Hi Leroy,

You asked, "Would it be safe to say that the person we are now is the summation of all of our past experiences and maturity? As in, your current incarnation is a continuation of your previous life which was a continuation of the previous life and so forth. I hope that doesn't sound confusing and I hope the idea gets across."

Yes. But the person you are in this incarnation is just a small part of your eternal self. One writer has likened it to playing out a hand in a card game. You have five cards you're playing with, but there are many more cards in the deck, and many decks from which you might draw cards. Your eternal self is the summation of all those selves you've been.

It's like this. You now are the summation of whom you were when you were 1, 5, 10, 15, and all the other ages of your life. You can't recall every detail about when you learned things that changed you from a 1 year old to a 15 year old, but you know that you had to learn everything that resulted in your maturing. You are the summation of all of those thousands of lessons, even though you couldn't list them all.

You asked, "As for spiritual maturity, is that really all there is to existence? It almost feels like focusing on one thing would become, not boring, but I do not think I can find the word for it...maybe monotonous is the word."

Oh, no. You see, we're standing in the middle of a field that is our life. We can see the trees on the horizon of our sight. We have the feeling this is all there is to life--as far as we can see. But our eternal lives are like the fact that beyond this field, there are thousands of miles of planet, and beyond this planet millions of miles of a solar system, and beyond the solar system billions of light years of distance beyond our galaxy past other galaxies. So if we say, "I wouldn't want to live in this field for eternity," that's entirely true. But eternity is so vast and changing that we could never experience all of it.

Think of it like this. The difference between the consciousness of an earthworm and a quantum physicist is the difference between our consciousness today and the person we'll be in a million years. We'll have new lives, with new interests, and new existences that we could never even envision, just as an earthworm couldn't envision being a quantum physicist. Suffice it to say that all the challenges, joys, experiences, and interests we have today on the Earth plane will be supplanted by entirely new challenges, joys, experiences, and interests that are equally or more exciting and enticing. There will always be change and renewal. We just have no idea as we stand in the middle of this tiny field what's out there. We won't be bored!

You wrote, "I can't comprehend that maturing is the only thing there is to so, that scares me."

I agree. I wouldn't want to live in this tiny field for eternity. Right now, that's the field we're standing in. But the field isn't physical. It's mental and spiritual. We can see the horizon of that field. On that horizon, we will have learned to be unconditionally loving and caring. We will want to be servants to each other more than anything, so everyone will be a servant to me and I will be a servant to everyone. Won't it be wonderful to have all the joys, experiences, and challenges of the Earth plane with no violence, conflict, and hostility?

But we haven't traveled to that horizon yet. We can see it. We can imagine it. But we're not there. Now, when we get there in another incarnation, we'll be standing in the middle of that new field, seeing another horizon. We can't envision that horizon now, but it will be equally enticing. There are millions of new horizons for us to reach, each more wonderful than the next.

Now, if anyone reading this feels that being unconditionally loving and a servant to others in a brotherhood of man isn't enticing and exciting, it's because of the field in which you're standing.

You asked, "I understand that everyone seeks to serve one another, and that is something i feel i do in my daily life, but what about two people who share a connection that they do not share with anyone else. Can such partners remain together for eternity if they so wish?"

Yes. We have free will, and whatever we decide is our reality, as long as the other person agrees. That person also has free will. If the two of you want to stay together and eat grapes while lying on a beautiful hillside for eternity, you can do that. You won't want to, of course. Talk about your boredom! You'll change. We all change. What you loved and didn't want to part with when you were 1 years old differed from what you loved and didn't want to part with at 17 and that will differ from what you love and don't want to part with at 60. We change. Don't judge your eternal self based on the person you are now. You won't know who you'll be in a few centuries of Earth time until you get there. But you will be different and joyful.

Love and peace, Craig