“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Our bodies are temporary. We are souls. We are immortal; we are eternal. We never die; we merely transform to a heightened state of consciousness, no longer needing a physical body. We are always loved. We are never alone, and we can never be harmed, not at this level.
We all have lessons to learn in this school called Earth. We need to comprehend completely the concepts of compassion, love, non-violence, non-judgment, non-prejudice, patience, generosity and charity, and hope. We need to recognize the deceptions and traps of the ego and how to transcend them. We must become aware of the interconnectedness of all living beings, that energy connects us all, and that there is no death, only life.
There are other lessons as well. We do not have to master all these lessons in one lifetime. We can reincarnate into physical bodies as often as we need, in order to learn and master these lessons.
We change race, sex, religion, physical health or impairment, and nationality during our incarnations because we have to learn from all sides. We are rich, and we are poor, powerful and weak, privileged and deprived. We learn by experiencing everything.
We all have soul mates, souls with whom we have reincarnated many times. Soul-mate relationships may be romantic, but frequently they are not, such as parent and child, siblings or best friends, grandparent and grandchild, and so on. Our bodies and relationships change, but the souls are the same. Your grandmother, for instance, may reincarnate as your son. Same soul, different body. We have many soul mates, and we are always being reunited, either on the other side or back here, in physical state.
Love has many facets.
–Brian L. Weiss