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Rachel
Daniel
Florence
intellects
Theodore
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
But when you are born again into a tiny and helpless organism and when your intellect may still be operating strongly, then there is a shock, for you cannot do what you want to do. You take it for granted that you can express yourself, and you cannot. That is a shock. Some individuals will retain strong memories of their past lives, and others will not. It is easier, you see, if you do not remember.
It does you no good as an infant to recall your success of a life past in your terms, for then you feel twice as helpless. Death is indeed triumphant. Our friend Ruburt feels triumph in this life to have lived as many years as he has, and to find himself strong and hearty—for he feared that adulthood would destroy him. And (to Sue) that is also your own fear.
[... 35 paragraphs ...]
Now these two (Sue and Daniel’s)—I’m getting to them at a fairly young age in this life. This one (Sue) has abilities from past lives to deal with and to use—and a greater responsibility to use them. This one (Daniel) has the idea that he can skim on through. This is no fun life. It is a work life for you and it is a time for you to produce and develop, and to use your abilities on your own behalf and for others. There is every reason in the world why using your abilities in such a manner should be fun. It should be a time of high adventure, but not a time of laziness—and not a time of skimming through.
[... 1 paragraph ...]
You wonder what I see when I look at you. I have an impression of the physical bodies which you now inhabit. But I also see, in your terms, your future and your past and the probabilities of your development, and the abilities that you have and must use.
([Rachel:] “How do we have the power to determine the future if past, present and future are all one?”)
This is in your terms. To make an idea clear I must often resort to ideas of time that are current with you. You change constantly. Reaction is simultaneous, and yet you do have control. And in your own terms, I must often use past, present and future. Now when you read the material and all of it—you will find that your questions are well answered, for there is no question that you have that I have not anticipated. This is my job. You (Rachel) have the capacity if you use it—and the ability. I will stretch your IQ.
[... 12 paragraphs ...]
