosh; what have I done” thing until I realized that it was irreversible.

    Me: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay, so walk me through the sequence: you tried to grab the gun, then you tried to help yourself once, then what?

    Even as I proofread this, my stomach turns and my heart sinks to familiar depths. As I’m brought back to that tragic day, magical thinking takes over in that for a split second, I truly believe I can intervene as his finger slowly flexes around the trigger. God, if only I could create a time machine. What would I do? I’d make him do the past life regression that would have cast a light into his darkness. I would have insisted he join us for lunch. I would have wrapped him in my arms and kept him there forever no matter how hard he squirmed and protested. But alas, there is no time machine, and magical thinking is just that—illusion. Or delusion. I miss you, Erik.

    Tomorrow, I’ll try to transcribe and post another segment.

  • August26th

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    Nate contacted me months ago about a dream he had where he was snowboarding in a beautiful hilly landscape. When I asked Erik about the dream, I really didn’t remember the details, because it had been a couple of months since Nate shared it with me. Unless I’m mistaken, I don’t believe Nate knew anything about Erik’s love for snowboarding in the afterlife, so the dream, which he shares below in his response, is truly an amazing testament to the existence of the world of spirit.

    Nate also said he experienced a great deal of toe pain in the dream, as if the boot clamps were too tight. Indeed, Erik had trouble with an ingrown toenail on his big toe, which made it difficult, sometimes even unbearable, for him to wear snowboarding boots, ski boots or wakeboard boots whenever it flared up. Please enjoy Nate’s story.

    Nate’s Questions

    I’d like to ask Erik if that dream was an attempt to communicate with you and if so why? I’d like to ask if you two were connected in the past, too and what role you play in all of this. Lastly, I’d like to ask about Barry. How did he die? Why was he schizophrenic? Was this his destiny? Was he hear to teach something? Learn something? Both? How is he doing now?

    One of the reasons I really started an inward spiritual journey, especially my recent daily meditation practice and yoga is to investigate my mind…and really work on cleansing it in a way. It’s so strange. For much of my life there’s been this underlying unhappiness, although, I wouldn’t characterize it that way. My mom always tells me that she wishes I was just happy. The thing is, I’m definitely not unhappy in a depressed kind of sulking way. It’s more like something’s missing. It really, really bothers me in my professional life, since I really don’t like my career, mainly because of the lack of meaning. I often wish that I could be like my co-workers and just be happy with my job and happy to come into the office to do what I do. And I don’t mean meaning like I need to save the world or be some well-known person. I was a line cook while I was in school, and I actually found great satisfaction and meaning in my job. It’s just this ‘feeling’ that’s always been with me that something is missing, or I’m not doing the right thing. I don’t know; sometimes I chalk it up to my sensitive/introverted/empathic nature. Other times I’m not so sure. I certainly do feel guilty about it a lot since I have nothing to complain about. I have an awesome wife, great family, good health, a job, etc.

    Ok…this is a bit of rambling, so maybe back on topic? So, at any rate, after reading some of this stuff I’m wondering if there would be anything in past life regression that would help.

    My age is 32 and I live in Chicago, IL

    Barry was 25 when he passed in March, 2005. I’m not sure of the city of death. The obituary said a memorial service was to be held in Key Biscayne, FL and then another one in St. Louis Park, MN.

    Take care and let me know if you need anything else.

    Peace,

    Nate

    Channeling Transcript

    Me: This next one comes from a very sweet man, Nate. He’s 32 and lives in Chicago. He had a very good friend named Barry who had schizophrenia and died at the age of 25 either in Florida or Minnesota, not sure which. First of all, Erik, was the dream he had your attempt to communicate with him, with Nate and if so, why?

    Erik: Yes, yes…to thank him for all he did for Barry. I wanted to show Nate how awesome it is over here so he wouldn’t worry about Barry or anything. Barry is here with me in Heaven, and he’s like so damn relieved that lifetime is done, OVER! He says it was a suicide.

    Me: Oh, okay. You’re still a step ahead of me, Erik!

    Erik: And, um—

    Me: Was it his destiny to commit suicide?

    Erik: Yep. Dude always knew he wasn’t going to live a long, long life, even as a little kid.

    Me: Oh!

    Erik: Nate was really kind to him. He was a good friend and went above and beyond the call of duty, even when it was hard to be his friend. Barry and me, we hang out a little bit.

