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THEIR JUDGMENT DAY

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FOREWORD

T his Monograph - - THEIR JUDGMENT DAY - - i s e s ­p e c ia l ly in ten d ed fo r th o se who have s u f fe re d the lo s s of a loved one th rough h is perm anent d ep a rtu re from p h y s ic a l embodiment.

W ith a b e t t e r u n d ers tan d in g by th o se who r e ­main b eh in d , o f th e t r a n s i t i o n c a l le d "d e a th " , th e re w i l l no lo n g er be a b a r r i e r o f "gray sadness" which causes th o se who have p assed in to the b r ig h te r O ther W orld to avo id coming in c lo se c o n ta c t w ith those who are s t i l l in p h y s ic a l embodiment.

I f t h i s in fo rm a tio n i s p u t to u se , the d e a rly be loved in the O ther W orld w i l l be drawn to us by our INCREASE of joyous love fo r them. Once we have done t h i s , i t may be only an ex ceed in g ly s h o r t tim e ■until we w i l l a c tu a l ly ex p e rien ce th e p resence of d ep a rted loved ones.

The d e p a rte d have e n te re d in to THEIR JUDGMENT DAY. We in c re a se o r decrease t h e i r Day of Judg­ment by our a t t i t u d e tow ards them. I f our a t t i ­tude i s so rro w fu l and m orbid, T h e ir Judgment Day w i l l be lo n g , drawn ou t and m ise ra b le . I f we ra d ­i a t e joy and love we w i l l be o f t h r i l l i n g a id to them w hile th ey are d iv e s t in g them selves o f the e a r th in e s s w ith which they were con tam inated w hile th ey were in p h y s ic a l embodiment.

W ith t h i s o p p o rtu n ity fo r h e lp in g th e d e a rly d e p a rte d , every Budding In d iv id u a l can ren d e r most t h r i l l i n g a s s is ta n c e to those who have f a l l e n in b a t t l e ; to th o se who have Gone On B e fo re . I t w i l l a ls o g r e a t ly speed t h e i r own ADVANCEMENT.

THE AUTHOR

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" I t ' s w onderfu l to be back home a g a in ," though t Bob Workman as he e n te re d the adobe house lo c a te d In th e sm a ll, h idden v a l le y over th e r id g e from th e Coast Highway.

Bob had ju s t re tu rn e d from e x tra o rd in a ry war se rv ic e ac ro ss the P a c i f ic , and t h i s was h is f i r s t o p p o rtu n ity of g e t t in g o f f by h im se lf fo r a w e ll-e a rn e d p e r io d o f r e la x a ­t io n .

The "h u t" , as th e Workman’s c a l le d th e o ld S pan ish adobe "c a sa " , was in good c o n d itio n as u s u a l . I t d id n ’t take Bob long to g e t i t d u sted and a i r e d o u t. The sun was f lo o d in g in , and th e p la ce was c h e e r fu l and in v i t in g .

I t was s t i l l e a r ly a f te rn o o n , and so , w ith a l l d e t a i l s fo r s ta y in g a t th e "hu t" f o r a few days a tte n d e d to , Bob dec ided th a t a swim In th e o ld swimming poo l below th e o r ­chard would be e s p e c ia l ly r e f r e s h in g . A fte r en jo y in g the c l e a r , f r e s h w a te r , he came out and lay on th e sandy shore u n t i l th e sun dipped back o f th e m ountains to th e w est.Then he r e tu rn e d to th e "hu t" and d re sse d .

CITIZEN OF Bob p rep a red a meal fo r h im se lf th a tTWO WORLDS was r e a l l y in v i t in g . He en joyed i t very

much. He a te s low ly , and m e d ita te d . A fte r com pleting th e m eal, and "d ish es were o v e r" , he b u i l t a log f i r e in th e f i r e - p l a c e . Then he went o u ts id e fo r a w h ile .I t was b eg in n in g to g e t c o o l. T w ilig h t was q u ic k ly fo llow ed by darkness as i t always does so u th o f th e t h i r t y - t h i r d p a ra ­l l e l , N orth . The n ig h t was c l e a r , and th e s t a r s shone as b r ig h t ly in B ob 's h idden v a l le y as th ey do on Mount Palom ar.

As Bob viewed the s t a r s he m arveled a t how s ta t io n a ry th ey seemed, and y e t each o f them was ra c in g somewhere a t many m iles p er second. I t was very d e f in i t e ly an I n t e l l i ­gen t movement, because each sun, each p la n e t , each moon was guided by a c e l e s t i a l b e in g of an I n te l l ig e n c e so su p e rio r to th e g r e a te s t human being who ev e r l iv e d , th a t th e re cou ld be no com parison.

The p h y s ic a l u n iv e rs e , Bob thought to h im s e lf , I s in good hands. I t w i l l rem ain th a t way u n t i l the end o f the coming M illennium , when e v e ry th in g o f a p h y s ic a l n a tu re w i l l be " r o l le d up l ik e a s c r o l l " ; when m a tte r w i l l be re so lv e d back in to in v i s ib l e , f re e energy .

S ince Bob had "blue p r in te d " in ch a lk the i n t e r i o r of

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the G reat Pyramid of G izeh on the w a ll o f th e l iv in g room of the "hu t" many y ea rs ago, many in te r e s t i n g and ex ceed in g ly v a lu ab le ev en ts had tak en p lace in h is l i f e .

A lthough Bob had l iv e d a most joyous l i f e , many o f th e a c ts o f f a te in h is l i f e had been any th ing b u t p le a s a n t . How­e v e r , s in ce e a r ly ch ildhood Bob had somehow und ersto o d th e purpose of L ife h ere on e a r th . For t h i s rea so n welcomed ^'hard, p a in fu l and k n o tty problem s" whenever th e f made t h e i r j( appearance. He r e a l i z e d p e r f e c t ly th a t he cou ld " c a p i ta l iz e on each o f them i f he "met them half-w ay" and overcame them P o s i t iv e ly . He knew, th rough b e in g an "o ld so u l" (o r was i t from b e in g a NEW ONE?) th a t the avo id in g of " t e s t s , t r i a l s and t r ib u la t io n s " made a man o ld , and h as ten ed h is dem ise.On th e o th e r hand, he had proven i t tim e and a g a in , th a t to welcome t e s t s and problem s, and an av id d e s ire to re so lv e them in to n o th in g n e ss , made a p erso n s tro n g and k ep t him am azingly y o u th fu l.

Bob never "tem pted f a te " by seek ing " t r i a l s and t r i b u ­l a t io n s " , b u t whenever a " te s t" came h is way he "wrung i t dry" fo r h is own P o s it iv e F iv e -F o ld EXPANSION in to L ife . In t h i s r e s p e c t Bob, l ik e a l l Budding In d iv id u a ls any d is ta n c e on THE PATH, and INDIVIDUALS f a r on THE PATH, was an OPPOR­TUNIST o f th e f i r s t m agnitude.

To Bob, l i f e h ere in " th is v a le of t e s t s , t r i a l s , te a r s and t r ib u la t io n s " was a t h r i l l i n g and w onderfu l o p p o rtu n ity , i f one took advantage o f I t , to become th e REAL BEING th a t D estin y in te n d ed him to b e . T his work o f becoming th e REAL BEING had long ago begun to pay d iv id e n d s , in f a c t , to such an e x te n t th a t Bob was in a s t a te o f g re a t joy most o f the tim e. When he w a s n 't In t h i s t h r i l l i n g s ta te I t was because he had , fo r a s h o r te r or longer p e r io d o f tim e , s lip p e d in to a h ig h e r s ta te - - e c s ta s y . But alw ays, ev e r alw ays, he never fo r a moment fo rg o t w h ile In the body o f f l e s h , th a t no mat­t e r how t h r i l l i n g was h is in n e r l i f e , he must n o t r a d ia te more o f i t in t h i s p h y s ic a l w orld th an "p re se n t company" cou ld approve o f .

One rea so n why he en joyed th e "hu t" in th e h idden v a l le y so much was th a t th e re he could bo as r a d ia n t ou tw ard ly as he was inw ard ly w ith o u t cau sin g some poor s o u l, s t i l l g ro v e lin g in th e f o e t id t h r i l l s o f t h i s p h y s ic a l w orld , to th in k him " e c c e n tr ic " , and p ro b ab ly cause th e in f a n t so u l to s te r n ly vow "never to become th a t joyous, l e s t i t d is p le a s e God". Those no t to o f a r on THE PATH are always a f r a id o f b e in g ex ­ceed in g ly joyous, because th ey f e e l th ey a re n o t w orthy of such()jo y . And i f th ey should ex p e rien ce I t , th ey always fe a r the consequences". Bob knew from many a p a s t ex p erien ce w ith g re a t h ap p in e ss , th a t the more t h r i l l i n g th e ex p erien ce

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th e g r e a te r the n ex t ex p erien ce he encoun tered would h e .

When Boh re tu rn e d to th e la rg e l iv in g room of the "h u t" , th e f i r e in the f i r e - p l a c e had burned down to a glowing mass o f golden c o a ls . P lac in g h im se lf b e fo re th e f i r e - p l a c e , h a l f - r e c l in in g in a most com fortab le , o ld , Vcontour" c h a i r , he b e ­gan to m ed ita te on th e G reat Work. Soon Bob began to f e e l q u ite s le e p y . Then he f e l t h im se lf s l ip p in g out o f the phys­i c a l body. For an in s t a n t he was unconscious o f h is su rround­in g s , and in the v ery nex t in s t a n t he was wide awalce, s ta n d ­ing in h is a s t r a l body, and look ing a t h is p h y s ic a l body now soundly s le e p in g in th e com fortab le o ld c h a ir .

