"What we call life is in reality an alternation of life and death. Yes, when we wake up in the morning, we are born on the physical plane, but we die on the astral plane. When we go to sleep at night, we die on the physical plane, but are born on the astral plane. In the same way, when a human being comes to earth, he is born here, but he dies in the other world: he is received here with cries of joy and music, but on the other side they attend his burial. Conversely, when a man dies here, he is accompanied to his grave by funeral marches, tears, and mourning clothes, while on the other side he is welcomed joyfully, and those who receive him exclaim: 'At last, he has returned!' Obviously, the person who has led the life of a criminal on earth does not receive such a warm welcome there. In the same way, it sometimes happens that certain children are not happily welcomed here by their parents. But these are special cases. The law itself remains implacable: what is life in one realm is death in another. What disappears here, appears elsewhere, and vice-versa."