The wise never give thought for the dead, nor for the living, in sentimental emotions. That which belongs to matter, heat and cold, pain and pleasure, and the values of beauty and ugliness, is impermanent. They come and they go, and nothing shall halt them, for these are the elements of the Kal, the negative power. The man who believes they are the core of his life shall suffer rebirth and death century after century until the day comes when he is able to cast the scales from his eyes and recognize the Living ECK Master. Then shall he see and know that the dweller of this world is vulnerable to the traps of the Kal. Only Soul is free and cannot be forever held to the world of physical matter.

The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Books One&Two, 3rd Edition (p. 146). ECKANKAR. Kindle Edition.