A ll o f th a t p a r t of th e S ub-conscious th a t i s re q u ire d to m a in ta in l i f e in th e p h y s ic a l body, and to r e p a i r i t , r e ­mained w ith th e p h y s ic a l . But c o n s id e ra b le o f th e Sub-con­sc io u s went along w ith Bob, e s p e c ia l ly th e Nine S ub-conscious F a c u l t ie s - - memory, b e l i e f , im ag in a tio n , a f f e c t io n , em otion , co n sc ien ce , i n t u i t i o n , in s p i r a t io n , g en iu s .

Bob long ago had m astered th e a b i l i t y to see in to th e p h y s ic a l w orld from th e a s t r a l w o rld , a th in g th a t r e q u ir e s q u ite a l i t t l e tim e fo r the average p erso n who i s s t i l l in th e lan d o f th e f l e s h . The average p erso n seems to have d i f ­f i c u l t y in ta k in g along w ith him s u f f i c i e n t "m a tte r" w ith which to view , w ith p sy ch ic s ig h t , th e p h y s ic a l w orld and i t s many o b je c ts , in c lu d in g human b e in g s .

At t h i s moment B ob 's o ld -tim e f r ie n d , R onald, came in to the room. He came th rough th e w a ll as though i t w a s n 't th e r e .

" I t ' s w onderfu l to see you ag a in , Bob," s a id R onald, as the two la d s shook a s t r a l hands, " i t i s e s p e c ia l ly w onderfu l to meet here ag a in in t h i s d e l ig h t f u l o ld home which r a d ia te s so many happy m em ories."

"Although we have been see in g each o th e r so o f te n fo r b r i e f moments in th e O ther W orld, Bob answ ered, "n e v e rth e ­le s s i t does seem e s p e c ia l ly t h r i l l i n g to meet you h e re , as you say , R o n a ld ."

P rev io u s to p la c in g h im se lf in th e ea sy c h a ir and going to s le e p b e fo re th e f i r e , Bob had p la ced two o th e r c h a ir s b e ­fo re th e f i r e - p l a c e . "I p u t th e se c h a ir s here fo r u s , b e fo re s l ip p in g ou t o f th e b o d y ,1' e x p la in e d Bob. "Won't you have a so a t? " Ronald thanked Bob and b o th la d s s a t down fo r a sh o r t v i s i t .

"You have b u i l t such a pow erfu l b a r r i e r betw een t h i s won­d e r fu l o ld home and the lower a s t r a l w o rld ," commented R onald, " th a t the fo rc e s o f e v i l a re never ab le to p e n e tra te th a t

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im pregnable Blue Cosmic F ire th a t p ro te c ts i t . This i s one p lace th a t th e F orces from the H igher O ther World can come on e a r th and i t s t i l l seems l ik e H eaven ."

"We had in ten d ed i t to be ju s t l ik e t h a t , " r e p l ie d Bob."Of co u rse , i f i t h ad n ’t been fo r you and many o th e r f r ie n d s in t h i s w orld and the Next c o n tr ib u t in g a s s is ta n c e , t h i s cou ld never have been acco m p lish ed .11

A fte r a joyous h a l f hour o f c o n v e rsa tio n , Ronald rem arked, "We had b e t t e r d ep a rt t h i s e a r th ly p a ra d ise and make o u rse lv e s a t home in th e A s t r a l , Due to t h i s l a s t war on e a r th , a g re a t many new-comers have a r r iv e d Out T here , and l ik e the a r r i v a l s from any w ar, who have perm anently p assed out o f the p h y s ic a l body, th ey a re in a s t a te of co n fu sio n .

"However," co n tin u ed R onald, "a very good f r ie n d o f mine who has been a c h a p la in Out There fo r a long tim e - - h e was k i l l e d in one o f the N apoleonic Wars - - inform ed me th a t th e new a r r i v a l s th e r e , e s p e c ia l ly from America and o th e r p a r ts of the E n g lish -sp e ak in g w orld , have o b ta in ed some knowledge o f what to ex p ec t im m ediately a f t e r d ea th . Thus, he s a id , th ey a r e n ’t n e a r ly as confused about t h e i r e x is te n c e Over There as were th e boys who d ep a rted th e f l e s h in W orld War I I , and e s p e c ia l ly th o se from World War I . He inform ed me th a t th e re are d w e lle rs Over There from World War I who a re ju s t now b e ­g in n in g to r e a l i z e th ey p assed out o f th e f le s h over th re e dec­ades ago, and th a t th ey a re a c tu a l ly ’d e a d ', as th ey c a l l i t . "

"To what do you a t t r i b u t e in p a r t i c u l a r t h i s g r e a te r un­d e rs ta n d in g among th e boys who have been r e c e n t ly s la in in b a t ­t l e ? " Bob en q u ire d .

"The f r ie n d I m e n tio n e d ," Ronald r e p l ie d , "inform s me th a t du ring and s in ce W orld War I th e re has been a much g r e a te r i n ­t e r e s t in ’l i f e a f t e r d e a th ’ , due to th e f a c t th a t a number of in t e r e s t i n g books were p u b lish ed on t h i s subT ect. These books w ere, of co u rse , m ostly re a d by th o se who had lo s t loved ones in b a t t l e . From th e n on those peop le have f e l t im p e lled to t e l l o th e rs som ething of th e a f te r - d e a th c o n d itio n s th a t ev e ry ­one p a ss in g out of th e p h y s ic a l body perm enen tly , ex p e rien ces in th e O ther W orld. To those coming ac ro ss th e 'G rea t D iv id e ’ a t t h i s tim e th o se ’s t o r i e s ’ as th ey c a l l them, a re found to be tru e - - t ru e enough to make I t f a i r l y easy form them to r e ­a l iz e th ey a re no lo n g er In the p h y s ic a l , b u t from now on have a New L ife to which th ey must a d ju s t th em selv es.

"But come, Bob," co n tin u ed Ronald, "I would l ik e you to come and meet some o f th e m ."

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MEETING OLD FRIENDS AND NEW

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Once out of th e "hu t" and away from I t some d is ta n c e , Bob and Ronald paused . "You se e , Bob, how v e i l the ’h u t ’ I s p ro ­te c te d from e v i l e n t i t i e s and fo rc e s? See th a t s h a f t of Cos­mic Blue F ire coming s t r a i g h t down from Heaven and com plete ly f i l l i n g and su rround ing th e house? Not on ly t h a t , b u t look in to th e e a r th b en ea th th e house and you w i l l see the Blue Flame even descends below th e house. I s i t any wonder th a t the • h u t’ i s so co m p le te ly p ro te c te d from e v i l b e in g s? F ac t o f th e m a tte r i s , an e v i l p e rso n , s t i l l in th e f l e s h , would f in d th e house an y th in g b u t I n v i t in g . The on ly rea so n th ey can to le r a t e th e t e r r i f i c a l l y h ig h Blue Cosmic V ib ra tio n s i s due to th e f a c t th a t t h e i r p h y s ic a l body le s s e n s t h e i r a b i l i t y to f e e l the Cosmic F ire by seven tim e s . 1

"I had su sp ec ted som ething o f th e s o r t , " Bob r e p l ie d , "I have on a number o f o ccasio n s b rough t f r ie n d s over h e re . Some en joyed the o ld house immensely, and I cou ld h a rd ly 'p ry them away' when i t came tim e to go. O th e rs , e v id e n tly w ith low v i ­b r a t io n s , were h a rd ly In th e house when th e y f e l t im p e lled to go o u ts id e and, as th ey rem arked, 'lo o k around ' or 'ta k e a smoke' . "

"Yes, th a t i s th e e x p la n a t io n ," r e p l ie d R onald. "Ana now, l e t us be on our way. I want you to meet some o f your o ld ­tim e f r ie n d s who have been Over There fo r some tim e , and meet o th e rs who have a r r iv e d r e c e n t ly ." W ith t h i s rem ark, Ronald suddenly d isa p p e a re d , le a v in g Bob s ta n d in g th e re a t some l i t ­t l e d is ta n c e from th e "h u t" , w ith no Id ea o f where Ronald had d isap p ea red to .

Suddenly Bob h ea rd Ronald lau g h in g , and th e nex t in s t a n t he was back in p la in s ig h t ag a in . "I 'm s o r ry , Bob. I fo rg o t you c a n 't change v ib r a t io n s as q u ic k ly as I can . In o rd e r fo r us to t r a v e l s w if t ly to where we a re going i t I s n ec e ssa ry fo r us to r a i s e our v ib r a t io n s c o n s id e ra b ly . W ith you s t i l l a t ­tach ed to th e f l e s h and b lood body, th a t r e q u ir e s a moment's tim e . But i t I s v ery sim p le . Put your hand on my sh o u ld e r. Through t h i s c o n ta c t I can r a i s e your v ib ra t io n s to m ine, and th en w e 'l l be on our w ay."

Almost im m ediately a f t e r Bob p u t h is hand on R o n a ld 's sh o u ld er he began to f e e l a s e n sa tio n l ik e some s o r t o f h ig h frequency e l e c t r i c i t y . In an o th er moment h is e n t i r e body had the same v ib r a t io n as R o n a ld 's .

"Keep your hand on my sh o u ld ," suggested R onald, "and we w i l l be on our w ay." Almost i n s t a n t l y , i t seemed, th ey were

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In an o th e r w orld . N othing much cou ld be seen as f a r as Bob was concerned . "We have ju s t a r r iv e d ," ex p la in e d R onald . Now we’l l lower our v ib ra t io n s from t r a v e l in g speed to match t h i s env iro n m en t." T his was done in an o th e r moment’s tim e . As B ob 's v ib r a t io n s began to low er, he cou ld b eg in to see o b je c ts and th in g s q u ite c l e a r ly . S t i l l an o th e r moment, and ev e ry th in g about Bob was c le a r and d i s t i n c t . He s t i l l had h is hand on R o n a ld 's sh o u ld e r.

