THE STORY OF THE SCHOOL TEACHER
"We are anxious to tell you our
story. It is a little different from most you have, and may interest
some one there.
"I was a school teacher on earth in a
western village. I worked hard, almost starved at times in order to buy
the other things I craved. I was never married, and had little attention
from the male sex. I was not old when death relieved me from further
efforts to keep body and soul together.
"The one who is my companion now was
a man much above me in
intellectual station when he was on earth. He was a college graduate, a
successful teacher, and had a comfortable living. He too remained
unmarried. We met here soon after his arrival, as I was caring for some
of the newcomers I was attracted to him by his undoubted culture; and
when he was able to understand this life he seemed drawn to me by the
fact that learning and knowledge meant so much to me. I was not then
ready to form an alliance, for I had never felt any necessity for such a
partner. So we drifted along.
I went on with my work of helping the poor souls who came in such multitudes with
every passing day. When I next met my friend he had climbed high in the
study of astronomy, which you know is one of the fascinating attractions
here. I was induced to join him in one of the excursions for
observation, and during the journey my inner self began to realize the
need for a more constant companionship with some one. And after our
return I allowed the intimacy to grow. It soon ripened into the great
attraction that draws all of opposite sex together at some time in their
journey through eternity.
"We have been together now for a long
time, and the bliss of close companionship is what I would somehow like
to tell you about so that the world can get some faint understanding of
this part of our life and happiness. But how can I tell it! It is the
most wonderful experience of one's life, as those on earth know who have
had the good fortune to realize it there.
"We see many who come here who have
thought they had made an alliance which would last forever, who had no
real conception of such happiness. It is felt only once by anyone, and can
never be mistaken when it really comes. I have watched the growth of
several such attractions here, and I realize that the earth life seldom
encounters the real thing. Many married people continue together here for
a long time, and yet gradually drift apart as they learn the true laws
governing such matings. It is always happiness, however. Such separations here are never accompanied with sorrow.
"It may seem a little indelicate to you
for me to enlarge upon so intimate a subject. But we here know that it is
the ultimate happiness of every one, and something which most here are
ready to take into consideration
at any time. If you will remember who is writing this, you will find when you
come two of the happiest souls
whom you will have the pleasure to meet. But it is always so, isn't it? All lovers think their case is the very best the world ever
saw or knew. We here know, of
course, that it is only a question of temperament and character that
determines the depth of the happiness that comes with each mating. But for
those concerned there is never
any other that compares with theirs.
"Well, I will not gush any further on
the subject. But I felt that this would be something I could write easily
about, and we know you are seeking the full truth of this life."
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