THE SPIRIT BODY AND SPIRIT CONDITIONS

 

"We do have bodies, do use bands, arms and feet, can talk, can sing if we wish. These are the mechanical processes that are puzzling you. We cannot throw entire light upon it all, but perhaps it may help you to think of the material from which our bodies are constructed. This body is unseen by you, but is with you now, else how could you think, how could you move, speak, sing; or how could the emotions stir your heart and brain? Invisibility is not nothingness; nor is spirit substance invisible to us."

 

'We have been told that the spirit body could be contracted so that many could come into the room; that spirit could even balance on a needle point?'

"We know that is a problem with you. We could stand on a needle point because we could balance there and our weight would not destroy the needle. It means lightness rather than smallness there. We can go into a room, many, very many at a time, because we can contract a little. Do You not sometimes fold your arms tightly, or draw your feet under your chair, to create more room? Something like this occurs with us;—I mean analogous to that. We can fold ourselves more readily, and into smaller compass than the material body can do. But the effort is nearly the same. And no one feels crowded if one's arms and bands are contracted, or if the body is drawn into its smaller circumference.

"As for the rest, be assured that we do have the spirit counterpart of all the blessed things on earth:—libraries, homes, flowers or lakes or groves. But we do not have the clumsy and awkward material things which are found necessary on earth. We do not need cars, or balloons or automobiles. Oh, no! Life is easier than that; and travel a luxury, and movement a delight."

'I suppose we are invisible to you?'

"Yes, you are nearly as invisible to us as we are to you, for our vibrations are too high to be of use in earthly material. But we do dimly perceive, and by practice we can get a fair idea of human beings and earthly material."

'It seems to us you miss much if you cannot see the beauty of nature here.'

"No, we do not. For we have the fairer counterpart here. Groves, mountains, lakes and valleys, all are here as we wish. They are a part of our spirit world and remain."

'Does your scenery always remain the same?'

"Perhaps not quite the same, for the reason that we can change its outlines if we wish: sometimes as you cut down a forest, tear down buildings to create a better view, or turn a watercourse out of its ordinary channel."

'When the first man went to heaven, he found a world ready for him, did be?'