"For a s p i r i t , " lau g h in g ly rem arked Bob, "you seem t e r r i ­b ly r e a l . Are you sure you a r e n 't s t i l l in th e f le s h ? "

Ronald e x p la in e d . "When th e v ib r a t io n s o f two people out in This World are th e same or n e a r ly th e same, th ey f e e l as r e a l and s o l id to the touch as th ey do in th e p h y s ic a l w orld from whence you have r e c e n t ly come. However, i f e i t h e r o f us should r a i s e o r lower our v ib r a t io n s , I would no lo n g er f e e l s o l id to you, a lth o u g h you cou ld s t i l l see me. I ' l l show you. Squeeze my arm r e a l t i g h t . A ll r i g h t , keep sq u eez in g ."

Suddenly B ob 's hand c lo se d . R o n a ld 's a rn was p la in ly v i s ­ib le b u t Bob cou ld n o t c o n ta c t i t . Bob reach ed up to p u t h is hand on R o n a ld 's sh o u ld e r ag a in . "S u re ly th a t i s r e a l , " he rem arked, b u t R onald"s sh o u ld e r, to o , was "as th in as a i r " . W ith no e f f o r t a t a l l , and f e e l in g n o th in g , Bob p u t h is hand com plete ly th rough R o n a ld 's body.

" I 'v e been out in th e A s tr a l many a tim e ," commented Bob, "but I never ex p e rien ced t h i s b e fo re . '

" T h a t 's because I 'v e always seen to i t th a t my v ib ra t io n s were th e same as y o u rs ," answered R onald . "Now p u t your hand th rough me."

Bob a ttem p ted to do t h i s , b u t in th e mean tim e Ronald had low ered h is v ib r a t io n to B o b 's , and so once ag a in Ronald was as r e a l to Bob as Bob was to him. W ith t h i s R onald pu t h is hand on B ob 's sh o u ld e r and rem arked, "now we’l l lower our v i ­b r a t io n s a l i t t l e more, and see i f th e re are any f r ie n d s h e re ." Suddenly th e p la c e , w hich had seemed to be e n t i r e l y devoid of human b e in g s , was p eop led by any number o f them.

"G len n ," c a l le d Ronald to a young s o ld ie r in uniform some l i t t l e d is ta n c e away. Glenn saw Ronald and came over to g re e t him. A fte r th e two had shaken hands Ronald rem arked, "You r e ­member your o ld f r ie n d Bob Workman, d o n 't you, Glenn?"

"Bob", Glenn exclaim ed w ith d e l ig h t , " i t i s c e r t a in ly good to see y o u ."

" I t ' s good to see you, G lenn ," Bob r e p l ie d w ith com plete

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s in c e r i ty , fo r he had always l ik e d th i s sp le n d id young man.

"How long have you been Out H ere, Bob?", G lenn asked .

Bob f e l t a t a lo s s to know how to answer t h i s . Turning to R onald, Bob was about to speak, b u t Ronald understo o d and ex p la in e d to G lenn.

"Bob h a s n ’t come Out Here to s ta y , G lenn. Bob has th e a b i l i t y to p ass ou t o f h is p h y s ic a l body a t n ig h t , or a t any o th e r tim e he may choose, and come to t h i s p la ce ol* w hereever h is f r ie n d s happen to b e . He I s one of th o se fo r tu n a te people who can l iv e in two w orlds - - th e e a r th w orld and T his "World - - a t p r a c t i c a l l y th e same tim e ."

Glenn looked a t Bob somewhat p u zz led . A fte r aw hile he seemed to u n d e rs tan d , and w ith a sm ile rem arked, "W ell, th e n , Bob, you a r e n ’t dead a f t e r a l l . "

"Yes, t h a t ’s t r u e , " Bob r e p l ie d slow ly . A s tran g e f e e l in g came over him. For a moment he alm ost f e l t l ik e an in t r u d e r ; he alm ost f e l t he would l ik e to have been " k i l l e d in a c t io n " . Then he began to f e e l h is v ib ra t io n s r i s e . Ronald had p u t a hand on h is sh o u ld e r, and the m orbidness o f th e s i t u a t io n d i s ­appeared . W ith t h i s , Bob’s countenance changed. Once ag a in he r a d ia te d confidence and f r i e n d l in e s s . Glenn n o tic e d t h i s and began to v ib r a te on a h ig h e r "wave le n g th " . Soon th e two la d s were ta lk in g about p le a s a n t th in g s back home. In a l i t ­t l e w hile a buddy o f G lenn’ s came by , and the two s t a r t e d away to g e th e r . "Be see in g you, Bob, th e n ex t tim e you a re Out H ere ," Glenn s a id c h e e r fu l ly .

"G lenn," rem arked R onald, " w ill no t ex p e rien ce any g re a t d i f f i c u l t y in a d ju s t in g h im se lf to th e L ife Over H ere. You se e , h e ’s had a l i t t l e t r a in in g In th e a f te r - d e a th l i f e . His f a th e r became very much in te r e s te d along th e se l in e s when he lo o t h is b e s t f r ie n d in a World War I b a t t l e . He used to t e l l Glenn about th e O ther W orld when Glenn was ju s t an im p ress io n ­ab le boy. L a te r on, when Glenn grew up, he though t what h is f a th e r had ta u g h t him as a boy was ’p r e t ty c r a z y ’ , as he to ld me no t long ago, b u t th en he q u ic k ly added, ' I guess a f t e r a l l Dad was r i g h t and I was th e "crazy" o n e ' . "

At th a t moment Bob f e l t someone g r ip h is elbow In a f r i e n d ­ly way, Looking around th e re was an o ld f r ie n d o f h i s , a cap­t a i n In the A ir F o rc e . He had seen t h i s man ju s t p rev io u s to h is d e p a rtu re from p h y s ic a l embodiment on ly a few weeks ago.

,fW e ll," rem arked Bob, " i f I t i s n ’t my o ld f r ie n d O 'Grady. W here 's your p lan e? D o n 't t e l l me, I know. You have been ’grounded’ ag a in - - ta lk e d back to the 'O ld Man’ once too many

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t im e s . I warned you about t h a t , you remember," he laughed .

"You must be p sy c h ic , Bob," la u g h in g ly r e p l ie d 0"Grady. "T h a t’s e x a c tly what happened. I ta lk e d back to the ’Old Man’ , b u t he never had an o p p o rtu n ity to t a l k back to me. The enemy sho t th e ’k i t e ’ I was f ly in g a l l to p ie c e s about a m ile up.Of co u rse , I came down, to o , b u t I am th e only one who knows e x a c tly where . . . and I ’m no t going to t e l l . " He and Bob and Ronald a l l laughed ;

A fte r 0 "Grady d r i f t e d away, Ronald com plim ented Bob. "You d id f in e , Bob. He never knew fo r a moment th a t you w eren’t h ere perm anen tly . You se e , the ’d ead ’ Over H ere, fo r some s tra n g e re a so n , a re a b i t f e a r f u l o f fo lk s in T h is World who a re s t i l l a t ta c h e d to a body back on e a r th . Not a l l o f them are th a t way, b u t th e re a re those who a r e . A nother th in g . I f some o f them though t fo r a moment you were r e tu rn in g to e a r th , th ey would n o t on ly want you to c a r ry m essages back to loved ones, b u t th ey would i n s i s t on r e c e iv in g m essages from them . . . your e n t i r e tim e would be spen t as a m essenger boy.

"I r e a l i z e , " Ronald co n tin u ed , " th a t you have n ever had an o p p o r tu n ity to work among s o ld ie r s r e c e n t ly d e p a rte d from the e a r th l i f e , b u t I am c o n fid e n t you are e n t i r e l y s u i te d to the Work, Of c o u rse , i t i s n ’t fo r me to say . That i s up to you and th e W hite F o rc e s , However, I have been inform ed th a t th e purpose o f our v i s i t here to n ig h t i s fo r th e ex p ress p u r­pose o f h e lp in g you decide w hether o r n o t you f e e l c a l le d to t h i s v e ry , v ery Im portan t Work. You do n o t have to decide now, b u t you should decide as q u ic k ly as p o s s ib le . For th e need Out Here I s g r e a t , and u n d ers tan d in g w orkers from th e e a r th -w o rld a re few.

J u s t a t t h i s moment a m utual f r ie n d o f b o th Bob’s and Ron­a l d 's came up . "H ello , Wayne," Ronald g re e te d . " I t ’ s been some tim e s in c e th e th re e of us were to g e th e r , b u t here we a r e , as b ig as l i f e . "

" i t was on ly a month ago ," r e p l ie d Wayne, " th a t I was ’as b ig as l i f e ' in a p h y s ic a l body. But I t w a s n 't a t a l l p le a s ­a n t . I hung on as long as I cou ld a f t e r th e in ju r y , th en one n ig h t a l l my p a in s l e f t me, and I though t i t was m ighty funny. Some tim e l a t e r I found m yself Out H ere, h a le and h e a r ty , w ith no t th e s l i g h t e s t s ig n o f a wound, and among some of my b e s t f r ie n d s . However, i t k in d of w o rrie s me a l i t t l e . I keep on w ondering i f I 'm going to wake up some morning back on e a r th and f in d th a t t h i s was j u s t a w onderfu l dream ."

(l "D on 't g ive i t an o th e r th o u g h t, Wayne," soo thed R onald.You are going to s ta y Out H ere, and th e w onderfu l dream i s go­

ing to become a l l th e more w onderfu l as tim e goes o n ."

