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		<title>When Babies Cross Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently got an email from a woman who simply asked whether she would see her baby again when she crossed over. Apparently she had given birth to a daughter who died almost immediately. The tragedy of losing a baby is unimaginable and the pain of loss is almost more than can be borne, so... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2013/01/when-babies-cross-over/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently got an email from a woman who simply asked whether she would see her baby again when she crossed over.  Apparently she had given birth to a daughter who died almost immediately.  The tragedy of losing a baby is unimaginable and the pain of loss is almost more than can be borne, so it is understandable to want to have some reassurance that you will get the chance to see your baby in the afterlife.</p>
<p>I wrote back to her immediately and wanted to share what I told her in case someone else reading this is in a similar situation and wants to know what happens to their baby when it crosses over, and also whether they will see their child again.</p>
<p>When you cross over, you are greeted by loved ones.  That includes your baby.  But you must also understand that your baby isn&#8217;t a baby on the other side.  When we incarnate, we are born into a tiny body, but our souls are actually fully grown so to speak.  And when a baby dies, although its body is small, it&#8217;s spirit is fully mature.  When that soul reaches the other side, it does not stay in baby form.  It reverts back to a fully mature conscious energy.</p>
<p>Your child is not a helpless, small person on the other side.  I know it might be hard to imagine them any other way since that&#8217;s the only way you knew them.  Similarly, our grandparents are not old and frail on the other side either. People who were once physically or mentally disabled are no longer so on the other side.  Once the body is sloughed away, the soul itself is a vibrant, energetic, fully conscious, and intact being.</p>
<p>When you get to the other side, you will be greeted by the soul of the child you lost, and it will not appear as an infant.  You will recognize it immediately though, so don&#8217;t be concerned about that.</p>
<p>I hope it brings you comfort to know that your child is intact and capable on the other side.  In fact, often our children are even more evolved souls than we are.  Do not fear for them or worry that they are not being taken care of.  They need none of the care that a human baby would need while here on Earth. </p>
<p>I know it doesn&#8217;t remove the sorrow and the longing, but I hope it helps a little to know that they are just fine on the other side and that you will indeed see them again.</p>
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		<title>What the Dead Want For You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Channeling and Spirits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman contacted me one day asking if I could do an emergency reading for her as her boyfriend had just passed and she was desperate for communication from him. I told her that normally I suggest waiting at least 3 months after someone has passed before using a medium to make contact. There are... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2013/01/what-the-dead-want-for-you/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.erinpavlina.com/images/live-life.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="299" border="0" align="left">A woman contacted me one day asking if I could do an emergency <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/readings" title="Get a reading with Erin Pavlina" target="_blank">reading</a> for her as her boyfriend had just passed and she was desperate for communication from him.  I told her that normally I suggest waiting at least 3 months after someone has passed before using a medium to make contact.  There are several reasons for this:</p>
<p><strong>The Grief is Too Powerful</strong><br />
Grieving sends a beacon of energy into the ether.  It&#8217;s like a wail.  It&#8217;s analogous to the sound a microphone makes when there is too much feedback.  You almost have to cover your ears.  For a deceased person to communicate through that is almost painful.</p>
<p><strong>The Grief is Too Raw</strong><br />
Losing a loved one opens an energetic wound.  It&#8217;s like a tearing of the energetic cord that existed between the two of you.  You&#8217;ve got to let the &#8220;bleeding&#8221; subside before you try to make contact.  Otherwise it&#8217;s like trying to type after losing half your fingers.  </p>
<p><strong>The Deceased Sometimes Aren&#8217;t Capable</strong><br />
Just because you&#8217;ve crossed over doesn&#8217;t mean you know how to communicate with the living.  When a deceased person reaches the other side a lot is happening.  There&#8217;s a life review, a greeting of loved ones, a shift and understanding about who and what we really are, and a time of reflection.  While they absolutely are aware of the sadness and grief of their living loved ones, they can&#8217;t simply pick up an ethereal phone and start communicating.  It takes time and skill to be able to communicate with a medium.  Let them get their bearings and learn how to make contact.  3 months is a reasonable time for this.  The first week after a passing is not.  You risk them not being able to communicate with the medium which is a waste of time, money, and energy.  </p>
<p>And there&#8217;s one other reason I suggest waiting 3 months to make contact.  Let&#8217;s go back to the woman who wanted her reading immediately after her boyfriend&#8217;s death.  After I explained to her the reasons why it&#8217;s not a good idea to attempt contact so soon, she insisted she wanted to do it anyway.  I relented, but set her appointment for the 3 week mark after his passing, hoping it would be enough time.  Sometimes if I can&#8217;t reach a specific deceased person, I can still get helpful information about them from the spirit guides who are masters at communicating with psychics and mediums.  I warned her that he might not come through, but we would try.  She was happy for the opportunity.</p>
<p>When the day of the reading came, he came through loud and clear.  He gave me enough validating evidence to pass on to her that she knew for sure we were talking to the right guy.  She immediately began sobbing, her grief wound ripping open and tearing again.  She was beside herself. I wanted to reach through the phone and give her a hug but couldn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>She poured out her heart to him through me.  She wasn&#8217;t sleeping or eating.  She wasn&#8217;t going to work.  She wasn&#8217;t functioning.  She wanted him back.  She wanted to know why he died so suddenly and so young, (if I recall he was in his late twenties).  She wanted him to know she would never forget him, that she would always love him, and that she couldn&#8217;t wait to be with him again on the other side.</p>
