Buckle your seat belts, peeps. This is a mind-blowing one.

Me: Oneness. Bashar said that all of creation is really just one particle moving at an infinite speed so that it appears to be multiple and creates all the “others” that we see outside of ourselves. The truth, then, is that we are all just different variations of the same “me.” So, talking to others is literally talking to yourself like when you talked to others in a dream. It’s still all your creation, so Love must be the recognition of ourselves in others, and the more we release boundaries, the more we recognize ourselves, new growth and Love. What do you say about that, Erik? Wow, that’s a mouthful.

Erik: I say whatever shit that person’s smoking; I’d like to have some too.

Jamie and I giggle.

Erik: Beautifully said. Yeah, life is but a dream.

Jamie: Oh my god. I know that song.

I used to sing that to my kids, “Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.”  I had a bedtime ritual with all of them: Bedtime story, then “Tickle tummy, tickle back” then a song. My repertoire was small and my voice hideous, but this little song was short enough to give the cats on the fence little time to caterwaul.

Me: I know. So is all of creation really just all one particle moving at infinite speed and that’s why if appears to be multiple and it creates all of the others that we see outside of ourselves? Is that true?

Erik: I think that’s explained a little bit too simply, but it can be applied. We can turn it and twist it and look at it and see it that way. Yeah, we’re all a part of a whole, so in essence, yes, when you see someone, you’re part of the whole and if you are the whole and they are the whole then, yes, you are the same fucking person.

Me: Okay. So the truth is that we are all different variations of the same “me”.

Erik: Yes, but in listening to this person’s words about letting go of boundaries to have more acceptance and more closeness? I’m not feeling that. Being on these denser vibrational planes, these  boundaries that we create are mostly to protect the emotional soul, the emotional part, right?

Me: Yeah.

Erik: The ones we do mentally, that’s what we call defense. You go into defense mode, because intellectual property and knowledge in true reality, we know that it cannot be stolen. It’s ours. It has a different quality than emotional structures.

Me: Mm hm.

Erik: And I know we’re going to get a lot of backlash on this, but I’ve mentioned several times that to be human, that’s to live an emotional life, and to be emotionally honest is to reach, you know, the peak, the enjoyment of living. Our head is really not on that same path. It’s not that it’s the devil’s advocate or anything. It’s not trying to sabotage at every turn. It really wants to support and be there for us, but if you find that your standing up to set boundaries to defend yourself intellectually, you’re missing the most raw and vulnerable part of you in human life, It’s the root of why you’re here. To feel it. Your emotional experiences shape your reality more than your intellectual thought process.

Me: What do boundaries have to do with that? I’m not –

Erik: Well right. So if you’re walking around in a life where you’ve surrendered all boundaries so you can’t really get to know people, most likely you’re going to live a pretty hard life, difficult, however you want to describe it. You get the shit beat out of you; you got your money stolen, you know, and your life just went down the tubes because you’re not setting an creating boundaries that protect your emotional self. In other words, you’ve surrendered.

Me: Mm hm.

I sure am a scintillating conversationalist. Sigh.

Erik: Now I’m totally surrendering to your own life and owning up to it, living it, but surrendering over the boundaries, your emotional voice that says, “I am who I am, and I’m protecting it”, then pretty much you’ve given up on the essence of living. You didn’t become holier than thou and more spiritual. You became, I don’t know, I wouldn’t necessarily call it a slave, but you’ve just definitely surrendered. You gave up.

Me: Hm.

Erik: When you keep those boundaries up to protect your emotional health, then you’re playing out your contracts, your destiny, your life lessons. These are what shape life experiences. This is what keeps your ass in reality.

Me: Okay.

Erik: I hope I didn’t lose anyone. All I’m saying is that some boundaries can be very, very, very helpful and useful. They’re not confrontational. They’re not bitchy. If you have the ability to embrace who you are and be emotionally honest, then what boundaries you’re setting to protect and heal yourself, whether it’s respect for self, being honest to self, and, um, you’re going to be participating in other people’s life lessons and stories and contracts. Then that’s all good.

Me: Okay. One blog member wants to know if you check your Facebook account to see the posts people make?

Erik: Eh, not really. When people are making posts about me or talking about my name, I get it in that moment. I really don’t have a computer set up here or check things on a phone.

I laugh.

Erik: But the way it works here, once you’re energetically thinking about me or laughing about me or talking about me or sensing me around, I pick up on that instantaneously.

Me: I figured.

 I think I’m going to have to read this a couple of times.

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Dear Reader,

The journey on which you’re about to embark will take you through stories that are deeply personal and involves a relationship between a mother and her son.

As a physician raised by two atheists, I had no personal belief system about life after death. In a word, I was a confirmed skeptic. As my journey progressed, my mind opened. It is my sincerest hope that yours will open as well and that you will have a greater understanding of your own life and what’s to come ahead.

Although Erik sometimes paints a rosy picture of the afterlife, time and time again he stresses that suicide is not the answer to one’s problems. If you struggle, please understand that the information in my blog and my book is no substitute for professional help. Please click here for a list of resources for help when you find yourself considering taking your own life. Know that they are readily available when you feel that hopelessness and despair that many of us feel from time to time in our lives.

I refuse all donations and ad revenue on the blog. It is my dream to one day establish a nonprofit organization that delivers a variety of spiritual services for those who have lost loved ones to suicide and cannot afford that assistance on their own. It’s a mission of love, sacrifice, and dedication.

Love and light,

Elisa