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The truth is that our home is in the other world, the Spirit World or the Real World. After leaving the other world, we were born into this world to undergo spiritual discipline for just three score years and ten. We come from the other world and we return there. We who are living on earth think of going to the other world as departing, but in the eyes of those who are in heaven, the journey to this world was the departing.

In the other world, we all led lives as adults. If we brought all our memories with us when we were born into this world, they would obstruct our soul training. So this is the reason we completely forget our past and start with a clean slate. All souls, whether they are highly evolved or immature, must start from nothing. Over the course of time, after we have lived in this world for a while, we come to think of the earthly world as our home, and gradually we forget our true home; this is how we form a set of values that goes against the Truth.

We need to question who we think we are, our way of thinking and our set of values. We need to ask ourselves who it really is who is looking, judging, feeling, and thinking. Is it our true self who is thinking and leading our life? These are vital questions.

Now, let us consider the significance of our life on earth. The main purpose of our life in this world is to discipline and refine the soul. Through numerous incarnations, we have always looked for the best way to continue the soul's progress, and each time we are born on earth we choose a different environment. We have selected different professions, different circumstances, and different relationships, for example, those who have been wealthy in previous lives are born into poor families and vice versa, and those who were healthy in past lives are born with illnesses. We are born into this world with the supreme assignment of spiritual advancement, by even a step forward.

Because this is the case, in difficult times you should think; "I am now being given this rare opportunity to improve my soul. This means I have found the very purpose of this life." You must not avoid your task. If you were to complain about it, I would say, "You have been given the map for the treasure hunt and you have been walking, searching for treasure and following the map. Now there is a pile of treasure right in front of you. What are you complaining about?"