Book Title: Power of Karma Author(s): Alexander Cannon Publisher: Rider and CoPage 43
________________ REINCARNATION 43 our bodies will become finer, less gross, less material; and we may very well imagine that there are worlds where the souls are clothed only in astral bodies, and that even this envelope may become so etherealized that for us from our present standpoint, it would seem not to exist. It rests with each soul to advance his progress or to retard it indefinitely. . . Now, if we have a succession of corporeal existences, it follows that the relationship which existed at one time between two souls cannot be entirely broken by death, but may be extended into another life and be manifested in many ways. • The teaching of reincarnation justifies that other great teaching of universal brotherhood, because it shows that in one's neighbour, or servant, or in fact any stranger we may meet, there may be a soul with whom in a former reincarnation we may have been related by ties of blood. Noble souls are often drawn into particular families by reason of sympathy or by previous ties. Parents often transmit to their children physical resemblance, but not morals. The body is always formed according to the capacities of the soul. In this connection the eyes are truly called the mirror of the soul. According to the Eastern teaching KarmaPage Navigation
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