Teachings from the published works of Britain’s bestselling spiritual author, Stephen O’Brien
When asked the question, ‘If there are previous lives before this one, why?’
Stephen O’Brien’s spirit guide explained:
Because the soul can build its experiences only through the crucible of learning.
Earth is a training-ground for souls; it presents unique opportunities to interact on a physical plane with many and varied other beings at differing levels of soul-growth to one’s self.
In my world, the spirit plane, souls are naturally and automatically grouped together according to their evolution and growth, but in your world no such formal grouping takes place. Your planes of thought are comprised of millions of beings all at different stages of evolution, all living together, all interacting in one place, all growing
through their challenges, struggles and experiences.
As a conscious being, first you are partially aware, a Divine Spark clothed in a beast; then you walk erect. Maybe you are poor, after which you are materially wealthy; sighted, then blind; ignorant, then intellectual; maimed and then whole; you are a male, then a female; lost and wandering, and then finally secure in your knowledge of self and God.
After this comes the greatest lesson of all when the soul learns to climb upwards towards the light, until it fully knows and expresses the true meaning of service, love and kindness.
You cannot learn all that Earth-life has to teach in one incarnation, for the Great Spirit has ordained that wisdom may be possessed only by the wise.
