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)