UNCONSCIOUSNESS AFTER DEATH
"When death interrupts the action of
the brain, all thought is then necessarily carried on by the spirit
brain. It can sometimes do
this at once, although usually only for a short time. In most cases it
is unable to act at all for awhile. (Presumably this is because it has
always relied on the
assistance of the machinery of the material brain, and lacks experience
in acting alone.) This we think explains the first unconsciousness after
death. After a time it receives additional power, as we all receive it,
and then can function alone.
It is often in a very dazed condition, however, for a longer or shorter
period, and much lacking in reasoning powers. In
addition, it may not have learned how
to see and hear, thus still further limiting its action. So a spirit is
frequently a very helpless being for a long time.
"It is when in this state that it can
sometimes take possession again
of a material brain and cause insanity. It is attracted by some
force or impression, and clings to the
new support like the proverbial drowning man catching at a straw. We do
not think there are many cases
where spirits wilfully obsess a human. If they do, they are
correspondingly difficult to dislodge.
"Some persons on earth have difficulty
in thinking of abstract subjects. Such spirits are longest in
comprehending the use of spirit powers. They are not always to blame. Many times they have
inherited dullness that can never be
overcome there, and are always much slower here. It is not the same as
being materiallyminded. Many bright, alert minds think only of a sensual
material life. They are delayed seriously here."
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