Dear Reader, Although Erik sometimes paints a rosy picture of the afterlife, time and time again he stresses that suicide is not the answer to one’s problems. If you struggle, please understand that the information in my blog and my books is no substitute for professional help. Please click here for a list of resources…
I’m having such a great time filming my three silly dogs for the new YouTube channel, Two and a Half Dogs. I can’t wait to post the next video this weekend. Be sure to sign up for notifications and, yeah, why not hit the SUBSCRIBE button while you’re at it. I don’t have many yet,…
Before we get into this juicy topic, and it is a juicy one, I promise, here are some announcements: 1) I plan on writing a series of children’s books about a character that was the protagonist in the bedtime stories I used to tell my children and now tell my grandchildren. Her name is Itty…
Of course you know that Hugh would have more to say than we could fit in a one hour session, and you all suggested so many insightful questions that I couldn’t pass up, so enjoy Part Two of his interview. Here’s the transcript, courtesy of the wonderful, Amara B. Thanks, Amara! Emma: Hello! Elisa:…
Enjoy last night’s radio show, the first with my new co-host, Veronica Drake. She was very nervous at first, understandably so, but she got better and better with each caller and blew them away with her accuracy. Erik, as always, was the bomb. We’re still looking for more participants for Shruti Kamble’s Channeling Erik event…
Since the Beltway and many roads are closed due to flooding (see yesterday’s post for pics,) traffic around town is HOR.RI.BLE. I was supposed to go on Tiffany and Kerry’s Joyride Show starting at 9:30 this AM, but what should have taken 15 minutes took over 1 1/2 hours so we missed it, had to…
Just a heads up. As I mentioned earlier, I won’t be able to answer any of the comments until after things calm down with the whole book thing. I know some of you have addressed me personally so please, please, please don’t get your feelings hurt if I don’t respond. I’m just going to automatically…
Oh my god, I just had an epiphany! When Erik said they were “bad pilots,” I think he was saying they had bad or evil intentions rather than jut being incompetent. It all makes sense. I appears like their evil plot may not have worked out for them as expected. I was listening to this…
This is an issue that is so relevant in this day and age. I don’t know, maybe they suffered from libido problems in the Viking Age. I bet that’s behind the whole “rape and pillage” thing. Those Viking women we’re getting it up. Then there’s the Renaissance Era when it seemed like both men and…
Someone asked me about this very question yesterday, and here it is. Synchronicity again. Me: It seems that religious teacher and society, in general, think physical desires are bad and to be avoided while disciplined intellectual and spiritual work is praised. I see a lot of denial and repression here. So it says— Jamie giggles…
This has got to be one of the funniest sessions ever! Prepare to laugh your ass off. Me: Okay. Do souls fall in love the same way we do? Erik: Not exactly. We don’t have courtship, berceuse when you’re getting to know a new soul; you’re completely vulnerable energetically. Your story is vulnerable. Past lives,…
I haven’t seen Erik squirm this much in a long, long time! You’re all going to love this one, and your girls are all going to be left scratching your heads and wondering! Me: Can spirits develop an attraction for someone who is living and vice versa? Erik: You mean like an intimate attraction? Me:…
No need to make you suffer. Let’s jump right in! Me: Okay. Now, then you sat under a tree, and you vowed to sit under it until you found The Truth. And after 39 days of mediation at the age of 35 you said that you were enlightened and declared that there are Four Noble…
Erik had fun with this one! He likes to pull my chain any time there’s a subject about sex. I remember him squirming every time I discussed sex with him, so I guess turnabout’s fair play! Me: Is polygamy something we should embrace in the fourth and fifth dimensions? Erik (Whispering through a grin): Mom,…
Well, the Best Weblog for Religion went to The Friendly Atheist. (Total irony, right?) If that’s the case and the atheists have a stronghold in popularity, then we still have much work to do! Congratulations to them; it’s a very well-designed an well-written blog. But boy won’t they be surprised when they cross over (hee…
Before we begin, I’d like to update everyone on the state of grief in the family. Erik’s siblings are finally allowing themselves to feel anger and sorrow. For the last year, most of them have taken comfort in the attitude, “He’s in a better place and no longer suffering. I’m happy for him,” but now,…
Avery’s Question Hello Elisa, I have to start out by saying I really, genuinely THANK YOU for sharing this with us. Using your pain to help others is such a selfless act, and you, too, must be an enlightened soul, if you can look through your grief and do just that. Erik makes it clear…
This first question is from a dear friend of mine who’s father died very recently. Within the last few years, her daughter divulged a terrible secret that she’s kept to herself since she was very young: her grandfather, Guillermo, had been molesting her for years. She has been progressing well in therapy but, because her…
Here is the next of several submissions to the “Ask Erik” page. As you can see, we’ve kept him very busy, but I’m sure he adores the attention. Bethany’s question: In 1996 my uncle committed suicide and my family seemed to fall apart after this. My dad has been in deep depression since, and his…
Erik has done so much to help us peons here on Earth. Oftentimes, our struggles compel us to flirt with suicide, so when Erik offers his wisdom and insight, it lights our way with hope and a newfound desire to continue our human experience, however trying and burdensome. The next several posts will include submissions…
I’ve been having a very hard time lately. It seems like I must work so hard to distract myself. Idle moments take me to a very dark and unhappy place. The images of what he looked like when I found his body, his blank and lifeless stare, the smell of gunpowder and blood in the…
