I recently received my copies of Erik’s new book and was pleasantly surprised to see that they upgraded the cover so that it now has a beautiful metallic sheen to it. Here’s a photo. You might not be able to see the sheen, but it’s there. If you want to see it for sure, pre-order it HERE! Notice that it’s a number one new release! It’s out September 1st. Yay! 

I would love to have your feedback. I’ve been thinking about starting a radio show, and I think the cheapest way is through BlogTalk Radio. I’d have Erik on to answer personal questions for people and to deliver some of his inspiring and enlightening messages. I’ve also been thinking of starting an “Ask Erik” column in a magazine like OM-Times. Of course they have to agree, but I think it’d be fun to have a dead dude equivalent to “Dear Abby.” Your thoughts?

Last but not least. Keratin treatment update. After waiting for the required three days, I washed the excess keratin out of my hair yesterday, and despite my fears that I’d go back to my life long Bozo the Clown look, it’s still smooth, soft and frizz-free. I’m so happy, because now I can grow my hair out without looking like Donald King! The thought of pulling my hair back in a tie makes me ecstatic! I know. The simple joys. This has nothing to do with spirits, Heaven or Erik except that it’s raised my spirits; I feel like I’m in Heaven, and I know Erik likes my new look. 

Here’s today’s post!

Me: How can we become more intuitive?

Erik: Take a pill.

Me: Oh, here we go again!

Jamie giggles.

Me: Here we go. Take some LSD.

Erik: More intuitive? Stop thinking.

Me: Oof.

Easier said than done!

Erik: Don’t stop thinking altogether, but lay off of it! Lay off the judgments. Look at the subtle expressions.

Me: That’s so hard because when you tell us to stop thinking so much it’s like saying, “Don’t think of a pink elephant.” How can you force yourself not to?

Erik: It’s not avoidance thinking like someone coming to you and saying, “Don’t think of a white elephant!”

Not pink, now?

Erik: Thinking is what chokes out intuitive skills. See it this way, Mom. If we have a floor space like a, I don’t know, 4 foot by 4 foot space, and make it whatever you want it to be: wooden, concrete, whatever. Then put a bunch of feathers on the space. The slightest wind would move those feathers. It would affect them, right? Let’s say the feathers are our intuition. They’re just there. This little bitty movement creates this wave of floating feathers. It doesn’t take much effort. But when you start to have thoughts, judgments, goods and bads, weighing pros and cons, focusing on the “trying” and blah, blah, blah, that’s a big ass quilted comforter.

Me: Ah!

Erik: You lay that comforter over all those feathers, and then a little gust of wind or just a slight movement in the air—those fucking feathers aren’t going anywhere! They’re under a goddam comforter.

Jamie (laughing): “They’re under a goddam comforter!” It was so cute, how he said it.

I’m sure he appreciated that comment.

Erik: But that’s what happens. We dampen our natural intuitive skills under this performance anxiety and logic.

Me: Can you tell yourself something like is there a mantra or something simple you can remember when you feel like you’re doing something like that? Or do you have some tip like, “Okay, you need to focus on your feelings?” What tip can you give us?

Erik: You mean how to get that comforter off?

Me: Yeah.

Erik: Allow yourself to feel first. Allow yourself to question: “How do I know that?” “Where did that come from?”

Me: Are you talking about things like why you’re making a certain judgment and where is it coming from?

Erik: Yeah, and even question thoughts that arrive out of nowhere. “How do I know that?” “Where does that come from?” “Does that belong to me?” Question yourself with small questions. Don’t get lost in an interrogation.

Me: Oh yeah. Right. Right. “Ve haf vays of making me talk!”

Jamie laughs.

Jamie: He’s laughing really hard.

Erik: Don’t get lost in interrogation. Just two or three questions a little bit deeper. Get to know yourself a little bit better.

Jamie: Wait. He was sharing something else, and he didn’t go back to it. I want him to go back to it.

Erik: What?

Jamie: I don’t remember! That’s why I’m asking you! You were talking about asking questions, don’t interrogate yourself. What was the one before that?

Me: I don’t know.

Jamie: Hold on.

(Pause)

Jamie: Erik, you’re like. Oh, never mind. I’m like, “You’re all-knowing” and he goes, “No I’m not. I’m just talking.” But there was something else!

Me: God, I don’t know. I cannot remember. Any tips? Feelings? Um, comforters.

Jamie: Oh, got it! The comforter. Thank you.

Erik: Know what the comforter really is. Know what your thoughts are. The lesser-known description—

Jamie (laughing): He sounds like Kermit the Frog.

Erik: The lesser-known description of thoughts is that thoughts are energy in the air around you, and your brain is an antenna perceiving those thoughts.

Jamie: We’ve talked about that before.

Me: Yeah, in the Channeling Erik Weekend in Denver.

Erik: Those thoughts aren’t always generated by you. They’ve been backlogged or stored in memories of other people and their conversations from childhood on. You piecemealed them together like in a memory and told yourself how you should be reacting, feeling and thinking. If you engage in it long enough, I think it makes you just say, “Fuuuuuuuuuuck.”

Jamie (chuckling): Lot’s of U’s.

Erik: You need to think, “Maybe my thoughts don’t belong to me, and what I believe is stopping me really doesn’t exist. Now let’s all go smoke a joint.

Jamie and I laugh.

Me: That makes sense.