The following excerpt from A Message from Robert G. Ingersoll, transmitted by automatic writing through a Philadelphia psychic (1904), describes the spirit author's—or inspirer's state of mind on transition.
Feeling too happy to measure time, even had he been able to do so, some time elapsed before he awakened to a strange feeling of unrest—or more earthly sensations.
He bececame alarmed, for he seemed to recognise the events appearing before his mental vision, as earthly experiences, which became stronger and plainer until he felt very unhappy at some of the things he saw and heard.
At last, he called his angel guide and requested her to explain this—the first trouble he had felt since entering his new home.
Many times during this trying ordeal, the spirit of Robert G. Ingersoll called on his angel guide and begged her to take him back to earth and to give him an opportunity to purge his work of the errors he knew he had made in his efforts to enlighten humankind.
She told him he must remain.
She explained that he was now repenting of his errors, and said —
When you have balanced your errors of judgment against your true lights in spirituality, you will find and believe that purity and virtue will show a balance over your errors of judgment.
This will give you the light to understand the law of eternal justice, which weighs all in the balance.
Repent now and try to overcome your errors and you will be helped in every way you desire.
The spirit of Ingersoll ventured to remark—
Does this work keep me in this beautiful world?
The angel guide replied that his spiritual mind would be fully awakened when he had freed it from all errors and that the spiritual laws would give him the power to work out all errors—
You will understand the laws of the universe and be able to travel all over the earth plane with the swiftness of lightning.
Repent now and enjoy the blessings awaiting the pure-minded.
When she had finished speaking, the spirit of Ingersoll thanked her and he continued the work of repentance, which he felt sure he had been given to do.
While his angel guide seemed to be near him, her presence did not annoy him, for he seemed to feel that by some strange law—or force, he was entirely alone, and often, during this trying ordeal, earnestly thanked the mysterious condition, which had placed him away from the other spirits.
No one spirit entered his presence during his trial.
When he realised this highly beautiful light of wisdom, which burned without a flaw, he sent up a blessing to the lights above for this—the greatest judgment ever created—a judgment, which all must meet, and yet, which carried no disgrace to mark the offender, as none are permitted to witness the record charged up against him.
Sometimes, his work was very pleasant.
At other times, he felt depressed and sad when he encountered an error that had made him recognise the fact that his ignorance of this beautiful world had kept him from assisting his fellow man to greater hope and light.
At other stages, the events came sailing along in the bright light of purity and love.
Then he felt very happy and contented, and in the happier state of mind seemed to forget the darkened condition caused by errors of judgment—or unkindness.
He was convinced that no kind— or unkind thought, word—or deed of his whole earthly life was omitted in this review.
Many events he had forgotten all about loomed up like angry clouds ready to deluge him, for some angry thought—or word toward mortal foe.
But the light of reason, now so strongly burning for his guidance, helped him to scatter the clouds, and then the raindrops of purer love awakened in his heart seemed to shed forgiveness on his error, and it passed out of his sight, never to return.
In time, all these experiences seemed to disappear, and he felt relieved to find he was still in the same happy condition, which had been his before the weighing of his good and evil deeds had commenced.
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