50. The state of married couples after death

Virtually everyone who was married in the world either meets his wife after death, if she died first, or waits for her. When they meet, they investigate each other to find what their affection for each other had been; if there had been no mutual affection, they depart of their own accord, for two dissimilar affections and thoughts cannot be brought together, since all affections and consequently thoughts are communicated. If there is not agreement, great discomfort follows, and breathing becomes painful, and a kind of discordant panting, to such an extent that they are forced to separate; and they then associate with others according to their likeness.