An interesting little detour that arose in the middle of questions to Abe about other matters:
Q: So those children that don’t make it through the birthing process, are those beings that just changed their minds or that….?
Abe: Yes, you cannot evaluate the value or the perfection of an experience by its length. We would not say it was a failure at all. We would say it was all that they wanted it to be. Sometimes it is because of indecision on [the part of] the people that are giving birth, sometimes it is because of a variety of things wrapped around that, and sometimes it is the energy wanting…. You see, have you ever lived in a house with not enough closets (laughter from audience) and then get clear that you wanted more closets? Esther has. (Big laughter.) And so it is possible that someone could come forth into a body and find the experience as satisfying as it needed to be in a short period of time and then make another decision, because from the broader nonphysical perspective everything is understood. There is not shortage of opportunity, there are not shortages of bodies - there is no lack of anything, you see. So when you are an eternal being you don’t nitpick over stuff that physical beings, who feel shortage in so many things, nitpick over.
— Abe - Atlanta, GA, 11/4/00