Blog member, Bruce, gave me a great idea for protecting Bella from the hawk. I’m going to start carrying around an airhorn whenever I take her outside. If I see the hawk, everyone in the tri-county area will know. Actually, I’d only honk the horn if the hawk started to pick her up. Thanks, Bruce.
On another note, it looks like the CE event in Houston is shaping up to be an amazing one, different in many ways from the ones in other cities. My place is essentially going to turn into a spiritual retreat and party pad. If you come, bring your swim suits and we’ll get into the hot tub at night while enjoying our favorite libations. Kim lowered the price since she only has to pay for things like tables and chairs and food and beverages. Go to the “”Buy Your Tickets for the Tour” tab on the right hand sidebar and reserve your ticket now before it gets filled up. My house only has so much space to accommodate people. You can also click HERE to book your spot.
I almost forgot to tell you guys. My doctor thinks I tore the medial meniscus in my knee. He wants to treat me with a 6 day course of tapering steroids followed by a week of a special anti-inflammatory. If I still have symptoms, he’ll do an MRI and, if positive, arthroscopic surgery. Ugh. I have a feeling the medicine will work just fine.
Enjoy the last post of the Haters series.
Me: What about love being seen as weakness? Why is that? It’s with any facet of love. People go, “Oh, you’re such a sap,” and things like that.
Erik: It’s true. Love is still seen as a weakness because you allow yourself to be vulnerable.
Me: It’s the vulnerability behind love that people consider weak.
Erik: Yeah, it’s changing though. It’s shifting because people realize that one, it’s more comfortable and two, it’s easier to sustain. People are realizing, “Shit, it takes a lot out of me to feel this nasty and negative all the time. I can’t stand it.” If people reside in love, let go and surrender, they might be afraid they’re surrendering personal power. That’s not true. That’s where they get confused. You’re not supposed to have power over others. That was never intended. Inner power is a whole different concept, and you can maintain that. When you allow yourself to be vulnerable, let go of trying to be powerful over others. That’s the difference, Mom. That’s the confusion.
Me: Ah!
Erik: You still have personal power, but it’s never meant to be wielded over another.
Me: And you have more personal power when you reside in love, but then you have to worry about other people’s reactions to the love that you give.
You might be ridiculed.
Erik: That’s the illusion, Mom. When you surrender and let go of power over others, you strengthen your own personal power. That’s what people don’t get. When you do align with your own personal power and reside in love, true love, you don’t question how others react. If you know your intentions are pure, then it will be pure.
Kim: He just cut himself off.
Erik: So even if others can’t accept your pure love or your vulnerability, that’s their insecurity. They’re showing their insecurity to you.
Me: Okay.
Erik: I know. It can seem all fucked up sometimes, but we’re getting there. We’re changing.
Me: I hope so.
Erik: We’re realizing how tiring it can be to be nasty.
I wish his “friends” had gotten tired of it a lot faster.
Me: Don’t be haters, people. It takes too much work, and you’re all lazy bums out there.
Just kidding, of course.
Me: The last thing I want to know is if you’ve been raised by haters like I have, you know, that can do a lot of damage to the self-esteem and all that. What can you do?
(Pause)
Me: First of all, what can you do if you’ve had the onslaught of hate all of your life and second, how can you protect yourself if you’re in that situation now? Maybe you’re parents are haters now or maybe you’re in a relationship with a hater.
(Long pause as Kim listens)
Kim: This is a pretty neat concept.
Erik: This is when you reconnect to your inner child. If you connect there, it’s a high vibratory place, and as you’re raised by haters and they say or do negative things, ask yourself, “Does it feel like light, or does it feel like dark? Does it feel good, or does it feel bad?” It’s up to you what you choose to host, and it’s all about your intentions. Other people can raise you and spread shit and be negative and nasty to you and can make you think you’re not good-looking or whatever, that you’re not smart, but it’s up to you whether you’re going to bring in and host that belief as your own. That’s where you have to play with your inner child and let the inner child come out and say, “No, that’s what you think, not me.” It’s a very innocent mindset that’s connected to self.
