Page 193 - Spirit- Teachings from the Highest Source

Earth Life.

It is the time now to discuss the nature of ones time spent
in the unreal world of the earth incarnation. Many, when they first
encounter the earth existence, get totally engrossed in the finery
that presents itself to their senses and consequently fail to
recognise the true purpose of their existence on that plane. On
their return to the reality that is known as Spirit life they then
realise the folly of the existence that they have just left. On the
basis of the clarity of knowing the true nature of their purpose
they resolve once again to attempt to complete their evolution in a
speedy fashion.

It is a difficult task that they face and though they
earnestly seek to conform to the rules they adopt to help them,
they find that your world is so unreal for them that they loose
sight of their direction, rather like a child in a fairyland. When the
reality of the Spirit world is presented to them they see it as
unreal because the tangible world to them is the one that their
physical senses respond to. It is necessary that they at some stage
discover the way things are; that the body is only a transient
vehicle for the Spirit to exist in for a short space in time; that the
immortality is for the Spirit and that the body is in fact their
mortal self. One does not see a suit of clothes as always existing,
you realise that it has a certain life span dictated by the quality of
the cloth, how you treat it and how the fashions change. You do
not allow the suit of clothes dictate to you how you must behave,