Public Lecture GECD

1. Chapter IV:
The Plurality of Existences
Incarnation on Different Worlds
By José Mussi
02-09-2018
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2. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q172. Are all of our different corporeal existences lived on earth?
“No, not all of them. They may be lived on other worlds as well.
Those on this globe are neither the first nor the last, but they are
of the most material and the farthest from perfection.”
Q173. With each new corporeal existence does the soul pass from one
world to another, or does it live several lives on the same globe?
“It may live many lives on the same world if it has not evolved
sufficiently to go to a more advanced one.”
– So we may reappear several times on the earth?
“Of course.”
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3. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q174. Is it necessary to live again on the earth?
“No, but if you do not progress, you may go to another
world that is no better – perhaps one that is even worse.”
“It becomes a spirit again; i.e. it returns to the spirit world,
which it had left for a time.”
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4. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q175. Is there any special advantage in coming back to live on
the earth?
“No special advantage, unless you come on a mission; however,
in that case, you will progress nonetheless, just like you would
on any other world.”
– Wouldn’t it be better to remain a spirit?
“No, no! That would keep you at a standstill.
What you want is to evolve toward God.”
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5. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q176. After having incarnated on other worlds, can spirits incarnate
on this one without ever having come here before?
“Yes, just as you can incarnate on other globes.
All worlds are in solidarity. What you have not accomplished
on one, you may on another.”
– Then are there those who are on the earth for the first time?
“There are many and at various degrees.”
– Is there some kind of indication by which we may recognize a
spirit who is on the earth for the first time?
“That would be of no use to you whatsoever”.
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6. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q178. Can spirits be reborn corporeally on a world that is relatively
less evolved than the one on which they have already lived?
“Yes, when they have a mission to fulfill that will aid their progress.
They joyfully accept the tribulations of this kind of existence in such
a case because they furnish them a means for their further advancement.”
– Mightn’t this also occur as an expiation, and mightn’t God send rebellious
spirits to less evolved worlds?
“Spirits may remain at a standstill but they never regress. Thus, their
punishment consists in not advancing and in having to recommence badly-
used lives in an environment more suited to their nature.”
– Who are the ones who must recommence the same existence?
“Those who have failed in their mission or trials.”
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7. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q179. Are the beings who inhabit each world all at the same
degree of purification?
“No, it is like on earth. There are some who are more advanced
and some who are less advanced.”
Q180. In passing from this world to another, does a spirit retain
the intelligence it possessed here?
“Yes indeed, because intelligence is never lost. Such a spirit may
not have the same means of expressing it, however. It depends
both on its degree of purity and the state of the body it acquires.”
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8. Incarnation on Different Worlds
Q182. Can we accurately know the physical and moral state of
different worlds?
“We, the Spirits, can only reply to you according to your degree of
evolution. This means that we must not reveal these things to
everybody because not all are in the same position to comprehend
them; hence, such revelations would be troubling to them.”
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9. Incarnation on Different Worlds
As spirits purify themselves, the bodies that clothe them also
approach the spirit nature.
Their matter becomes less dense and they no longer painfully drag
themselves around on the ground.
The needs of their physical bodies are less coarse and they no longer
have to destroy other living beings in order to feed themselves.
They are freer and have a perception unknown to us, which enables
them to see things far away; in other words, they can see things
through the eyes of their body that we can see only through
thought.
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10. Incarnation on Different Worlds
The purification of spirits is reflected in the moral perfection of the
beings in which they are incarnated.
The animal passions become weaker, and selfishness gives way to a
fraternal sentiment. It is thus that on worlds more highly evolved
than our own, wars are unknown, and there are no motives for
hatred and discord, because no one would dream of harming a
fellow being.
Their intuition concerning the future – which is a surety that a
conscience void of remorse gives them – makes death no longer a
cause for apprehension. Instead, they look upon it without fear and
as a simple transformation.
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11. Incarnation on Different Worlds
The lifespan on different worlds appears to be proportionate to the
spirit’s degree of moral and physical advancement, and this is
perfectly logical.
The less material the body is, the less it is subject to the torments
that disorganize it; the purer the spirit is, the less it is subject to the
passions that undermine it.
This is a further design of Providence, who desires for suffering to be
shortened as much as possible.
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12. Genesis – Chapter XI: The Spiritual
Genesis
The incarnation of spirits
27. The physical progress of a planet accompanies the moral progress of
its inhabitants. Now, since the creation of worlds and spirits is incessant,
and since the latter progress quickly or slowly by virtue of their free will,
it follows that there are both newer and older worlds at different degrees
of physical and moral advancement; worlds where incarnation is more
material or less so, and where, consequently, the labor for spirits is also
harsher or less harsh. From this point of view, earth is one of the least
advanced. Because it is populated with relatively low ordered spirits,
corporeal life is harder than on other worlds, just as there are less-evolved
worlds where life is even harder than on the earth, and for whom the earth
would be a relatively happy world.
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13. Genesis
28. When, on one world, spirits have accomplished the amount of
progress that the state of that world makes possible, they leave it in
order to incarnate on another that is more advanced, where they
acquire new knowledge;
this process continues until incarnation in physical bodies is no longer
useful, and they live the spirit life exclusively, where they progress in
yet another sense and through other means. When they arrive at the
culminating point of progress, they enjoy supreme bliss.
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