<p>And then it happened.  He told her he was very happy where he was, and although he loved her very much, he didn&#8217;t want her to stop living just because he was dead.  </p>
<p>My client immediately grew angry.  &#8220;What?!?!&#8221; she exclaimed.  &#8220;He&#8217;s HAPPY he&#8217;s dead?  He&#8217;s happy while I&#8217;m sitting here dying inside?  He&#8217;s happy we&#8217;re not together anymore?  He&#8217;s happy while I&#8217;m miserable?  That son of a bitch!&#8221;</p>
<p>She stopped crying and started to seethe instead.  &#8220;Why the heck am I sitting here crying all day, unable to eat, if he doesn&#8217;t even care?!?!&#8221;</p>
<p>I had to intervene so she understood a very important truth, and this is one I want you all to hear and understand.</p>
<p>99.99% of people who die are supremely happy once they reach the other side.  Let me make this clear, they are at peace, they are back Home, they are back to Love and Source.  They are in an ultimate state of bliss.  They have released all their own anger, fear, sadness, grief, shame, guilt, anxiety, and in many cases physical suffering.  Damn right they&#8217;re happy.</p>
<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean they don&#8217;t care about their loved ones still here.  They absolutely do.  They care very much, but they are not sad, angry, frustrated, and bereft like you are.</p>
<p>And this is very important to hear as well.  Dead people don&#8217;t want you to be sad.  They want you to be happy.  They want you to live your life.  More than anything else, they don&#8217;t want their passing to cause you to stop living.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never connected with a deceased person who said, &#8220;Tell her I want to see more tears.  She ain&#8217;t crying enough.  And tell her she has no business going back to work yet when she really needs to buy me more candles for that nifty altar she built me.&#8221;  It&#8217;s never happened.</p>
<p>Deceased people look upon us with a mixture of frustration and a strong desire to tell us how beautiful life can be.  When you get to the other side you immediately remember how this all works.  You remember that you chose to be here.  You chose to play and have fun.  </p>
<p>So back to my client… I explained a lot of this to her.  &#8220;It&#8217;s not that he doesn&#8217;t care that you&#8217;re suffering, in fact he hovers around you trying to comfort you and help you understand that he&#8217;s just fine and wants you to be happy as soon as possible.  He loves you very much and nothing would make him happier than if you were able to go on to have a beautiful life, get married to an awesome guy, settle down and have children.  Your grief is unnecessary but he completely understands why you feel it.  He simply can&#8217;t share the grief you&#8217;re feeling because he is completely fine and okay with how everything is.&#8221;</p>
<p>She calmed down a bit and said to me, &#8220;I never really considered any of this.  I mean… if he&#8217;s okay and he&#8217;s happy, then I don&#8217;t really need to keep grieving for him.  In fact, I&#8217;m relieved to know he&#8217;s doing so well.  I figured he was as upset as I was.&#8221;</p>
<p>I said, &#8220;At first, when he first crossed over, he was confused because it was so unexpected.  But his angels and guides explained everything to him and he understood and accepted it fairly quickly.  He loves you, and cares about you, and always will.  You will see him again.  But until then, you must get back to living.  You have your own adventure to play out.&#8221;</p>
<p>By the time we ended the call, I could tell that a large part of her grief was gone.  She thought she was supposed to rail against his death, to stop until the world gave him back to her.  Instead I gave her a prescription.  &#8220;Talk to him and tell him about your day, but not from your bed.  Talk to him while you pick up the pieces and move forward.  Talk to him about the joys you still have, and the hopes and dreams you still carry.  Tell him you love him but that you will eventually open your heart to meeting another man.  All he wants is for you to live a happy life.  Honor him by doing just that.&#8221;</p>
<p>So the main reason I ask people to wait at least 3 months before trying to communicate with a deceased loved one is because by that time the sting is usually gone and you&#8217;ve begun to rebuild your life without them.  You&#8217;re more open to knowing that they are happy on the other side.  It won&#8217;t offend you so much. <img src='http://www.erinpavlina.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I know it&#8217;s difficult to lose someone you love.  I lost my dear friend Pam more than a year ago and I think of her almost every day, missing her wise counsel, and her caring support of me.  But I know she wouldn&#8217;t want me to stop living just because she is gone.  I know she wants me to live my life to the fullest.  </p>
<p>Your loved ones feel the same.  Your sadness will fade with time.  You&#8217;ll never forget them, and you will see them again one day.  In the meantime, go make the years count.  Live your life.  Fully and happily.</p>
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		<title>How To Be Happy When Your Life Really Sucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I wrote my last article What We Wish For which was all about choosing to be happy, someone asked me a great question. She wanted to know how to be happy when your current life situation wasn&#8217;t what you wanted it to be. The answer is, it&#8217;s all about perspective and transition. You&#8217;ll have... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/11/how-to-be-happy-when-your-life-really-sucks/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After I wrote my last article <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/11/what-we-wish-for/">What We Wish For</a> which was all about choosing to be happy, someone asked me a great question.  She wanted to know how to be happy when your current life situation wasn&#8217;t what you wanted it to be.  </p>
<p>The answer is, it&#8217;s all about perspective and transition.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll have to agree with me that some people&#8217;s lives suck more than others right?  Like right now someone is being murdered and would gladly choose your life over theirs.  Right now someone is stepping into a jail cell to serve a life sentence and would kill or die for the freedom to work a minimum wage job and live in his parents&#8217; basement.  Right now someone is getting ready to be homeless and preparing themselves for those new challenges, and would happily trade places with you.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s about perspective.  If you think your life sucks, it means you&#8217;ve identified something better for yourself and you simply don&#8217;t have it yet.  And that&#8217;s fine.  We don&#8217;t have to accept our current circumstances if we don&#8217;t like them.  It&#8217;s normal to want to improve your life situation.</p>
