I've read both of Michael's books and found them very interesting, but it makes me question who these beings are that are waiting to sweep us away whenever our body dies. Telling us that lifetimes of misery and suffering are all marvelous and part of our "free will" just doesn't cut it for me. How can we learn if we have our memories erased every time? Showing people movies of their future lives? Seems to me that these being are keeping us trapped in this endless cycle