Tonight is our Come to Jesus moment, peeps. The Channeling Erik Hour of Enlightenment radio show airs at 5 PM PT/6 PM MT/7 PM CT/8 PM ET, and I know–I just KNOW–it’s going to go without a hitch. I hope you guys show me support and listen in. We’re going to make it very simple. All you have to do is click on the “Listen” button on the righthand sidebar of the homepage (which appears only in the desktop version of the blog) or click HERE. If you want to ask Erik a question, all you have to do is call 619-639-4606. Again, you can call in as early as 15 minutes before the hour. I want this show to be very simple, so there will be no call screening. Maybe during the next one we’ll accept chatroom questions, but for now, do NOT post your questions in the chatroom. Also, we will not accept validation questions like, “What did I eat for breakfast today” nor will we channel your loved ones. Erik can tell you how they’re doing, but I want this show to focus on what he has to share. So let’s see what Erik says about my favorite subject, happiness!

Kim: Hello!

Me: Hi, Kim.

Kim: How are you?

Me: Kim Babcock, our co-host.

I raise Bella up to the camera.

Me: And here’s Bella, our co-co-host.

Kim (squealing): That baby!

Me: She has to be in my lap. (To Bella) Stay off my keyboard, though. (To Kim) How are you doing?

Kim: I’m good. My dog is locked out. He barks very, very loudly.

Me: Just like Gidget (my daughter’s dog who I pick up every day for a play date so she won’t be all alone.) I haven’t picked her up yet for that very reason!

She barks a lot.

Kim laughs.

Me: But anyway, hi, Erik. How are you doing?

Erik: Hi, Mom. I’m good.

Kim: I’ve been having a lot of dreams with Erik, lately.

Me: Really, yeah you have! There’s at least one that I know of. What does that mean, Erik?

Erik: I’m trying to get to my family. I’m trying to get through.

Me (knocking my head): We’re kind of dense.

Erik: I just need them to know that I’m there and that I love them.

Kim: I shared a message with one of his sisters this morning. Whatever comes thorugh in dreams, I pass along. One came through crystal clear, and his words resonated over and over in my head.

Me: That’s awesome. Was it Michelle or Kristina or Annika?

Kim: Annika.

Me: Okay, good. That’s awesome.

Jesus, pick another adjective!

Kim: Yeah, it was interesting. Very interesting. We were all on vacation together, and it’s interesting because every time I see him, the way we interact in the dreams is with him knocking on my shoulder and going, “Hey, can you tell them this?” I’m the only one who can see him in that state. I don’t know. It’s interesting. He’s a sweetheart nonetheless.

Me: Yeah, he loves us, and we love him.

Kim: He does. He loves his family. Absolutely.

Me: What’s not to love? Well, Erik, speaking of such happiness and love, I want to talk about happiness, if that’s okay with you. What do you think?

Erik: Happiness feels good! It’s good to talk about. The more the better!

Me: Yes! So many people are unhappy, and so many people have such trouble finding happiness. It seems like a lot of times they should be happy, but they’re not. Why is that the case? Before we talk about what can make us happy, let’s figure out why so many people are not.

Erik: Oo, let’s get into the guts of it!

Me: Guts! Blood and guts.

Erik: Yeah, let’s get deep because there are a whole lot of dynamics to happiness, and the better you can understand it, the better you can align with it. The first thing people have to understand is that it’s not something that you have to “go and get.” It’s not something you have to go out and achieve or go do and then that makes you happy.

Me: It feels like it does, though. It feels that way to me.

Erik: That’s the human experience. For most people, it’s based on their experiences. Experiences are what gives them happiness. But happiness exists without anything, so there are ways that you can align with it without you having to go through anything. Part of the reason—

Kim: He’s jumping the gun, here. He’s trying to get to why people have a hard time achieving happiness and maintaining it.

Erik: People base their happiness on circumstances, so if you can—this is hard. It’s a tall order for so many—but if you can not base your happiness on circumstances and realize that happiness is always within you, and all you have to do is align with it and stick with it, stay with it, then everything else that makes you happy is icing on the cake. Inside you is your own inner peace and happiness. True fulfillment doesn’t come from circumstances. Fulfillment does come from achievements and relationships, conversations and events. You do get fulfillment and growth [from these,] but your personal happiness doesn’t lie there.