<p>However, while you are IN your current circumstances, you can be happy.  And the way to be happy is to be in transition.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s use an example.  Let&#8217;s say I put you in prison and I tell you that you&#8217;re going to be there, doing nothing but rotting, for 15 years.  That&#8217;s pretty disheartening right?  So you sit in prison every day wishing with all your might that you were somewhere else, out of prison, free.  And you&#8217;re stuck because you&#8217;re in prison.  The door is locked and you&#8217;re not able to leave when you want to.  Totally sucks.</p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s say I come along and hand you a map and say, &#8220;If you can follow this map, you can have your freedom.&#8221;  You jump at the chance.  Anything is better than sitting day after day in prison.  I warn you that the map is a little hard to understand, and even more difficult to follow, but that if you persevere and you try hard, you can use the map to get out of prison.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t care how hard it is, you&#8217;ve got a chance now!  A way out.  And even though you are in prison, you&#8217;re happier.  Why?  Because you&#8217;re in transition.  You have a plan and a way to change your circumstances.  It won&#8217;t be easy, but you don&#8217;t care.  It&#8217;s a chance and you&#8217;re going to take it.  The power is back in your hands.  </p>
<p>So I tell you now… you are in one of two places in your life.  You&#8217;re either stuck or you&#8217;re in transition. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re stuck it means you&#8217;ve given your power to the prison.  You are not trying to escape it.  You have accepted that you will simply have to serve your time.  And you&#8217;re more likely to be depressed and bummed about it.</p>
<p>But if you have a plan to change your life, suddenly the prison you&#8217;re in doesn&#8217;t seem so confining.  When you&#8217;re in transition, it&#8217;s actually easier to be happy with what you used to be very unhappy about.  Because you know it&#8217;s temporary.  It&#8217;s merely a starting point to something better.</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re sitting in a career that you hate, or a relationship that you&#8217;ve outgrown, or a health problem that is breaking you down, be in transition.  Don&#8217;t be stuck.  Be moving towards something better.  Have a plan.  Every day take one more step closer to freedom and a life that will make you happy.</p>
<p>Along the way, you can be happy.  Happy that you&#8217;re moving towards something better.  You don&#8217;t have to wait until you arrive.  Be happy along the way.  </p>
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		<title>Remembering Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another channeled message. I&#8217;m enjoying this method of blogging, actually, so expect to see more of it. Many of you feel alone. This could not be further from the truth. You are part of a collective whole that consists of pure, unconditional love. You have simply forgotten who you are and where you... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/10/remembering-love/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This is another channeled message.  I&#8217;m enjoying this method of blogging, actually, so expect to see more of it. </em> </p>
<p>Many of you feel alone.  This could not be further from the truth.  You are part of a collective whole that consists of pure, unconditional love.  You have simply forgotten who you are and where you came from.</p>
<p>There is inside of you right now the memory of your true identity, your true place in the cosmos.  Your essence, your consciousness, is in every particle of matter and energy in the universe.  You are simply choosing to focus on the piece that is the human identity you see in the mirror.</p>
<p>You cannot be separate from the universal whole.  You can only forget your connection, but you cannot sever it.</p>
<p>If you sit in silence, you will hear the tone of Oneness.  If you look inside your heart you will remember the connection you have with all.  You must push away the vibrations that disrupt your memory.  These are fear, anxiety, shame, guilt, anger, and sadness.  These vibrations pull you away from your memories.</p>
<p>Lift yourself to joy, compassion, and gratitude and the memories of your connection to Love will resurface.</p>
<p>When you feel alone, sit in silence.  Forget all that you struggle with, and remember only where you come from.  From Love.  Let this memory refill your soul.  When your cup is empty, you have but to refill it in the ocean of Love.  This ocean is always present, is always now, and cannot be depleted.</p>
<p>There is nothing in the world that is not part of you.  Where you see struggle, darkness, and fear, you are seeing spots where someone is blocking themselves from receiving and remembering love.  Change your vibration to change theirs, for you cannot change theirs without first adjusting yours.</p>
<p>You cannot see it with your eyes, but every single one of you is holding hands with everyone else.   Walk together.  Share the joy of the journey.  Share the memory of love with those who are forgetting.  Hold them tenderly.  Do not judge, do not reject.  In every person is your essence too.</p>
<p>When you have forgotten… when you feel alone… go back to the memory of unconditional love.  It is in your heart.  Feel the energy of love coming into your being, and remember that it is impossible to lose this connection.</p>
<p>You walk with many.  And you are never truly alone.</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Apologize</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a teenager I was over at my friend Adrienne&#8217;s house one day. She was babysitting her two little cousins who were probably 8 and 10 years old. I remember at some point the kids started fighting and arguing and one of them hit the other. Adrienne told the offending child to apologize... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/05/dont-apologize/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.erinpavlina.com/images/apology.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="165" hspace="10" border="0" align="left"/>When I was a teenager I was over at my friend Adrienne&#8217;s house one day.  She was babysitting her two little cousins who were probably 8 and 10 years old.  I remember at some point the kids started fighting and arguing and one of them hit the other.  Adrienne told the offending child to apologize to the victim.  &#8220;Tell her you&#8217;re sorry.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bully replied, &#8220;But I&#8217;m not sorry.&#8221;</p>
<p>Adrienne said, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter.  Tell her you&#8217;re sorry.&#8221;</p>
<p>So I jumped in and said, &#8220;Why should he tell her he&#8217;s sorry if he&#8217;s not?  That&#8217;s not a real apology if you don&#8217;t mean it.&#8221;  </p>