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WILL THEY EVER STOP WEEPING FOR ME?P a r t 3

There I s on ly one A s tr a l W orld, h u t i t I s d iv id e d in to two spheres — the Lower A s tr a l W orld and th e H igher A s tr a l W orld. The two d iv is io n s b len d so p e r f e c t ly in to each o th e r th a t th e re i s no way of t e l l i n g where one b eg in s and th e o th e r le av es o f f . The A s tr a l World i s l ik e e a r ly morning in i t s d iv is io n s between lower and H igher. E a r ly morning i s p a r t n ig h t and p a r t day.Or, i t i s l ik e l a t e even ing , p a r t day and p a r t n ig h t . E ith e r way, th e re i s a " tw il ig h t" p e r io d th a t r e p re s e n ts b o th .

New a r r iv a l s in th e A s tr a l W orld - - a lso known as th e Oth­e r W orld — u s u a lly a r r iv e and "come to l i f e " in t h i s tw i l ig h t zone between th e two o f them - - betw een th e low er and H igher.Of co u rse , th e re a re many ex c ep tio n s to t h i s . Some so u ls a r ­r iv e in the O ther W orld in alm ost d a rk n ess , w hile o th e rs a r r iv e in the golden glow o f b r ig h t m orning.

J u s t where a d is c a rn a te so u l a r r iv e s in th e " tw il ig h t" zone o f th e O ther W orld depends e n t i r e l y on th e n a tu re o f th a t n ew ly -a rr iv ed s o u l. In th e case o f mass a r r i v a l s o f s o ld ie r s who were w e ll a c q u a in ted w ith each o th e r and a l l k i l l e d a t one tim e or about th e same tim e , th e y a r r iv e in a group . T his i s due to th e f a c t th a t men who have fought to g e th e r have a g re a t d ea l in common — a n a tu r a l a f f i n i t y has been b u i l t up between th en th rough sh a rin g h a rd sh ip s to g e th e r . M utual re g a rd and f e e l in g fo r th e s a fe ty o f each o th e r has formed a s tro n g bond, and so when a group o f f r ie n d s a r r iv e in th e O ther W orld i t i s th e combined P o s it iv e q u a l i t i e s th a t a t t r a c t s them to t h e i r p a r t i c u la r p lane in th e A s t r a l W orld.

Sometimes th e re a re on ly th re e or fo u r in th e group. In a m i l i t a r y o rg a n iz a tio n th a t has worked to g e th e r fo r s e v e ra l * months under f i r e , and th en been se n t en masse in to th e O ther W orld, th e re may be as many as two hundred so u ls in th e group. These la rg e r g roups, however, do n o t s ta y to g e th e r fo r any g re a t le n g th o f tim e . They u s u a lly s p l i t up in to sm a lle r groups in a s h o r t p e r io d o f tim e . Each o f th e se su b -d iv is io n s th e n r i s e or descend in th e A s tr a l W orld acco rd ing to t h e i r combined n eg a tiv e o r P o s i t iv e v ib r a t io n s .

Through th e p a ss in g o f tim e , lo n g er or s h o r te r , th e se l e s s ­e r groups su b -d iv id e ag a in and a g a in . Some o f each group who went in to h ig h e r v ib r a t io n s In th e f i r s t su b -d iv id in g s w i l l r i s e s t i l l h ig h e r . T h is co n tin u es on and on u n t i l th e re a re bu t two in a g roup .

When a "group" becomes on ly two in number, q u ite o f te n i t w i l l con tinue th a t way fo r a long , long p e r io d o f tim e . That

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i3¿because of the f a c t th a t thefj^ or>l^liial-^irtT ratrions''veT [e /spy much a l ik e , and any changes they made in t h e i r v ib r a t io n s in th e H igher A s tr a l World were more or le s s p lanned to g e th e r«

There a re ex c ep tio n s to "group m ig ra tio n s" . T his i s due, som etim es, to th e n a tu re of a p e rso n . They may have some pe­c u l i a r i t y th a t makes them any th ing b u t " s o c ia l" , and i t i s n ’t u n t i l th ey have r i d them selves o f t h i s d e fe c t th a t th ey are ab le to r i s e to any g re a t h e ig h t in the O ther W orld. O thers are n o t a n t i - s o c i a l , b u t th ey are so ea rth -b o u n d , or so a t ­tach ed to loved ones on e a r th , t h a t i t i s o f te n y ea rs and y ea rs b e fo re th ey a re a t l i b e r t y to become th e w onderfu l people th ey r e a l l y a re .

When we say "y ears and y ea rs" we, of co u rse , are r e f e r r in g to e a r th tim e . As f a r as time in th e O ther W orld i s concerned , i t i s p r a c t i c a l l y n o n -e x is te n t . I f a p e rso n i s EXPANDING in to the G re a te r L ife w ith even a sm all amount o f r a p id i t y , tim e p asses q u ic k ly . I f one i s EXPANDING w ith g re a t speed , on e a r th y ea r would seem as "a day o r tw o". On th e o th e r hand, th o se who are away down on the lower " tw il ig h t" le v e l o f th e A s t r a l , and making no ap p aren t upward p ro g re s s , w i l l ex p e rien ce a mo­ment o f e a r th tim e as a m ise rab le e t e r n i t y . F or t h i s re a so n , i t i s n o t too h a rd , a f t e r a so u l has ex p e rien ced a few " e te r ­n i t i e s " of tim e , f o r I t to become in te r e s te d in Upward P ro g re ss .

Ronald had now tak en Bob Workman to a p la ce In th e A s tr a l World th a t was known as th e "Vale of T ears" among th o se who were u n fo rtu n a te enough to be " in c a rc e ra te d " th e r e .

"I d o n 't q u ite u n d e rs ta n d ," Bob rem arked to h is f r ie n d ,"why th e y c a l l t h i s th e ’Vale o f T e a r s ’ . I t i s t ru e I don’t see any joyous f a c e s , b u t n e i th e r do I see anyone shedding t e a r s . 1

"You are c o r r e c t in your o b se rv a tio n , Bob," Ronald r e ­p l ie d . "These p eo p le , and you w i l l n o tic e most o f them are young s o ld ie r s , who have r e c e n t ly p assed ou t o f p h y s ic a l em­bodim ent, a re h e ld here n o t because o f any sorrow th e y may have fo r hav ing p assed in to the ’G reat Beyond’ , b u t because th ey a re e a rth -b o u n d . They are ’e a r th bound’ due to th e f a c t th a t loved ones s t i l l in th e f l e s h on e a r th , have ch a in ed them to them selves w ith weeping and w a ilin g fo r them. The d ep a rted c e r t a in ly do n o t en jo y t h i s sorrow th a t h o ld s them in t h i s d re a ry u n p le a sa n tn e ss . They would l ik e to be f re e of i t , b u t the sorrow ing r e l a t i v e s and c lo se f r ie n d s have c a s t a p sy ch ic s p e l l over them th ey f e e l th ey cannot b re a k . Not on ly t h a t , b u t I f th ey d id b reak i t and go h ig h e r , th ey would be d e s e r t ­ing loved ones and f r ie n d s in an hour o f deep sorrow . This lo y a l ty i s la u d a b le , and i f i t was o f any b e n e f i t a t a l l to e i th e r the d ep a rted o r to those who rem ain b eh in d , th en the

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W hite F orces c e r t a in ly would in no wise in te r f e r e w ith i t .But because i t h in d e rs th e p ro g re ss of th o se who should be ' EXPANDING in to the G re a te r L ife in the H igher A s tr a l W orld, i t i s , as f a r as th e d ep a rted are concerned , q u ite v ic io u s , to say the l e a s t .

"The t e a r s and sorrow of c lo se f r ie n d s and r e l a t i v e s are s t i l l h o ld in g thousands upon thousands o f d ep a rted s o u ls , c a s u a l t ie s o f World War I I , ea rth -b o u n d . There a re s t i l l thousands from World War I who a re ’bound to e a r t h ’ by ch a in s of sorrow o f loved ones.

"Now, Bob," co n tin u ed R onald , " th e re i s n ’t much we can do about th o se on e a r th who weep over t h e i r d ep a rted loved ones, and h o ld them ’e a rth -b o u n d ’ , But th e re i s c o n s id e rab le we can do Out Here among th e r e c e n t ly d e p a rte d , in b reak in g them away from the s p e l l o f ’e a r th ly t e a r s c a s t fo r them ’ .

"A l i t t l e re a so n in g w ith many of them, by a p erso n l ik e y o u rs e lf who has been under b a t t l e f i r e fo r m onths, as you were in th e M edical Corps, cou ld have a trem endous e f f e c t on th e se who sorrow fo r th o se who sorrow fo r them. You co u ld , in a very sh o r t tim e , rescu e many of th e se from t h i s ’v a le of t e a r s ’ . In no tim e a t a l l th e y would be up th e re in the b r ig h te r H igher W orld. A I3 0 , w h ile you would be working here when i t i s n ig h t on e a r th , th e re would be a w onderfu l oppor­tu n i ty fo r you to work among th e sorrow ing on e a r th when i t i s day-tim e th e r e . Out Here you would work w ith sm all g roups; on e a r th you would work w ith la rg e groups - - m ee tin g s, l e c ­tu r e s , and by th e p r in te d word. You shou ld t e l l them th a t w hile i t i s n a tu r a l to sorrow because t h e i r loved ones are no longer w ith them, th ey should r e jo ic e because th o se same loved ones have now g rad u a ted to the w onderfu l prom ise o f th e G re a t­e r L ife in th e H igher O ther W orld. That t h e i r co n tin u ed ’weep­ing and w a i l in g ’ harms n o t only them selves — by ta k in g t h e i r minds from t h e i r own ADVANCEMENT - - b u t a c tu a l ly h o ld s back t h e i r loved ones from en jo y in g th e f u l l wonder and joy of the G re a te r L ife .

