Elvis - A Lighted Candle

[ALNA]

I woke up again with a well known feeling. The typical 16th Of August feeling.
It is a feeling of sadness, of memories of flashbacks going trough my head.
I was only 11 when he left us. Packed and readdy to make a trip to France with my parents when we heard the news.
I didn't know that guy at first, just heard the radio news and altough my parents were no real fans , they did start to make comments like he still is so young and unbelievable etc etc.
After the announcement the radio in our car began to play his songs...... and there the magic happened.... First song i remember hearing was Wooden hearth and i was literally captured by his voice. Never heard such a soft voice, such a beautiful sound. We made our first stop over and my mom bought some newspapers and magazines and on every cover there he was...... Suddenly that unfortunate man got a face and i was falling in love from the very first glimpse i saw of him on the covers..... There he was young, alive, beautiful like i had never ever seen someone before.......
Yep I became a fan on that sad day and it never left me again. I see now glimpses of myself, that little girl in the backseat of the car, with magazines on my lap, trying to hear every song, urging my parents to hush hush and to let me hear him sing. Asking them every possible question about his life that they might knew........

Every year again since then my passion and love for him grew and grew. Now he is part of my life forever. No day goes by without thinking at him, hearing some songs, collect some pics etc etc..... it is a lifetime passion......

Together with growing older, i also began to realise his life was not at all the fairytale portrayed by so many and I felt sad. Sad for him, because he did deserve a better life, a longer life, a more healthier life and above all he deserved better people around him......

I am just a fan, he never knew me but I feel priviliged to have learn to know him in many many ways..... I met wonderful people, fellow fans during those 31 years , from all over the world thanks to him.

Because what we all have in common is our deep love for him and our worship without being blind to his human flaws.

he truly was a generous and beautiful soul.

I hope his lifestory will continue to attrackt new fans, young fans, and that he will never ever be forgotten.

Elvis was unique. He may be copied a zillion times but hey there was only one Elvis and I doubt it very very much that our world will ever experience one entertainer or human being like him ever again.......

He was ment to be, I truly believe that......

After a sad period of worldwar, poverty, depression he was God's gift to make people happy again. People all over the world, rich or poor, black or white...... God that man was loved.

Did he ever realise how much????? I often wonder that. He felt lonly I hear that so often being told......

Well Elvis wherever you are, hope you can read my toughts.

You are loved still so much by so many and missed every single day.

Faith did what it had to do and God saw you needed the rest so i can only hope you are now in a way much better place together with all those you love.

Rest in peace my beautiful friend.

And thanks for everything......... No words can describe my feelings of love and gratitude towards you

[Sarena]

Your tribute to Elvis is very sincere and touching, Alna. I myself am so thankful to him. He contributed so much to my happiness through all these years and I find no words to express my love for him......

I like to quote again El'vis' comment on his passing through Maia two years ago, because it makes me happy:

El'vis / Rhama Azul on 8/16/06

This date for me is not a day when I "died" but when I became free to be my true and complete SELF. It was such a joy for my soul to soar into the LIGHT and be met by my mother, father and others who are dear to me - not only in my life as "Elvis Presley", but souls whom I knew from other lifetimes and some who have never incarnated, but been true soul mates on the Other Side.

At first, I filled mself with the great LOVE I felt - not only from those who gathered around me, but from PURE SOURCE itself...and I knew then, beyond a doubt that I was still VERY MUCH ALIVE - more alive than before. I knew beyond a doubt that "God" was everywhere, in everything and in ME - the enduring Self. I was to come to understand later than even the "Self" will eventually merge with the ALL, but that is further into the Sacred Deep than I dwell at this time. I am still experiencing the "I AM" in a greatly expanded version as it is here, where I dwell.

The first place I "was" was not where I am now. At some point (time is not a factor here) I was somewhere else - somewhere more expansive - what Maia is calling "Numis'OM." No matter, for it is ALL the ALL. Such a joyous feeling to never feel separated from anything or anyplace. You do not go from "here" to "there" but envelope "there" into "here." NO SEPARATION.

