Elvis - A Lighted Candle

[Laura]

I just got through watching Elvis's Friend Remembers by Joe Esposito. I am now weeping because it seemed so personal to me. As much as I am not a fan of Joe's books and the MM, I think he did a wonderful job with this movie. It was positive and as much as he could he told the truth. I mean he couldn't say the truth about a few things because he would be putting some people down. It was heartwarming and at the same time very sad to see Elvis so full of life knowing that he is no longer on this earth plane. I just feel so sad right now. Elvis just seem to jump right out of the screen like here was still alive and here with us. It made me say, I can't believe he's dead. Joe, if you read this site, thank you for doing that movie. It was very touching. He was so full of life. It was as if I was in another world while watching it.

I didn't even know Elvis then and yet I grieve for him like I lost a family member. I wasn't even an Elvis fan until my Elvis dream, yet now I want to reach to the heavens just to see if he will reach back and touch my hand. We all lost so much, yet at the same time we gained so much with his death. None of us would be here reaching out to each other if it wasn't for Elvis' death. I feel that I have become much more compassionate through getting to know him. I want to be like he was with his caring, generous and loving ways. He is not here, yet he has taught me so much. He came to Maia and now she does his work by having this site for all of us. He is still with Wanda and through him she teaches us too. I am so grateful that I can come here and express what I need to. Many people would have called me crazy if I said these things to them, but I know that millions of us can't all be crazy. There is something that we know. I just wish the whole world could feel what we do. What a better world it woud be. I often still ask why me, but I am beginning to settle this question in my brain. I now say thank god Elvis chose me to come to.

I weep for those he left behind, I weep for him, for what could have been and I weep because he is at home again with his beloved parents, family and friends. He is peaceful and happy and one day I will meet him and rejoice.

[Wanda June Hill]

Hi, yes Joe did a good job on that- I have seen it on ION tv twice now and each time I do, I think at least he's done this and it's a good portral and honest sounding as he could be. For that I thank him very much. I feel that he has some feelings of remorse that he can't share so doing that has given him some comfort for the past. Hopefully, anyway.

Laura people always think people who have feelings and share them, or feel something that's "odd" to them so they think oh "crazy" etc:. and those who haven't opened that door to their inner spiritual selves, well, they can't understand... and won't until it happens. And for many it will- though some will never even know that theyve missed.

Today's world is so cyncial and often hateful as well, I don't know why it's become that way, young men and women too, are so mean to each other, so critical and cruel in thought and deed and they think nothing of it- especailly those in the meda fields. I am glad Elvis isn't here now, they would be slicing him up with razor thin strips and haning it all out to dry, twisting and turning in their "wind" what ever they want other s to think about him. It was just beginning when he left- the Nat. Enquior printed the ugliest picture they could find and posted it everywhere on the front pages, tearing him apart because he "was fat" and one could see he was not- it was just swelling of the abdomen- the rest of his body was bone thin, front and back and then his face was puffy. It hurt him deeply but he hid it... as usual, making a joke and laughing about it. Though I know his heart wasn't laughing.

I haven't even seen Elvis Straight Up by Joe, but from what I've heard, I won't go there. Some things don't need to be told and some things get distorted easily; Joe wasn't always around either- though as Elvis said, "it's hard keepin' them away from here" he was referring to Graceland when between work. "They keep comin' back- like they might be gonna missin' something!" He'd send them home to their families and within in a day or less, they'd trail back in "to see if I need somethin'" he said, snickeringly. He understood, but he wanted some freedom from them too- And he felt so gulity when their families begain breaking up.
He said, what can I do? I can't stand out there with a gun an keep them away!"

[ALNA]

Laura girl you are not alone in those feelings..... There is no day that goes by for me that i think of him. He is in my hearth , part of my life forever.
Once Elvis touched you (reached you) you can't but think about him and he was special.

Was he mere mortal????? Sometimes i do believe he was more. IMO he was Godsend after a dark period of war, poverty, depression etc etc.....

He was a gift of God to mankind, I truly believe that.

Is spirit is still so present and so alive and in many many ways people still feel him, see him, hear him. He has a way of reaching us, be sure about that.....

I hope and i truly do that wherever he is he KNOWS how much he still is loved and missed and worshipped by us....

How much his life and inner being has continued to teach millions of fans to be a good person.

When i was in Memphis at his grave , i was sitting in front of his tomb and looked at the people passing by.... There was such a serenity, such a peace and people prayed, knelt on their kness, cried, talked to him ...... I was an observer but me and my hubs agreed on one thing......


He was more then just a human being....... Scenes like that we only saw once and it was at Lourdes, the famous place where the mother of Jesus , Maria, was seen by a little girl.....

Graceland is more then just his home, especially the meditation garden..... He still is there, he sees us, you simply FEEL him there, you feel his look really.....


Elvis was not only a gorgeous man, he had abilities that most people don't have. He was special that's for sure and my view is that generations to come will still worship him...

So you see Laurie, you are certainly not alone but a very fortunate one to have been chosen by him too, to be touched by him, reached by him....