"You are w onderfu lly equipped fo r t h i s WORK, b o th here and in th e e a r th w orld . By th© way, Bob," rem arked Ronald, here comes an o th e r o ld f r ie n d o f y o u rs , H aro ld Jo n e s . He has only been Out Here about s ix weeks, but from the sorrow h is fo lk s have pu t him th rough sin ce h is dem ise, you would h a rd ly know him. Speak to him as he approaches u s . Don’t be too c h e e r fu l , i t would make him f e e l th a t you are n o t acq u a in ted w ith so rrow ."

JjHello, H aro ld ," Bob put ou t h is hand as H arold approach­ed . " i t i s good to see you ." H arold was in deep gloom, b u t when he saw Bob and Ronald and h ea rd Bob’s v o ic e , he came out

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of i t m om entarily and r e p l ie d , " I t i s good to see you fe llo w s . Then w ith a b i t o f puzzlem ent he co n tin u ed , "I knew you were Out H ere, R onald, b u t I d id n 't knew Bob was, to o . When d id you come?" . . ' • . . . '

"H arold, i f you d o n 't m ind," Bob r e p l ie d k in d ly , " I 'd l i k e . to answer th a t q u e s tio n a l i t t l e l a t e r . R igh t now, I m u s t.co n fess I d o n 't know my way around, b u t you and Ronald can a s 's is t me and I 'm 's u re ' I ' 11 be a l l r i g h t b e fo re lo n g ."

"Bob, i t w i l l make me .veryvhappy i f I can be o f a n y .a s s i s ­ta n c e - to you here in t h i s world' o f gloom ," H aro ld answered-. I have b een .in fo rm ed th a t one i s n ' t doomed to t h i s in f e r n a l dark fo r e v e r ; . th a t th e re i s a p lace where the sun s h in e s , and where people are a c tu a l ly happy. I must be going now. My w ife andm other are c a l l in g ........... w i l l th ey ev e r s to p weeping fo r me?"W ith t h i s he was swept away and out o f . s ig h t in to a g rey , low p lace th a t.see m ed f i l l e d w ith - th e "marsh fog" o f weeping sorrow

. • ".Poor H a ro ld ," rem arked R onald, "he i s to r n betw een a s o r ­rowing w ife on the E ast C o ast, and a deep ly g riev in g , mother on the West C o ast. He. i s drawn back and. f o r th c o n s ta n t ly . When he i s n o t l i s t e n i n g to them weep, he i s here, in t h i s g ray fog , a gloom th e w eepers on e a r th have u n w ittin g ly c r e a te d ," .

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"I. am amazed a t the v a s tn e ss of t h i s p la c e ," commented Bob,, " i t seems to ru n on and o n ." •

" 'V a s t ' i s th e ;c o r r e c t word fo r i t , Bob," Ronald r e p l ie d , " i t .com pletely ex ten d s around the e a r th , in ev e ry d i r e c t io n . W hereever people co n tin u e ■unreasonably in th e ir , g r i e f fo r de­p a r te d ones th is , .v a s t, gloomy cavern i3 very much in ev id en ce . During, and a f te r .e a o h g re a t war t h i s morbid p lace i s f i l l e d fo r many y ea rs w ith those!w ho are bound to un reaso n ab ly sorrow ing r e l a t i v e s ..and f r ie n d s . . , I f e a r th fo lk s cou ld be ta u g h t n o t to weep fo r th e 'd e a d , b u t in s te a d to 'v i s u a l i z e them i n 'b r i g h t , ioy ous. su rro u n d in g s , t h i s m iserab le p lace would s h o r t ly v an ish .

• " Ju s t how does a so u l ge t out o f ’ t h i s gloomy reg io n ?"

" i t i s v ery s im p le . I t i s e x c e p tio n a lly sim ple fo r those of us who h a v e n 't anyone on the e a r th p lane h o ld in g us back by ch a in s o f sorrow . A ll one has to do i s ju s t w alk up t h i s slope which le ad s to .y o n d e r m puntain, th en t r a v e l up th rough th a t dense- lo o k in g ,' 'low -hanging fog-bank . I t i s c re a te d by the un­reaso n in g weeping and w a ilin g fo r th e d ep a rted by those s t i l l rem ain ing in p h y s ic a l embodiment. By th e way, Bob, th a t fog bank i s n . 't n e a r ly as th ic k and dense as i t appears from h e re ."

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OUT OF THE GLOOM AND INTO THE LIGHT

P a r t 4

"Let u s ," suggested Rcmald, J'Valk-up•■'th±s--5lDpeTaiicreiLxiib th a t m ountain ju s t ahead. In our A s tr a l b o d ie s i t i s no e f ­f o r t . "

W ith t h i s R onald v a lk ed over to two young s o ld ie r s who had ju s t a few m inutes b e fo re come up ou t o f a fog-bank o f gloom in a ra v in e ju s t below where Bob and Ronald were s ta n d in g . He sa id to them, "Pardon me, Gentlem en, b u t my f r ie n d and I are going to s t r o l l up the m ountain . Perhaps you would l ik e to jo in u s . I t would be i n t e r e s t i n g to see what i s up th e r e , e s ­p e c ia l ly above th a t dense fo g ."

A fte r look ing up the m ountain a t th e fo g , and th en lo o k ­ing back to th e much denser fog which th ey ju s t came ou t o f , the two young men, re c e n t a r r i v a l s from th e P a c i f ic war f r o n t , d ec ided i t was a good id e a . A f te r in fo rm al in tro d u c t io n s had tak en p la c e , the fo u r s t a r t e d up th e slope which le d to the m ountain.

" i t i s c e r t a in ly good to g e t away from th e f o lk s ," q u ie t ly rem arked S te v e , th e la d who was w alk ing w ith Bob. "I love my f o lk s , b u t a l l t h i s un reaso n ab le sorrow ing th ey are going th ro u g h i s hav ing a most m ise rab le e f f e c t on me. W ill th ey ev er s to p weeping fo r me?"

"Of course th ey w i l l , S te v e ," Bob answ ered. "But you w i l l have to h e lp them. There i s one good way o f doing t h i s . D on 't be around them when th ey weep. I t i s u s u a lly when th e day i s over and evening comes, when th ey are more or le s s f re e from d u t ie s , th a t th e y weep fo r you, i s n ’t i t ? "

"Yes, th a t i s r i g h t , " S teve r e p l ie d . He was b eg in n in g to b r ig h te n up a l i t t l e . He f e l t Bob was an u n d ers tan d in g so u l.

"W ell, th a t i s th e answer to th e prob lem ," Bob spoke w ith ju s t enough en thusiasm to l i f t S teve in to a l i t t l e h ig h e r v i ­b r a t io n . "Bo around them d u rin g th e day when th e y are busy and h a v e n 't tim e to weep, b u t o f an even ing you and your chum s t a r t up t h i s r id g e and clim b th e m ountain ju s t ah ead ."

" I t i s h a rd fo r me to t e l l when n ig h t i s coming o n ," r e ­marked S tev e . "I mean, n ig h t a t home, due to th e f a c t th a t i t never g e ts dark ou t here . . . i t ju s t s ta y s sad and gloomy. I never know when to la y down and go to s le e p , ex cep t I t r y to g e t a l i t t l e s le e p a f t e r th e fo lk s a t home have c r ie d them­se lv e s to s le e p ."

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around your fo lk s when th ey weep. I ’ l l t e l l you why. When th ey weep th ey draw you to them, and when you are c lo se to them th ey f e e l your p re se n ce , and when th ey f e e l your p resence you have a most m ise rab le e f f e c t on them. A c tu a lly , S tev e , you are th e cause o f a p a r t of t h e i r o u tb u rs ts of t e a r s . Of co u rse , t h e i r weeping i s th e cause fo r your h overing about them . . . i t i s a v ic io u s c y c le . I f th e y knew, th ey cou ld e a s ­i l y b reak i t by n o t w eeping, b u t th ey don’t know. You are the only one who knows, and i t i s up to you to b reak t h i s v ic io u s , v ic io u s bond betw een you and your f o lk s ."

"B u t," p ro te s te d S tev e , " i f I leave th e fo lk s when th ey are sorrow ing fo r me, w o u ld n 't th a t be l ik e d e s e r t in g them, l ik e c u t t in g a l l t i e s between me and then?"

"You only cu t th e t i e s o f so rro w ," Bob r e p l ie d . "You do no t cu t th e t i e s o f lo v e . In f a c t , th e bond o f love between you and your people w i l l become much g r e a te r once th e y stop t h e i r u n reasonab le weeping fo r you, and you can go to them, see them, be w ith them, and ex p erien ce th e t h r i l l o f tru e love w ith o u t any m orb idness. A c tu a lly , S tev e , weeping and sorrow belong to a re g io n f a r below t h i s one - - th e re g io n where th e re i s c o n s ta n t 'w eeping and w a ilin g and gnashing o f t e e t h ’ . That i s , a p lace where people go when th e y d ie , who have had no tru e S p i r i t u a l t r a in i n g ."

