First, an update on Robert’s condition: I haven’t seen him yet today, because I’m working, but I’ll run over there at lunchtime. If there’s any critical news to share, I will do so tonight, otherwise I’ll post something tomorrow.
Robert has several sizable blood clots in his abdominal cavity, so apparently this not only causes considerable pain (the iron in blood is an irritant) but the extensive clotting consumed all of his clotting factors so he nearly bled to death. He lost over half of his blood volume. They’re giving him fresh frozen plasma to replace those clotting factors as well as packed red blood cells–9 units. He should be fine unless the intraabdominal bleeding continues. Hopefully, they’ll do serial CT scans to make sure the blood in the abdomen isn’t increasing. If so, they’ll have to open him up again. My guess is that the surgeon didn’t make sure all the bleeders were cauterized or tied off before closing Robert up. The “bad doc” horror stories I could share with you all. You’d be stunned.
And now about Stanley. You may have noticed that his story has garnered considerable media attention. We need to be there for him throughout this ordeal. Truthfully, I think this may be part of Stanley’s mission: to teach people compassion, civility and love. People need to learn that judging others is not something we’re here to do. And they must learn to see people for who and what they truly are, on a soul level.
One of the most arduous challenges of the human experience is remaining judgment free. We all struggle with it, but we have to remember that often those we feel the urge to judge negatively are often the ones that need our love and compassion the most. Who’s to say that Stanley’s story isn’t a test of our resolve to love one another in spite of our differences? After all, we are all One. If one suffers, we all do.
One blog member has graciously written a letter for us to mail or fax to Coburn, Herger or both. If you’d like to participate, email me at emedhus@gmail.com, and I’ll give you a copy. You can format it any way you wish. Here is the contact information.
The Honorable Tom Coburn
United States Senate
172 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3603
Fax: 202-224-6008
Representative Wally Herger
Washington Office • 242 Cannon HOB • Washington, DC 20515 • phone: (202) 225-3076 • fax: (202) 226-0852
Chico Office • 2635 Forest Ave, Ste. 100 • Chico, CA 95928 • phone: (530) 893-8363 • fax: (530) 893-8619
Redding Office 280 Hemsted Drive, Suite 105 Redding, CA 96002 phone: (530) 223-5898 fax: (530) 223-5897
Here’s a bit about Senator Coburn’s character, although this has not been verified. Does anyone else know much about this guy?
The parts of this that really tick me off involve Representative Wally Herger of California and Senator Tom Coburn. Both of them are from the Republican party, the party that claims it is for less interference from the government in people’s lives yet they who are a part of the government are sticking their noses in where it does not belong. Representative Wally Herger is a Mormon which makes his behavior all the more deplorable. The reason for this is simple Mormons have been and still are to a certain extent treated unfairly because of people’s unwillingness to understand and accept them which makes him a hypocrite as he and his people wanted and still do want understanding and acceptance yet he is unwilling to practice understanding and acceptance towards. As for Tim Coburn I find his behavior even more upsetting due to him being a member of “The Family” a secretive extremist Christian organization who’s hands a soiled with things like support for the “Kill The Gays Bill” in Uganda that would it a crime to be gay that would be punishable by imprisonment or death, along with making it illegal to rent a place to live to gay people and make it a crime to know someone is gay without alerting authorities. Also it has become public knowledge that Tom Coburn was also involved in the John Ensign sex scandal as a middle man. The gist of what occurred in the John Ensign sex scandal is that John Ensign coerced a staffer to have an affair with him, which while I’m no lawyer sure as hell sounds like like something like statutory rape. When things turned sour John Ensign turned to Tom Coburn to help him get his hand out of the cookie jar. For more in-depth information about this scandal and Tom Coburn’s involvement please watch the following videos at the bottom of the page.
Channeling Transcript
Me: Okay. Now how does general anesthesia differ from sleep?
Erik: Anesthesia cuts down more parts of the brain, where doesn’t. Sleep shuts down parts of the body, the physical aspects of body to rest, but then it triggers other parts of the body to do problem solving and stuff. Other parts of the brain are highlighted, but when you’re under general anesthesia, you don’t get that. The whole brain or most of it is totally shut down.
Me: Like a sledgehammer to the head.
Me (Shouting to Michelle): Hey Michelle!
Me (to Jamie): We’ll see if Michelle wants to talk to Erik.
Erik makes the doomsday sound: Dun dun duuuuun!
Jamie and I laugh.
Me: Okay, while we wait for her, what’s the difference between sleep and the out of body experience where you’re aware of your situation and surroundings?
Erik: Well, with sleep, the soul, the spirit is still connected to the physical body. With the out of body experience, the soul is no longer residing inside the physical body. It’s outside the frame of the physical body.
Me: Oh, okay. So when you’re asleep, are you elevated a little bit above your body, or—
Erik: Some people do. Kids mostly do that.
Me: Okay. What about people who are in a coma, a vegetative state, those who have brain damage? Tell me what you know about that.
Erik: Some of it is bullshit.
Me: Oh!
