Spiritual
Journey of the Soul
(From Creation of the Spirit to Final Purification)
First Edition 2003
(all rights reserved)
TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
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Preface
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In The Beginning & The Final Goal of The Soul…………page
1
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Life in the Spirit World……………………………….........page 2
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Learning in the Spirit World……………………………….page 3
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The Return to Another Material Existence………………page
4
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Lessons in the Material World……………………………page 5
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Faith, Hope , Charity & Love is the Way………………..page
6
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Conclusion
Preface
This book is a simple and brief outline regarding the soul’s journey in
its spiritual
evolutionary progression: from its creation, through its countless
material existences, and then finally to its eventual evolving into a
purified soul (no longer needing material existences).
In very general terms, it explains this process, describing what
usually happens
to the average spirit (one who is basically good and at least
intellectually and morally average), and, one who has at least a vague
idea regarding knowledge of the following:
1) its true nature as a spirit; 2) the true purpose of material life;
and, 3) the existence of the spirit world and the necessary process of
soul evolution.
It does not deal specifically with those spirits who are very evil,
very primitive,
or who have no belief at all in reincarnation or soul evolution, or
those who believe firmly in orthodox and/or traditional religious
beliefs, or for those spirits who firmly believe in nothing, or no
afterlife at all. These types of spirits, although they will indeed
undergo the same evolutionary soul process,
may have perceptions and experiences which may differ , along
their soul’s journey, then those described in this book.
Generally overall, what a spirit usually experiences during this soul
development process, is based on what they went through and their
behavior in their last material life, their personal belief system,
their knowledge of spiritual science, and their current intellectual,
spiritual, and moral levels.
This book was written through inspirational mediumship, a collaboration
so to speak, between the material world and the spiritual. I
thank my spirit guides, and God above all, for without them this book
could not have been written. May it help those who read it, even
if in some small way.
Yvonne Limoges
The Spiritist Society of Florida
July 2003
St. Petersburg, Florida
U.S.A.
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IN
THE BEGINNING
In the beginning was the Creator, First Cause of All Things, Who
created the spiritual and material worlds, and spirits. The Creator,
Who is All Love and All Justice, determined that each spirit created,
would have equal potential and capacity to learn, grow, and evolve to
relative perfection. God gave each soul a wonderful gift called
"freewill" so it could determine its own path on its soul journey (and
receive the merits of its own efforts with regard to its spiritual
progression) on the way to the final stage of its evolution as a
purified soul.
But God also established Universal Laws and provided that souls had to
learn to act and grow within the boundaries of them. Breaking these
Laws creates disharmony, abiding by them provides for spiritual
equilibrium and moral progress.
God also wanted each soul to have help along its soul journey and this
is accomplished through the assistance of superior spirits (those elder
spirits who have already progressed much in intelligence and goodness).
They guide, protect, and inspire those to whom they are assigned to,
hoping it will help them make choices which provide for a more
harmonious and progressive growth path.
THE
FINAL GOAL OF THE SOUL
The soul of a human being has had countless material existences and
will continue to have them until the soul is completely purified. How
many material existences a soul has, is determined by the soul itself;
through the efforts it makes towards the goal of total purification.
The spirit has its own freewill to make the choices which determine
this.
Some souls work very hard towards this goal, others are slower in
reaching it, but nevertheless, since the Law of Progress is a Universal
Law, each and every soul will reach its goal and become a pure spirit,
one of relative perfection, where it will no longer have to enter
material life nor suffer.
Pure spirits are those who have freed themselves from all materiality,
can comprehend and are near to God, and act as His helpers and
messengers in the Divine administration of Creation.
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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT WORLD
The spirit world, or where spirits live (without physical bodies), is
the true home
of all spirits (souls). The soul was created there and it returns there
(after each material existence and then stays there upon its final
purification).
While in the spirit world, each spirit goes to find others like itself.
The good gravitate towards those who are good, and those with evil or
malicious inclinations, gravitate to those who are like themselves.
Above all, the spirits who have already made tremendous intellectual,
moral and spiritual progress, are in charge of all those inferior to
themselves, and by the force of
their will, they can control all of the other spirits. Everything is
strictly controlled. Nothing happens without their permission nor
without the final permission of the Creator, Who has power above all
creation, whether spiritual or material.
As spirits journey through each of their material existences and then
return again
to the spirit world, how they have spent their material life and their
final physical and mental conditions at its end, can determine what
condition they may find themselves upon their return.
