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The Life Beyond Death2254
which it is interested, and, under extraordinary psychic conditions it may
actually make itself visible to the senses of persons in the flesh.
To this class belong the poor afflicted souls which wander about, haunting
the scene of their earthly misdeeds, their remorse causing them to make vain
endeavors to undo or atone for their misdeeds. Of course, these unfortunate
souls are not fully “wide-awake” on the Astral Plane, neither are they wideawake
on the earth-life plane. Instead, they act like somnambulists, on either
plane, failing to partake of the normal life of either phase of existence. Akin
to these are those worried and tormented souls who feel that they have left
some duty or task unfulfilled, and who in a somnambulistic condition hover
around their former scenes of life, endeavoring dreamily to set matters right.
A third class is composed of a few who are so attached personally to souls
left behind in the flesh, that they brood over the loved persons, impotently
striving to aid and guide them.
In all of these cases, there is but one duty for those in the flesh to perform—
and that duty is plainly marked. This duty consists in mentally advising the
poor souls that their proper scene of activity is on the Astral Plane; that their
duty demands that they cease brooding and hovering over earth scenes;
and that they yield themselves to the upward attraction, rise to their proper
plane of Astral existence, and enjoy the blessings thereof. Those who are
conscious of the presence of disembodied souls of this type should not
shrink from this duty, no matter how much it may pain them to instruct
the disembodied soul in this way. It is like talking to a young child, in the
majority of cases, (owing to the semi-sleep condition of the earth-bound
soul of this type). Although the soul may grieve and weep like a child, like
the child it should be bidden to do its duty and to go to its spiritual abode.
This advice will often be heeded by the earthbound soul, and it will yield to
the upward attraction, and cease its troubled existence. However, in time,
even without such advice, the attraction of the higher spheres will prevail,
and the soul will rise to its rightful place on the Astral. We caution everyone
against encouraging the earth-bound soul to remain. It is like encouraging