Question: If earth is the place for nature's evolution, will a soul go to some other galaxy for some reason?
Sri Chinmoy: It depends on what the soul wants. Nature's transformation takes place here. Other planes don't have the physical body; they don't function like we do. Here we meet all the forces, everything. We are helpless, but we get infinite Compassion.
Sri Chinmoy, The soul's evolution, Agni Press, 1976