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Spiritual Journey of
The Soul
Learning in the Spirit World
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Once the spirit has fairly recuperated and
understands its current situation, it settles down to
active life in the spirit world. This recuperation and
transition takes whatever period of time is necessary
for each spirit, depending on its intellectual,
spiritual, and moral level; some spirits take a short
time, others a very long time. When spirits are ready to
be active, they get involved in many activities. One of
these is they can start learning other things while they
are in the spirit world which are very different than in
the material world. Some of these topics are about
personal conduct and responsibility, spiritual science,
love, duty, faith, and whatever else they may need to
further their moral progression.
When a spirit is ready, and at a certain level of
advancement, it will learn what the purpose of their
last material existence was, and whether they succeeded
in advancing in it. They find out if they have become at
least a little bit better now, then when they first
arrived into their last material life. They find out if
they have truly put into practice, on earth, the many
valuable lessons they had learned from the choices they
made from in their previous lives and study in the
spirit world.
They also learn if they have passed whatever tests and
atonements (expiation and reparation) that they needed
to accomplish, for their proper development and to have
advanced spiritually, intellectually, and morally. Since
these spirits had voluntarily agreed to the types of
tests and trials they would undergo (many which may have
been terribly painful and horrible, physically and/or
emotionally) they are ecstatic if they find their
efforts have been a success.
A spirit can learn many spiritual lessons in the spirit
world, but it is only in the material world where they
can be put into practice, in order to truly progress. A
spirit can also mark time in its progress in an
existence, but it cannot retrograde. The purpose of
material life is to advance: intellectually,
spiritually, and morally. The choices the spirit makes
(its thoughts, words, and deeds) while in the material
world determine whether it has indeed progressed. This
is based on the Universal Law of Cause and Effect. But,
the Creator is All Love and so the Law always takes into
consideration any mitigating circumstances, the intent
of the person is extremely important (more important at
times than the act itself), the spirit’s level of
culpability (in other words, did it really know it was
making a wrong and hurtful choice), and a lot depends on
the current moral, spiritual, and intellectual level of
each spirit. No matter what else, the Scales of the
Divine Justice are Perfect, so there are no mistakes.
As spirits become more active, they may also learn by
observing those in the material world. They travel with
guides, in groups, small or large. Many are brought to
centers where mediums work and they may be allowed to
communicate through one.
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