    Me: Oh, good!

    Erik: Yeah, we get together and, uh, when we get together, we discuss philosophy, you know, what our beliefs are and what we can see and what our perspectives are coming from two very different spiritual backgrounds, both of us having killed ourselves and all. Sometimes we go snowboarding, too, but mostly we hang out and talk.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: And so, Nate is going to be visited by Barry several more times, but then Barry is going to be reincarnating on the earthly plane.

    Me: So why was he schizophrenic?

    Erik: It was something he chose to work through to affect him and those around him. People choose to be schizophrenic for different reasons, but Barry chose it to learn about patience, about pacing himself on the earthly plane, about self-indulgence, uh, hang on.

    (pause)

    Erik: About asking others for help, so he chose it for some pretty major reasons and to launch into some pretty big issues. He was hoping that with such a serious condition he’d make a lot of headway with those issues.

    Me: I can imagine. Was he there to teach anything, too?

    Erik: In this last lifetime, Barry was there on the earthly plane mostly to learn. Usually it’s both, but for him, it was more about learning this time.

    Me: Were Nate and Barry connected in the past?

    Erik: Those two are platonic soul mates. They’ve been in tons of lifetimes together. They’ve been brothers, father and son, mother and daughter; they’ve had a lot of very close relationships. In fact, Mom, in this lifetime, Barry says they weren’t as close in relationship as they usually were. It’s almost like they were two ships passing in the night, compared to other lifetimes.

    Me: Why is that?

    Erik: Nate didn’t really have that much to learn from Barry. They were supposed to share some experiences, but this lifetime was more about Barry learning from others. Nate was not going to be in a position where he could provide Barry with enough adversity that he needed to work from.

    Me: Okay. Nate has one more question. He has this underlying unhappiness. He’s not depressed; he just feels like something is missing. He wishes he could find fulfillment from his job like his co-workers do.

    Erik: He can’t find satisfaction like his co-workers do, because he stands apart from them. Nate’s there as a spiritual teacher, and everyone around him is his student. The type of work they find exciting and fulfilling he finds mediocre. He feels like he’s settling to be there. His guides say it’s perfectly okay for him to acknowledge what he does have, but he also needs to recognize that he’s ready to move on. He’s outgrown what he’s doing, and a good time for him to move on is going to be October. So, I recommend Nate get his resume together and start looking for something else. Eventually, Nate’s gonna be happiest with his own business.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik (chuckling): Nate is the kind of guy who likes to decide when and where he works, how much money he wants to make. He wants to make those choices for himself instead of other people dictating these for him. He’ll have one to two more jobs before he starts his own business. It’ll be in his early forties and he has lots of happiness ahead. But one of the reasons he feels this unhappiness is because he’s completely outgrown what he’s doing and he’s ready to move on.

    Nate’s Response

    Elisa – so good to hear from you!!

    Thanks so much for asking these questions – it really, really means a lot to me.  That’s good news hearing that Barry is okay. The dream that I had was basically me snowboarding.  Although I don’t snowboard, I do (or used to) downhill ski quite a bit.  In fact, Barry and I along with a bunch of other friends stayed in Winter Park Colorado during one of our winter breaks in college skiing and working in the lodge.  It is one of my fondest memories of my college years.  Barry liked to ski as well. Also, in the dream, I specifically remember my toe hurting and looking down at my foot and thinking ‘why is my foot clamped down that way?’  It was like a metal clamp (more like a cross-country ski) rather than a snowboarding binding.  I remember it feeling so real that I was actually scared at a couple of points b/c I was going up and down these crazy hills.  If felt real, but it was almost like a video game or something (i.e. the terrain I was snowboarding on would never be on a ‘real’ mountain).

    I miss Barry a lot and he did seem to be some sort of soul mate or something.  It’s crazy how you meet some people and there’s just this natural connection.  I felt like that with Barry.  We had so much in common and were very alike in our personalities.  It just boggles my mind that I had this great friend in college who I lost contact with, then found out he passed, then found your blog and asked these questions and now your son and him occasionally hang out.  It’s crazy, it’s neat and well, I don’t know.  It’s hard to put into words.