Jamie: I’m asking him why. What do you mean, Erik?
Erik: Even though the body doesn’t function, like the eyes don’t open, the fingers don’t move, the body looks completely dead—it’s just that we don’t have the equipment to measure what the brain is actually doing. The ears are working and the person is having a conversation within, like an internal dialogue, but they can’t get their mouths to open or their fingers to wiggle or their eyes to open to show you that they understand. As soon as they continue deeper studies into the coma state, they’ll find that the brain will trigger certain patterns to show or give proof that the person inside is listening, comprehending and are able to respond with an answer or a question.
Me: Interesting. I read something about microtubules in the cells being the origin of consciousness.
Jamie: Hollow strips?
Me: Yeah. Does consciousness have substance?
Erik: Well, energy is substance so, yes, it has substance. But science is wanting that substance to be very low vibration and tangible. Now these microtubules, they can contain the energy patterns of how the consciousness ROOTS into the physical body, because they’re throughout the body.
Jamie: Oh are they? What are they? Oh never mind. I don’t need to ask the questions.
Me: No, go ahead! So you’re saying these microtubules aren’t the origin of consciousness, but maybe that’s what roots it.
Erik: It’s a container.
Me: So it contains the roots of the consciousness so that it connects to the body, or, I don’t know. Helloooo? Help!
Jamie laughs.
Erik: Yeah, there are a lot of people who believe that in that hollow space, which a lot of scientists might say has no purpose in the body, no function, when they test, they see that they have a function they can’t define. This is where spirituality and science are gonna come together hand in hand.
Me: Yeah.
Erik: They’re going to start understanding that all energy is matter and all matter is energy, and they’re gonna create tools of measurement to find that.
Me (to Jamie): One more question, then I’ll see if Erik wants to talk to his sister. Will artificial intelligence ever be successful, and will we ever be able to create artificial consciousness. If so, will we be endangered by it?
Erik: Yes, we’ll be successful at it, and yes, there’ll be people who create it for bad. They’ll use it for war, and so they’ll be a need to design something that can react defensively. So yeah, if it’s not controlled—everything is great in small doses if used for good.
Me: Okay. Hang on, let me get Michelle. Do you want to talk to her, Erik?
Erik: Sure, but be sure to leave room for Edgar.
Me: Oh, is he there?
Erik: Yes. He’s waiting to talk.
Me: Oh, okay. Go ahead. We can see if he has any messages.
Edgar: I’d love to be part of the book.
Me: Okay! Of course you would, you big ham!
Jamie laughs.
Erik: He’s a pretty funny guy. He’s very forward.
Me: He’d have to be funny!
Edgar: I was too much for my own life, so I had to put myself to sleep, kind of like euthanasia.
Jamie: He is very lighthearted about it.
Edgar: I knew, consciously, that it was wrong, but I couldn’t keep up with what I was doing. I did love my wife, my family, but with most people who choose suicide, not only do they have to have the courage to do it—it’s not about weakness; anybody who chooses suicide is not weak—but you have to have the courage. And—
Jamie: He kind of does this stutter thing. He uses his hands to talk. A very manly guy. Older man, but not elderly.
Edgar: There’s always a part within the suicide victim that involves ill-communication. They feel like they have too much responsibility, and they can’t voice why they feel that way or how to ask for help to get out of it.
Me: Oh, yeah.
I think of Erik, wishing he had been more open about his darker thoughts.
Edgar: And that’s why suicide starts to become an option. I was on a lot of medication, and so I just kind of picked up a bottle and took more medication. I knew it was wrong. It’s why, uh, I was away from my house. I wasn’t in my house.
Jamie: He was somewhere else when he did it.
Me: Was it your destiny?
Edgar: I made it my destiny.
Jamie: He shows me pills. Lots and lots of pills.
Me: Was it an accidental overdose?
Edgar: Not really. I had the thought of, “wouldn’t it be nice if I just never woke up?”
Me: Aww.
Edgar: It was such a relief for me to have that option. And it doesn’t say anything less about my love and adoration for my family. Only suicide survivors know what that’s about. The rest will see it as so shameful unless they themselves go through that experience.
Me: So, are you helping Joan get out the word about surviving suicide?
Edgar: Yes, I have, I have. She took a very long break from her career, and now I’ve been helping her get back on her feet. And she’s doing fantastic! I’m so proud of her!
Me: Any messages for Joan?
Edgar: For Joan, tell her to keep using that vitamin E on her skin.
Me: Whatever it is, it’s working great!
Edgar: Thank you for taking the time today. Keep up the good work. You ARE an angel.
Me: Aw, so are you, Edgar! So are you!
Jamie: He blows a little kiss. He’s like a man’s man.
Me: Thanks, Edgar!
There are many links about microtubules and how they might be the seat or origin of consciousness. Here’s one. Let me know what you think or if you find out additional information.
http://radialmind.blogspot.com/2009/01/microtubules-and-consciousness.html
Again, I just want to express how very proud I am of all of you for being so compassionate and giving. You are all indeed part of a grander mission. I’m honored to tag along.