So I am also with you all when you think of me or call upon me. I am with all those who pass through the gates of Graceland -- especially on August 16th, due to their intense feelings then. I feel their LOVE, but I also recognize that they really come to Graceland to honor the Spirit within them. Their conscious minds may feel that they are coming to honor and remember me, but deeper, it is that through my soul, my incarnation as "Elvis" they felt THEMSELVES - the part of them that is sacred - that they love and respect. When they journey to Graceland with their candles and processions, so they allow themselves to FEEL SPIRIT within their own beings.

So when you think of me, when you send me your love and remembrance, know that you are really honoring and loving yourselves through the memory of one who honors and loves you!

As an aside....Graceland is upon a Native American sacred grounds, where only priests and preistesses lived and others came to do sacred ceremony with the "Gods" (natual forces) of the earth. These "natives" had originally migrated from the Yucataan, and so were a mixture of Mayan and Cherokee descent.

In my lifetime as De-Ka-Nah-Wi-Da I visited this place then, as it was known to be a gathering ground for sacred pilgrimage.

[Blue Moon]

Such a moving tribute Alna. You are always so good at expressing your heart.
Every fan has their own way of honoring August 16. I prefer to honor his life rather than focus on his death so as to not allow myself to become sad on this day. I had my time of weeping a few years ago. It was a spiritual thing which happened and it went on for a few months. And it was more than just for Elvis, though he was a part of it.

It is amazing how so many people like yourself became a fan in an instant. The same was with me too. One day I wasn't any special fan to the next day becoming a fan for life. So Elvis was more than just an ordinary musician. Spiritually he is still touching people, I think because of the thoughtful unselfish giving heart he had while alive on this Earth. He was a spiritual light which shined and touched many & is still touching people. Yet, I find it disappointing that many do not even see that aspect of him. They are only attracted to the singer, missing the heart behind the singer. But with people like Maia & Wanda, & Larry, hopefully that side of him become better known.

Thanks for Sarena for your post as well. A thought provoking piece.

Alna, I have to add that the moving picture you posted of Elvis, from the Trouble With Girls, is one of my favorite scenes of him, especially when that wide smile shows up. He is so handsome in that movie and that smile there is full of so much twinkle & charm. I feel like some of the real Elvis comes through in that part.

[ALNA]

thanks Laurie for everything.

I wanted to add a pic and tought it over very carefully. I choose it also because that is how he will be in my memory forever...... Beautiful, very charming and classy and so full of life, such a gentle aura and indeed so many sparks in his eyes.....

He closes a curtain and he comes to us.... in a way i see it also as : he left his earthly life but continues to move us, to reach us.......

[MaryInTheMorning]

......he left his earthly life but continues to move us, to reach us.......

A BIG AMEN to your perfect words here sweet Alna!! I must concur with what Laurie said in that you are most definitely always so good at expressing what's in your beautiful heart!! Thank you so much for the very moving and tender tribute you shared with us about our special guy!! Thanks also for that absolutely beautiful moving picture from the movie TTWG you posted for us too!! That particular capture is one of my favorite moments from the movie because of that sweet smile and michievious twinkle in his beautiful eyes!! I feel that so much of the natural Elvis shines through in that particular moment!! Sweet Sarena my thanks to you also for posting up again El'vis' comments about his passing through Maia. It was again very heart-touching and inspiring to read.

[ALNA]

you're welcome my friend

[Rainbow Light]

A BIG AMEN to your perfect words here sweet Alna!! I must concur with what Laurie said in that you are most definitely always so good at expressing what's in your beautiful heart!! Thank you so much for the very moving and tender tribute you shared with us about our special guy!! Thanks also for that absolutely beautiful moving picture from the movie TTWG you posted for us too!! That particular capture is one of my favorite moments from the movie because of that sweet smile and michievious twinkle in his beautiful eyes!! I feel that so much of the natural Elvis shines through in that particular moment!!

Do I ever share/echo these wonderful words above, seconding your Amen right now, dear Mari!

[FairyTale]

Those People that Only see and Hear The Image,they haven't really Listened to LOVE LETTERS!, JUST PRETEND! AND THE POWER OF MY LOVE! AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST ONLY BELIEVE, AND HOW GREAT THOU ART!

[Rainbow Light]

May their eyes be opened, their ears unblocked and their hearts truly opened!

[MaryInTheMorning]

May their eyes be opened, their ears unblocked and their hearts truly opened!

FOREVER AND EVER AMEN Sue my dear angel!!!!!

[Rainbow Light]