Because most of the necessary qualifications are attained here on Earth, they cannot be acquired in one lifetime. Reincarnation offers us the opportunity to acquire the necessary lessons, learn, grow spiritually, and to move up the floors. As we alternate between life on Earth and the afterlife, most people move higher and higher up the stairs to the top floors.

However, not everyone learns, grows spiritually, and is able to move up the floors. There are a few people who refuse to learn, or are unwilling to return to Earth for its experiences, and since most of the experiences we need cannot be acquired in the afterlife, they are offered every opportunity to return to Earth and to learn and grow. If all fails, then the memory (discussed in Part 1) of these personalities is erased. When the memory is erased, they no longer exist. This is the ultimate death, and it can occur only in the afterlife in accordance with nature's laws.

The ascension to higher floors and the erasure of the memories of those who are unable to ascend to the higher floors in our analogy contradicts any belief in reincarnation in which a person can regress to a lower animal than human. We can only move up, not lower. Any belief in regression to a lower animal as a punishment for evil deeds, as some people believe, is erroneous and superstitious.

In our analogy of an invisible glass structure are invisible floors and ceilings, separating one level from another. These floors and ceilings are marked by a change in vibratory rate. Because these floors and ceilings are made of energy, it is possible for people and personalities on one floor to occasionally hear, feel, perceive, or have a glimpse of the floor above it, but not usually with the full knowledge and experiences associated with that higher level. However, a personality on a higher level can and do experience with full knowledge, all the experiences associated with all the levels below him or her, but not without effort. This will be explained more as we go further.

The above discussions bring us back to reincarnation and back to the central question about whether contact and communication with the dead is possible. When we reincarnate, we do so from whatever level we've reached and exist in the afterlife. And while here, we bring our experiences and knowledge with us. Since knowledge is never lost, we continually draw on these past knowledge and experiences, both ours and other people's. We draw from past experiences up to the level we reincarnated from throughout life, whether we realize it or not.

From the foregoing discussions, the question is not whether there can be contact between the dead and the living. There can be. The issue now is the nature of these contacts and communications. Are they real contacts or is something else at work? These will be examined in the future parts in the series.