Elvis - A Lighted Candle

by **73smile** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:55 am

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I like to believe that Elvis Presley was on this earth for a particular reason. When his mission was complete he was allowed to return 'home.'
Believing that he is in a place now that allows no hatred, no war, no poverty and no anger; helps me when I miss Elvis the very most. When the sky is clear here at night and the stars begin to appear in the darkened sky, then I know that one of the brightest is Elvis and he is watching over those of us who are still seeking the spiritual truth that he was able, at last, to find.

by **maia** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:32 pm

Yes, Cooper..this is as I feel as well. I also feel him REACHING OUT TO US to let us share in this blessing HERE and NOW...just like he shared so much with people when he was alive. Only now instead of cars and homes it is HEAVEN!!

WELCOME TO THE ELC FORUMS!

by **Barbara Lea** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:05 pm

HI COOPER 51 SO GLAD TO MEET YOU, MY NAME IS FAIRYTALE. IT IS SO FANTASTIC TO KNOW THAT ELVIS ISN'T REALLY " GONE " HE JUST TOOK UP A DIFFERENT RESIDENCE!

by **Rainbow Light** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:55 am

HI COOPER 51 AND WELCOME TO THE ELC FORUMS!

DO HOPE YOU WILL FIND ALL YOU NEED TO AND WISH TO KNOW ABOUT OUR BELOVED, DEAREST ELVIS! HOPE ALSO YOU WILL MEET SOME NEW FRIENDS, A MOST FRIENDLY AND CARING GROUP HERE I THINK YOU WILL FIND.

JUST LOVED HOW YOU EXPRESSED HOW YOU FELT ABOUT ELVIS AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US! BEAUTIFULLY WORDED AND RELATE TO WHAT YOU SAY SO WELL!

LOVE & LIGHT!, GOD BLESS!,

SUE

by **Elvis'SweetSweetSpirit** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:43 am

Hi Cooper51 welcome I am glad you joined you will love it here! I have learned so much this is a great place to be I love it here!! I love what you wrote its so beautiful and it is nice to know that Elvis is still with us and watching over us!!

Thanks,
Fran

by **Amanda Viola** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:09 am

Wellcome, Cooper 51!

It's so nice to have you with us in ELC.

I only miss something: would you, please, tell us, are you a she or a he? Whatever you are, I hope to be able to know you better, and better, and better.

Your post is such a good starting point, as I share with you absoluteley everything you say in it.

Wellcome on board and have a beautiful trip.

by **73smile** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:45 pm

Hello all.

I am a mom and a grandmother. I love the work that Elvis Presley did while he was here among us in the physical world. His gifts to all of us are not something that we could begin to comprehend how to measure.
When I look at the sky at night I see our Elvis because he is always the brightest of the millions and the millions of visible stars. I will search until I find the complete inner peace that Elvis found before he was called back to his first home. He had done so much good here and he was tired. We were absolutely blessed to have had his beauty here as a model of how a good person can work to help others. He always had a hand ready to help out another and it did not matter to him whether the individual was already a friend or a stranger. His hand was there and never is a person so humble as they are when helping another.
His laughter can make my heart smile on the stormiest of days and also on the very sunny days. I think I read once that there is good in all men and women here on earth. I think I would want to amend that just a little bit by saying that there is good in so many, many men and women but there is not in a few.
Elvis recognized that late into his time on earth and he inspires me to be a better person. When I hear him sing a song like "Bridge Over Troubled Water" or "Mary in the Morning" or "Run On" or "Life" I feel him close to me. The softness of his words are touching and the wonder of his ability to move me to tears never ceases to amaze me. I know he is here when he needs to be and I believe he is other places, too.
When I visited his earthly home in Memphis, I cried when I walked into the Trophy Building because I could feel his hand in mine and as I looked at all that he had accomplished in his short life here; my heart wept.
He had worked so hard while on his mission here that it was hard for him to realize that love was all around him.
It was not just the fans who loved him but he was loved and treasured by the one who sent him to us.
I miss him but I know that I will see him again one day. Now I know that he can laugh and sing and be with his family there with his first father and have no regret and no pain.
The stars at night are brighter because he is there and the oceans are bluer because he was here.
Until the end of my time here I will love him and be thankful that I was alive in the time that he was here.
Thank you, Elvis. I will be looking at the evening sky tonight and I know you will be there just like you were the day in the building that honors your achievements as an entertainer. When you held my hand that day to help me know that it was okay to feel what I was experiencing, I became determined to search for the peace that you finally found.

by **73smile** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:59 pm

I forgot one thing. Thank you all for the genuine and wonderful welcome. We can all be friends with the spiritual search that Elvis found to connect us all together. I look forward to hearing from many of you and replying to all of you.
I hope that each of you knows that I am thankful for having Elvis here in my lifetime and that this site exists to be able to share as we work along the path of being closer and closer to Elvis and to the peace that I feel certain that he did find.
His heart was large and his love had no 'do not enter signs' barring some from entering and feeling his love. HIs love was large then and it still is now.
That is how I feel today.
I just returned from a reception for a young couple who were married last month. The groom's mom told the bride that had it not been for me that they might not have met. I protested that notion because I had just recommended the four year school where they met on orientation day. Now, three years later, they are married. I told them it was not me that brought them together but instead that it was someone much stronger than me and that it was a loving spirit who would guide them as they grow in their shared love as man and wife.

by **maia** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:20 pm

Your words and sentiment is expressed beautifully and STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

I especially love "Elvis looked for what the truth really was to be and I would like to to learn what he found."