<p>She said, &#8220;Saying sorry is the proper thing to do, and he has to learn so that when he&#8217;s an adult he&#8217;ll know to apologize when he&#8217;s done something wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>I said, &#8220;But if he&#8217;s not actually sorry, then he&#8217;s being disingenuous.  Isn&#8217;t it better to help him see what he did wrong and teach him not to do it again?  Then if he actually DOES feel sorry, he can apologize from the heart.&#8221;</p>
<p>We argued about it for a bit.  In the end, she forced him to say sorry to the little girl, but it just made him madder and when our backs were turned he hit her again.</p>
<p>I pondered the whole concept of apologizing.  Saying you&#8217;re sorry if you&#8217;re not is a waste of time, because if you don&#8217;t really understand what you did wrong and if you don&#8217;t really believe that what you did was wrong, you&#8217;re more likely to do the same thing again.  What good is an apology under those circumstances?  You&#8217;re putting the onus on someone else to grant you forgiveness, and they appear rude if they don&#8217;t accept your apology.  &#8220;But I said I was sorry….&#8221;  How many times have you heard that from someone who then commits the same unacceptable behavior again later?  </p>
<p>So this past weekend I was at a seminar where coaches Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin spoke to a crowd of 50 people who wanted to learn how to create clients.  Before we went to lunch we were told to be back in our seats, ready to go, at 2pm.  They were very clear that they were going to start on time.</p>
<p>At 2pm, I would say 45 people were back in their seats.  Within 20 minutes, the other 5 had returned as well.  At one point a gal asked for the microphone and said, &#8220;I just wanted to apologize for being late.  It was rude and disrespectful to the students and instructors.  I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rich stopped her and said, &#8220;Wait.  You don&#8217;t need to apologize to us.  It&#8217;s not about us.  You made a decision to be late, and saying you&#8217;re sorry doesn&#8217;t change anything.  Instead, would you perhaps like to make a commitment about this behavior going forward?&#8221;</p>
<p>She thought about it for a second and replied, &#8220;Yes, I commit to everyone here that I won&#8217;t be late again.&#8221;</p>
<p>I thought this was brilliant, and I plan to use this same strategy when next someone apologizes for their behavior.  It&#8217;s not about whether the apology is genuine or not &#8211; a genuine apology from the heart is awesome to receive.  But the truth is, if the person is truly sorry they can demonstrate that by no longer engaging in the behavior they had to apologize for.</p>
<p>Years ago I had a friend who was constantly late to our meetings and social outings.  He would breeze in late and say, &#8220;Sorry I&#8217;m late.  I got tied up.&#8221;  Or &#8220;Sorry I&#8217;m late, I got a late start.&#8221;  Or &#8220;Sorry I&#8217;m late, I lost track of time.&#8221;  Finally I told him, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be sorry, just stop being late.&#8221;  He looked at me like I&#8217;d grown horns or something.  He said, &#8220;I told you I was sorry!&#8221;  To which I replied, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want an apology. I want you to be on time.  If you can&#8217;t be on time, let me know and I&#8217;ll decide whether I want to accept this behavior or find a new friend.  But don&#8217;t tell me you&#8217;re sorry and then keep coming late.&#8221;</p>
<p>He was never able to show up on time and I eventually dropped him as a friend, in large part because of his consistently late arrivals. </p>
<p>The next time you do something wrong, I invite you to make a commitment to changing the behavior instead of asking for forgiveness.  Like I said, a genuine apology from the heart is nice to hear, but changing the behavior is even better.  Show people you&#8217;re sorry, don&#8217;t tell them.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry I was late.  That was disrespectful.  I am making a commitment to being on time from now on.  I hope you will give me a chance to prove myself.&#8221;</p>
<p>Is there someone in your life who constantly apologizes for a behavior in which they continue to engage?  Do you tolerate that?  Could you ask them to make a new commitment instead?  That puts it back on them to do what they say they will do.  And then if they can&#8217;t reform their behavior, you get the opportunity to disengage from them or simply accept that this is how they are.</p>
<p>The next time you catch someone apologizing for rude behavior, ask them to make a commitment to new behavior and see what they do.  The real apology is change.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: If we have reincarnated many times in our life, then when we die and reach the afterlife, won&#8217;t we have multiple families from all of our past lives who greet us when we crossover? &#8211; Shane Answer: Great question. Instead of saying &#8220;multiple families&#8221; I would instead use the term &#8220;multiple loved ones.&#8221; When... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/05/how-many-loved-ones-from-our-past-lives-greet-us-on-the-other-side/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.erinpavlina.com/images/group.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" hspace="10" border="0" align="left"/><strong>Question: If we have reincarnated many times in our life, then when we die and reach the afterlife, won&#8217;t we have multiple families from all of our past lives who greet us when we crossover? &#8211; Shane</strong></p>
<p>Answer:  Great question.  Instead of saying &#8220;multiple families&#8221; I would instead use the term &#8220;multiple loved ones.&#8221;  When you die, you will be greeted by the souls and spirits of the people you have the strongest connection to, whether they are from your most recent life or a past one.  Some of these folk may have been your family members in several lives.  So yes, you will encounter spirits from previous lives who may not have been with you during the most recent life.</p>
<p>You will also encounter your spirit guides, who have guided you throughout your life but who may or may not have ever incarnated themselves.  Love is love.  Connection is connection.  You will naturally be attracted to and reunited with the energies you felt closest to, from this life or others.</p>
<p>Once you cross over, you may merge right back in with your higher self, remembering all the previous times you&#8217;ve incarnated, or you may choose instead to hang on to the most recent personality and stay connected with your family who are still living.</p>
