10. Between Death and Rebirth of the Human Being

The first thing we experience after reaching the midpoint between death and rebirth is that an outer world appears before us, but it is not really an outer world. When we awaken from our solitude, we are confronted with images that emerge from our previous earthly life. So an outer world, which is once again our past outer world, surrounds us, and longing has led us to it, which is an active force. Thus, for a time, we stand before our past earthly experiences in such a way that they are an outer world for us, that we stand before them as if judging them. While we were experiencing them, we were inside them; now we stand before them.