230 OCCULT PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH & HEALING
may learn the lessons of this life thoroughly in his
experiences in Purgatory and the First Heaven.
Thus, by the good will, intelligence, unselfishness,
and love of the remaining friends the passing Spirit is
enabled to enter the new conditions under much more
favorable circumstances, and we cannot do better than
to spread this teaching as widely as possible. It is our
loss if we are blind to the superphysical realms, but to
all who will take the trouble to awaken their latent
faculties, the opening of the proper sense is but a
matter of time. When that time comes we shall see the
so-called “dead” are all about us, and that, in fact,
“there is no death”, as John McCreery says in the
following beautiful poem:
There is no death. The stars go down
To rise upon another shore,
And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no death. The forest leaves
Convert to life the viewless air;
The rocks disorganize to feed
The hungry moss they bear.
There is no death. The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
There is no death. The leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away—
They only wait through wintry hours
The warm, sweet breath of May.