    BTW – I can’t remember, but did I tell you anything about my current job (like even mentioning I don’t like it)? The comments mentioned about that really hit home.  A lot of my current ‘stuckness’ comes from not being happy in my work.  Actually, I’ve never been happy in the work I’ve been doing.  I’m really making a conscious effort to change that and re-evaluate what my passions are, what I’m naturally good at and what I can share with the world.  I’m involved in a course right now to help me do this.  The last comment is so dead-on.  When I think about what would be some of the things that would bring me fulfillment, it’s:  setting my own hours, choosing where I work (e.g. DEFINITELY not in an office everyday), and choosing who I work with, which is why I’ve been exploring entrepreneurship.  I’m still working on what kind of business I could start.  Baby steps are being made, so I’m definitely happy with that.

    Again, I want to thank you so much for doing this.  What you are doing is amazing and it truly is a blessing to have met you and Erik!

    Much metta to you!!

    Nate

    I know I’ve said it before. In fact, I probably sound like a broken record. But the truth is, Erik and I are blessed to have met you all. We receive so much more than we give, and we love you all. Thanks so much for giving Erik a chance to find meaning and fulfillment at last.

  • August19th

    20 Comments

    These next questions comes from a very worried mother who changed her original requests after a serious family crisis occurred. She was worried for good reason, though.  For me, asking such questions can be scary. I often have to hold my breath and pray as I await the response.

    Because of the sensitive nature of this entry, all identifying facts have been changed.

    Dana’s Question

    Dear Elisa,

    Thank you for your quick reply! Yes, if he is able to connect with my mother that would be amazing. I have 104 dimes I have collected from her since she died. Some of the stories are nothing short of amazing. One of the stories still makes me smile as my 16 year-old daughter was with me to see the miracle. I always knew they were from Mom, but felt no one believed me. Now they all do. I just wish she would appear to me. Your blog renewed my faith, as Mom has not been “around” as much as far as I feel. You may not know the extent to which you are helping others, but know that you and your son are really making a difference—even if you can’t “see” it. You are.

    Love,

    Dana, 45, Sacramento, CA

    Mom’s name is Helen. She died in Rockport, TX

    I’d mainly like to know why I was getting dimes/signs from her and she’s pulled back for some reason??? It’s made me sad :( I would like to know who she is with there and what she’s doing–does she miss us or is she too busy—does she watch over my daughters?

    Thanks Elisa. You are on my mind a lot!! God Bless!! You are an angel on earth. I really think so.

    Dana :) XOXOXO

    Dana’s Addendum

    Dear Elisa,

    I’m so sorry to be bothering you with this. My 17 year-old daughter and I just had an argument and she told me she knows she will die from suicide when she is 20 or 25 (her words) She has had severe depression since she was young. I’m laying here in tears because I know this all will end in despair. It could be tomorrow or when she is 20.

    Could I please change my Erik question?  I was asking about my mom, but I am truly worried and sick about my daughter. I am wondering if I’m going to lose her to suicide. I am feeling such a gamut of emotions. I am angry with her for holding this over my head. It’s always in the back of my mind. She’s seeing doctors and counselors, but I don’t see any changes.

    Her name is Allison and she is 17 years old.

    Thank you for listening. I’m just a mess right now.

    Dana

    Channeling Transcript

    Me: Next is Dana. She’s 45 years old from Sacramento, California. She’s worried about her teenage daughter, Allison. Will she commit suicide? She had an argument with Dana and told her she knew she would take her own life sometime in her 20s.

    Erik: She received this message in a dream, and it was really very clear to her that this was her destiny, that this is who she was. In fact, she will try to uphold that, she’ll attempt it again to try to fulfill that destiny.

    Me (dismayed): Oh, gosh, anything she can do to prevent it?

    Erik: No therapy is going to help bring her out of it.

    Me: No therapy?

    Erik: Yeah, no psychotherapy, medication, things like that, because when she received that message, it haunted her so bad, it’s almost like she’s in control of someone else, like when she lived before. So if we’re looking at something that can bring her out of it, it’s gonna have to be past life regression. She’s gonna have to dig up the past to give her the strength to change her path on her own. This pattern doesn’t have to play out, Mom.

    Me: Okay. Now is it because it’s for her soul’s evolution to experience this kind of death like that’s a death she hasn’t experienced before or maybe it’s to teach others about loss or herself about the sanctity of life or what? Is it something like this that shouldn’t be changed because it’s part of her blueprint?