Me: But fulfillment is different from happiness.

Erik: Yeah, but people get that tangled. They get that mixed up.

Me: Yeah, sure.

Erik: They need that sense of fulfillment to be happy, and they base that on events and circumstances. So, let’s talk about why people hold onto things that make them unhappy.

Me: Wait. Can you be unfulfilled and happy?

Kim: He’s thinking and pacing.

Me: Of course.

Erik: Well, being unfulfilled leads you down the path not just to unhappiness but to depression, a depressed state of being. Self-fulfillment is knowing thyself.

Kim: He actually said, “thyself.”

Erik: Fulfillment is knowing yourself, and that alignment is what helps you achieve happiness. Lack of fulfillment is typically because you’re not aligned with yourself, which leads to unhappiness. Let’s say you’re in a job that you just fucking hate. There’s no fulfillment there. Kim, you know what I’m talking about!

Kim (laughing): Yeah, I didn’t hate physical therapy. I loved it, but I didn’t feel fulfilled, so I just grew depressed and slowly went down in my vibration and felt unhappy.

Erik: That’s when you know you’re not aligned with yourself, aligned with your purpose. When you’re completely aligned with who you are, you have that ability to achieve fulfillment, which leads to happiness. But so many people base it on—

Kim: See, to me, he’s confusing me.

Me: Don’t confuse us!

Erik: God, sometimes you’re hard to talk to, Kim!

Kim (laughing): Because it can seriously go right over my head!

I chuckle.

Me: Yeah, me, too!

Kim: To me, it sounds like you’re saying that it’s based on circumstances. Circumstances are that I have a better job that I love now. I’m fulfilled, and now I’m happy. That’s how I understand it.

Me: Yeah.

Erik: That’s not it. What’s happening is that you are making choices that help you align with yourself naturally. When you feel more, let’s say you’re a nurse, but you want to—

Kim (Chuckling): This is really random!

Erik: –work with animals, so you start working as a vet tech or you go to vet school. You’re making a choice to align with what feels natural, following your natural instincts. If something feels more natural to you, and you feel more fulfilled in that, then obviously you’re vibration is going to go up and you’ll see happiness come into the picture. So many people hold onto what makes them unhappy, and that really boils down with not being present with the moment that they’re in. Part of the reason is that humans need to rehash it, rehash it, rehash it to understand it and to think they’re going to gain new understanding about it.

Me: Sure.

Erik: But ultimately, you can replay it 20,000 times in your head and it ain’t going to change the outcome of what has already happened. So, you have to take any situation or circumstance that makes you unhappy, take it for what it is, learn from it and let go. Let go of it. It’s not a part of you anymore! Also, people—

Kim (grinning): Here come all the cuss words!

Erik: Ah, man! People internalize way too much shit! When shit happens in the world around them, they internalize it and think, “Well, what did I do wrong? What do they not like about me?” That stuff isn’t meant for you to internalize whether it’s a disagreement with some coworkers or a relationship that went sour. You don’t have to internalize every fucking thing that happens to you. That’s really damaging and can rob you of fulfillment and happiness, but people do that so often. Even with recent situations, they go back and cut themselves apart, Mom.

Stay tuned for Part Two tomorrow. I’ll talk to you guys on the show, tonight! Yay! Meanwhile, here’s another glowing review for Erik’s book, My Life After Death. 

This book is a Down and Dirty realistic tour guide of the astral realms from a youthful kid’s point of view.

*** If you think that the super conscious astral realms are full of angels strumming harps surrounding God on a throne in a white nightie throwing thunderbolts against bad Earthlings and populated by people of your own religion,,,,well this isn’t the book for you.
*** If you’d like to follow your passion and learn hints about how to manifest whatever you want whenever you wan, then read this book.
*** If you’re an atheist or would like to know what happens to atheists when they die, well check this book out. Hint…It ain’t what you think it is. No,they don’t roast in Hell.
*** If you’ve always wanted to see your dearly departed pets and the church told you that pets don’t have souls, then check this book out.
*** If you’re afraid that you don’t rate high enough then this is the book for you.
*** And last of all…. incredible as it may seem…. If you wonder if there is sex and beer in Heaven well ….find out!

–Laurette S. Looney