OUR FIRST EXPERIENCES

 

Four of us were together one evening, and we asked Mary if she could tell us what would be our first experiences if we should suddenly come there together from any cause.

 

"That is a question not easily answered. First, the unconscious period, which might be long or short according to the spiritual advancement of each. Then the awakening, and then, ah, then! the beauty, the loveliness, and the surprise! We think then a quiet enjoyment, a quiet receptivity, the while your spirits were becoming accustomed to the light and glory.

 

"We know that you would soon gladly take up two occupations:—the one of learning the laws of spirit life, the accustoming your souls to the new atmosphere. And the second, the eagerness for two things:—to send back word to those on earth who loved you, that heaven is heaven after all; and then soon the law of spirit life would possess you, and study for improvement, for knowledge of this wonderful life, and then the immediate desire to draw toward you, and toward heavenly delight, those whom you loved on earth."

 

'Who was writing that?'

 

"Dee wrote this time, for her own experiences came back to her suddenly, and the glad surprise which possessed her when she first became conscious."