[MaryInTheMorning]

I just got through watching Elvis's Friend Remembers by Joe Esposito. I am now weeping because it seemed so personal to me. As much as I am not a fan of Joe's books and the MM, I think he did a wonderful job with this movie. It was positive and as much as he could he told the truth. I mean he couldn't say the truth about a few things because he would be putting some people down. It was heartwarming and at the same time very sad to see Elvis so full of life knowing that he is no longer on this earth plane. I just feel so sad right now. Elvis just seem to jump right out of the screen like here was still alive and here with us. It made me say, I can't believe he's dead. Joe, if you read this site, thank you for doing that movie. It was very touching. He was so full of life. It was as if I was in another world while watching it.

I didn't even know Elvis then and yet I grieve for him like I lost a family member. I wasn't even an Elvis fan until my Elvis dream, yet now I want to reach to the heavens just to see if he will reach back and touch my hand. We all lost so much, yet at the same time we gained so much with his death. None of us would be here reaching out to each other if it wasn't for Elvis' death. I feel that I have become much more compassionate through getting to know him. I want to be like he was with his caring, generous and loving ways. He is not here, yet he has taught me so much. He came to Maia and now she does his work by having this site for all of us. He is still with Wanda and through him she teaches us too. I am so grateful that I can come here and express what I need to. Many people would have called me crazy if I said these things to them, but I know that millions of us can't all be crazy. There is something that we know. I just wish the whole world could feel what we do. What a better world it woud be. I often still ask why me, but I am beginning to settle this question in my brain. I now say thank god Elvis chose me to come to.

I weep for those he left behind, I weep for him, for what could have been and I weep because he is at home again with his beloved parents, family and friends. He is peaceful and happy and one day I will meet him and rejoice.

Sweet Laura you have perfectly expressed the sentiments of my heart with all of your beautiful thoughts--especially what you said at the very end of your beautiful post!! Thank you so much my dear friend!!

[FairyTale]

Alna and Laurie I have put a Poem under Sweet Inspiritation called Elvis you have Never really Left, and what you Ladies have said here is what I said in my Poem. Its seems as though this time the 31st AnniversaryI have really been Missing Elvis even more, and Elvis is always in my mind. I have No Doubt that Elvis knows how very much we here at ELC Love him and can't wait for the ones like me to see him and be with him on the other side.

[ALNA]

thanks Fairytale, i will take a look at it.....

It is indeed sad to think he left us 31 years ago......

Can you imagine a great part of his fans never even knew him alive......

Soon he will be longer death then he was alive and that tought kills me sometimes.....

There was still so much for him to discover, to enjoy, to change.....

I know I have got to believe he is in a better place now but still with all my human flaws i still don't find it fair you know..... I still wanted to keep him here on earth......

Very mixed feelings i experience about his death still and don't know to be happy for him or sad. Hope it makes a bit sense

[FairyTale]

Alna I know just how you feel, I so Wish I could have just One Day and have Elvis here on Earth again. So I could Touch that Face and Look into those Eyes, and See that Smile! I could Use One of Those Special Kisses if he didn't Mind To!

[Wanda Mc]

Today was just a day where I had to be here with you guys (sort of!). I always feel so odd having strong feelings of loss and sadness for a man I never knew. There's just been this hole in my heart for 31 years now, and although he is a part of my life every day in thought and through his music, at times like this I have a profound since of sadness. The world changed that day, at least for me, because he made such an impact on me and apparently a lot of other people. Thank goodness for that! At least it isn't only me.

Through the people on this site and others who have openly shared their personal memories of Elvis, I have a better understanding of who he was outside of the public spotlight and why he had the ability to affect so many people, whether we actually knew him or not. His presence is still everywhere in our culture so even those not born in 1977 can still experience him and his music and everything about him that made people love him for 21 years before that.

So as always on August 16, I cry a little, miss him a lot, and think of what could've been. I guess it's just a reminder of how I felt that day, like someone had kicked me in the gut and ripped my heart out. It took a long time to get over that awful feeling, and sometimes it creeps back, like today. But then I'll suck it up, get on with life (again), and happily include Elvis in my life every day, without the tears.

Thanks for "listening." I really feel like this is the only place I can share these thoughts and feelings and have people understand. And Elvis, if you're listening, I still miss you, babe. Always will.

[ALNA]

Wanda,

I think you just worded EXACTLY how we all feel about him . Especially Today again.

He is in my toughts the whole day and i wished I knew about exactly the moment he died (time). I will lid a candle next to his pic and will pray a bit for him too in silence.....

If we had only could have been there for him on that particular day..... Isn't it strange that a man with millions of fans died all alone on his bathroom floor according to various sources, even crawling for some help to come.....


So sad

[Sarena]

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.

El'vis through Maia two years ago.
To me it is a day to celebrate his Freedom in Spirit.

[Rainbow Light]

Thank you, Sarena for posting this up for us as a message received earlier through our dear Maia! I agree very much with you, that the sixteenth of August is a day to celebrate Elvis' freedom of spirit!

He's in a beautiful and most wonderful place, free, alive and still able to be with us whenever we most need his sweet spirit to be!