First you die, slip into the next dimension
cross over, pass on to those Pearly Gates
where St Pete is supposed to be waiting.
Your soul can request an interview with the Big One
any time to determine direction. Your choice is
between long and convoluted lessons or entering
Earth again through that damn birth canal,
and reliving the horrid dependency period.
Rebirth involves mastering lessons unlearned
in previous lives. If achieved, you pass right on
to be faculty at the Celestial College.
You are now in the illustrious company of the newly sainted.
Finally you get into the Inner Circle when you reach perfection.
You unite with God and find Eternal Happiness.
It is sort of like tenure. It cannot be rescinded.
Loraine Brink