Me: Yeah, “I’m rubber and you’re glue. What you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!” Let the inner child say that!
Kim: Exactly.
Erik: It’s true, Mom. If we’re raised by or living with people who are hateful, we listen, and we truly have a choice. That voice is really quiet, Mom. It’s really subtle, but that voice will either say to you, “Yeah, I believe that,” or “I don’t believe that. I know I’m not that.” It’s up to you what you host. Are you going to host that shit, or are you going to bring it in and say, “Bring that negative shit in here, and let’s have a party!” Or are you going to close the door on it and say, “Nope. Not here.” It’s tough to have that discernment, though. People have a hard time because they feel like others may have power from something or somewhere, and they think, “Well, they’re saying that for a reason so I should believe it. You have to remember that you know you best.
Me: Is there anything you can say to the haters, or do you just do all this inner work?
Erik: No, because if you say anything to the haters or even react, you’re stepping into that negative pool. (smiling) So what you do in cases when someone is hating on you is, instead of reacting, it’s almost like you need to have pity for them because they don’t even understand their own beauty or the essence of who they are. If they truly did, Mom, they wouldn’t say shit about other people. It’s actually really sad when people feel like they have to hate on others.
Me: It is. It is sad. Sometimes you can almost act like a reporter observing their behavior, and [when they say something negative,] you can say, inwardly or outwardly, “Hm. How curious that you would say that.” It’s like you’re observing it in an emotionally detached way. Another thing I found effective is to imagine you have a Plexi-Glass shield covering your face, and any insult that comes at you goes plink, plink, plink, and falls to the floor. Those kinds of things might help.
Erik: Yeah, there are all sorts of protection techniques you can envision for yourself. Always remember, people, that love is stronger than hate, and it can diffuse hate.
Me: Yeah.
Erik: So if somebody gives you nasty shit—
Kim: This is what he shows me. This is the fast ball of negativity (she acts like she’s holding a ball.) and I can catch it before it actually goes in to me, surround it in love, and turn it around and send it back.
Me: Right into his face! Just kidding.
Erik: Right to his consciousness, Mom!
Me: I know. Well, thank you. That was very enlightening, really enlightening.
Erik: I hope so.
Kim: He’s so animated today. He has his arms out and his face is right up into the camera, and he goes, “Stop hating, people!”
Kim and I laugh.
Me: Yeah, don’t be a hay-da. Thank you, Kim. Thank you, Erik.
Kim: You’re welcome.
Erik: I’m always here.
He blows me a kiss.
Me: I love you.
Erik: I love you, Mom.
Me: Bye.
Kim: Bye-bye.
Here’s a wonderful review of Erik’s book, My Life After Death: A Memoir from Heaven. Get your own copy in any format now by clicking HERE!
Let me preface this review by saying I am NOT a good writer and I really struggle with trying to write reviews…I just can’t ever seem to find the “right” words to convey my feelings. However, I had to put that aside and give a review for this book because I feel so strongly about Erik’s messages. I have read literally hundreds of metaphysical books and this one is at the very top of my list! Everything Erik says about heaven and how we die reiterates everything I have read elsewhere. His words are simple and easy to understand, especially for someone new to this topic. I will say that I would suggest reading Elisa’s first book, My Son and the Afterlife, first because I think it gives a good introduction to Erik which is a nice foundation before reading the second book, especially if you are a bit skeptical. And speaking of skeptical, if you tend to have a bit of skepticism surrounding this subject matter, I encourage you to read it anyway and just try to open your heart and mind to the possibility that there is infinitely more “out there” than we can detect with our 5 senses. I hope that this book (and My Son and the Afterlife) finds its way into your hands and touches your heart the way it did mine.
–Tammy
Oh, and don’t forget that tomorrow at 7 PM CT is Erik’s Hour of Enlightenment radio show. Call 619-639-4606 15 minutes prior to talk to Erik. http://goo.gl/aFHTzJ