"I hope I am n o t one o f those p e o p le ," q u ic k ly r e p l ie d S tev e . "I used to go to Sunday S choo l, and l a t e r on to church a l i t t l e . I f i n a l l y stopped going because I though t I was b e t ­t e r th an most o f th e fo lk s who went to my chu rch , e s p e c ia l ly a f t e r I s t a r t e d going to c o l le g e . I f e l t th a t the church peo­p le a t home were p r e t t y dumb to b e l ie v e a l o t of th in g s th a t sounded s i l l y a f t e r I became acq u a in ted w ith 's c i e n c e ' . The f a c t o f th e m a tte r I s , I began to s e r io u s ly doubt i f th e re was an a f t e r l i f e . I doubted t h i s u n t i l I go t r ig h t up c lo se to the enemy, w ith b u l l e t s f ly in g a l l around . Then I began to f e e l th e re m ight be som ething to i t a f t e r a l l . A fte r I 'knew 'I w asn’t going to come th rough th a t l a s t b a t t l e a l iv e , my f a i t h was suddenly r e s to r e d , and when the b u l l e t came along th a t ’f i n ­ish ed me o f f ’ , I r e a l i z e d th a t Heaven was my heme a f t e r a l l .

'V hat b a f f l e s me I s , I thought th a t when a p erso n d ied he went e i t h e r to Heaven or H e ll a t once. But t h i s d o e s n 't look e x a c tly l ik e H e ll , even though I am m ise ra b le , and I t c e r t a in ­ly i s n ' t any th ing l ik e I thought Heaven was going to b e . I hope I d o n 't have to spend a l l o f e t e r n i t y here . . . th a t would be H e ll ."

"I d o n 't know what church you a tte n d e d , S te v e ," Bob sa id e a r n e s t ly , "and I t d o e s n 't make any d if fe re n c e now, b u t i f they had known what you know now, and had tau g h t oven th a t

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much, you w ouldn’t he here in t h i s re g io n o f gloom. You would never have come h ere in the f i r s t p la c e , and i f perchance you d id , you would have walked r ig h t up ou t o f i t as we are doing now.

"Since th e f i r s t ce n tu ry A. D ., the church and churches on e a r th have always been a t a v ery low ebb . T h eir te a c h in g and p reach in g simmered down to j u s t one th in g , ’Be good o r be damned*. And so we had a l o t of unhappy people a ttem p tin g to be good in o rd e r n o t to be damned. They w e re n 't be ing good because they were g e t t in g any joy ou t of b e in g good. In f a c t , th ey s e c r e t ly d esp ised b e in g good. So we d o n 't f in d them here b u t , we f in d them in a low er re g io n , th e one 1 to ld you ab o u t, where th e re i s c o n s ta n t 'w eeping , w a ilin g and gnash ing o f te e th * . A ll th e p reach in g th ey ev e r h ea rd was e i t h e r a b r ib e or a th r e a t - - 'th e b r ib e o f Heaven, or th e th r e a t o f H e ll* .

"Of co u rse , in th e l a s t few decades, a k in d o f e c c le s i a s ­t i c a l r e v o l t has b roken out among th e ch u rch es . There Is . now a group in p r a c t i c a l l y a l l of th e denom inations known as ’Mod­e r n i s t s * . They have gone to th e o p p o site ex trem e, and w hile th e re i s no more ’b r ib e o f Heaven or th r e a t of H e l l ’ , in t h e i r p reach in g and te a c h in g , th e re i s n * t an y th in g e l s e e i t h e r . . . o th e r th an a l o t o f in s ip id nonsense about th e 'fa th e rh o o d o f God, and th e b ro th e rh o o d o f m an ', w hich o f course means e x a c t­ly n o th in g . E x ac tly n o th in g to anybody on e a r th , and p o s i ­t i v e ly n o th in g to anyone Out H ere.

"Let me ask you, S tev e , d id you ev e r h ea r th a t e x p re s s io n w hile on e a r th , p ro b ab ly w hile you were going to c o lle g e ? "

"Oh, y e s ," r e p l ie d S tev e . "The p reach er who conducted the chapel s e rv ic e s a t c o lle g e was always say ing th in g s l ik e t h a t , and th a t one e s p e c ia l ly ."

"Let me ask you, S tev e , d id th a t ph rase or any o f th e o th e r cu t and d r ie d ’M o d e rn is tic ' te a c h in g s and p reach in g s from th a t m in is te r mean any th in g to you, or to any o f your c lo se f r ie n d s ? "

A fte r some moments of m e d ita tio n , S teve answ ered, "Come to th in k o f i t , you are r i g h t , n o th in g he ev e r s a id ev e r meant an y th ing to me; in f a c t , n o th in g to any o f u s . Yet he was an e n te r ta in in g sp e a k e r ."

"You were very fo r tu n a te you were n o t in n o c u la te d w ith ’M odernism ', S te v e ," r e p l ie d Bob. " I f you had been , you would a lre a d y have p assed in to th e 'M o d e rn is t 's H eaven ', a p lace no more p le a s a n t th an t h i s , where everyone spends a l l h is tim e e x p la in in g away th e te ach in g s and th e m ira c le s as reco rd ed in th e B ib le . Most o f them are so anxious to ’e x p la in ' th a t th ey

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haven ’t any tim e to l i s t e n to the o th e r fe llo w and h is id e a s .

"Y o u 'll f in d some very good people among them ," co n tin u ed Bob, "but here i s th e c a tc h . I t i s t h e i r ovn s e l f i s h good­n e s s , no t th e goodness o f the H igher O ther W orld. I t i s a form o f s e l f - r ig h te o u s n e s s , r e f e r r e d to in S c r ip tu re s as mere ’f i l t h y r a g s ’ ." .

So in te r e s t i n g had been the c o n v e rsa tio n betw een Bob and h is new-found f r ie n d , and between Ronald and h i s , th a t n e i th e r of th e s o ld ie r s had n o tic e d how f a r th ey had clim bed up the m ountain. They were n e a rin g th e dense fog-bank th a t h id the top of the m ountain. I t ex tended ou t in ev e ry d i r e c t io n as f a r as th e eye cou ld re a c h .

The fo u r men stopped fo r a moment. O ther s o ld ie r s were coming up th e m ountain , w ith s p e c ia l gu ides l ik e Bob and Ron­a ld .

"Well f e l lo w s ," Ronald sa id a f t e r a moment, " l e t ’ s con­tin u e on. T his fog i s p r e t ty dense, b u t by s ta y in g c lo se t o ­g e th e r and keeping on c lim b ing , i t won’t take v ery long to g e t up th rough i t , and when we do . . . w e ll , I ’m n o t going to s p o i l i t by t e l l i n g you, b u t you are going to be p le n ty t h r i l l e d , "

The fog-bank was c h i l l y , m ise rab le and r e p e l l in g . I t gave a p erso n th e f e e l in g he should b reak down and weep. This i s n o t to be wondered a t . As in d ic a te d b e fo re , t h i s o p p res­s iv e "fog-bank" was a c tu a l ly c re a te d by those on e a r th u n re a s ­onably weeping and sorrow ing fo r th o se who have p assed on.

A fte r t r a v e l in g a sh o r t d is ta n c e , one o f th e s o ld ie r s s a id , "I f e e l t e r r i b l e . I ’m a f r a id I must r e tu r n to th e v a l ­le y below , i t i s much more p le a s a n t th e r e ."

"Vie on ly have to go an o th er hundred y a rd s , fe l lo w s ," Ron­a ld r e p l ie d q u ic k ly . "Then we’ l l be up out o f t h i s . . . l e t ’ s g o ."

Those f i n a l words were a g re a t t r i a l to th e s o ld ie r s . . . th ey wept ev e ry fo o t of th e way. But suddenly a l l fo u r men came out of th e "va le of te a r s and sorrow ", and in to the most c h e e r fu l , golden l i g h t im ag inab le . T ra v e lin g some l i t t l e d i s ­tance f u r th e r up th e m ountain, which was now easy and joyous, th ey came out upon a v a s t p la te a u . I t was b e a u t i f u l beyond d e s c r ip t io n . . . a l i t e r a l p a ra d is e .

"This must be H eaven," gasped b o th s o ld ie r s alm ost sim u l­ta n e o u s ly .

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Ronald, Bob and the tvo s o ld ie r s va2ked~-^me " fo r­w ard. There -were g re a t law ns, beds o f b e a u t i f u l flow ers and shapely shrubs w ith b r i l l i a n t blossom s everyw here, and a t the same time th e se were laden w ith lu sh f r u i t .

" I f i t i s a l l r i g h t , " s a id S tev e , " l» d l ik e to t r y some of t h i s f r u i t . . . you know, H arold and I h a v e n 't had any th ing to e a t fo r a t e r r i b l y long tim e ."

"Eat a l l you l i k e , " u rged Ronald. "That i s why i t i s h e re , fo r fe llo w s l ik e you who h av en ’t had food fo r a long tim e ."

"I never t a s t e d f r u i t l ik e t h i s b e f o r e ," H arold exclaim ed w ith en thusiasm .

" I t ’ s sim ply ’out o f t h i s w o rld 1," S teve rem arked. "How„ the fe llo w s down In th e 'v a l l e y o f w eeping’ would en joy t h i s . "

"A fter you fe llo w s g e t r e s te d a b i t up H ere ," e x p la in e d R onald, "you can go back 'down th e r e ' and b r in g up1 your f r ie n d s ; you can b r in g up ju s t as many as w i l l come."

When th e two young s o ld ie r s had had t h e i r f i l l o f c e le s ­t i a l f r u i t , Ronald su g g ested , "Row'd you fe llo w s l ik e to go swimming and c le a n up a b i t ? There i s a b e a u t i f u l lake n o t f a r from h ere th a t i s in ten d ed fo r 'new -com ers' l ik e you ."

"Nothing would s u i t us b e t t e r , " ag reed th e boys. Soon the fo u r a r r iv e d a t th e la k e . I t was as c le a r as c r y s t a l .The golden sand making up th e beach ex tended a l l th e way un­der the la k e . In no tim e a l l fo u r were swimming, d iv in g and having the tim e o f t h e i r young l i v e s .

