Me: When will we humans accept death as really a celebration of the eternity of life? When will we redefine death?

Erik: I wish that was yesterday, but that’s going to take a while.

Me: Oh gosh. Yeah.

(Pause)

Me: Okay. You gotta be a little more, you know.

Jamie: I know. I was asking him how long? What do you mean? Da, da, da.

Erik: That’s the whole movement of this spirituality enlightenment thing that we’re trying to do, and that shit’s gonna take a while. We can look at another, I don’t know, four years before that really catches on. You know, the Asian cultures got it going on.

Jamie: He’s going back to the stripping. Have you heard about that?

Me: The what?

Jamie: Thailand or one of the Asian cultures. They hire strippers on “Dead Day” to dance and get naked, because it appeases the spirits so it’s kind of a celebration.

Me: Mm. Kinky spirits!

Jamie: Oh, yeah. Woo hoo!

We both giggle for a while.

Jamie: Yep.

Me: All right. So, we’ll celebrate death in four years or so, but when will we, in the western culture, look at death as not the end—as just a revolving door?

Jamie: A revolving door.

Me: Not just a celebration, but a revolving door that’s not the end.

Erik: Mom, that’s going to be a while. That’s going to be a while, Mom.

Me: Well, how long is “a while”?

Erik: Oh, shit.

Me: It’s going to be a while until I eat dinner tonight, okay?

Erik: Nah, I’m talking years.

Me: Decades? Hundreds of years?

Erik: No, not hundreds of years. I’ll sign up for decades.

Me: Okay, so maybe 4 decades, 5 decades?

Pushy, pushy.

Erik: No, I’d go more for 2 to 3.

Me: Two to three decades. What will it take?

Erik: For people to celebrate death?

Me: No. Well, they won’t be able to celebrate death until they know that it’s not the end of the road probably.

Erik: It’s going to take a lot more of these kids coming in with their stories of remembering other lifetimes and them being able to link them, and then having that being part of traditional therapy which it’s trying to do now, right? Past life regression and stuff like that. Brian Weiss—how long has he been at it, you know? And it just kind of went to a certain place and went “ehhh”.

Me: Yeah!

Erik: All right? So, culture’s not ready for it. So, that will grow first. It’ll be part of therapy. It’ll be a part of healing the life that you’re in. More children will come in and talk about it, and we’ll be able to track their history and know that it’s real and that shit will blow people’s minds. It’ll be more in story lines. It’ll be more in Oprah. It’ll be more in all that, and then by more we’re like ten year into it, right?

Me: Mm hm.

Erik: So then maybe a lot of people believe in it but not he masses, and then we have to break tradition on “this is how you grieve”, “this is what you wear when you grieve”. “This is what the funeral car looks like”, “this is what the…” Okay, you know how some people started dancing at their weddings when they came down the aisle? That was fucked up at first! It was kind of different at first, but know more people are doing it kind of frequently but not so much. They’re breaking the traditions on how weddings are. People are wearing different colors. So the whole celebration of love and getting married, well, that’s going to happen first, then it’s going to bleed over into how do you grieve. It’s just going to take a while.

Me: Yeah. And then this book coming out will hopefully help people understand that relationships don’t have to end at death. Will scientific evidence help lift us to that spot?

Erik: People aren’t’ going to like the idea that science will actually mingle with spirituality. That’s going to really fuck with people’s heads. Easily, almost half the people are going to be so ready for it when that happens that it won’t even upset people.

Me: What?

Erik: That science and spirituality are going to marry.

Me: I’m talking about when science starts to prove the survival of consciousness after death.

Erik: Yeah. That’s when they start to marry!

Me: Okay. They’ll say their vows.

Erik: When that starts to happen, the majority will be completely ready for it, but the other half won’t even know how to define it, and the ones who are ready for it are mostly kids. The younger generation is waiting for the older people to die so that they can reshape the culture.

Me: Okay, good. Not me, though.

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I just received some exciting news! Jamie is offering a web class for using tools to communicate with spirit on Wednesday, June 5 at 6 PM EST/5 PM CST/4 PM MST/3 PM PST.  If you want to communicate with your loved ones or guides, the direct link to register is here: REGISTER

Also, she is holding web channeling on Friday, June 7 at 7:00 OM EST/6 PM CST/5 PM MST/4 PM PST. This covers the topic of Free Will, Destiny and Spiritual Contracts.  The direct link to register for this is here: REGISTER

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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