A Dip Into Matter

The above diagram is taken from the Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, authored by Max Heindel. It provides a description of the average human life-cycle, from birth into the physical, to death in the physical, to the journey through the astral, mental and causal regions of the reflection-sphere and back to physical birth.

You'll note that man spends the smallest amount of time in physical incarnation. That is because if man were to live more than 72 years, say, two hundred three hundred years, think of the damage that could be done by selfish humans with that much time on their hands. When man has sufficiently matured spiritually, only then will the life-span be increased. For now, only a short dip into Matter is allowed for each incarnation at this point in time.

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