    Erik: There seems to be an internal struggle with her. She’s committed suicide before, so she feels like she has to play that pattern out again and again and again. People get stuck in these patterns all the time, especially self-destructive ones. So if you look into her pasts lives, you’ll probably find out that she’s committed suicide in that same age range again and again.

    Me: Okay, I’ll let Dana know that.

    Erik: She’ll be okay if she gets past life regression though.

    Me: Oh, that’s good. I can only imagine the eggshells her mom is walking on. Now the original question Dana has is this. Her mom’s name is Helen. She died at the age of 82. So Dana keeps seeing these dimes all the time. Are they signs from her mom?

    Erik (laughing): Yes. She thinks pennies are overrated!

    (I laugh)

    Erik: So she’s using dimes.

    Me: She says at first she got them all the time, but now it seems like her mom has pulled back a bit. She’s not getting as many.

    Erik: You’re right, it’s not as frequent, but she’s not really pulling back because she’s involved in other things or because she’s not interested in making that kind of contact. She’s pulling back, because she wants Dana to focus on her life instead of walking around, waiting to be reminded that they’re there.

    Me: Oh, okay! Does she watch over her daughters?

    Erik: Oh, Hell, yeah, all the time. She visits and hangs around Dana and her daughters all the time. And she’s trying to help give Allison guidance to break that pattern.

    Me (relived): Oh good! Good!

    Erik: Her daughters are hot.

    Me: Some things never change with you, Erik!

    Erik: Guilty.

    Me: Don’t let your girlfriend know!

    (Erik laughs)

  • August18th

    9 Comments

    These next questions come from a lovely man whom I’ve come to know well. He lives in a neighboring town and we’ve had wonderful conversations on the telephone for the last couple of months. I feel as though we’ve been friends forever; he’s that kind of guy. All of these attributes shine through in his emails. Doug also has such a warm and positive outlook, despite being plagued by severe pain in various joints, including his back and hips.

    Doug’s Question

    Dear Elisa:

    My mother died of Oat Cell CA of the lung when I was finishing my internship after medical school. Prior to her DX, I was studying for my boards and getting ready to leave the next day to take those boards, when I went to my parents home for a quick visit before leaving the next day. As I was leaving to go home, my mother stopped me at the door and asked me what I thought ” what these things in my neck are?”. Being in quite a hurry to leave and not thinking to much about it, I palpated her neck and found several large non painful masses in her anterior cervical neck area. Again, not really thinking and wanting to leave, I told her they were large anterior lymph nodes and also large anterior cervical neck masses. My mother thanked me and I went home and the next day left to take my boards. I didn’t think any more about my mothers neck masses. After a few days I returned home and after getting off the plane, at about 6:30 am, and on my way home, I telephoned my father, who also is a physician and with whom I worked with at the time, to let him know I was home and safe. He told me not to go home, but to come by the office. I was very tired, but my father told me to come to the office NOW!! He wanted to show me something. I arrived at the office and found my father in the x-ray department looking at some chest x-rays. He asked me what I thought about the PA and Lat. chest x-ray on the view box. I looked and saw many lung masses in both lung fields and told him this was cancer until proven otherwise. He agreed and then told me these x-rays were of my mother. It was not until that time that I put two and two together, the neck masses I found in my mothers neck a few days prior and what I was seeing on the chest x-ray. My father went on to tell me that he had been living with this for a few weeks and didn’t want to tell me because I was studying for my boards. I felt so bad…terrible… that I had missed a diagnosis as bold as the one I found and felt terrible because I should have known this and should have done something!! I should have done something to help my mothers lung cancer!! It has taken many many years to be able to work through this trauma and the guilt I felt for not being able to help my mother and failure to make the DX. I have asked and prayed that my mother forgives me for my failures!! It continues to take even longer to forgive myself as a son and as a physician. I believe my mother completely understands and loves me. I wish I was able to contact my mother on a routine basis, but this has not happened.

