Lessons

One day you will die, and after you die you will know the Truth. The Truth, or a part of it, is that this life is like a motion picture for your soul—the inner you that is truly you. Living a life is like going to the theater and watching a play, or going to the cinema and watching a film, or going to the library and reading a good book that was written by a wise person. Living a life teaches you lessons; it gives you things to think about. If you read a very good book, you may decide to be a better person than you were before you read the book. You may try harder, think deeper, forgive quicker, than before you read the book, watched the movie, experienced the play.

Why is this? The purpose of your life and my life is to make us better people and better souls. Your soul is the real you. The real you is not the earthly body you happen to inhabit for a few years. In your previous life, you inhabited a different body and played out a different story. In your next life you will inhabit another body and you will play out another story. But all your lives, all your stories, will be lived and experienced so that gradually you become less imperfect. Each life you live brings you a bit closer to perfection. That is the direction in which you are headed. It is the direction in which all of us are headed, even though many of us may be far from our destinations.

The world has evil people, but it also has people who would give their life to save yours. They would do that because God gives them an instinct to do the right thing, and so they offer their help, and possibly their life, without hesitation.

One day you will die and then, will you pass to a higher level and learn the next lesson? Or will you have to repeat this lesson until you get it right? You must learn the lessons you are given before you pass on to more advanced lessons. 

These words won't be understood or believed by everyone. They are intended for those who will understand. If you understand these words, then they were intended for you.