As are most questions from bereaved mothers, this one was difficult for me. Her grief and sorrow stirred up my own. In this particular case, Chitra’s daughter, Lavanya, came forward with Erik and did most of her own speaking. I’m not sure why some spirits have Erik or the medium translate and why others prefer to speak on their own behalf. In this case, Lavanya did both. I suspect it has something to do with how much energy that spirit has at any given time. Communicating with those on the earthly plane probably takes a great deal of focus, especially when the deceased hasn’t engaged in it frequently. Erik, on the other hand, has spoken through psychic mediums so much, he rarely wears out. He has what seems to be an eternal source of renewable energy and outlasts us all. He reminds me of the Energizer Bunny. Wait, maybe we can plug him into the grid and solve all of our energy woes!!

Chitra’s Questions

Dear Elisa,

Thank you very much for your great help.

My age is 44 and living in XXXX in India (country).

And my daughter Lavanya’s age is 27 (at present); she died on 31-July- 2008 at the age of 24, in XXXX, India.

About questions:

Elisa, what to say, I am very nervous,  I am so excited to know about that I am getting to my daughter again after a long gap through you and with the most help of your son Erik.

Really I am very happy and these all happening because of your kind help, I am thankful for your help forever.

I need to ask the below five questions to her, If you allow. If not please help to get her reply for the below first three questions, thank you.

I made the questions in direct speech (is it ok?)

1.I wish to know about you after the death and do you with the God and is there another birth to you in this earth?

2.Will you help me and come on my dreams to hold me with you forever until my death?

3.What is the message do you want to give your brother about his future life?

4.What is the reason and what is the solution and when is the end for my suffers?

5. If it is good to stay in the same home and if we will be there only or quit away?

Elisa, God has beaten me up all the way in my life with full of tragedies one after big another and now cornered me with helpless and for further also I am hanging here with shivers for the next in the dark, and more over that I am not finding any signs of my daughter and only pin drop silent – it means, I am wondering if a person in the name of my daughter was with me!

But when I come to know about you and Erik, and your helps to others like us, I find a little light inside my heart hoping that you both will help me to hear from my daughter.

I just want to share with you my thoughts, please forgive me for any mistake.

Once again , I am thanking you and Erik. I will await your further reply.

Regards,

Chitra.

Channeling Transcript

Me: Hi Jamie!

Jamie: Hi! You’ll never guess what happened.

Me: What?

Jamie: I was doing a reading for a lady, and I kept smelling fish, stinky old fish.

Me: Ewww!!! Old fish, that’s got to be the worst!

Jamie: And I kept stopping the reading and looking at the woman wondering, “Do you have anything related to dead fish?” I could not figure it out at all! And I still couldn’t figure it out when she left. You know what stinky pants was doing that?

Me: Oh, I can only guess!

Jamie (laughing): It didn’t even dawn on me; it didn’t even cross my mind.

Me: He does that a lot. I don’t know if you’ve ever read the blog, but Jason and Robert, two of the members, he’s been on them like white on rice all the time, teasing them, doing pranks on them.

Jamie gasps.

Me: They channel really well so they have full on conversations with Erik.

Jamie: Oh my goodness! He’s busy!

Me: Yeah, I write about it on the blog, so if you have time one of these days…

Jamie: I will! Right after lunch! (pause) He is here and wide awake!

Me: Oh boy! Hi Erik!

Jamie giggles.

Jamie: He says, “Hi Mom.”

Me: Okay, I only have two more Ask Erik questions, then we’ll start on questions for the book for awhile before opening up the Ask Erik page again. You’re like everyone’s little Magic Eight Ball! So, Erik, this next one comes from Chitra. She’s a 44 year-old woman from India. Her daughter, Lavanya, died at the age of 24 in India as well. First she wants to know if Lavanya is with God, how she’s doing and if she’s planning tom return to the earthly plane, eventually. Can you get in touch with her, Erik?

Erik: I have already and, Mom, she’s so beautiful!

Jamie giggles.

Me: Do you have a crush on her, Erik?

Erik: Oh, I could easily have one on her!

Me: How cute! I bet you’re girlfriend would disapprove!

Erik: Hell yeah! But look, she hasn’t reincarnated, and she won’t. This isn’t because of her beliefs; it’s more to do with spiritual purposes.

Me: You mean she’s done?

Erik: She says she’s done with going back until she collects her family.

Me: Oh, okay! Good!

Erik: Yeah, she doesn’t wanna do it alone. She says she is with God and that God takes many faces.

Me: Okay.

Erik: And, um, hang on, let me listen to her.

(Pause)

Erik: Oh, she says she wasn’t taught about that.

Me: What?

Erik: That God has many faces.

Me: Oh, okay.

Erik: So she was a little surprised, like pleasantly surprised.

Me: Okay. So what about death? How was it for her?

Erik: She says death was scary because she didn’t want to let go.

Me: Is she in the room with you and Jamie?

Erik: Yeah, she’s standing right next to me.

Me: Was it painful?

Erik: Pain all in her body at once, but the memory doesn’t linger. She says she imagines it’s much like giving birth. She’s heard women say it’s very painful, but you forget.

Me: Okay. Is she happy there? Gosh, I guess that’s what every mother wants to know.

Jamie: Happy as long as her mother is okay.

Erik: She’s really connected to her mom, like feeling like she has to serve her mom in some way. She’s very doting toward her mom.

Jamie, talking to Lavanya: Aw, I don’t know how to put that, then. She goes, “Can you tell my mom to let go but say it nicely?” But I don’t think there’s a nice way of saying “let go.”

Me: Let go meaning dying?

Jamie: No, um—

Me: Or let go of her grief?