Spirits generally need time to adjust back to life in the spirit world
after their stay in the material world. This adjustment can be long or
short depending on how aware or knowledgeable the spirit is regarding
spiritual matters, how morally evolved it is, and there are other
factors as well. Upon their arrival, some spirits need what they see as
hospital care and medicine, some just need peaceful surroundings, and
some are put temporarily into what we may call a long spiritual sleep
for their own benefit. Material life is very difficult and the spirit
may need much rest from it.
But, the perception of time for spirits is very different compared to
perception of time in the material world. A spirit could have died many
centuries ago in your time, but the spirit may feel it has only just
arrived in the spirit world.
Upon return to the spirit world, each spirit is received by their
superior and loving spirit guides (sometimes called guardian angels),
plus relatives and friends who care about them (from present and past
lives) who have arrived before them. At times, the returning spirit, in
its temporary confusion upon returning, cannot perceive these spirits
who are watching over them. These caring spirits, help the returning
spirit as they are able, according to their own moral, spiritual, and
intellectual level. It is a homecoming for the spirit who has been away
in the material world for a short time (compared to the eternal life of
the soul) and has finally returned to its true home in the spirit
world.
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LEARNING IN THE SPIRIT WORLD
Once the spirit has fairly recuperated and understands its current
situation, it settles down to active life in the spirit world. This
recuperation and transition takes whatever period of time is necessary
for each spirit, depending on its intellectual, spiritual, and moral
level; some spirits take a short time, others a very long time. When
spirits are ready to be active, they get involved in many activities.
One of these is they can start learning other things while they are in
the spirit world which are very different than in the material world.
Some of these topics are about personal conduct and responsibility,
spiritual science, love, duty, faith, and whatever else they may need
to further their moral progression.
When a spirit is ready, and at a certain level of advancement, it will
learn what the purpose of their last material existence was, and
whether they succeeded in advancing in it. They find out if they have
become at least a little bit better now, then when they first arrived
into their last material life. They find out if they have truly put
into practice, on earth, the many valuable lessons they had learned
from the choices they made from in their previous lives and study in
the spirit world.
They also learn if they have passed whatever tests and atonements
(expiation and reparation) that they needed to accomplish, for their
proper development and to have advanced spiritually, intellectually,
and morally. Since these spirits had voluntarily agreed to the types of
tests and trials they would undergo (many which may have been terribly
painful and horrible, physically and/or emotionally) they are ecstatic
if they find their efforts have been a success.
A spirit can learn many spiritual lessons in the spirit world, but it
is only in the material world where they can be put into practice, in
order to truly progress. A spirit can also mark time in its progress in
an existence, but it cannot retrograde. The purpose of material life is
to advance: intellectually, spiritually, and morally. The choices the
spirit makes (its thoughts, words, and deeds) while in the material
world determine whether it has indeed progressed. This is based on the
Universal Law of Cause and Effect. But, the Creator is All Love and so
the Law always takes into consideration any mitigating circumstances,
the intent of the person is extremely important (more important at
times than the act itself), the spirit’s level of culpability (in other
words, did it really know it was making a wrong and hurtful choice),
and a lot depends on the current moral, spiritual, and intellectual
level of each spirit. No matter what else, the Scales of the Divine
Justice are Perfect, so there are no mistakes.
As spirits become more active, they may also learn by observing those
in the material world. They travel with guides, in groups, small or
large. Many are brought to centers where mediums work and they may be
allowed to communicate through one.
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THE RETURN TO ANOTHER MATERIAL EXISTENCE
When a spirit is ready, it decides (with the help of its superior
spirit guides) that it is time to put into practice lessons that have
been learned from prior lives and from its time spent in the spirit
world, and return to a new material existence once again. The soul
journey continues…
Parents, a family, a country, and a planet are chosen to present the
best possible circumstances for the returning soul to succeed on its
soul journey towards purification. The other spirits that will be
accompanying it, and surrounding it, are many times the same ones they
have known for eons in other times, in prior existences, in other
relationships, and under other circumstances.
Once a body has been selected and the process of return has started (at
the moment of conception to be completed upon delivery of an infant
alive), during this period the spirit slowly enters a period of
confusion and then a kind of sleep. After being born into the material
world, the spirit throughout infancy, acclimates to its new home and
surroundings (parents’ habits, social customs, etc.) while it is still
pliable and easily influenced.
Parents’ (or other caregiver’s) mission in education of their children
cannot be underestimated while these souls are in their care. This is
the time to teach right conduct and correct wrong behavior; provide a
healthy, loving, and nurturing environment; and, to provide as good a
moral, social, and intellectual education as they are
able.
