SPIRIT SIGHT

Ordinarily the presence of other people interferes with, passivity sufficiently to prevent writing, or at least good writing. But one evening some intimate friends were with us, and we asked Mary if their presence was detrimental.

"Mary says, it is an aid, and if you could continue for a time we think it would be a very great help. It takes time so to harmonize the forces of several persons, but your friends will be easy to bring into perfect harmony."

She was also asked if they could see the material things of earth sufficiently to make traveling about the earth's surface a pleasure.

"It is not easy. Some seem to have the ability to see their intimate friends and their surroundings, especially when they first arrive here. It is a special gift if they are able to continue. In a few cases the gift has continued, and so a few spirits can see the material things of earth quite well. We ourselves see very little of it, not enough to get any pleasure traveling about its surface. It is a gift that can be cultivated with some. But here again, very few do so, because the attractions here are so much greater that there is little incentive."

'What do you do there when things go wrong, and you get 'blue' and discouraged?'

"It doesn't happen! We do sometimes wish we had more Power, that our influence could travel further, or that we ourselves were of greater influence. But this is always met by our guides or helpers by encouraging words and helpful and loving advice."