Jamie: Yes!

Me: Okay. I’ll do my best to tell her that, Lavanya, but please understand that it’s hard for us mothers to let go when their child dies. It’s no easy task. She wants to know if you’ll come visit her in dreams to hold her forever until she dies?

Lavanya: See? She holds on to me too much.

Erik: It seems like she is a very protective mother. She clung a lot to Lavanya while she was alive and still clings to her now. It makes it really hard on Lavanya. But she’s saying, “Tell my mother I will be present in her dreams, but that it is God’s wish that she take care of herself.”

Me: Okay. Does God want her to let go a bit?

Lavanya: God doesn’t have an opinion on that, but I do. The answer for me is yes. I’m not gone forever. I’m just back Home. She’ll see. She’ll see. You never really die, and we’re never really separated. Can you please tell her that? It’s hard for me to see her so sad.

Me: Aw, sure Sweetie.

(Pause)

Me: Now, she also wants to know if there are any messages for her brother in regards to his future life. Oops, unfortunately I don’t have a first name or anything.

Lavanya: That’s fine. I only have one brother.

Me: Oh, okay!

Erik: She’s telling me her brother is focused on money, but her advice to him is that the money is not important; the happiness is.

Me: Any advice on how to do that?

Erik (laughing): Not take advice from Mother!

Me: I can’t put that in the blog!

Erik: No, she’s just kidding. She’s playing with both her brother and her mom. She doesn’t want to give him any specific suggestions, just that general advice. He’s totally capable of figuring the rest out on his own.

Me: Okay. Chitra also wants to know why she has suffered so much and when this suffering will end? She’s had a great deal of tragedy in her life, apparently.

Lavanya: My mother grieves so much that she cannot hear anything we say to her.

Me: We?

Erik: Yeah, she’s talking about Chitra’s guides, too.

Lavanya: She has to find happiness before she can hear from us.

Me: Okay. Is that why you want her to let go a little?

Lavanya: Yes. Yes.

Erik: She’s saying she needs to find happiness on her own without “our enforcement.” If not, she will remain in silence.

Me: Gosh, it’s so hard to get over something like this and find happiness again. I know from personal experience. Well, maybe if Chitra knows her daughter is free and happy, it’ll help her some. So what’s the reason for the suffering?

Erik: There are greater purposes for her suffering, and it’s all brought upon herself by herself.

Me: You mean herself as a soul? In other words, is she bringing this on herself as a lesson to help her evolve? Did she mean for this all to happen to bring about spiritual growth?

Erik: Yes, yes and Hell yes!

Lavanya: The lesson is that she is in control of how she feels. It is not put upon her by some external force. That was very hard, because I love my mother very much, but she’s a bit controlling, and she gives the power to everyone else but herself. She makes herself a victim, and that’s all she knows. It’s hard for me to teach her these things and be around her for long periods of time, because I hurt with her.

Me: Should she stay in the same home?

Erik: She’d love for them to move. It’ll help her not have memories around every corner and in every crack. She’ll put some joy in her life elsewhere.

Me: Lavanya, was it your destiny to die the way you did?

Lavanya: Yes.

Me: Was it to help your mother learn these lessons you speak about?

Lavanya: Yes, but it was also to give me rest.

Jamie: Apparently her life was very difficult as well.

Chitra’s Response

Dear Elisa,

Elisa, Elisa, …….. What to say …… First of all I am very thankful for you and your son Erik forever.

You are too good, God bless you and your family. Thank you so much for spending your valuable time for me.

I was surprised and excited too much on seeing this e-mail, till I am not able to come out of that.

I am reading and reading and reading and reading…………………………

Oh! This is a great moment for me to have my daughter with me after a long gap- TWO YEARS!!!!

These all happened because of my friend – Nancy (who told me about you and Erik) and you and Erik.

Elisa, I want to give a message to Erik, please help and reach this message to him.

“Erik, Honestly I am not able to express of my feelings about you exactly. I hope you understand me. You and your mother helped this poor mother  as god, my heart goes with you, Please take care of my daughter – Lavanya ,until I come there to rejoin with you all, And also Santi – Nancy’s son. I am very happy that my daughter is not alone now and having good friends with her. Thank you, Erik”.

Elisa, I am happy and smiled on Erik’s comments on Lavanya, Yes she is the queen of the angels for me and all our family and every one fell with love her not only for her beauty but also for her kind noble activities. She was very kind and lovable person as her beauty. Even though she lived in a short period of time (only 24 years) – she loved everybody surround her and helped always others as much she can. And all are bonded with her love and even now nobody cannot forget her and speaking with her as she is with us and also scolding her why she did like this. She was very charm and simple and obedient to all and brave and clever and very polite and with a beautiful smile on her face till her last date. She was the guider and booster and the lighter for me to move forward my dark life alone in this world. I was very proud on her as I was having two precious gems with me as my kids even though I lost my life and there is nobody for us to help and won this life and made a good life to my children. BUT……………, now there is nothing with me, I lost that precious gift also and more over my last only one relative and who is all in this world for me, also met with severe accident and as a miracle he came again for me. I am too upset all these things and it is not possible for me to come out of this as per my daughter’s advice. A lot and lot and lot of thoughts and questions with me for my daughter and about her sudden end and I can not live without her grief, it is helping me to be with her for always.

I know she will reply like this as she is smart always, Elisa, If you do not mind will you please help me to talk with my daughter as you are doing with Erik, for that what I have to do? If I am wrong, please ignore this, sorry, I just want to be with my daughter in contact, nothing else. Please.

I will wait for your word transcript, thank you once again for all to you and Erik.

Regards,

Chitra