METAREALITY
The mission he undertook
was to help as many
people as possible
understand both our
immortality and our
interconnection – we don’t
die and we are never alone.
of being studied by professionals and parents of
kids with these challenges. Erik, however, did not
go quietly because he had a mission.
He rapidly developed the ability to appear either
visually or in dreams, first to members of his immediate family and then to members of the online community gathering around his mother’s
blog, channelingErik.com, which she started as a
means of dealing with her grief. As he acclimated
to life on the “other side” Eric came to realize that
he had planned his life path in order to gain empathy for those suffering from mental illness and
depression, as well as from grief and loss. The mission he undertook was to help as many people as
possible understand both our immortality and our
interconnection – we don’t die and we are never
alone. We always have beings around us to guide
and support us if we but listen and/or ask.
Erik’s descriptions about what happened to him
after a passing offer a number of original observations, but mostly echo reports from much of the
near-death literature. The wonder and delight of
this book is truly in the voice of this extraordinary
young man – a voice full of humor, the energy of
youth, and a passion for living and helping others.
Just as his physician mother overcame her science
oriented skepticism and embraced the notion of
a vibrant afterlife, so whatever level of skepticism
you may start out with, you will turn the last page
with a strengthened confidence that while our role
in this universe may shift and change, it will never
end. You are left with a quiet smile on your face and
perhaps a nagging sense that you might want to
get your act together because down the line you’re
going to be your own judge and jury. The good
news is that everybody else will still love you - unconditionally.
Reviewed by Miriam Knight
Elisa Medhus, a physician and mother of five, practiced internal medicine in
Houston, Texas for over thirty years. In 2009, after the death of her 20 year-old
son, Erik, Dr. Medhus began journaling her grief on her blog, Channeling Erik.
Because of her strong science background, she viewed spiritual matters such
as the soul’s survival of death with skepticism, but once Erik began to communicate with family, friends and blog members, her entire paradigm shifted.
Today she works with a spirit translator that channels Erik, and he shares his
insights from the other side about death, the afterlife and more. Dr. Medhus is
the author of My Son and the Afterlife: Conversations from the Other Side. The
blog is at channelingerik.com
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