' Your Astral body, which inhabits
every normal human being, transfers
to its Higher-self all the sensations 
that are experienced during a lifetime 
in a physical body.  These sensations 
pass through the immense 'filter' of 
nine Higher-selves before arriving in 
the etheric 'ocean' that surrounds the 
Spirit.  If these sensations are based 
essentially on materialism the Higher-
selves have enormous trouble filtering 
them, just as a water filter clogs 
quicker if it filters dirty water than if 
the water was already clear.'

' If, through the numerous experiences 
you have in your life, you ensure your 
Astral body benefits in a spiritual 
sense, it will acquire more and more 
spiritual understanding. In time, which 
can vary from 500 to even 15 000 of 
your Earth years, your Higher-self will 
have nothing more to filter.'

'This part of itself, embodied in the 
Astral being of Michel Desmarquet, 
will be so spiritually advanced, it will 
have arrived at the next stage where it 
will have to contend directly with the 
more superior Higher-self.  We can 
compare this process with a nine-
stage filter, intended to rid the water 
passing through, of nine elements.  At 
the end of stage one in the process, 
one will have been completely 
eliminated, with eight remaining.  Of 
course, to make this information easier 
to digest, I am making enormous use 
of imagery... '

'This Astral body then, will have 
completed its cycle with the Higher-
self of the first catergory and will then 
detatch itself from Higher-self number 
one to rejoin the Higher-self of the 
second catergory; the entire process 
will be repeated.  By the same token, 
the Astral body will be sufficiently 
spiritually advanced to pass a planet 
of the next catergory, as well.'