    Right now, I am going through a major crossroad in my life and need her love and guidance in what I need to do. May be Erik can talk to my mother and ask her to contact me while I’m asleep and during my meditation. I will continue to try and contact my mother and my guardian angels to help me during this major trauma and cross road in my life. I want to thank you and Erik for all the information you have shared. My mothers name is Margie/Marge and I believe she was 57 years of age or maybe in her early 60′s when she died.  She died in Dallas Texas at the hospital I was interning at.  My age is presently 60 and I live in Katy, Texas just outside of Houston, Texas. Love to both of you,

    Douglas

    Doug’s Revised Questions

    Dear Elisa:

    Yesterday was a really tough day for me.  I didn’t feel well at all, so I went to bed and stayed there for the last 18 hours or so.  I’m feeling better this morning, which is now Saturday, August the 7th.  Are you back from Lake Travis? I believe you told me you were coming back Friday, but feeling so bad I might have “ Just Thought That”!!  But I’m better today.

    Concerning my questions for you to ask Erik:

    1. Confirmation of my guardian angel or angels and the names of my guardian angels

    2. That I was speaking with them the other day

    3. To have my guardian angels or angels and my mother please come to me in my dreams, meditation, and just any time, and to “Hit me in the Head” for confirmation that I really am speaking with my guardian angel or angels and my mother?

    4. Also, I was told that a male figure on my fathers side is helping me with business matters, name unknown, but has the first letter of ” H” in the first name?? Who is this person?

    I just want confirmation of my guardian angels and their names, and that we spoke the other day” through the Jeannie Barnes session, and who is this “male figure” on my fathers side of the family with the first letter ” H ” in the first name, and Solid confirmation,” Please Hit Me in the Head with a 2 x 4 that I am speaking with my guardian angels or angel and my mother! I didn’t know how to mention the Jeannie Barnes session I had on Thursday and the information I received then and possible confirmation of that information through Erik without getting anyone mad or upset that I had used Jeannie first to get some information.  Also tell Erik to visit anytime he wants and to ” Hit me in the Head” for confirmation of his being their!!  And of many, many thanks for his help! I want to thank you again for your very loving offer to stay at your house before surgery.  I’m still thinking it over.  But thank you very much for your love and support during this time.  I really can’t thank you enough.

    Talk with you very soon, and as always, love to you, Erik, family, mom and dad,

    Doug

    Channeling Transcript

    Me The next questions come from Doug, a 60 year old physician from Katy, Texas.. His mother is Marge or Margie. She died of Oat Cell Carcinoma in Dallas, Texas. His grandmother, Ruby Lee, died at the age of 84. He says he’s at a major crossroads in his life now and could really use a little direction from his mother and grandmother or whoever else can help him.

    Jamie: This is so interesting, because when you first said his name, I smiled real big, and Erik just said, “Yeah, I know.”

    Me: Yes, he’s a wonderful human being, very sweet and spiritually enlightened..

    Erik: He’s just one of those guys that when you get around him, you know he’ll fight not only for your physical health and well-being, he’ll fight for your spiritual well-being too. He’ll fight for your ability to be emotionally calm and settled. And he’s not satisfied with just a quick answer. Doctor Doug not only wants the quick answers, but how do we stay healthy and safe in this belief. He needs to keep practicing, but also include the elements that are spiritual like meditative, homeopathic…

    Me: He knows how to do hypnosis.

    Erik: It would be amazing if her could help people with past life regression! That would be great! Because when a patient comes in, no matter what the illness is, whether is cancer or  a sprain or a heart attack or they keep bruising their finger, he can work with them on many dimensional levels.

    Me: Yeah!

    Jamie: He can figure out why that energy is stuck there, are they carrying it in from somewhere else, and how can he help physically in this life and help them shape their beliefs from all the other lives involved.

    Me: Can you tell him the names of his guardian angels?

    Erik: Gabriel and Areodny are two of them.

    Me: Okay. He’s also been told that a male family figure is helping him with business matters and his name starts with the letter, H.

    Erik: It starts with H-A-R like Harris or Harold.

    Me: How is he related to Doug?

    Erik: Dad’s, Dad’s Mom’s Dad.

    Jamie: What is that?

    Me (laughing): Hmm, I think I’ll let him figure that one out! Oh, and Erik, would you mind letting his guides know that they might have to talk through a bull horn or knock him in the head with a two by four for him to realize that they’re trying to get through.

    Erik: Sure.

    Me: Oh, and he says you’re welcome to come visit any time.

    Erik: Will do, Mom.