"This w a te r ," ex p la in e d R onald, " is d i f f e r e n t from e a r th w a te r . You can a c tu a l ly b re a th e t h i s w ate r and i t won’t choke you. Try i t and s e e ."

Steve and H arold t r i e d i t g in g e r ly , and soon were amazed beyond w ords. "Why," exclaim ed H aro ld , " i t i s as easy to b re a th e as a i r . . . and w o n d erfu lly r e f r e s h in g , to o ."

"E very th ing 'Over H e r e '," e x p la in e d R onald , " is in v ig o r ­a t in g and re ju v e n a tin g . That I s due to th e f a c t th a t ev e ry ­th in g here has a tendency to overcome th e le th a rg y and w e a ri­n ess of e a r th th a t you b rough t here w ith you. Now," he con­tin u e d , "what do you say to d re s s in g and look ing about?"

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"A sp le n d id id e a ," ag reed S teve and H aro ld .

In coming out o f the w ater th ey were amazed a t how q u ick ­ly th ey d r ie d o f f . In f a c t , th ey were com plete ly dry h e fo re th ey reached t h e i r c lo th in g . A nother s u rp r is e th a t alm ost b a f f le d them was, t h e i r c lo th e s were c le a n and im m aculate. Ronald n o ted t h e i r amazement and e x p la in e d .

"Out H ere, e v e ry th in g i s a r e f l e c t i o n o f your mind. You f e l t t i r e d and d i r ty b e fo re you took the swim, b u t a f t e r a l i t t l e w hile you began to f e e l r e f re s h e d and c le a n . I t was your ’change o f m ind’ th a t made th e change in your c lo th e s . N otice th e re i s n ' t any mud on your u n ifo rm s, no t e a r s , and they are as unw rink led as th e day you f i r s t had them p re sse d back on e a r th , and p u t them o n ."

"This i s c e r t a in ly a w onderfu l c o u n try ," H arold s a id en ­t h u s i a s t i c a l l y . "I c e r t a in ly have a g re a t d e s ire to go down in to th e 'v a l l e y o f t e a r s and so rro w ’ and b r in g a l l my f r ie n d s up h e re . Having them a l l here would c e r t a in ly be H eaven."

"That i s ju s t what you are going to d o ," e x p la in e d Bob. "And now," he co n tin u ed , " l e t ' s look around a b i t , so we’ l l have some id e a o f what i t ’ s a l l ab o u t. Not a l l o f your bud­d ie s down in the ’v a l le y o f so rrow ' can be a s s i s te d to come up Here u n le ss you know som ething about th e s i t u a t i o n . L e t ’s go over to th e edge o f th e p l a t e a u . "

Over a t th e edge where th ey came up, th e re were o th e r gu ides b r in g in g up o th e r s o ld ie r s . Many o f th e gu ides were in u n ifo rm s, some of them were in c iv v ie s , and o th e rs were in c l e r i c a l a t t i r e .

"Before we p ro cee d ," ex p la in e d R onald , " l e t me say th a t every new-comer to t h i s low er re g io n o f Heaven i s e n t i t l e d to come up H ere, or he would never have been ab le to clim b the m ountain. The problem i s to induce those who are e n t i t l e d to come up to a c tu a l ly make th e t r i p up H ere .

"Below the 'v a l l e y o f t e a r s and so rrow ' th e re i s a re g io n th a t i s j u s t th e o p p o site o f t h i s , and those who are n o t en ­t i t l e d to come up Here g r a v i ta te 'down t h e r e ’ . Y es, th e re are e v i l gu ides who show them th e way down - - down to where th ey belong - - ju s t as th e re are gu ides Up Here showing the way to th o se who are e n t i t l e d to 'come H ig h e r’ .

" I t i s what one d id o r d id n o t do S p i r i t u a l l y w hile on e a r th th a t de term ines which way he t r a v e l s a f t e r he p asses out of th e p h y s ic a l body fo r th e l a s t t im e ."

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Departm ent o f L ife on e a r th has been so sa d ly n e g le c te d by most p eo p le , even by those who c la im to be r e l ig io u s , when th ey a r r iv e Out Here th ey are mere babes S p i r i t u a l l y , and th u s , q u ite n a tu r a l ly th ey a r r iv e in a re g io n n ea r th e o u te r b o rd e r of th e P la te a u .

"People, however, who were r e a l l y EXPANDED S p i r i t u a l ly do n o t a r r iv e in the 'v a le of t e a r s and so rro w ', b u t come d i r e c t ­ly to th i s d e l ig h t f u l Summerland. Some ju s t to th e edge of i t , some much f u r th e r in , o th e rs to th e very c e n te r o f i t .

"People who d is b e lie v e d in l i f e a f t e r d e a th ," Ronald now e x p la in e d , "are down th e re in a p lace o f t h e i r own ju s t below t h i s th ic k fog bank. They are a l l sound a s le e p . Some o f them have been th e re fo r c e n tu r ie s ; o th e rs fo r m illenn ium s. The 'la n d of the s le e p in g dead ' has been g r e a t ly in c re a se d in the l a s t few decades. That i s because o f th e w id e-sp read i n f l u ­ence o f Communism - - th e p h ilo sophy o f a th e ism . These w i l l • con tinue to s le e p th e re u n t i l th e end o f th e M illennium , when th ey w i l l be awakened fo r judgm ent.

"There i s an o th e r p la te a u o f 's le e p in g d e a d ', b u t i t i s on a le v e l ju s t above th e murky fog-bank down th e r e . Come, l e t us v i s i t i t . Put your hand on my sh o u ld e r, H aro ld , and S tev e , pu t yours on B ob 's sh o u ld e r. A lr ig h t , l e t ' s g o ."

The fo u r g lid e d s w if t ly a few f e e t above th e v e lv e ty lawn and shrub3 o f th e P la te a u . T his co n tin u ed fo r s e v e ra l m ile s , i t seemed, th en th ey passed over th e edge o f th e P la te a u and g lid e d down to the " v a lle y o f th e s le e p in g dead" ju s t above th e v a s t fog-bank . The "v a lle y " was q u ie t and p e a c e fu l. Here were thousands upon thousands of people ly in g about co m fo rtab ly , soundly a s le e p . There were no c h i ld re n among them, and only a very few young p eo p le . Most o f th e s le e p e rs were m iddle- aged, and o ld p eo p le .

"These p e o p le ," ex p la in e d R onald, "were v ery r e l ig io u s , and some o f them q u ite S p i r i t u a l , b u t th ey b e lie v e d in th e damnable, s a ta n ic d o c tr in e o f 's o u l s le e p ’ . That i s , th ey b e ­lie v e d th a t when a p erso n d ie s he i s dead u n t i l G ab rie l blows h is tru m p e t."

The two young s o ld ie r s were so amazed a t t h i s v a s t v a l le y of s le e p e rs th ey d id n 't have words to ex p ress th em selv es. A fte r w alk ing abou t, o f te n having to s te p over s le e p in g f o lk s , S teve and Bob stopped sudden ly . There was a buddy o f th e i r s ly in g a t f u l l le n g th , soundly s le e p in g .

"Why, th a t i s Jack C arson ," exclaim ed S tev e . " I t c e r t a in ­ly i s , " agreed Bob. " Is I t a l l r i g h t to awaken him?" asked S te v e .

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" C e r ta in ly ," rep lie d . Ronald. "That i s , i f you can ,"

"Jack , Ja c k , wake u p ," S teve s a id in a q u ie t v o ic e , f e a r ­f u l of awakening o th e rs c lo se by. Then in a lo u d e r voice he re p e a te d th e same w ords, t h i s tim e shaking Ja c k . A fte r more r e p e t i t io n s of "Jack , J a c k , wake up, t h i s i s your p a l , S te v e ," poor S teve gave up r a th e r sa d ly . T urning to R onald he asked , 'W ill he s le ep to th e end o f th e M illennium , to o ?"

"No, S te v e ," Ronald co nso led , "you have n o th in g to worry ab o u t. He w i l l s le e p on ly to th e beg in n in g of th e M illennium , th en he w i l l awaken. He w i l l be th e same perso n th en as he i s now. He w i l l have m issed many w onderfu l y ea rs fo r s e l f - im ­provem ent, and th e h e lp in g o f o th e r s , b u t one day he w i l l awaken. You w i l l p robab ly be r ig h t here when he does - - you were c lo se f r i e n d s ."

Upon R onald’s su g g es tio n th e fo u r l e f t t h i s p a r t i c u la r p lace and g lid e d to a n o th e r . "T h is ," ex p la in e d R onald , " is th e ’Heaven’ o f a very f a n a t ic a l r e l ig io u s group . They b e ­l ie v e d th ey were the on ly ones who would go to Heaven. T h e ir b e l i e f th a t th ey were th e ’chosen few ' i s f u l l y confirm ed , in t h e i r e s t im a tio n , by the f a c t th a t th ey a re the only ones h e r e ."

R onald, Eob and the two s o ld ie r s t r a v e le d to many o th e r "hidden heavens" below th e le v e l of the g re a t P la te a u . In n e a r ly every church denom ination , r e l ig io u s group or s e c t , th ey found p r a c t i c a l l y th e same c o n d itio n s . A ll were happy, in a s e l f i s h s o r t o f way, th a t on e a r th th ey had been " r ig h t" , r e l ig i o u s ly .

H elpers from th e P la te a u above were c o n s ta n tly coming down to a s s i s t th o se in the "heavens" who would l i s t e n to reaso n and go up the m ountain to the P la te a u . Once th o se in th e "man-made heavens" g lim psed th e Prom ised Land above, i t d id no t take them long to make up t h e i r minds to r e s id e th e r e . "When th ey were s tro n g enough th ey would come back and h e lp o th e rs up in ­to th e r e a l Heaven. O ften they were vehem ently denounced by the group le a d e r s , b u t t h i s had no e f f e c t upon them.

