Claim. In the spirit world altruists go up and egoists go down; the dividing line between heaven and hell is the proportion of one’s life lived for others versus for oneself.
Elaboration. SMM gives the formula: “The spirit world consists of three stages. Those who lived more for others will go to a higher level in the spirit world. For those who lived for themselves, the opposite world will unfold. There are also three stages there. Those already there will object, saying: ‘Huh! We don’t want people like you!’ Everyone rejects egoists and welcomes altruists. Among those who go to the spirit world after living on earth, the altruists take the top places” (2.12. Altruism gets you closer to God, 203-99, 1990.6.17). The mechanism is not a forensic judgment but an environmental fit: “if there is someone who lives for the people more than the president, everyone will welcome him… But if someone lives only for his own benefit, everyone becomes an enemy. It is the same as in the spirit world” (ibid, 215-174, 1991.2.17). The egoist is repelled by the love-saturated atmosphere, not exiled by external decree.