Between the ages of fifteen and twenty, upon average, as the youngster
grows into young adulthood, its spirit starts to come into its own… to
be revealed upon full adulthood. Character traits and inclinations
which were not visible before, slowly or suddenly, come forth. Each
spirit goes through this process at its own pace.
In addition, the spirit must deal with the physical aspects of its
material body (with all its abilities and/or limitations) and the
material environment of the particular planet that it is on. The
spirit, nevertheless, is limited by the grossness of the material body
from revealing its full capabilities. It is freer and more able to do
so only in the spirit world.
The trials and tribulations a spirit runs into in the material world,
were agreed to
by the spirit itself with advice from its superior guides, and
determined prior to its arrival
as the most advantageous of circumstances for each spirit’s own
particular intellectual, moral, and spiritual progress. The hardships
of material life are lessons to be learned, in order for the spirit to
develop and progress (if they are overcome with resignation and without
rebellion), towards its final purification.
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LESSONS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
When a spirit is in the material world, as a human being here on earth,
life can be very difficult. We forget why we have to go through such
trials and tribulations and such sufferings, and we can become
depressed and may lose faith.
But we must remember, God is All Love and All Justice and All Perfect,
and the Divine Plan is Perfect.
Whatever happens to us in the material world, we have elected to
undergo for our own betterment, and for the progression of our own
soul. That is the purpose of material life and we must believe it in
our hearts and in every fiber of our souls!
For if God is All Love and All Perfect, our sufferings must have a just
and perfect purpose. Our spirit knew this before we were born on this
earth, we just don’t remember now.
But, what we can do, is put all our faith, with all our heart, in
believing in God’s Perfect Plan for us. There is a reason for
everything! God does not punish us, we have chosen to make our own
path...along our own soul’s journey. We know that undergoing our
sufferings, bearing them without complaint, will allow us to arrive
into
the spirit world better off, than when we first entered material life.
We will arrive within the spirit world, our true home, victorious into
the Hand’s of God!
In addition, prayer is a powerful tool we can use to sustain us, in
keeping on the correct course, through our soul’s journey in the
material life. Use it! Long prayers are not necessary. Empty words,
memorized and said without feeling, do nothing! Always pray from your
heart! Pray sincerely, pray honestly, and pray humbly!
Our physical mind and body may be in shambles upon the end of our
material life, but the spirit will emerge from it…. morally cleansed,
greatly sanctified, and more spiritually pure, then when we were in it!
That is what is most important!
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FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY
Always do good, and be good. That is CHARITY to yourself and
others.
Always have FAITH, in yourself and in God - All Perfect.
Always have HOPE, because material sufferings help us learn,
grow, and eventually transform us into superior souls, who will suffer
nevermore!
LOVE IS THE WAY
Love is the greatest thing one can do. LOVE is GOD, GOD
is ALL - LOVE.
Love God, Who loves you. The Creator allows you the freewill to pave
your own soul journey through as many material existences as you need,
to reach the final state of a purified soul.
The Creator provides guidance and the means, but we each must choose
our own path. If we have chosen paths which are not harmonious with
God’s Universal Laws, our soul’s path will be rocky. If we have chosen
paths harmonious with God’s Universal Laws, our paths will be more
smooth. We choose.
But even then, when spirits have repented, expiated, and reparated
their actions and non-actions, throughout their numerous material
lives, they get to a point when they wish to strive even higher, in
order to achieve final purification. These spirits are recognized for
their great missions in helping others, sacrificing themselves through
extreme voluntary sufferings, for the love of mankind. Examples of
these spirits are the likes of Joan of Arc and Mohandas Gandhi. But
there have been more.
Finally, there is your most Elder Spiritual Brother Jesus, the supreme
model of human moral conduct possible on this planet earth. He came to
show all on your planet
the Way to our Celestial Father, and that is through LOVE!
Poor mankind, your sufferings will cause you to grow and reach up to
God!
You are not alone, all of God’s spirits must make the same soul
journey!
Take heart and have faith!
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CONCLUSION
I believe that this small basic and simple book briefly explains the
soul’s journey through material and spiritual life, and its final
destination. I also feel this book can be helpful to answer some very
basic questions for those beginning to enter into a study of Life and
its Divine Purpose, from a simple perspective.
If a person would like a more detailed and complex explanation on this
topic,
I fully and sincerely recommend reading all the books of Allan Kardec
on the topic of Spiritism.
Yvonne Limoges
The Spiritist Society of Florida
United States of America
The Spiritist Society of Florida
2001-2003