<p>This is why sometimes when I try to connect with deceased loved ones on the other side, they are simply not there anymore.  They have sloughed off this ego and have merged back with their collective higher self consciousness.  I can&#8217;t call &#8220;Uncle Charlie&#8221; if he, as a spirit, no longer identifies himself as Uncle Charlie.  But if he&#8217;s around and still interested in what&#8217;s going on during this time period, he will often come through with support, love, and advice from the other side.</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Under the Hood?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took my car in for service the other day. It was supposed to take about 20 minutes, but the universe had other plans for me. For you see, it wanted to show me something, and I was a helpless captive to the desires of the universe. First I sat in the waiting room like... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/04/whats-under-the-hood/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.erinpavlina.com/images/hoodie.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="374" hspace="10" border="0" align="left"/>I took my car in for service the other day.  It was supposed to take about 20 minutes, but the universe had other plans for me.  For you see, it wanted to show me something, and I was a helpless captive to the desires of the universe.</p>
<p>First I sat in the waiting room like everyone else.  Shielded.  Sitting two inches from another person but valiantly trying to maintain my space.  I had a newspaper; the classic sign for &#8220;leave me alone.&#8221;  I didn&#8217;t feel like engaging with anyone.  I was only supposed to be there for 20 minutes after all.  No time to make someone&#8217;s acquaintance.</p>
<p>But the universe threw a wrench at my car, and my mechanic said, &#8220;you&#8217;re due for the 120,000 mile service.  We can do most of it here so you don&#8217;t have to go to the dealer.  But it will take a good 45 minutes.  Maybe longer.&#8221;  Robble.  But I acquiesced because I was already there.  In for a penny, in for a pound, and the universe was surreptitiously tying my feet to my chair so I couldn&#8217;t leave anyway.</p>
<p>I decided, with a grand sigh, to put my newspaper down and engage with the other hapless victims of the mechanic&#8217;s shop.  The kid next to me was reading a sci-fi novel.  He was my first victim.  All I did was say, &#8220;Man it always takes longer than you think it will.&#8221;  He looked up, smiled, and started sharing his life story, as people are wont to do around me.  I didn&#8217;t mind.  I knew I was going to be there for a while.  Universal tendrils snaked their way up my leg, tethering me further to my chair.  Something was coming.  Something important.</p>
<p>There was an old man with a cane and two hearing aids sitting near us.  He looked like he was trying to nap.  You see, because my car was being worked on so heavily, it backed up the entire line and the waiting room was filling up with people.  I continued talking to sci-fi guy and gave him some advice to help him make a really important life-changing decision.  I looked to the universe and said, &#8220;There, I helped this young man.  Was that what you wanted?  Can you untie me now?  And can I get my car back?&#8221;  The universe slowly shook its head.</p>
<p>A few minutes later the mechanic came in with an update, &#8220;Due to the position of your transmission this is going to take a little longer than we thought.  Probably 2 hours.&#8221;  Sheesh!  I have things to do and was running out of people to talk to.</p>
<p>The universe cinched a belt around my waist and I saw new tendrils snaking their way around my arms, pinning me to the seat.  Wow, whatever&#8217;s coming must be good!  My poor car.</p>
<p>And then I saw him.  The kid in the hoodie.  He was coming our way.  Was he going to enter the waiting room?  I didn&#8217;t even see him leave a car anywhere.  As soon as he walked in, everyone got shifty and the energy changed.  What was jovial was now guarded.  People clutched their belongings closer.  Merely the presence of this hoodie was enough for people to start judging.</p>
<p>He was a kid, early twenties.  Beautiful bleach blonde hair, gorgeous piercing green eyes, tan skin, super skinny, and he was deeply hidden by the cowl of his hoodie, his hands in his pocket.  There was a light around this kid.  Target acquired.  The universe whispered in my ear, &#8220;Watch him.  Carefully.  You&#8217;ll know what to do when the time is right.&#8221;  I was firmly pinned to my seat now with the gravitational force of an object launching into space.  What was going to happen?  Who was this kid?  What was he going to do?  What was his story?</p>
<p>We all sat there in silence.  Then hoodie-kid got a phone call.  He answered and we could hear at least one side of the call.  Wasn&#8217;t hard to figure out what was happening.  &#8220;No, Dad, I&#8217;m not going to make my fiancé take a bus to work.  I gave her my truck.&#8221;  &#8220;Look, Dad, it&#8217;s not a big deal.  Nothing is going to happen.&#8221;  &#8220;Well I don&#8217;t care if you don&#8217;t like it.  It&#8217;s my truck and my decision.&#8221;  &#8220;Because I love her, that&#8217;s why.&#8221;  And the last thing he said was, &#8220;Tough shit.&#8221;  And he hung up the phone.  He was upset and sat down.</p>
<p>Now? I asked the universe.  The universe said, &#8220;Not yet.  Hang on a click.&#8221;  I waited.</p>
<p>In a minute, hoodie-boy said to one in particular, &#8220;Parents!&#8221;  </p>
<p>Old guy with the cane rolled his eyes.  Sci-fi kid gave a polite snort of agreement but shook his head at the kid as if to say, &#8220;You should respect your parents.&#8221;</p>
<p>The universe said, &#8220;Now.  Move in.  Go.&#8221;</p>
<p>I leaned out a little, looked right at him and said, &#8220;Is your dad mad at you?&#8221;  That was the key that opened the floodgate.  &#8220;He&#8217;s not my real father.  But yeah, he&#8217;s mad.&#8221;  He then launched into his story, right there in front of everyone.  The story went roughly like this:</p>
<p>&#8220;I grew up a rich kid in a great neighborhood in Los Angeles.  My parents were both in the movie industry and I had it made.  But when I was 14 my parents were both killed and I found myself suddenly alone.  I was taken in by my aunt and uncle, but only until the inheritance money was firmly in their hands, then they kicked me out, knowing I had nowhere else to go.  I didn&#8217;t care.  I decided to stay on my own and be homeless.&#8221;</p>
<p>Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and perked their ears.  He continued.</p>
<p>&#8220;I slept behind the gym at my school, outside, sometimes inside the dumpster if it was clean.  I was terrified that someone was going to find me and I figured if I was in the dumpster nobody would see me sleeping on school property.  I took gym class first period so I could shower and wash my clothes.  I lived on school breakfast and lunches, and sometimes I begged for money or food from others.&#8221;</p>
