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Chapter VII: The Soul’s Awakening2203
and to them the Astral Life is lived out in advancement, development, and a
fuller expression of the highest and best within them.
The awakening of the soul is akin to a new birth—an entrance into a new
world of experience. The soul manifests no fear of its new surroundings, but
is full of activity in the direction of expression and manifestation of its new
powers. There is much to occupy the soul, as we shall see as we proceed. It
is not lonely or lonesome, for it has the companionship of those in harmony
and sympathy with itself, and is free from the inharmony and friction of
association with those of different natures. It finds opportunity for the fullest
expression of its activities and desires, and, particularly on the higher planes,
finds life much happier than on the material plane. Only the souls of the
lowest development those poor earth-bound creatures—are unhappy, for
they are removed from the only thing which gives them pleasure, the things
of earth. And even in their cases there is at least something like happiness
at times.
After the soul-slumber, the soul awakens into life not into a region of
Death. Like the butterfly, it spreads its wings and enjoys its new state of
existence, and does not mourn the loss of the chrysalis form and life. In the
succeeding chapters you will see the nature and incidents of this new life, in
further detail.