Well, the Best Weblog for Religion went to The Friendly Atheist. (Total irony, right?) If that’s the case and the atheists have a stronghold in popularity, then we still have much work to do! Congratulations to them; it’s a very well-designed an well-written blog. But boy won’t they be surprised when they cross over (hee hee!) No worries; we’ll try again next year. I’m so grateful to all of you who voted and tried your best to make it happen. It’s quite an honor to be a finalist at all!

As is typical for the end of a channeling session, I packed in a lot of questions about a broad range of topics. Since the answers were fairly short, this entry is going to be a spiritual potpourri of sorts. Please enjoy!

Channeling Transcript

Me: Sex in the afterlife. Tell me, Erik. Can it happen? This is one of those questions I’ve asked you through another channel, but in case you’ve learned some more you wanna share—I know it’s not procreational obviously, just recreational.

Erik (chuckling): Well, right, that’s right.

Me: Can you still enjoy the sensual and physical pleasures?

Erik: Yes. You still can have climaxes and that kinda stuff, but it’s not really about the whole “penis into the vagina” thing. It’s more of a merge of complete souls.

Me: Okay.

Erik: All vulnerabilities, every part of your “body” is touched.

(Pause)

Me: Okay, don’t hold back on me, boy! Tell me more!

Erik: Well, let’s see. You feel every emotion, every need, everything the other soul is asking for and wants. Everything is clear. You follow this dance. It’s pure euphoria. And it’s not lightening speed like it is on the earthly plane.

Me (laughing): For some more than others!

Erik and Jamie laugh.

Erik: Okay, I guess that’s true!

Me: Are there some spirits who prefer the earthly plane to the spiritual one?

Erik: Yes and vice versa. How many times have you heard a human go, “This is the LAST time I’m coming here!”

Me: Not too many times but yeah, I get it.

Erik: Or you know, “I’m not gonna do THIS again!”  It kind of makes me laugh cuz most of the time they’ll be the first person to jump back into a body.

Me: Yeah, I guess if they’re that disenchanted with their last life, they probably still need to go back!

Erik: Yep, and then there’s the rare occasion when they’re so connected to it, and they know this is their last time; this is what they have to do.

Me: You mean sometimes they try to pack it all in to one last lifetime so they make it a tough one?

Erik: Exactly.

Me: Okay, but if they want to come back just for grins and stuff, they can do it.

Erik: Shits and giggles? Yes.

Me (laughing): My God, Erik, that was just what I was gonna say!

Erik: Yeah, I thought I’d correct you, Mom.

Me: You rascal! Okay, we have time for just a couple more questions here. Um, is there ever a time when we lose our unique personality or our sense of individualism like when we’re fully evolved and we suck back all those tentacles of our various selves into the Source? Is Erik gone forever when that happens?

Erik: Look, Mom, when you choose to go back to Source, if that’s where you want to be, then you gain the consciousness of everything.

Me: Um hm.

Erik: You’ll still have the memories of yourself, like I’d still have my Erik memories, but you’ll be completely in God’s presence in—

Jamie to Erik (giggling): “The Main Man,” really, Erik? Did you really say that?

Jamie and I laugh!

Erik: Not to snub the ladies or anything.

Me: Yeah, what about “The Main Lady?”

Erik: I’m just using a phrase!

Me: So, you get the best of both worlds, is that what you’re saying? Or when you go back to Source do you have to sacrifice some sense of self?

Erik: Well, you sort of sacrifice a sense of self, because there’s no independent action you can perform when you go back to Source, cuz you ARE Source.

Me: Can you get back out, like separate yourself away from Source?

Erik: Well, anything’s possible, but usually, when you return, that’s the ultimate place you wanna be.

Me: Okay, so it’s like having a blast in an indoor amusement park and it’s storming outside. Why would anyone want to leave the park and stand out in the rain?

Erik: Exactly.

Me: Okay, I see. Now we’ve talked a lot about how emotions differ after you die. Do you evolve, emotionally, in the afterlife too?

Erik: Yes, you do.

Me: Tell me about that.

Erik: You evolve in the terms of—okay, let’s say I’m angry. Here in the plane where I am, I don’t have to express anger to be validated.

Me: Oh! Okay.

Erik: And if I choose to express anger, it’s not going to go anywhere. It’s not going to get me the reaction that I’d have if I were on earth. It wouldn’t fulfill me.

Me: Okay, so here on the earthly plane, emotions, to me, are like messengers for our own consciousness and also messages for others. For instance, emotions might tell another person to keep doing what they’re doing because it makes me feel good or stop doing what you’re doing because it makes me feel bad. But you’re saying that where you are, emotions only serve as a message to yourself for your own growth, right?

Erik: Yep.

Me: Okay, so how does that evolve over there? (pause) Or does it stay static? What I’m asking is, are there any changes in emotions while you’re in the afterlife?

(Long pause)

Erik: We naturally tend to have less negative emotions and as we’re over here, those negative emotions get less and less and less. It kind of wears off. There’s none of that trickery of measuring things to be better or worse.

Me: And I guess there are no triggers for negative emotions, either.

Erik: Yes, right. There are no triggers to create the anger. It would have to be a response back to you, and things just don’t work that way.

Me: Okay, anything else you want to say about emotions? I guess it’s hard to talk about things evolving over there since evolution has a linear quality to it over here.

Erik: Yeah, Mom, it’s just kind of hard to explain.

Me: I bet! So, what about senses? Do they evolve in the afterlife at all? We already talked about how they differ once you cross over, but—

Erik: They definitely grow. You know, on earth, we teach our kids, “There are five senses.”

Me: Yeah.

Erik: We really need to teach them that there are six, possibly seven.

Me: Oh, wow! Oops, I think we’re at the end of the session! Time got away from me! Can I sneak in one more question?

Erik: Sure!

Me: Are you some sort of guru, Erik? I know I asked this earlier, but why were you chosen for this work or why have you chosen it?

Erik: I have been a teacher before, but I don’t know if I’d call myself a guru!

Me: Okay.

Erik (laughing): I’m kinda humble that way. But I have naturally taken to the role of helping others understand.

Me: And you do it beautifully, Baby. I’m so grateful for all the hard work you’ve been doing.

Erik: Oh, I love doing it!

Me: Okay, thanks, Jamie. Sorry I ran a minute or two over!

Jamie; That’s fine; I don’t watch the clock. We’re good!

Me: Well, that was so much fun. I think my brain is going to explode though! I love you, Erik!

Jamie: He’s blowing kisses at you.

Me: Aw, thank you and I blow kisses back. Take good care of Jamie. And you take good care of yourself, Jamie. How’s the dust from the remodeling? Is it better?

Jamie: It’s better but not totally gone. I have to get another cleaning crew in here to wipe everything down.

Me (laughing): Well have Erik help you! Put that boy to good use!

Jamie: Wouldn’t that be great! These walls are 25 feet tall, so maybe I can send him up there to scrub.

Me: Alright, Erik, you heard Jamie; get to work!

Jamie laughs.

Erik: Uh huh. Sure.

Me: Okay, talk to you later, Jamie. Bye Erik.

Jamie: Take care!