Allan Kardec-THE Spirit's Book_ The Principles of Spiritist Doctrine (1989)

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THE SPIRITS’ BOOK
287. How is the soul received on its return to the spirit-word?
"That of the righteous, as a dearly-beloved brother, whose return has been long waited for;
that of the wicked, with contempt."
288. What sentiment is experienced by impure spirits at the sight of another bad spirit, on his
arrival among them?
"Such spirits are gratified at seeing others who resemble them, and who, like them, are
deprived of the highest happiness; just as a band of scoundrels, upon the earth, are gratified at
meeting with another scoundrel like themselves."
289. Do our relatives and friends sometimes come to meet us when we are leaving the earth?
"Yes, they come to meet the soul of those they love; they felicitate it as one who has returned
from a journey if it have escaped the dangers of the road, and they aid it in freeing itself from
the bonds of the flesh. To be met thus by those they have loved is a favour granted to the
souls of the upright; while the soul of the wicked is punished by being left alone, or is only
surrounded by spirits like itself."
290. Are relatives and friends always reunited after death?
"That depends on their elevation, and on the road they have to follow for their advancement.
If one of them is further advanced, and progresses more rapidly than the other, they cannot
remain together: they may see one another occasionally, but they can only he definitively
reunited when he who was behind is able to keep pace with him who was before, or when
both of them shall have reached the state of perfection. Moreover, the privation of the sight of
relatives and friends is sometimes inflicted on a spirit as a punishment."
Sympathies and Antipathies of Spirits - Eternal Halves
291. Have spirits special personal affections among themselves, besides the general
sympathy resulting from similarity?
"Yes, just as among men; but the link between spirits is stronger when the body is absent,
because it is no longer exposed to the vicissitudes of the passions."