What is spirit power?

Yes—dear children, although it may seem strange to you, even the pavements on which you walk are charged with spirit power, and if you could see with the eyes of the spirit, you could read the life's history—nay—I speak not only of the little life of the earth, but the life's history of those who had worked upon it—the effort, the lack of effort, the striving, the weariness, the giving up, the despair, and, worse than that, the indifference—the ignoring of God of His laws—the ignorance of their duty to others.

Yes—dear children, in a small space of the road or the pavement, there is a volume of fact, an unending mass of information, not only of the man who worked thereon, but of his life before he entered the physical body, and of those lives, which have come into touch with his own.

—Zodiac, the Christ Messenger

Which religion is closest to reality?

What is the best form of religion? 

Form is body, body is form, and that can be of no importance. 

The true church includes all who, having accepted the Way, walk therein, and religion cannot be a form—whatever you find most conducive to general use, as a plant takes from earth what it needs, so take from life what you find will make you blossom and beautify as your desires grow more heavenly—the outer form is necessary as body is always necessary to spirit on your earth, so try to find the body that suits you best, and cling to it.

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How do you succeed in prayer?

One cannot always succeed in praying―

The desire is accepted, and you have already had moments of great peace and content. There are some of the Father's children to whom this joy never comes―so be willing to work, and wait with faith and patience.

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How can we prove Plato's world of forms?

Do forms change in other objective worlds?

 

In the material of which they are composed.

The soul,, having once become in the form of a man has nothing higher to attain, and can never be degraded to anything lower.

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Is the Sun inhabited?

In answer to questions, the stranger Spirit said—

Yes, the Sun is inhabited by bright and glorious beings. We walk with them and they see us—indeed, so close is our communion, we can see each other, as you do on Earth.

When I was in the earth body, I had the idea that no other world was peopled. But all the planets are inhabited. 

The Moon has its life, both animal and vegetable. We have traversed it. 

The mountains are high and covered with snow, such as some in the northern latitudes of the Earth, and there are some sweet and lovely valleys. The inhabitants appear to be happy, and in a state of innocence.

Hafed, Prince of Persia—His Experiences in Earth Life and Spirit Life

How far is Heaven from Earth?

Is it far in actual space from here to heaven? 

Can it be far if the Kingdom is within you? 

Space does not exist for us, and there is no space between you and me―that belongs only to the material world. 

You perhaps do not get a clear idea of it, but think of space for a moment, and you will see that it changes itself into time, and so you might see that time was only sensation.

You said in a former writing that we were so remote from you? 

I meant that the material form in which it reaches you is remote from our mode of communication here. 

To think is to know―with you many words only obscure your meaning.

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Do loved ones know each other in heaven?

I did not know we should depend on others after going to heaven? 

The moment that dependence is broken, hell begins.

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What is a vision in Christ?

Does the vision of Christ in the soul seem the same to all who behold it? 

No, to each soul he is different, for as no two faces are alike, so each soul bears its individual image of God.

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How does Jesus manifest himself to us?

How does Christ manifest himself to the individual soul? 

By permeating the soul with his divinity, as the perfume of a flower permeates the atmosphere in which it lives—when the human soul has extricated itself sufficiently from the bonds in which it must grow, it lifts its head like a plant above the earth, and inhales the airs of heaven.

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Is it possible to see Jesus?

Do you ever see Christ? 

He comes to us in our hours of deepest spirituality—at other times, He is our Light, and we look at him from afar, as you do at your natural sun.

Can we ever behold him as a spiritual sun? 

Yes—you can feel, and you have felt both His light and heat, and the nearer you live his life, the stronger that light and heat will glow in your heart.

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What do we take with us to heaven?

One carries nothing, but Truth into heaven. 

Into the first state after death, that is, into the spiritual world, man carries all of himself, but his outer or fleshly body. There all your false thoughts are taken from you—

The soul is unclothed.

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At what point is the soul created?

At what moment does the soul incarnate? 

Which soul do you mean? 

The human soul is the germ of life, and around that [the human soul] grows the physical body before birth.

At what time is the spiritual soul incarnated? 

At different times. 

The time the soul becomes an active agent is when the man becomes the master of himself and his actions.

If a child dies before it is born, does it live on? 

No, the human soul must be carried by the spiritual soul.

When does this soul that we have through life first incarnate? 

When the First Breath of Life is breathed, as has been written—God breathes into man and he becomes a living soul, but that soul, like the infant's body, does not act for itself until later. Man gets his human soul from his father, thus, like produces like—an animal gives an animal soul, a vegetable, a vegetable soul of its kind, likewise.

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How to grow up in spiritual life?

How can you improve in spiritual things? 

By the teachings of Christ.

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Is the resurrection of Jesus true or false?

 

Will you tell us of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ? 

The death of Christ and His mode of death were inevitable, for men would not allow such a pure life to exist in their atmosphere—it was not an expiation—His death was a part of His plan, for it was necessary for him to die that He might prove that He governed death, as He did life. He said—No man taketh my life, but I lay it down of myself. 

His resurrection was exactly as it was recorded, and is the great truth of your religion.

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Why could the disciples not recognize Jesus?

Why did the disciples not recognise Jesus when he appeared to them after his death? 

Because after his resurrection, his body was a spiritual body, and their natural eyes could not behold him—when they really saw him, it was with their spiritual eyes.

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Is it selfish to focus on yourself?

Is it selfish for each to struggle for his own perfection?

Not if you follow Christ, for then each one is struggling for the good of the many, and all that elevates humanity as a whole, elevates each soul that composes it.

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Does pure evil exist?

Is there a world of desires—or passions of unsatisfied earthly cravings? 

There is, and in that world many souls linger and refuse to be unclothed, for freedom is never taken from the soul, and in every state, she does what seems to her good.

Is there a world of shadows, having form and objectivity?

This is the world of which I have just spoken, and it is with this world that communication is most easily obtained, but I have taken care that its evils do not come near you.

Does evil finally become extinct—or are there persons so evil that they survive? 

In the end, all things are good, for evil is only contrary to good, which is God, and He will, in the end, bring all creation back to himself.

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What happens to bad souls when they die?

Do souls if evil descend into brutes?

A human soul never becomes anything lower, for that would be contrary to God's Law, which is to bring things up through infinite gradations to himself.

Can intensely evil souls die and perish?

God is patience in its highest form, and there never yet has been an instance of this annihilation, but in older parts of the Universe, I am taught this has been the case.

What do you mean by older parts of the Universe?

Do you not see by looking in the heavens what a speck our little system is. It is also a comparatively new one, and there are other systems, which have existed millions of ages before we began.

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What is an inspiring story?

A friend in Hanover owned a small café.

He would daily throw out crumbs for the sparrows in the neighbourhood.

 

He noticed that one sparrow was injured, so that it had difficulty getting about.

But he was interested to discover that the other sparrows, apparently by mutual agreement, would leave the crumbs, which lay nearest to their crippled comrade, so that he could get his share, undisturbed.

―Albert Schweitzer