Could life exist without death?

There is no death!

The stars go down

To rise upon some fairer shore―

And bright in heaven's jewelled crown

They shine for evermore.

There is no death!

The dust we tread

Shall change beneath the summer showers

To golden grain or mellow fruit―

Or rainbow-tinted flowers.

The granite rocks disorganise

To feed the hungry moss they bear―

The fairest leaves drink daily life

From out the viewless air.

There is no death!

The leaves may fall―

The flowers may fade and pass away―

They only wait through wintry hours

The coming of the May.

And ever near us, though unseen―

The dear immortal spirits tread―

For all the boundless universe

Is life―there are no dead.

―By a Spirit

How does sleep affect you spiritually?

Do you when away from your body in sleep gain any useful information in spirit?

Yes, at times, the spirit does bring back information—sometimes, in the shape of a warning of coming evil to the individual and impression of the proper course to avoid the evil. 

Again, there is not the smallest doubt that anyone who is placed in difficult and perplexing circumstances is greatly benefitted by taking what is called a good sleep over it. 

There is a great truth in that old saying, as there is in many of such sayings. Man is not aware of all the good he might gain by resorting to this simple method in his seasons of perplexity. 

The fact is that mortals are nearly half their time in the spirit world, that is, if you take into account their thoughtful, contemplative hours along with those devoted to sleep.

―Hafed, Prince of Persia, in Spirit

Spiritual Toll?

In times of great national oppression and revolt, when the heated passions of men are inflamed to fever heat, dark dwellers of the depths are drawn up to earth's surface by the force of kindred desires, exciting and urging on revolutions, which, begun at first, from motives that were high and pure and noble, will under the stress of passion and the instigation of these dark beings from the lower sphere become at last mere excuses for wild butcheries and excesses of every kind. 

By these very excesses, a reaction is created, and these dark demons, and those whom they control, are in their turn swept away by the higher powers, leaving a wide track of ruin and suffering to mark where they have been. 

Thus, in these lowest hells, a rich harvest is reaped of unhappy souls who have been drawn down along with the evil spirits that have tempted them.

Cycle of Revolutionary Decay?

In times of great national oppression and revolt, when the heated passions of men are inflamed to fever heat, dark dwellers of the depths are drawn up to earth's surface by the force of kindred desires, exciting and urging on revolutions, which, begun at first, from motives that were high and pure and noble, will under the stress of passion and the instigation of these dark beings from the lower sphere become at last mere excuses for wild butcheries and excesses of every kind. 

By these very excesses, a reaction is created, and these dark demons, and those whom they control, are in their turn swept away by the higher powers, leaving a wide track of ruin and suffering to mark where they have been. 

Thus, in these lowest hells, a rich harvest is reaped of unhappy souls who have been drawn down along with the evil spirits that have tempted them.

Can a soul die before the body?

Observation teaches me that bird, and beast, and flower,

And every creeping thing, which now possesses living power,

Will truly, in another form, enjoy a higher state—

For nothing, which has life below will God annihilate.

What the soul is to the man, such is instinct to the beast—

And if we hold that one will live when from the earth released,

Why then this rule will also in the other case apply—

For reason teaches me that soul or instinct cannot die!

But that which is repugnant now unto the mortal eyes,

Will, in this blessed world of peace, become most spiritualised—

And all things hideous to the gaze a different look will wear,

As the undying soul unfolds within these mansions fair.

I know that many earthly minds will ridicule the thought

That God has not a single bird, or beast, or flower, forgot—

That He, who, without notice, would not let a sparrow fall,

Has, in a brighter realm beyond, provided for them all!

But as the soul's interior powers develop and expand,

As it unfolds in love and truth within the Spirit Land,

It then will better be prepared to comprehend and see

What now appears so deeply wrapped in doubt and mystery!

Twelve Messages from the spirit of John Quincy Adams