October 11th 1965
...of the conditions in the Spirit world, which you have called the mists or no-man's-land, where so many spirits find themselves when they have lived the ordinary, average life through the human span.
Amongst these there are the so-called high and the so-called low. And it is a great shock for those that have had authority on the Earth plane to find themselves next, perhaps, to an inn-keeper or even a beggar. But all these things come about as you realise, not through any other being or person or mediator, but through and only through the level of consciousness in the person concerned.
And those that have been born with good, sound, mental equipment, and with high intellectual powers, are those who suffer the most from shock, as it were, when they realise that their companions are of the kind which, when they were on Earth, they would have considered lower class, lower types. But, as the Master said, "In my Father's house there are many mansions”. And there is, as it were, a mansion for every state of soul, or for every level of consciousness.
Now, Mary, my charge, my ward, you often wonder and ask yourself, "What will be my first task, what sort of work will I do when I go forth into that world of spirit? Who will I meet? Who will I work with? Who will be my companions?"
During the last few weeks you have been with us and we have been training you already for the work you have to do.
And because you have been very sympathetic towards your friends, you have met them because of the law of attraction, in the first sphere beyond the mist, and you have talked to them, and explained to them and they have understood.
It is Jung who talks, now, at this moment. And I have made many discoveries and seen and heard many things. I have been allowed to accompany you and your guide on these missions within your hours of sleep. It is too wonderful, too wonderful for words. I always know, I always felt that all was well somewhere, but underneath the waters of life there was indeed a deep, calm, and quiet place in which one could reside and live. But I never knew, I could never, as it were, put my finger on exactly what this thing, this place, this peace, was. And because of your concentrated thoughts and prayers, you brought about a condition whereby you met your friends, and I and the Keeper of the Stone accompanied you.
We advised you and told you and helped you concerning the things you would say to these, your friends. But they could not see us. But they could see and talk to you quite naturally. And you would find, if you could converse with them, that they feel that they have dreamed about you.
How we want you to remember this, the reason why you can see and converse with us in the sleep state is because you know. And this knowledge, this certainty of our being and presence, is the key which opens the door$. Your friends in their state can come, as it were, through the mist and have a certain amount of freedom. Go no far, but no further. And you know, my friend, that I could not do this whilst I was on Earth, I could not do this. If I could have done so I could have helped my patients so very, very, very much more. Do you understand? I could not do this thing because I myself did not really know. I believed, but there was a vagueness. If only I could have been absolutely sure. I knew there was something. I believed in God. I believed in love, I believed with all my heart and soul. But there was this something.
Believe me, if I had been absolutely certain, I would have written. I would have disclosed it. But I did not know. And so you see that the one who knows, who absolutely believes, who is open to the power of Spirit whilst on Earth, can do, in their Spirit state, and in the ordinary course of human life, more than we who pass on without this gem, without this absolute knowing.
You see the work that you can do now, already, because still being in the body, the Spirit can be seen by others in the body who can come over and who themselves do not really know, these friends of yours don't know, but all spirits can come just through the mist and to a certain edge or fringe, as it were, of what we will call, for the want of a better expression, the fringe of the very first sphere, the lowest vibration nearest to Earth. And this will be your work.
And we are actually waiting. Those of us who lived full and rich lives, served humanity, did the very best we possibly could, but with just this absolute knowing absent, we wait, and we wait on the services of those still in the body who know, and who, as soon as the consciousness leaves them in sleep, are away, free, ready, equipped. Do you understand? It is so important.
And to each soul who has this knowledge, who is absolutely convinced, and who works in humility of spirit, and who is willing to be used for everyone upon the Earth plane, willing and ready to do this work, there are thousands of spirits waiting to use that one. The helpers are legion but the agents are very, very few and far between. Again we remind you, the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few.
We know, we understand. That is why we talk to you so often in this vein. It is because we can see and read your mind. You think you do so little because your eyes are human, but the inner vision sees and knows things. And when you work in this dream state, you see all with the developed eye of the soul. And you know. You have taken away all fear from your friends. Although in the conscious everyday life they may not be aware of it. Also, because you love her so, and because of that inner secret longing, you have formed complete unity with her, Margaret, you reach and you are teaching her much. And this knowledge which she gleans from you in the sleep state, will sort of seep through into the conscious, and she will seek it and begin to question you. And a part, you see there is a sort of .... barrier, how can we put it? She feels that these things are best left alone. Not to go too deep. But because you know, and because your prayers are living, vital, things, because of this knowledge, they, again for want of a better word, live. You see? And we know this hunger. We can see it, and we understand it. And you shall not hunger.
We come to your Father, and the very waters of life which you talk about, shall go to her whom you love and long to help. This talk has been different but we are sure that you have been ver, very interested.
I would that I had had your faith. Humility-yes. But even I was inclined just that little bit to worship the intellect, the ego. And the other, the truth, was too simple for me to grasp. I could not believe it. That anything so great could be so simple. We shall meet again when sleep holds.
Here the communicator identifies itself as Carl Jung, now speaking from the spirit side, and makes a striking admission: although he spent his life exploring the unconscious mind, he was never fully certain that anything of us survives death — only that he sensed something. He says plainly that if he'd truly known, he could have helped his patients far more. He says that this certainly is key.
People still alive, who are fully convinced of spiritual truth, can apparently do real work for the dying and the deceased during sleep — work that many spirits, lacking that same certainty while they lived, are now waiting on the living to do for them.