<p>I asked him why he didn&#8217;t go into foster care so at least he&#8217;d have a roof over his head and food in his belly.  He said, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to be a burden on anyone, and I didn&#8217;t want to ever risk losing family again.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued, &#8220;Sometimes at night I had to go to a gas station and beg them to give me some food because I&#8217;m a diabetic and sometimes I just couldn&#8217;t wait until morning to eat again.  It was tough.  But I did okay, and graduated high school.  Then one day I was sitting out on the beach and I ran into one of my dad&#8217;s old friends.  When he found out I was homeless he took me in.  And I let him because honestly I was tired of living on the street.&#8221;</p>
<p>The room was deathly quiet.  People were rapt with attention.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now I&#8217;m 22 years old.  I have a full time job and also go to college part time.  My girlfriend has been with me since 7th grade and we&#8217;re getting married this year.  She also works and goes to school.  I don&#8217;t drink, and I don&#8217;t do drugs.  I pay all my bills myself.&#8221;</p>
<p>At this time the old guy&#8217;s car was ready and he stood up to pay his bill.  The moment he did, his cane dropped to the ground.  Without hesitation, hoodie-kid rushed to pick up the man&#8217;s cane, and held it out to him saying, &#8220;Here you go, sir.&#8221;  The old man looked at him strangely and said, &#8220;Uh, thanks.&#8221;  He replied, &#8220;No problem, sir.&#8221;  </p>
<p>As the old man left, he said to the kid in the hoodie, &#8220;You&#8217;re a good kid, son.  I respect what you&#8217;ve been through and what you&#8217;re doing with your life.&#8221;  Hoodie-guy said, &#8220;Thank you, sir.  I appreciate that.  You have a great day!&#8221;</p>
<p>His story was fascinating. I had so many questions about how he survived for 4 years on his own.  Sci-fi kid got involved too, asking questions, and before long the room was simply full of respect for this young kid.</p>
<p>I said to the universe, &#8220;Wow, what an interesting kid.  So, he pulled himself together and is living a good honest life.  What do you want me to do with him now?&#8221;  The universe replied, &#8220;Tell him to write a book about his life.&#8221;  Awesome idea!  </p>
<p>So I said, &#8220;Hey, you should share your story with others.  Write a book about how you survived on your own.&#8221;  He laughed and said, &#8220;It&#8217;s sort of funny you say that because you&#8217;re the 4th person this week to tell me that.  I don&#8217;t know if you believe in signs but it sure seems like something or someone wants me to write a book.  I would love to but doesn&#8217;t it cost like thousands of dollars to get something like that published?&#8221;</p>
<p>Ah, that was it.  Now I knew what I was doing there and why the universe made my car so difficult to repair.  I took the next 15 minutes to explain to him how to self-publish his book, how to find an agent, and divesting him of the beliefs he had about the trials and tribulations of getting a book published.  </p>
<p>He was rapt with attention.  He thanked me profusely.  &#8220;Oh my god, you have no idea what you just did for me today.  I had no idea I could do this or that it was possible to self-publish.  I will totally get onto this website you gave me and get going on a book.&#8221;  He hugged me twice.  I told him he might even interest a publisher in his story and could potentially make some money.  He said, &#8220;Oh I don&#8217;t care if it makes money.  I just want to help other kids who are runaways or homeless.  I have a warm bed to sleep in every night.  That&#8217;s all I need in the world to be happy.  People take their beds for granted, but I&#8217;ll tell you that after sleeping on concrete for 4 years, a bed is the biggest luxury there is.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sci-fi guy said, &#8220;Dude, you&#8217;re awesome.  I&#8217;m never complaining about my life again.&#8221;  I asked hoodie his name.  He said, &#8220;Brandon.&#8221;  I told him my name.  He said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I met you today.  You totally changed my life.  Do you believe in spirits?  I think my parents are still looking out for me from beyond.  And I think they sent you into my life to help me.&#8221;</p>
<p>I winked at him and said, &#8220;Could be.&#8221;  I hugged him.  Twice.  His energy was amazing.</p>
<p>At that moment my mechanic walked in and said, &#8220;Your car is done.  Let me show you what&#8217;s under the hood.&#8221;  I smiled and thought to myself, &#8220;I know what&#8217;s under the hood.  A really special kid who is going to change people&#8217;s lives for the better.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sometimes you are the change in someone&#8217;s life.  Look for the light, listen for the whispers, and see the opportunities to help others.  You never know what&#8217;s under the hood. </p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: the content of this post is for mature audiences only. Read at your own risk. You&#8217;re probably already familiar with what it&#8217;s like to have sex as a physical human being, but did you know that you can also engage in sexual liaisons outside of your physical body? Yes, it&#8217;s true. You&#8217;re not limited... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/03/astral-sex-the-ecstasy-of-out-of-body-pleasure/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.erinpavlina.com/images/astral-sex.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="342" hspace="10" border="0" align="left"/>Warning: the content of this post is for mature audiences only.  Read at your own risk. <img src='http://www.erinpavlina.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>You&#8217;re probably already familiar with what it&#8217;s like to have sex as a physical human being, but did you know that you can also engage in sexual liaisons outside of your physical body?  Yes, it&#8217;s true.  You&#8217;re not limited to the physical.  There&#8217;s a whole other world of sex, pleasure, and unbridled passion awaiting you outside of your physical shell.  And today I&#8217;m going to tell you all about it.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s more than one way to have non-corporeal sex.  You can have sex in your dreams with a dream character.  You can have sex while astral with a corporeal being, or sex while astral with another astral playmate.  You can also have sex with a demon or low vibrational entity.  Or you can go completely beyond the confines of the physical and non-physical and have a blissful ethereal experience that is unlike anything you can imagine; yes, better than any kind of sex you can imagine!</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s go over each of these and I&#8217;ll explain what it is and how to achieve it.  </p>
<p><strong>Dream Sex</strong><br />
