July 8

The passage on page 156 of “Gleanings” regarding the evolution of the soul after death clearly proves that the soul after its separation from the body keeps its individuality and its consciousness both in relation to other souls and to the human beings in this world. 
- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 26 November 1939 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, included in a compilation on Reincarnation and the Nature and Progress of the Soul’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)