At first this, too, seemed devoid of meaning, but after a little thought I asked whether she meant that we had been associated in some way as pure spirit.
“Everybody was pure spirit once, and will be again,” was the rapid reply.
“Is this life a punishment, then?”
“No, a beginning of individuality.”
“Does the individual continue to exist forever?”
“Yes.”
“As pure spirit?”
“Yes.”
“Then how were we associated as pure spirit?”
“We were the same purpose.”