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There are two things that seem indispensable to us while
we are living in the world, because they are hallmarks
of our nature. Those two are space and time. To live in
space and time, then, is to live in the world—the physical
world. Both disappear in the other life. In the world of
spirits they still seem to exist, because spirits recently released from their bodies bring with them a mental image
of earthly phenomena, but eventually they realize that no
space or time exists there. Instead they have states. States
in the next life correspond to space and time in the physical world.
—Secrets of Heaven 2625