What is the secret of like attracts like?

Although an old man rises up a young one in the spirit world, it does not follow that he is more attractive on that account to others. 

In their eyes, he may look a very repulsive creature, notwithstanding his youth. 

On the other hand, although his thoughts are his clothes, they do not alter the appearance of his body in his eyes and those on his own level. 

To the latter, he appears precisely the same as he was on earth when in his prime. 

He sees no difference, and since all men fail to see themselves as others see them, so it is also with the inhabitants of the spirit world. 

As every person shows by his looks how they are regarded by others, the consequence is that the spirit who possesses undesirable characteristics soon feels that he is not liked. Hence, the man who is not liked flees from those who dislike him because their company makes him unhappy, and he, therefore, seeks the companionship of those who do not see him in the same light, that is, of those who are on his own level, for in the eyes of such people his evil qualities are not so patent.