Me: Okay. So, after you crossed over, did you—

Jamie: He’s funny, because when we talked to Buddy, Buddy heard the question and could answer it straight. But Elvis has this very conversational element. He brings you into a little story, and then he kind of gets off topic, then he comes back into it. I wonder if he was that way in life?

Me (chuckling): I bet he was.

Jamie (to Elvis): Think of it like radio, because she (meaning me) can’t see you or hear how you’re explaining things, so I’m adding in your persona, your personality.

Elvis giggles at Jamie and her explanation.

Jamie: He’s laughing at me! Oh my god, I can’t believe he’s standing in the room!

Erik: How did things change after you came over here? (Erik has to come to star struck Jamie’s rescue and get the interview back on track.)

Elvis: It got better; it didn’t get worse. My faith and my beliefs got better, stronger. I confirmed to myself that there indeed was a source of love so strong, that it existed outside of us. My one lesson was really that we had that source in us all along. Because, as you know, growing up in a church, they don’t teach you this very well.

Me: Yeah. Hmm. I guess the church usually teaches us that God is so separate from us.

Elvis: Yeah, because God is “up and away.” Music was the one thing that I really felt God was working through me.

Me: Ah! So, what was your death like?

Elvis: It was not a very pretty moment.

Me (with tenderness): Aw.

Elvis: I was hurtin’ in many ways. I was hurting emotionally; I was very lonely. I really wish I would have given myself enough time to heal, but I felt so loyal and dedicated to music and to my fans that I kept getting myself back up on my feet. I ignored my personal cause, my personal well-being. I walked away from my family and my needs to serve my people and my music. My preacher at our church did the same thing, because his congregation needed him. I felt my listeners needed me in much the same way.

Me: Okay. Can you describe your surroundings and thoughts after you realized you had crossed over?

Jamie: He’s saying he died in a bathroom.

Me: Yes.

Jamie: I know he died of an overdose, right?

Me: Or maybe a heart attack, I don’t know. Maybe a bit of both.

Elvis (laughing): Yes, it was a combination of the two. But it was mostly the drugs that did it.

Me: Okay.

Elvis: I was quite embarrassed to know that I had died. I was ashamed. And then when I could, I stood over my body for a while. There was no bright light. And I’m very grateful that I had those moments alone with my body, because I could see how tore up and swollen and how fat I had become, and I also saw how disassociated I was from my body. I had no idea I looked like that. I was very embarrassed; I was very ashamed.

Me: Aw. And then what happened?

Elvis: Well, I remember my bathroom disappearing and my body getting further and further away, but I didn’t want to reach out to it, because it was so foreign to me.

Me: Yeah.

Elvis: And for the first time in a long, long time, I felt very peaceful. I called upon God to come get me, and that’s how it felt. The walls melted away; everything went away. I saw my family; I saw my life go by me—everything I had done and not done, and everything everyone in my life felt because of my actions and inactions. It’s hard to explain to you. It felt like it was gone in five seconds, but I felt like I spent five days doing it. I learned quite a lot.

Me: Can you describe where you live now? Do you live in a house, a mansion, or do you just float around in the ethers?

Elvis (chuckling): Heaven! I live in Heaven. Now I know when I use the word “God” I mean all-embracing. All-encompassing.

Me: But do you have your own house, or do you live in a log cabin in the mountains? In other words, can you be more specific?

Elvis: I have Graceland!

Me: Oh, so you recreated Graceland for yourself?

Elvis: Yes. That’s my home.

Me: Was it your destiny to die when and how you did? If so, why?

Elvis: It was obviously a choice I made. Now, I’ve never heard it to be called destiny to me, and never has it felt like destiny to me. If I was not so ignorant about my own needs, I could have easily lived out my days.

Me: Okay.

Elvis: But, because this ignorance played a role and took me, I’d say it was more of a choice.

Me: Okay. Now—

Jamie: It’s so weird! When I listen to him, I completely forget the question you just asked! Like, I can’t even keep him on track, and Erik keeps jumping in and repeating the question to me.

Me: Oh my gosh.

Jamie: That is a really weird feeling.

Me (joking): Maybe he has ADHD!

Jamie: I wonder!

Me: Okay, now, can you describe what you do there in Heaven, Elvis?

Elvis: I’m involved with a lot! I’m involved in many projects worldwide, keeping music alive. I’m involved still in my own projects—some remixing. They’re always putting out a new CD.

Jamie (giggling): And he says that like, “Hey, I know what’s going on. Look!”

Me: Aw, how cute! No more vinyl!

I love the message behind this song!

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