What would you do if you were an angel?

I do not yet comprehend the law of soul-mates—or counterparts—

If you were to examine one of these spiritual germs before it had ever been breathed in by man, you would soon discover the law, which regulates soul counterparts. 

Innumerable small pellucid transparent globes float here—there—everywhere. 

On close examination, you would find it an indestructible spiritual germ in the form of an egg, and within it are two perfect forms—the man and woman to be—the male and female in one—the future angel. 

The forms would be perfect, but the eyes would be closed—they are not yet self-conscious—or intelligent. 

Consciousness and intelligence are yet in store for them.

How is it that children are born singly, not in pairs as this germ would indicate?

These globes are perfect germs—they have never yet been breathed into the lungs of living man—that is reserved for them.

When these perfect germs are breathed in by man, the positive—or male half germinates—or develops first—

The female half—or negative is thrown back into the atmosphere in the form of an oblong globe, for they must be separated to be born male and female, for if this were not so, the law of propagation would be at an end. 

This latter globe, being oblong, never rises above the dense atmosphere, and the lungs of man have a far greater attraction for it than they did when it was a perfect globe—

Therefore, it almost immediately becomes incarnated. 

They are born into life in equal numbers. 

Now after these germs have expanded and become intelligent (wo)men—or otherwise, and then leave their bodies—or die, they are again united and form one completed angel. 

You once existed within one of these perfect globes—or germs, as one—

From thence, you became (wo)man, performed your work on earth, becoming conscious and intelligent—

From thence, you have become again united and are now a perfected angel, far on your road toward heavenly wisdom. 

Which would you prefer to be—an angel—or the undeveloped germ of an angel, for many people say they wish they had never been born?