    Please note that Doug underwent hip surgery yesterday. I plan to pay him a visit tomorrow and hope you will all send him healing, loving thoughts. He is a truly wonderful and gentle member or the Channeling Erik family.

  • August15th

    76 Comments

    So many of you in the Channeling Erik family are incredibly gifted, enlightened healers and teachers. I’ve been pondering this a lot, and I think I have an interesting idea that I’d like to run it by you guys.

    Should Channeling Erik break through to reach a larger audience, I might garner a lot of media interest. On top of the book (that I’m supposed to be writing,) my idea for a film or TV series as well as Kim’s idea for a national radio show, could generate considerable money that would all be funneled into the spiritual outreach foundation I have previously discussed in the blog. If this comes to fruition, it would be awesome to have the foundation pay for groups of you to travel all around the country or even internationally to heal and enlightened. I would be a little like “Doctors without Borders,” but all of your fees and expenses would be covered. We could go to orphanages, prisons, homes for troubled teens, halfway houses, hospitals, etc, administering Reiki, RET, channeling, Past Life Regression and other spiritual services. We could also host seminars, lectures and other programs to help enlighten the world about the spiritual revolution that we are sure to become a part of. I say first stop, the Fiji Islands. (he he, just kidding.) Even if we travel somewhere once a year, it’s better than nothing and a very good start.

    I have emailed Anne Jennings, a PR consultant, to see how she can help us. Kim is also in contact with a Hollywood producer who will hopefully have an interest in creating a TV show or film. I plan to submit another article to Huffington Post as well. Please continue to share this blog with as many people as you can so we can accelerate this process, and let me know if any of you want to be a part of the traveling team. Channel your guides!

  • August14th

    15 Comments

    Joseph’s Question

    While I know I have plenty of reasons to be happy, and I know people love and care about me, and I haven’t tragically lost anyone close to me, I just feel so incredibly miserable. Like my soul is broken or lost, like I fucked up so bad in my life (and/or possibly others) and that karma or something has me trapped with unbearable loneliness, fear, regret, indecision, and a sense of dissatisfaction with my life and everything I do, there’s just little joy in anything and it never lasts very long. I have no real career or relationship and I’m drowning in massive debt. Sometimes I just feel kind of “over it” and would just assume go home if I can, as long as I don’t have to be the one to end it. However, sometimes I feel like I have unfinished business here, but I have idea what that is and just can’t muster the strength it’s going to take to finish it. So I guess I’m just looking for help in finding out weather or not I’ve still got work to do here, and if so what that is. Or if he can help get me out of here and back home where I belong, where I can find true peace and love.

    I also want to say that I completely understand if you can’t get to my question. I also worry about you burdening yourself with the many desperate hopes and pain people have come to you with since you’ve bravely written this blog. Be sure to take care of yourself too okay.

    With love,

    Joseph

    Channeling Transcript

    Me: Okay, let’s see. I have a question from Joseph. He’s living in Boulder Creek, California and is around 33 years old. He says he’s just miserable. It’s like his soul is broken or lost. He’s plagued by loneliness, fear, indecision, regret, and he doesn’t get any joy out of life. He’s wondering if he still has work left to do here.

    Erik: Yes. Yes, Joseph does. He does have work still to do there. Joseph isn’t depressed, cuz depression is more like a chemical breakdown in the body and the physical body just can’t make those chemicals to find the joy in life anymore. Joseph is spiritually depressed.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: Here is a man who, deep inside, knows there’s something greater, but he doesn’t know the steps and the path to travel to get there.

    (pause)

    Me: Okay. Any advice for him, Erik?

    Erik: Yes. I would hope that Joseph would start reading.

    Jamie (giggling): He’s laughing.

    Erik: Reading a few books would help him understand that he’s not in this alone, you know, with this feeling.

    Jamie: He’s showing me three books. One is white and small. It kind of looks like a poem book or a—it’s gotta be something like “Immanuel?” (sp?) It’s channeled work, question and answer style, a poem book. Immanuel, Emmanuel, something like that. It looks kind of older. It doesn’t look brand new.

    Erik: This will help him answer some of the emotions he’s having.

    Jamie: He’s showing me a dark book. Oh, that guy! Michael something.

    Me: Michael Newton?

    Jamie: Yeah, he’s showing me that book. It’s got like stars on it, a picture of space?

