I hope those of you who were able to listen enjoyed the Jen and Sean Radio Show yesterday. I think it went well until Erik pulled a naughty prank a minute or two toward the end and cut me off. It was just prior to the closing statements, so it wasn’t a catastrophe, but is was certainly to be expected, because he’s pulled a prank on every radio interview I’ve done. Please stop, Erik. Seriously, dude.

So,  I guess Erik wasn’t really finished ranting about our diet. I noticed that as I read the next part of the transcription. My bad. Let’s see what he has to gripe about now.

Me: When we consume animal meat, how much of it gets impressed into our soul?

Erik: Oh, all of it. Muscle memory, Baby!

Me: Well, what do you think the blog member means by impression?

Erik: You can’t cook the memory out of the animal; I don’t care how much you boil, bake, broil, grill or steam it. That muscle was built with that emotional value, with that intent, with that quality of lifestyle, and you’re munching down on it. So, what your body is doing is digesting and pulling the nutrition out of it, yeah—it’s what digestion does—but it’s also sorting out the vibrational quality of it. And if the vibrational quality of it matches anxiety, then your body is trying to process anxiety.

Me: And then what eventually happens to it? How do you get rid of it?

Erik: Well, if you’re a healthy person, then you know how to ground yourself, and you can flush that out just like you take a shit.

Jamie and I giggle. Of course.

Me: Oh, so an energetic shit. Nice.

Erik: Yep, an energetic shit in the toilet. But if you’re not healthy, then you’re feeding yourself, and then what happens is you tend to hold it more in the belly, and often people will look at you and tell you that you have belly fat; you have a poor diet;  you have that; you have this.

Me: Hm. That makes sense. People with increased cortisol tend to have increased belly fat, and cortisol is related to high levels of stress and anxiety. Pretty cool. Not too many vegetarians have big bellies. At least I don’t think so. So, it all makes a lot of sense.

Erik: Exactly. So, for those who aren’t grounded, it can slow down the digestive process, It not only weakens the hormonal system like you say, it can also weaken the immune system and the digestive system.

Me: Well, the cortisol levels being so high will weaken the immune system, too.

Erik: Yeah, and it happens slowly. It’s not like a big punch to the face.

Me: Right.

Erik: I mean, these are all like 0.00025% of an effect on you, but if you’re repeating this day after day after day, week after week—

Me: It all adds up.

Erik: It adds up, Baby.

Me: If a soul is looking for enlightenment in this lifetime, should he or she follow only a vegetarian diet?

Erik: I’d say yes, but if you’re that one third of those people who when you throw in that vegetarian diet you feel like fuck, and you’re totally coming apart at the seams, you need to man up, own up that you need animal protein.

Me: So, with our food habits, what kind of impressions do we carry over into the afterlife?

Jamie: Say that again.

Me: Well, whatever food habit we have, what kind of impression, you know, I guess what she meant by these animal get into our souls, right? Could that carry over into the afterlife?

Jamie: That’s the first time I’ve ever, ever heard that question!

Me: I know! Me too! Very interesting.

Erik: Clever. Applause!

Jamie: Golf clap.

Erik: If you’re eating against what your physical body needs, like forcing yourself to be a vegetarian or forcing yourself to eat meat, then it is decreasing your vibrational level. So, when you are crossing over and living in the heavens are spiritual realms, it does take attention and focus for you to re-tune your vibrational level—bring it back up. If you are eating, um, don’t lie to yourself. Whoever is reading this, STOP LYING TO YOURSELF (Erik laughs as he’s talking) because you know if you feel good when you’re eating something. I don’t care how much you love chocolate, if you eat it and you feel like shit, it’s not good for you. But you punish yourself anyway, because you feel like you need a reward ,and it becomes this emotional vicious cycle. So, you continue to eat the chocolate. When you’re reading this, please stop bullshitting yourself and get honest. You know what diet makes you feel good, and a lot of you find that a vegan diet makes you feel like a million bucks, but you’re just big enough pussies that you won’t do it.

(Yes, I’m one of those.)

Jamie: Oh, Erik. You’re going to make so many people angry.

Erik: But it’s true, Jamie, and I’m just trying to help. I want to help so badly. It’s so frustrating for me.

Jamie: I know. I know how you get.

Erik: And eating a diet that makes you feel incredible does increase your vibration, and when it comes time for you to leave this world, no matter how old you are or what type of transition you go through, it does help you! This is because a person can stay more centered if they’re physically more attentive to in the human life. Same with your pets. You know, you don’t feed your dog something and watch it throw up and go, “Well, I’m going to give you the same thing tomorrow!” You know, NO! Or you watch it have a ton of diarrhea and go, “Aw, that’s a shame, cuz I have this fifty dollar bag of food. I’m just gonna feed the rest of it to you.”

Me: Oh, god!

Erik: You know, we don’t force things like that. Stop forcing it yourself or your pets.

Me: Exactly. That makes so much sense.

Erik: So, when you’re leaving the physical body, you’re pretty much leaving the part of it that says—

(Pause)

Jamie (to Erik): Right, because that’s a physical reaction.

Erik: Yes, even though it’s transcribed into emotional and it relateds to a spiritual lesson, the physical body is the one that’s having the reaction to the animal. Does that make sense?

Me: Yep.

Erik: Okay, good.

Jamie: I got lost there.