The Importance of Death Part ll

We started with the poem Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant.

We waxed dead and spiritual for most of this class about what we thought spirts could and couldn't do. If they would remember how to swim, and if they could actually swim in water or just through the air.

We discussed addiction and talked about whether we needed a body to fully shed our addictions.

We even touched on the topic of spirit prison and paradise and that there is a possibility there is not a clear seperation but instead it's just the spirit world and our own spirituality will either free us or bind us.

D&C 130:18-19

Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.

19 And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.

Alma 40

D&C 138

Notes:
- The Lord wants us to ponder life after death, to read about it.
- The time betwixt death and resurrection is necessary.
- That time's pleasant-ness depends on the strict way we train our spirit and body.
- Discipline - unfettered happiness.
- The righteous don't pine to be back here.