    Me: Journey of the Soul, Journey of Souls?

    Jamie: Exactly. He says that’s it.

    Me: Okay.

    Erik: That one would teach him about the in between phases and might jar his memory about what Joseph can remember. Joseph will get the best success from past life regression..

    Me: Because he’s forgotten what blueprint he made for this lifetime?

    Erik: You’re right, Mom. That’s why he feels lost and like there’s something right at this fingertips that he doesn’t know how to reach. That’s because he doesn’t know what it is.

    Me: What is he meant to do?

    (pause)

    Erik (chuckling): I’d like to say Joseph is meant to have this incredible job on Earth, like as a famous spiritual leader or something, but his job is very simple. It’s an everyday kind of a job, but it puts him in the path of people that he can affect. Joseph is a powerful catalyst, a spiritual catalyst. He has the power to transform others.

    Me: Wow!

    Erik: His job is to help people understand that they are greater than the human being they think they are. But first, Joseph has to learn this about himself.

    Joseph’s Response

    Thanks so much! I’ve been anxiously waiting to hear from you. Your response is fascinating, I can’t wait to see the transcript! I don’t know what book the first one is, but I’ll keep my eye out for it and pick up Journey of the Soul.

    I think I know what Erik means about being spiritually depressed and forgetting my plan. But I also kind of suspect I know what my purpose is, it just seems so audacious and crazy, so I’m just not sure. And I don’t believe I have the experience, knowledge, energy and courage to do it right and be successful enough to make a big difference. I also have to decide weather to chase another dream/idea in front of me that I’ve been working on, which could also make a difference in the world, and is much more feasible. Maybe I’m meant to do both, hopefully my guides can help me figure it all out. I have a session with Kim on 9/3, I’m really looking forward to it, but I don’t know if I can wait that long because things seem to be happening right now and quickly; like a very important meeting I have today with someone I randomly met the other day, this person has the capacity to help me and my ideas in a HUGE way. But I guess everything happens for a reason, so maybe I need to wait for some reason or another before my path seems clearer.

    Thanks again, I really appreciate what your doing and taking the time to help me. Please let me know when you get that transcript, I’m really curious to see it :)

    Joseph

  • August6th

    6 Comments

    I have to admit, I was a bit anxious, no, I was actually frightened, about asking this question for Joan. If the answer had been different, it would have been difficult to post, but negligent and cowardly not to. Thankfully, the answer was positive and uplifting, shining the way for a young man who is meant to contribute much to a world in pain.

    Joan’s Question

    Elisa,

    Thank you for sharing Erik with us. I have an important question for Erik, when you can take it. Please tell me as soon as you can. It’s about my own son who is alive but struggling with depression. I don’t know how to help him. I am very worried. Thank you.

    My Response

    Hi  Joan,

    I’m sorry your son is struggling. Can you tell me his first name, where he lives, his age and your age? I’ll try to help but it might take some time. You can also talk to Kim/Erik directly through a phone session. I have her link on the home page. Felix Lee Lerma is also very good. Be careful because a lot of mediums, most in fact, are horrible charlatans.

    xo

    Elisa

    Joan’s Response

    Hi Elisa,

    Thank you for your help. My son is Sean, and he is 17 (almost 18). We live in *****.  I am 49 years old. When I started reading your blog, I could not stop crying because there are many similarities between Sean and Erik.  Sean changed so much at around 12 years old. He became depressed. He has told me that he feels no joy inside. He does not know why he feels this way. He has taken different meds but it seems like nothing has ever helped. Deep down inside, I have a very strong fear that someday Sean will commit suicide. I feel as if I just know it will happen and cannot stop it.  Sean feels lost about his life. He is not sure what direction to go in.  I have strong faith in God and pray all the time for help for Sean. I read in your blog that someone asked Erik for guidance for another person. Is it possible that he can help me? I will do anything on earth to help my son and keep him safe, but I do not know where else to turn. I feel for you so deeply and thank you so much for sharing. I have always believed that this life is not the end. Erik’s messages conform that.

    Thank you very much.

    Joan

    Channeling Transcript

    Me:  Joan’s questions are next, Erik. This is about her son, Sean, who is almost 18.  Joan is 49 and both live in *****. She’s in sort of the same position I was in for the two years or so preceding your death: very, very concerned about Sean’s depression. She’s afraid that one day, he’ll take his life.

