It’s a little nasty outside, but I’m just glad it’s not August because our main AC unit went out. Hopefully, it’s just a capacitor. If the unit is out, and it should be since it’s 24 years old, it’ll cost upwards to $8,000 to fix. So that’s my bit of good news today. We’d probably save over time by replacing it since the ones now are so much higher efficiency. Why am I sharing this? This is just boring laptop vomit, peeps. Ignore if you value your concept of what true entertainment is.
Wednesday, we’re putting down our cat, Bluebell. I asked her on the eBoard what she wanted to do and it spelled out, “Home with the angels.” Poor. I’m going to be a wreck, but Erik will have another playmate. She loved Erik. When I homeschooled him in middle school, she’d lie across his shoulders as he hunched over his schoolwork. But now she’s quite demented and lives in fear because she really doesn’t recognize the other animals nor does she remember where her litter box is. 🙁 Pray for her if you can.
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Jamie starts the session in laughter.
Me: What has he been doing that you’re already laughing?
Jamie: He was shouting out names of vegetables.
Me: Okay.
Jamie: It’s super random.
Me: Well at least he’s moved away from fruits like apples, remember?
He got her daughter to repeat the word over and over months ago.
Jamie: Yes. He got my daughter to say it again just a few weeks ago.
Me: Oh my gosh.
Jamie: I think that’s the third time he’s gotten her to chant “apples.” I go, ‘Why are you doing that?’ and she’d just shrug.
Me (chuckling): She’s so cute.
Jamie: Weird.
Me: All right, I’ll give you another choice, Erik.
I list off three topics for him to choose from.
Erik: I like all of them, but I think with the holidays coming, simplicity might be the savior.
This session was done sometime in October.
Me: I think that’s a good idea. Of course, I’ll probably post this way after the holidays, but y’all keep this in mind for next holiday season.
Erik: Keep it in mind for the full year!
Me: There we go! Yes!
Erik: New Year resolution: simplicity. Screw the diet and exercise and getting healthy. Just get simple. Oh, I’d like to add to that. Simplicity and—
(Long pause)
Jamie: Pick the word. Clarity or direct?
Erik: Be simple and direct.
Me: Okay.
Erik: Because I think if you’re simple and direct, you would be giving someone clarity.
Me: Oh.
Erik: Cuz most people think that simplicity is to go without. No. Simplicity doesn’t mean fasting. It just means not eating processed foods when we’re looking at food for the definition of simplicity, but some people think that with being simple, you can’t be direct because you have to be empty or something like that like modern age, you know, big-ass wall and like a tiny picture on it.
Me: Oh yeah.
Erik: No. Simplicity means cutting the fat off of something, not the meat. So, when we’re looking at your life—
Me: First of all, why is it important? Let’s start out with that. What’s the value of simplicity? What’s wrong with having a crazy, busy life full of all sorts of possessions that jam pack your attic and your basement and all your closets and drawers?
Beside the bit about being a fire hazard.
Erik: Distractions and tactics. Most of the time, in general, when we’re talking about the importance of simplicity, it’s about focusing on what matters to you, identifying your priorities and where you want to put your attention, your love and your health. It’s really a lifestyle. You can link it to a Buddhist lifestyle. When we start compounding our lives with items we don’t need, chaos, multi-tasking, stacking shit on top of shit, it’s giving us the opportunity to continue being distracted so that we don’t give attention to something we might not know how to give attention to but really want to. A lot of times, when we find hoarders or people who are obsessed with collections, that they really have a hole in themselves, like an emotional hole, a need that they can’t fulfill whether it’s security, stability, consistency. All this shit can make you feel like grabbing more so that you feel like you’ve succeeded, that you’ve done something good and well. A lot of times it’s egocentricity. You know, you want to receive love because of the items that you have. “Oh look. I’m an art collector, and here is my art. You’re in love with my art, and therefore you ‘re in love with me.” It’s different if you’re passionate about your items and you have the space for it, you have the [ability to] care for them, you know, you dust and care for them, tend to them, and they’re not cluttering and compounding your life. So let’s say you’re an art collector and you have a gallery, and it’s not like you’re looking to people to love your art to love you. You’re passionate about it, and that’s not a hoarding/compounding situation. I want people to see the difference. It’s not like I’m saying you shouldn’t own anything and you shouldn’t talk in complex ways. Fuck that. We want all things to exist, but when you’re looking at your life, the importance of it is being able to clear away what doesn’t serve you anymore. If that friendship that you have doesn’t feed you what you need anymore, go ahead and change the status of it. You don’t have to say goodbye to them. Just maybe don’t make them your best friend anymore. Maybe just pull away and look at yourself a little more. Be simple. What are you putting out? Is it coming back with equal response or are you using it as a tactic to avoid what you really need to do? Your turn, Mom.
Me: Can you give me an example of what you could be trying to distract yourself from in that case?
Erik: How about parents? There are a lot of parents who watch this and they have young kids. You work all day, and then you come home. Then you have to work the house. Let’s say you come home and decide that it’s a little bit more of a mess, so you decide to clean it all. You’re cleaning it instead of spending time with your family. Most parents don’t have that transition period from being at work to being at home. They just jump right into another role, and sometimes they do that because they don’t know how to say to the kids and the family, “Hey, I really need some alone time, but I feel super, super guilty that I’ve been away all day, and now I’m asking for more time away from you when I’m actually here.” Can’t you just say that fucking shit instead of diving in and cleaning shit and moving shit and doing tasks that simply don’t need to be done? That shit could be done on another day, or you can hire somebody to do it for you and help you out. So for fear of saying what they really need or maybe there are a lot of parent who—Jamie, don’t fucking hesitate here!
Jamie laughs.
Erik: There are a lot of parents out there who don’t like their kids. They don’t know how to talk to their kids, whether it’s a phase—
Me: I can’t imagine!
Jamie: I know! That’s why I paused a little bit.
Erik: But it’s true. A lot of parents are faking it until they make it. So when they get home, they totally compound their life with other shit or get into a collection or build a full-sized Lego skyscraper instead of having a relationship with their kids.
Full-sized? Really?
Me: That’s pretty random.
Jamie: That is kind of random.
Erik: I was just trying to find a task that would take a lot of time.
Me: Yeah, that would, especially for me.
Enjoy this lovely review written by someone who read Erik’s book. My Life After Death. Haven’t read it! Get a copy HERE. It comes in paperback, Kindle, Nook, Audible and audio CD.
I have followed Channeling Erik for years and I have read many afterlife books over the last 15 plus years, and I have to say this is the best one I’ve read. The first book afterlife book I read was Matthew, Tell Me about Heaven. Which I highly recommend. But Erik is so real and I really felt so much better about the process after I die. Erik is a cool dude and is mother Elisa is an angel. I want another book!!!
–Alison “Allygal”
