"There is always great sadness when parents see their child die or when a stillbirth occurs. Many have wondered what good could possibly come of such an event or why a fetus should be brought through all the work and difficulty of a 9-month gestation only to be lost at or soon after birth."
"No major life-event ever occurs without careful planning on the part of The Guides and Guardians of the individuals concerned. The benefits arising through the loss of the little life from The Earth Plane are many. First, consider The Soul of the child. In virtually every such case, That Entity had need of a brief sojourn of this kind, though the reasons for that need can vary. For example, a Soul That took its own life in a previous earth sojourn must, according to the law, live out in some later incarnation the last portion of the life that was ended untimely. Then It must return to The Higher Levels."
"Another reason can relate to a karmic requirement to lose the young body at a particular age. If The Soul had been responsible, directly or indirectly, for the death of an infant, for example through neglect, then The Guardians may offer to the responsible Soul the opportunity of canceling that karmic burden by losing its own life at an equivalent age."
"We point out as an aside, however, that there are several other methods of atoning for the death of another, one being to undergo the difficulty and pain of childbirth, wherein life is given back to the same or a different Soul in a subsequent life. Another method is through a prolonged period of service to The Soul Who lost its young life due to neglect. Here you find the pattern in which an ailing individual is cared for over many years by a relative or friend."
"Let Us return to the question of the benefits accruing from the event of infant death. Consider the parents of the child. In virtually every case, these souls require the sorrowful experience of losing a child. Indeed, such deprivation can constitute another method of atoning for having caused the death of a child in some past incarnation. In many cases arising in the present day, the original causing of death happened through abortion."
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