    Erik: What Joan is picking up on as far as the suicide goes are all from past lifetimes when he did do it. Suicide is such a traumatic event, that you remember it from lifetime to lifetime. So that’s what Joan is remembering. It is intuitive, but it’s from the past. In this lifetime, Sean is going through what I’m hearing is pretty typical teenage angst, but  Sean is totally a bottom-line guy. He wants to know where he’s headed, what he’s going to do, and, well some people are in their forties and fifties and think, “I wonder what I’m going to be when I grow up.” They think, “Oh, well, I’ll figure it out.” But Sean, he’s already just biting his nails trying to figure out what he’s there to do, because he wants to get on with it!

    Me: So what is he here to do?

    Erik: What Sean is there to do in this lifetime is help people who were like him in the past—people who are suicidal or really, really depressed, anxious, troubled, challenged, feeling hopeless. This is to help him with his karma from past suicides. It’ll help him learn what this kind of loss means for others and will get him to realize how important it is for a soul to stick with the plan or destiny for that lifetime. So, he’s supposed to become a psychiatrist or therapist or something like that, someone who will treat children and adolescents to help guide them into a healthier quality of life. That’s what he’s there to do. Now, Joan is going to ask what she can do to help or, uh, facilitate, because she’s biting her nails trying to figure out what she can do.

    Me: Sure, of course!

    Erik: Now, it’s very unlikely that he’ll commit suicide, very, very unlikely. For example, Sean’s guardian angels want Joan to know this: You know he’s been depressed for a very long time, and if he was going to, he would have done it by now! He’s not going to. So, that’s kind of an alarming confirmation from them, but they’re being very blunt and frank. Here’s what Joan might wanna do: She might just sit down with him and say, “Honey, you’re here to help so many other people; why don’t you become a psychiatrist and you could write books, work with groups, work with kids and teenagers one on one”— Sean is really, really good with kids. Kids love him. So that’s what Joan can do, and she’s right; she is supposed to do something. That’s what it is.

    Me: Okay, thanks Erik. Now the next—

    Erik: Can I say one more thing?

    Me: Sure!

    Erik:  Joan is completely right that Sean doesn’t always listen to her. I know you didn’t mention that, but her guides are telling me this. That is correct.

    (Erik and Sean’s guardian angels are chuckling.)

    Kim: Maybe that’s true for a lot of us!

    Me: Oh, yeah!

    Joan’s Response

    Hi Elisa,

    I just returned from vacation and read this. I am thrilled by it!!!  Thank you so much!  but of course, I have so many more questions. I am relieved that it seems he will not take his own life. And what Eric said about Sean is spot on — he wants to know what to study or do with his life an he wants to know it now! He is not satisfied with finding his way in time. He has this sense of urgency about what field to study, and is almost in despair and paralyzed by not knowing. How can I ever thank you for asking Eric for me? Words seem inadequate. I appreciate it so much. I am wondering also — how/when/where will I get to read the actual transcript? Do you post it on your blog or will you send it to me? Also, do you use actual names on the blog?

    I am seriously thinking I should try to have a session for myself too. I am really struggling lately and am very unhappy at work. I am constantly feeling insecure, lack of confidence and a lot of anger inside.  I feel like I need to understand why I am this way. It is like a wall that I know I need to get over but somehow I am stuck. I have read on your blog that many people feel set free after a reading. Is that true?  I just do not know if I can afford it. But maybe, just maybe I should do it.  I also have a strong sense inside that Sean and I are emotionally tied together somehow. Any advice you can give is much appreciated. You are a wonderful person. Don’t let anyone make you feel otherwise.

    Joan

    Joan’s Response (after reading the official transcript)

    Dear Elisa,

    I just read the posting.  I cannot thank you and Erik enough for this information.  I brings me so much peace that I cannot describe.  What was said is so true about him.  It is hard to believe.  Now I want to know more and more.  I think I will contact either Kim or Jeanne.  Do you think one is better than the other, putting aside the price?  Thank you Elisa.  God bless you.

    I do want to offer a caveat to all readers of the blog. Be sure you listen to your heart first. If you or a loved one is struggling with mental illness, seek advice from a healthcare professional. Please know that I write this caveat, because I care about all of you, NOT because I fear any legal consequences.