Having seen enough o f t h i s , Ronald s a id , "W ell, f e llo w s , l e t ’ s go back to th e r e a l H eaven." They g lid e d up to th e top of th e P la te a u and soon were back where th ey s t a r t e d .

"Bob and I must go now, we have work to d o ," ex p la in e d Ronald to S teve and H aro ld . "You fe llo w s make y o u rse lv e s a t home. Go any p lace you DESIRE to go. Bob and I w i l l see you ag a in b e fo re lo n g ." Shaking hands w ith th e s o ld ie r s , Ronald and Bob s w if t ly g lid e d from s ig h t .

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Ronald and Bob re tu rn e d to th e o ld adobe house In the hidden v a l le y In t h e i r A s tra l form s. The room was warm and co m fo rtab le . The c o a ls had now become em bers.

Bob and Ronald d isc u sse d c e r t a in m a tte rs fo r a sh o r t tim e, then shaking hands, Bob s a id , "This has been a most w onderfu l n ig h t , Ronald. I ' l l know b e fo re tomorrow n ig h t i f I am tc en ­gage in the New Work Over T here.

"You must be f u l l y con v in ced ," r e p l ie d Ronald, " th a t i t i s what you d e s ire to do. I t must be your own d e c is io n .With t h i s th e two la d s shook hands ag a in and Ronald was on h is way to h is Work in the O ther W orld.

Bob s lip p e d in to h is own p h y s ic a l body w hich was soundly s le e p in g in th e com fortab le o ld c h a i r . Soon he began to move abou t, and th e n ex t th in g he knew he was awake in the f l e s h .He threw wood onto th e embers in th e f i r e - p l a c e , and s h o r t ly the room was aglow w ith l i g h t .

A fte r having a b i t e to e a t , he made some n o te s in h is d ia ry and th en s l ip p e d in to bed . When he awakened in the morning th e sun was sh in in g b r ig h t ly . He looked out o f the open window and e v e ry th in g was as b e a u t i f u l as a sp rin g morn.

W ith b re a k fa s t o v e r, Bob s t a r t e d to do some work in the garden . A ll the tim e he was th in k in g about th e New Work he had been o f fe re d in the O ther W orld. The r e a l problem was, i f he accep ted the New Work There he would have to change to a d i f f e r e n t Work here . . . here in t h i s m a te r ia l w orld . I t meant a com plete change o f Work in b o th w orlds fo r Bob.

Suddenly Bob came to a d e f in i t e d e c is io n . " I f th e White F orces d e s ire me to make a change, who am I to be g iv in g the m a tte r a l o t o f my p e rso n a l c o n s id e ra tio n . I ' l l make the change as of now, 1 he s a id to h im se lf in a determ ined tone of v o ic e .

"I am c e r t a in ly g lad to h ear you say t h a t , Bob. I knew you w ould," r e p l ie d a vo ice c lo se a t hand. Bob looked up in amazement - - he h a d n 't heard anyone approach.

Bob was on th e verge of ask in g the s tra n g e r who he was when the young man answered the q u e s tio n fo r him. "I am E l- wood Brown, from P it ts b u rg h . A lthough I have never met you b e fo re In th e f l e s h , Bob, we are w e ll acq u a in ted . . . every n ig h t we work to g e th e r under R o n a ld 's d i r e c t io n in th e Summer-

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lan d , as v e i l as In the lo v e r O ther W orld ."

I n s ta n t ly Bob’s In n e r C onsciousness " tu rn ed on" and he reco g n ized Elvood as a very good f r ie n d and co -v o rk er in the O ther W orld, even though they had never met b e fo re in the f le s h . "E lvood," Bob ap o lo g ized , "I d o n 't knov vhy I d id n 't recogn ize you in s t a n t ly in the f l e s h , a f t e r a l l ve have been vo rk ing n ig h t a f t e r n ig h t fo r s e v e ra l y e a r s ."

"Think n o th in g of i t , " ansvered Elvood jo y o u sly . " I t ' s the m a te r ia l b ra in c e l l s - - they p rev en t one from th in k in g q u ic k ly ."

"T e ll me," Bob asked , '!nov th a t I have decided to go in to the New Work, are ve going to con tinue vo rk ing to g e th e r? "

"C e rta in ly ve a ro ," e n th u s ia s t i c a l ly r e p l ie d Elvood. "That i s , i f you v is h i t to be th a t v a y ."

"Of course I d o ," B ob 's r e p ly vas h e a r ty . "What about th e o th e rs th a t worked w ith us? What are th ey going to do?"

"I am th e only one to a s s i s t you here in t h i s m a te r ia l w o r ld ," ex p la in e d E lvood. "But th e e n t i r e group in the O ther World ex p ressed a h e a r ty d e s ire to t r a n s f e r to th e New Work w ith you, Bob."

"Say," asked Bob, "how d id a l l you fe llo w s knov so q u ick ly th a t I vas going to accep t the New Work? I t was only a few moments ago th a t I dec ided to make the change."

"Bob," ex p la in e d Elvood. "Anyone who i s as f a r along on THE PATH as you a re ru n s tru e to form . They do the th in g s they d o n 't care to do, and d e l ig h t in doing them ."

"That sounds a l i t t l e l ik e f l a t t e r y . Could i t be you are an 'em issa ry o f S a ta n '? "

"In th a t case you had b e t t e r ch a llen g e me," s e r io u s ly r e ­p l ie d E lvood. This Bob d id , g iv in g the ch a llen g e as reco rd ed in I John 4 :2 . E lvood rem ained very much in the p h y s ic a l . They shook hands . . . and rem ained f a s t f r ie n d s .

That a f te rn o o n Bob and Elwood made p lan s fo r t h e i r Work here in the m a te r ia l w orld . They were to work among S p i r i t u a l ­ly-m inded people v h ereev er p o s s ib le . There was no use a tte m p t­ing to do a New Age Work among th e "d y ed -in -th e -w o o l Fundamen­t a l i s t s " . . . th ey "knew a l l the answ ers". That i s , they a l l thought th ey d id , b u t one look in to t h e i r "Heaven" in the Oth­e r World would i n s t a n t ly convince anyone th a t th ey knew very l i t t l e o f an y th in g .

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There vas no use v e s tin g time among th e "v o o l-g a th e r in g M o d ern is ts" . One look in to t h e i r "heaven" (b en ea th the d ism al fog-bank) and you would be convined th a t th ey h a rd ly had a "form o f G o d lin e ss" , l e t alone any POWER. The Work, th e n , would be among the churches which were betw een fundam entalism and modernism. They cou ld be c o n ta c te d , d iv e r te d from doing "the dead works of man", and be made in to pow erfu l groups te a c h ing th e F iv e -F o ld P h ilosophy o f L ife , and would p r a c t ic e i t as w e ll .

"Ju3 t l a s t w eek," rem arked Elwood, "I had an in te r e s t in g d is c u s s io n w ith a m in is te r . He had ju s t p reached a fu n e ra l sermon fo r a f in e o ld man who had been a devout C h r is t ia n a l l h is l i f e . I asked th e m in is te r , "Why d id you p reach such a so rro w fu l sermon fo r dear B ro th e r Jo n e s . D id n 't you r e a l iz e th a t when he p assed ou t of p h y s ic a l embodiment he would pass d i r e c t ly in to the ram p arts of Heaven? I t seems to me your s e r ­mon should have been one o f g re a t ioy - - or w e re n 't you sure th a t Grandpa Jones went to Heaven? '

"I s a id t h i s in such a way th a t th e m in is te r cou ld n o t b e ­come o ffen d ed . A fte r he had g o tte n over th e f i r s t shock of what I had s a id he r e p l ie d , "I th in k I know what you mean, young man. To be h o n est w ith you, i f I had p reached a sermon f i t t i n g to the o ld m an's r e c e p tio n in to Heaven I am a f r a id my p a r is h io n e rs would never have fo rg iv e n me. You se e , th ey have been tau g h t th a t d ea th i s a most t e r r i b l e th in g , and i f I had made i t the joyous o ccasio n we b o th seem to know i t must b e , w e ll . . . w e ll ,I m ight have lo s t my p a s to r a te , and a t my age I c o u ld n 't a f fo rd t h a t . "

"W ell," r e p l ie d Bob sm ilin g , "the o ld m in is te r vas honest in some ways. There i s hope fo r him. Our Work w i l l be to ed ­u ca te th e l a i t y , q u ie t ly , to where th ey can re c e iv e t h r i l l i n g fu n e ra l sermons - - as w e ll as o th e r t h r i l l i n g t a lk s on L ife .

I t was now tw i l i g h t . A fte r the evening meal and d ish es were washed, more p la n s fo r t h e i r Work here in th e m a te r ia l w orld was p lan n ed . Next came bed tim e . In a few m inutes b o th the la d s were sound a s le e p .

Q uick ly th ey awakened and ascended to g e th e r in to the High­e r O ther W orld, in to the Summerland where Bob and Ronald had l e f t th e two young s o ld ie r s . Ronald was th e r e . He g re e te d Bob w ith a jo y fu l , "I knew you would tak e over t h i s G reat Work."

O ther members o f B ob 's group appeared . A fte r th e n eces­sa ry " b r ie f in g " , a l l descended to the co ld fog-bank and th en jo y o u sly d isap p ea red down th rough I t to t h e i r NEW WORK - - the New Work of h e lp in g o th e rs w ith THEIR JUDGMENT DAY Now.

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