147. A conversation with Jews about eternal life. They expect it to be full of joy, at first like sleep, then the very happiest of all states. When asked whether they wanted to share life with their fellows, or be by themselves, they said, In a large society together with their leaders. Asked whether they wanted to live with the others as they [really] are inwardly, they said they did not know what the inner person is. But then it was told that in the other life they would live with their companions as they are inwardly, and thus (since they well know each other's inward character and also know that of their leaders) that they would live in disharmony, hatred and unhappiness, they finally revealed that they were awaiting the Messiah, Who would unite them [cf. 51a]. See Jews.* [Jews; Inward; Society; Lord] * See Experiences Spirituales, Vol I, p. xxxi, locus 4.