Prior Lake court reporter says God dictated her book

Prior Lake American

Prior Lake resident Melissa Klima has conversations with God. It’s not unusual — plenty of people talk to God.

But, Klima said, God talked back.

Klima said that in 2017 she was experiencing burnout in her job and depression due to multiple deaths of friends and family.

“I was thinking, ‘What is the point of all of this,’ you know?” Klima said. “What I wanted to experience was some enlightenment — I wanted to feel better. One thing I kept hearing was to use whatever you’re good at to connect to your higher power, because that’s a fast-track way to experience enlightenment.”

Klima — who is the owner of Chaser Court Reporting, a business that provides court reporting services on a freelance basis — said God then spoke to her in August 2017.

“I just heard God speak to me loud and clear and he said, ‘Take my deposition, because you’re good at court reporting,’” Klima said. “I felt like I’ve communicated with God before and then I would second guess myself ... but this time it was so profound and clear.”

Klima said she then took out her stenotype machine and asked God questions she’s always wanted to know the answers to. Now, she’s compiled the questions and answers into a self-published book titled “Deposition of God” that’s for sale on Amazon and depositionofgod.org.

When she refers to God, Klima said she’s speaking about God, the universe, the divine or whatever one might call it.

“To me, whether you say God, universe, the divine — it’s all energy,” she said. “It’s all the same energy. ... It’s not that it is or isn’t Christianity, it’s all of it. It’s universal.”

Klima said she was nervous about publishing the book because she knows how it sounds — but she said God encouraged her to go through with it.

“I was kind of nervous to tell anybody because I didn’t want anybody to think I was crazy like, ‘Wow, she’s really losing it,’” she said. “I didn’t want to make it public because I don’t like rejection. I was afraid of that. I was strongly encouraged to take that leap of faith that everything would be OK.”

In her conversations, Klima said she’s realized that many people have had their own experiences of talking to God.

“The really cool thing about it is everyone has been so supportive and the more I talk to people about it, they have their own stories about how they’ve communicated with the divine,” she said. “It’s a lot more common than you think. I think people just don’t always talk about it or they don’t always realize it.”

Surprising answers

Klima said the answer from God that surprised her the most was that children choose their parents prior to being born.

“That had never crossed my mind that that’s how it was,” she said. “And then it was a really good feeling to think my kids chose me.”

In the book, God tells Klima that each person is a soul that chooses to participate in life and goes in knowing the good and the bad possibilities, but forgets when they are born. After they die, they remember again. Souls can also choose to “play” again, like reincarnation.

And just because the first book is published doesn’t mean the conversations have stopped. Klima said the conversations can happen at any point, so she keeps her (stenotype machine) with her. She’s working on a second “Deposition of God.”

“When I get my (stenotype machine) out it’s like all the thoughts that go through your mind get quiet and then there’s this sense of quiet and peace where I can have conversations with the divine, with the universe,” she said.

The deposition has helped her see the magic in life again, Klima said.

“When I’ve felt my worst is when I’ve forgotten what a beautiful miracle all of us are and when I remember again how magical life really is and what a beautiful mystery it is, then you just feel so great again,” she said.