He moves from mortality on earth, to the spirit world, and eventually to an opportunity to inherit a kingdom with a resurrected body. New interesting thoughts I have gained from reading these books. It seems it should be a doctrine that encompasses all truth and rejects falsehood thereby enlightening its believers. Another insight I received was on page 43 of The Great Divorce. It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened.
Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows.
The mountains throughout all scripture either represent a temple or other sacred places-but in every case somewhere an individual may go to draw nearer to God. As we draw near to God and come to feel realities, it is painful. Notice that the ghost has the option of rejecting the invitation and living in ignorance or learning truth and feeling the pain that comes with knowing one's own mistakes but the ultimate gratification of being enlightened. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little.