Having sex in your dreams is fun, pleasurable, and safe.  It&#8217;s just you and your dream character and no one ever has to know what you&#8217;re up to.  Thanks to my ability to lucid dream, I&#8217;ve been blessed to have had sex with every hot actor, fictional character, and good looking real life friends, when I want, the way I want, and as many times as I want.  And you can do this too.  Just learn how to lucid dream and, when the situation presents itself, you can snap your fingers and engage in sexual activity with whoever you want.  If you aren&#8217;t a master at lucid dreaming, you may still end up with a sex dream accidentally.  But believe me, it&#8217;s worth learning how to do it lucidly. <img src='http://www.erinpavlina.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a woman, dream sex can actually lead to having a real and true orgasm.  More than likely you will wake up while in the throes of your orgasm and find your body actually having one.  </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a man, this is more tricky.  Mostly what I hear from men is that they wake up with an erection and extremely horny, but don&#8217;t actually ejaculate in the dream or upon waking.  If you&#8217;re a man, and you have, please let us know this is possible.  Half the world awaits your testimonial.</p>
<p>Dream sex can lead to a lot of frustration though.  Most of the time it doesn&#8217;t lead to climax, so you wake particularly hot, bothered, and unfulfilled.  Still worth trying though.</p>
<p><strong>Astral/Corporeal Sex</strong><br />
There is also a way to engage in sex where one person is astral (out of body) and one person is still in the body.  If you are astral, you can go visit someone and attempt to merge your energy with theirs while they are sleeping (it won&#8217;t work if they are awake as your frequencies will be totally off).  This should always and only be done with consent of the person you&#8217;re visiting, otherwise we&#8217;re talking astral rape and that&#8217;s not cool.  </p>
<p>Once you are out of body, fly to the person&#8217;s body.  You will likely see both their physical body on the bed and their astral body floating inside it, like a peanut rattling in a shell.  With great love, tenderness and respect you can overlay your energy onto theirs and cast loving sexual thoughts their way.  What&#8217;s going to happen is that you will experience a sexual bliss that is not localized to a body part, and your partner will either dream that they are having sex, or simply become sexually aroused without consciously realizing what&#8217;s happening.  </p>
<p>If your friend is accomplished at lucid dreaming, this act will likely trigger lucidity.  If not, they may phone you in the morning and tell you about the hot dream they had about you.  </p>
<p>This particular method is not terribly fulfilling because usually only one of you is conscious of what&#8217;s going on.</p>
<p><strong>Astral Playmates</strong><br />
If you can find a partner who is also accomplished at astral projection, then the two of you can meet on the astral plane and engage in astral sex together and consciously.  It&#8217;s difficult to accomplish as you have to be out at the same time, on the same plane, and at the same astral frequency.  The closer you are to each other emotionally, the more accomplished you are at astral projection, and the more you practice meeting up, the more success you will have.</p>
<p>Pick a location ahead of time and a time when you will attempt to meet.  If one of you is better at astral projection, fly to the other person&#8217;s house and wake them up astrally, and then fly to your romantic destination together.  Once you&#8217;re ready, you will simply hug or merge your energy together.  Cast loving and sexual thoughts at your partner and you will trigger a release of pleasure that will reverberate through your entire energetic self and probably also to your body back on your bed.  It&#8217;s a combination of bliss and the sensation of physical pleasure.  Great stuff!  </p>
<p>When I was in high school I was lucky enough to have 3 friends who were accomplished enough at astral projection for the four of us to engage in this behavior at will.  Good times. <img src='http://www.erinpavlina.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Sex with Demons or Lower Vibrational Entities</strong><br />
And now for the dark side of astral sex.  Sometimes an entity that normally resides on the astral plane can come to you and stimulate you sexually for the purposes of swiping your energy.  Look up incubi and succubi for more info on that.  </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing, though.  These entities can come to you against your will and essentially rape you.  If you&#8217;ve ever been stuck in a sleep paralysis state and felt someone touching you in your special areas, and got aroused even though you were terrified, you&#8217;re basically being astrally raped.  This is no bueno!  You must immediately call in your angels or spirit guides or whatever deity you pray to, to come and remove the interloper pronto.  Your energy is being violently taken from you.  You will wake up feeling lethargic and it can take hours to replace that energy.</p>
<p>Unfortunately sometimes people end up in a parasitic relationship with such entities.  The entity gives you a ton of pleasure (and we&#8217;re talking about more pleasure than any human being can generate while corporeal), and you feel like it&#8217;s worth losing a little of your energy to obtain such bliss, so you don&#8217;t resist or push them away.  In fact, you invite them to come back for another &#8220;session.&#8221;  Over time, this leads to you losing a ton of energy which can manifest as apathy towards the real world or real love, and depression, anxiety, and sometimes shame, fear and suicidal thoughts.  Not to mention leaking little parts of your soul to an entity who doesn&#8217;t have good intentions.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a woman, having sex with a demon or astral entity will feel like someone stimulating the g-spot of every single one of your chakras at the same time.  It&#8217;s ridiculously pleasurable, and something no human can accomplish, so it can turn enticing very quickly.  But I urge and caution you to avoid this slippery slope of parasitic sex. It&#8217;s not worth losing your soul.</p>
<p>If you do find yourself in an unwanted sexual relationship with a non-corporeal entity, you&#8217;ve got to ask the archangels to sever your connection and protect you from being visited by them anymore.  A clean break.  Just end it, and find a playmate in real life to satisfy you.</p>
<p><strong>Ethereal Bliss Sex</strong><br />
The final method for out of body pleasure is pure universal bliss.  It&#8217;s you merging your soul with Love.  It won&#8217;t feel like physical sex.  It is beyond any pleasure known to the physical form.  It is almost indescribable if you haven&#8217;t felt it but imagine becoming one with EVERYTHING and feeling totally loved, connected, cared for, and blissful.  And perfect.  The way to achieve this is to go astral, and reach out to Source/Creator/Consciousness.  The merging is timeless, spaceless and absolute.  You probably won&#8217;t want to go back to your body, but you must.  If you get the opportunity to experience this, it&#8217;s awesome, but rare.  Enjoy the experience!</p>
<p><strong>Be Safe</strong><br />
