Family Correspondence

state your eyes will be opened and you can see them.

Q. Do they retrograde if we become wicked? A. Their faces in a spiritual way present to me the state you are in, they are too high to become wicked, the thought must not be permitted for a moment.

Q. Can you tell us nothing of father? A. Not yet bepatient all is well a pu[?]ied soul is not born in a day.

Q. Can you tell us of Auntie? A. She is in her own home now Our paths lie part, but my messenger says she can question you wish to ask.

Q. Did Auntie institute these writings? A. She replies she was one of the forces, of herself she is not yet strong enough She knows of them and is permitted to know the results and is so happy that your knowledge of these great truths is beginning now, in the very dawn of the brigher

day that is arising she always wished for her children the very best and nothing less contents her now.

Q. (E.) Is Ned's mother with her? E. Yes, she says they are often together as they were on earth not continually, but when they desire it. There are many of those she loves with her, but more of those who love her and need her and she wishes you to know that all the events of her earth life, some of which seemed hard to her and to you, She now sees in their time relation to the whole and that nothing could have been otherwise. She is sure of your love, she says for that it was given her even while on earth, to reach your heart [a?]right, and what was then so much, will seem when you meet again, only a poor beginning and to the others she sends these words; Keep in the straight path and your lives will

again he united in one household. Devotion is cared for here as she was there, and will not be left out when we are all together, but we will all serve her, as she has us.

Q. To Insight, How long a time does the soul spend in a subjective state? A. There are many hundred years sometimes, of your time, given to the worn & weary soul and the time depends on its condtion and strength.

Q. Does re-incarnation ever take take place immediately? A. The soul is sometimes unwilling to take its rest and as you must always remember, the soul is free. It is gven to some advanced spirits to see into the future and they elect of their own accord, to do their appointed work without rest or refeshment. They do not often return to your earth, it is only one of unnumbered worlds. There are many others where they can better carry on their preparations and with unerving certainty the soul seeks it best place.

Q. Can an adept live hundreds of years in one body? A. Matter does not perpetuate itself in that way it is against the law that governs its being.

Q. Can we carry such knowledge as we get from you into the spiritual world? A. Yes but it must be transmuted by the fire of a new birth and become true spirits knowledge, if it really enters into your spiritual growth. Collecting the knowledge of other souls is of no use. The knowledge must become part of yourselves to be of use here.

Q. Will we ever be able to penetrate into the mysteries of this life? A. Do not disturb yourselves about the of the future. "Sufficient for the Day" as I have said before. Now is the time you are to improve and when the time comes for your future live, the good Father will not send you into a void. for there is none where his arms cannot enfold you. I do not wish to check you in any pursuit of knowledge, but you must learn the alphabet of things, before you can penetrate into

Bar Harbor July 10th 1885 The same persons present

Q (Nino) Why do I see faces at night after I go to bed? A. When your body is at rest, you go naturally wisely into a semi - spiritual condition and what you see is with your spiritual senses - The faces you are as real as those of your material life and as much a part of your world

Q. (Nino) Ought I to encourage this? A. No - his angel says he must first live his natural life, his development lies there - xxx Each soul is developed according to its capacity In the father's eyes, there is no less or more, xxx Love is higher than wisdom and is the key to all things - Love on your plane is feeling your brother's need, you must first love those whom you see, before you can love God whom you have not

seen - with you, Reflection, it can best be cultivated by relieving the physical needs of those in your daily path.

Q. (Wayman) Can one ever really love an enemy as one's self? A. The quality can be the same. To love your enemy means to the willing to sense him, not to take him into your life, for that is not possible --xxx

Q. Is is right to tell others what you have told us? A. If they ann receive it - Give it to them in your life - that can be understood by the most unspiritual.

Q. Is it possible for some to live on our earth in their [astral?] bodies? A. Thousands of spirits live on what you call your earth to them - xx

Q. (To Perception to Ned) The more you live our of yourself and for others, the greater will the growth we all so long for - Do not

Bar Harbor July 19^th 1885 The same present Insight We are together once more, what are your wishes?

Q. In our future objective worlds shall we retain the same form & coloring? A. You are to those who see you a perfect representation of your spiritual state. Your form even now, in your world, depends on your spirit form and there is always for humanity, the form of a man, for that represents in a spiritual way the form of God.

Q. [Whense?] arose with the old masters the even of lovings for heavenly forms? A. That has the material expression of a heavenly truth, which is, that in our world, we overcome space

are not conscious of it

Q. Was it an astral body? A. Searcher says it was not - she would not allow you to see into that dangerous world, which you call Astral, She says you caught a glimpse into the spirit world, that is, the first world inhabited by humanity after its birth into a purely spiritual life. As I have taught you, there are for some new-born souls ones, such a longing for the life they have left, that they are allowed to return to it, for even then they are free and their desires are granted. You saw that spirit as you see many things beings in your objective life that have for you no special or personal interest.

Q. Is Mother's Guardain Angel still "Onward". A. Yes Onward has come to my side and says she is well pleased with her name and does not desire it should be changed

Q. Have you any message for her? A. I, Insight am so happy to see your angel because her face reflects the earnest desire of a good heart to reach from earth to heaven.

Q. If we do not remember our spiritual condition before birth, how do we know why we sought re-incarnation and we are to accomplish in it? A. The Incarnation was not always sought indeed the life was as undesirable sometimes as the birth into the spirit world is, often, to those on your earth.

Q. What regulates re-incarnations? A. A law which I cannot explain any more than you can explain the mystery of physical birth - You know that certain causes produce certain results, but why this is so, can even the most learner among you explain?

Q. Can you tell us whether we sought our present incarnations, or if they came without our volition?

A. You did not seek it and it was given you as a test for your entrance into the life you desired - that it is forgotten by you, is necessary for the success of the experiment.

Q. (Dr. K.) Can you tell me if I am on the correct path, or if not, assist me? A. Not to your best ablity, you are not living the life most conducive to your true advancement.

Q. Can you advise? A. He knows - his angel says there are few spirits who have more knowledge of spiritual need than he.

Q. Am I still "Opportunity"? A. Yes, her name she says, changes from Opportunity to Effort and back again many times.

Q, Have some of us gone thro' more incarnations than others? A. Yes.

Q. Which ones? A. I do not wish you to press that question