Hey all. First I want to thank you all for the condolences, prayers and well-wishing. It’s been an exhausting few weeks for the entire family. I’m sorry I haven’t had time to say thank you to each loving comment, but you know the gratitude is there.

I will be getting back to normal tomorrow or Wednesday with my postings from Erik. I would like to extend my appreciation and love to Patrick for his thought provoking posts interlaced with witty humor. I couldn’t have been there for my parents were it not for him. I’m hoping he’ll continue posting on either one or both weekend days, because he channels Erik well and I think sometimes Erik wants to be channeled through a wash of testosterone instead of constantly relying on high doses of estrogen (well, maybe not in my case anymore) to deliver his messages and mischief.

Again, thank you for being okay with taking a hiatus. Hopefully my father will continue regaining his strength over the next few months. Here are a few more messages from blog members from: What Erik Means to Me.

I feel very close to Erik………..I had some similar experiences in my youth, yet I survived…………not sure why and not sure why Erik did not…………Erik and you and all of your experiences make so much sense to me.  No one (not even I) could understand what was happening to me at the time.  In the years that followed, I “conformed” to a “so-called” normal life, yet I also feel different from most people on this planet.  I married a man with three children.  I always felt a rapport with my husband’s son.  He later committed suicide.  So many “unanswered” questions, yet when I listen to your tapes and read your blogs, everything just “makes sense”……..forty years ago, these things were “unheard of”.  Many people are skeptical today.  The difference is that today it doesn’t matter what the mainstream population feels about all of these subjects.  We know better.  I am proud that I can write this today and be among all of you wonderful people…..people I have been searching to find all of my life!

I love You!

name withheld……..

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Sometimes I get sad when I think about Erik in high school, and then my ego takes over. Kind of like, “If I were in high school with you, we’d jam on our guitars and drive around and watch movies and…” but of course I realize all of those opportunities were already present in his life. Anyway, he’s always welcome to hang out with me when I play guitar or watch a movie.

I think Erik represents hope for me (well, all of us, really). He kind of confirms that what I see in front of me isn’t necessarily so. He helps me with that, so when I get angry, frustrated, or feel out of control, sometimes I can stop and feel something different, something better.

You know, a few weeks ago I woke up from my alarm clock, and I just did that “lay in bed” kind of thing, knowing I wasn’t really getting up just that moment. I drifted off for a moment only to hear a young man’s voice yell in my ear. It sounded far away, like it was coming from “someplace else.” It startled me awake, that’s for sure! Was it Erik? My cousin? Simply a dream???

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Dearest Elisa, thank you for re-visiting this painful memory and near loss of Erik. Finding you and Erik after my son Michael went missing while scuba diving in 2009 has been a support for me. I have never felt that I belong here either. Being very sensitive and empathic, I have always felt a keen sense of loneliness. The loneliness was magnified by at least a thousand times when I lost my son. Erik’s messages have engaged me in a way that has enabled me to persevere, especially when my desire to live has been so low. The communications through Erik and Jamie, and your generousity in sharing them, have cast new light on issues I struggle with. I read your blog daily, without fail, hungry for one more insight, one more bit of understanding, one more ray of hope. There has not been much in my life , even since a child, that has given me trust in what is good, or faith in a true sense of life. Each day, as I take in the messages from Erik, I weigh them against years of pain, of fear, of limiting thoughts, and an overwhelming sense of defeat. Erik’s messages are of love that lives beyond death, of a life beyond death that promises wholeness to a broken spirit, of being united as opposed to being alone and separated, and a fuller understanding of all that we are, and are meant to be. That you and Erik, with Jamie, can cross the barriers is truly amazing. Another aspect of Channeling Erik is that the many who have gathered here, in this “electronic community/family” are additional resource for support and growth. Who could ever know or measure the good that has come from this? It boggles my mind to imagine the exponential blessings and energies that have been generated! Thank you for taking us along with you on your journey, and thanks to Erik for reaching out. With great love and apprecaition to you and your wonderful son, Erik, I remain
Maria Laing, Michael’s mom.

One more thing: If you have any more general questions about death, the afterlife and the human experience, please keep ’em coming to emedhus@gmail.com.