So there you have it.  All the different ways to have sex on another plane.  Some of it is awesome, some of it is a little dark, but at least you don&#8217;t have to worry about contraception!  If there&#8217;s an astral sexually transmitted disease it&#8217;s probably lust, addiction, and losing  your soul, so be careful who you&#8217;re playing with out there.  And be respectful of other people.  </p>
<p>Have fun tonight! </p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Whenever I get a reading with a medium, my grandfather always comes through but my own father never does. What does this mean? Does he not want to talk to me? Is he somewhere where he can&#8217;t talk to me? Is there any way to get him to communicate with me? &#8211; Carol Answer:... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/02/what-if-a-deceased-relative-wont-communicate/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Question:  Whenever I get a reading with a medium, my grandfather always comes through but my own father never does.  What does this mean?  Does he not want to talk to me?  Is he somewhere where he can&#8217;t talk to me?  Is there any way to get him to communicate with me? &#8211; Carol</strong></p>
<p>Answer:  It can be super frustrating to desire to connect with a specific deceased relative and they never seem to show up to the party.</p>
<p>I recall <a href="/book-reading.htm?PHPSESSID=572b5df44e7247d9b88765e8640e2a4b">reading</a> for a gal and her dad was coming through really strongly.  He told me his name, gave her some validation, and we were off and running.  My client said, &#8220;Yeah, that&#8217;s my dad.  He comes to every reading.  He&#8217;s around all the time.&#8221;  Meanwhile, she was frustrated because she also wanted to hear from her mother who never seemed to come through.</p>
<p>Why do some spirits always show up and others never come?  There could be several reasons.</p>
<p>First, the deceased person may not want to come through.  For whatever reason, they may simply not desire to communicate.  That doesn&#8217;t mean they hate you.  That doesn&#8217;t mean they can&#8217;t come through.  That doesn&#8217;t mean they aren&#8217;t watching over you.  Perhaps they don&#8217;t want to interfere in the course of your life.  Perhaps they trust that you can get along without their guidance or interruption.</p>
<p>Second, the deceased person may not be able to come through.  Deceased people don&#8217;t get to the other side suddenly able to speak energetically to a living person.  It takes energy and finesse to communicate with the living.  Your deceased loved one may not have figured it out yet.  Give them time.</p>
<p>Third, the deceased may have disconnected.  Some people cross over and are fully engaged with their new existence in the ether.  They disconnect their energy from their old life and are simply done.  They turn their attention in an entirely new direction.  Don&#8217;t be insulted.  You&#8217;ll understand when you reach the ether yourself that sometimes you stay emotionally connected with the living and sometimes you don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Fourth, the deceased may be there but no one is hearing them.  Sometimes the dead are jumping up and down around us, trying to get our attention, but we don&#8217;t detect them.  It&#8217;s not easy.  If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.  Sometimes the medium is unable to get the right frequency.  Sometimes the dead person is not transmitting in a way that the medium can pick up.  If the medium is very clairsentient but the dead person is transmitting in a clairvoyant way, then the medium may be unable to detect the presence of the dead person.  Keep trying with different mediums, or keep trying on your own.</p>
<p>I know it can feel very sad if you&#8217;re trying to get closure or reconnect with a loved one and they don&#8217;t seem to be there, but you don&#8217;t want to expend so much energy trying to communicate with a deceased loved one that you stop living your own life.  This is why it&#8217;s vitally important to tell your loved ones how much you love them while they are still here.</p>
<p>In the meantime, send love to your dearly departed.  They will receive it.  Take comfort in knowing they are alright and that you&#8217;ll see them again when you reach the other side.</p>
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		<title>When do deceased people slough off their personas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Pavlina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Afer a person dies, how long does it take for them to slough off their persona? At some point do they just become their higher self, and if so, during a reading, would that person&#8217;s higher self come through or would their previous persona come through? &#8211; Tina Answer: When I connect with a... <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2011/12/when-do-deceased-people-slough-off-their-personas/">Read On</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.erinpavlina.com/images/q&#038;a.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="132" hspace="10" border="0" align="left"/><strong>Question: Afer a person dies, how long does it take for them to slough off their persona?  At some point do they just become their higher self, and if so, during a reading, would that person&#8217;s higher self come through or would their previous persona come through? &#8211; Tina</strong></p>
<p>Answer:  When I connect with a deceased person during a <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/book-reading.htm">reading</a> I am always connecting with the persona that my client would recognize.  So if Aunt Clara is coming through for my client, I&#8217;m connecting with the personality that was Aunt Clara in life.  I am not connecting with Aunt Clara&#8217;s higher self.  </p>
<p>I have never been looking for a deceased friend or relative and was presented with a person&#8217;s higher self instead.</p>
<p>So when does a person slough off the persona from their previous incarnation?  I believe it varies by person.  Sometimes a person &#8220;hangs on&#8221; to their old life because they are still emotionally connected to their living loved ones, or they are waiting for someone, like a spouse, to die so they can move on together.  At some point every spirit lets go and merges back with their higher self.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll bet it&#8217;s possible for a higher self to still come through as a previous persona, but I have never had that experience with a spirit.</p>
<p>No medium can guarantee contact with a specific deceased person.  What I&#8217;ve noticed is sometimes I&#8217;ll bring a spirit through and my client will say, &#8220;Yep, he comes through every time I do a reading with a medium.&#8221;  That&#8217;s a spirit who is still connected, hovering, and hanging around their loved ones.  I&#8217;ve also had situations where a certain spirit never comes through no matter how many readings a person gets with a medium, and I suspect those spirits have disconnected and moved on.</p>
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