WELCOME DEAR SISTER IN OUR QUEST TOGETHER!

by **Amanda Viola** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:58 am

My heart welcomes and warms with everything you expressed above.

It's an unique experience, so meaningful and priceless, when a heart opens to others as you do. Unique, because every heart has an special quality and I'm grateful, deeply grateful, for you letting me know yours.

It's curious, but I know Elvisland, your place, as if I was born there. And it's a place that makes me feel always so peaceful and happy... And I have a strong affinity with all its residents.

by **Rainbow Light** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:47 am

Your words and sentiment is expressed beautifully and STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

I echo these words, Cooper 51 and thank you for expressing and sharing your words and feelings with us all!!

by **Elvis'SweetSweetSpirit** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:09 am

Thank you Cooper51 for expressing your feelings! I feel the same way!!

Thanks again
Fran

by **73smile** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:12 pm

I am listening to Elvis Inspirational which has his beauty-filled rendition of "If I Can Dream" on it. The song is meaningful to me on more than one level. Elvis Presley was insecure about singing this song in 1968. It was determined that it was one of those message songs and his manager did not want

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as he referred to Elvis, to sing a song that might actually say something to more than just the people who ran out to buy his records. Elvis found the courage and he sang the song at the end of the 68 special. In 1968, this country was at conflict in a land far away, where two of my brothers were sent after having been drafted and they did not know why. America was not just fighting far away it was also fighting itself in the march for civil rights. In April the leader of that rights movement, Dr. King, was murdered and later that summer Robert F.Kennedy joined his brother, our former president, in death, because Bobby was murdered, too. These men had fought long and hard for all of us to be able to enjoy the peace that "If I Can Dream" really tells us about---the words want us to become part of the singer's dream and to find the peace in it that some finally were finally ready to listen and so sadly many more were not and still are not.
One of my older brothers loved the song and played it at home and in his car and when he was not listening to it then he was talking about the inner love and understanding that Elvis sings about; if one really listens to each word of the song.
My brother believed this until he died so young, not yet 50, and this song was played at his funeral because he had told my mother if he died before she did that he wanted this song and "How Great Thou Art" both played at his service and so they were and there was not a person listening, really listening at that service, who did not feel part of our brother's peace come into our hearts. After first hearing "If I Can Dream" my brother had begun his spiritual struggle. Many people then did not want to hear what a spiritual peace could feel like or what that peace in the heart would do for the person forever.
A few months after my brother died a visitor to his former house was outside talking with his widow and "If I can Deam" began playing and they could hear the music coming out the open window but yet the radio was not plugged in and it had no batteries in it.
Elvis Presley found the truth during his journey and I hope that we can all find ours. I believe that my brother did and I am working on mine. It is hard, hard work, but no one ever said it would be an easy path to walk.
MSue

by **Amanda Viola** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:44 pm

Dear Cooper51,

Please let me call you dear, for you are already dear to my heart.

Your brother's soul echoed Elvis' and you did too. Now, it seems to me that all of us in this forum resound with the present Elvis' condition and it has a definitive effect on us. The path is traced and all we need is to be open to it and willing to follow its direction. What we find there undoubtedly has to do with Love, Truth, Peace and Light, as much as we dare to advance in the signaled direction, leaving fears and sadness behind.

So we have a path of Love ahead and a meeting point in the Field of Roses. Is it not really good? :wink:

by **Wanda June Hill** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:05 am

First I want to say thank you Cooper51 for posting and for sharing your feelings and love for Elvis with all of us.
It is so amazing and yet so natural, that so many people are coming forth to relate how Elvis touched their lives, their hearts and still does today. He wouldn't know quite how to accept it, but he would be grateful and humble and say it wasn't him, but the one who gave him the chance to be here. He loved being Elvis Presley, but he felt a deep responsiblity for having been chosen by God to BE Elvis Presley. I hope that now he knows he did that job well and people keep stepping up to say so-long after that 10 year span of time when he thought he would be "forgotten". No way!
Not while we can remember-and it's up to us to make sure his legacy of memories are remembered by those who will be here long after we are gone. Thank you Lord, for giving us Elvis . What a blessing he was-straight from God's loving heart to ours. wjh

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