| Explaining the Absolute to the Relative | Saturday, May 09, 2015 |
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In a
mother’s womb were two babies.
One asked
the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?”
The other
replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we
are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense”
said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that
be?”
The second
said, “I don’t know, but there will be lighter than here. Maybe we will walk
with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we
can’t understand now.”
The first
replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths?
Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But
the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically
excluded.”
The second
insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is
here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”
The first
replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one ever
come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery
there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”
“Well, I
don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and She will
take care of us.”
The first
replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother
exists then where is She now?”
The second
said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by Her. We are of Her. It is in
Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”
Said the
first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”
To which the
second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really
listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice,
calling down from above.”
| God does not punish... | Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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“God does not punish or cause suffering. The law does not punish; it is
educational. Pain is a result of our conflicts with the cosmic order, but the
Lord’s mercifulness is always at our disposal and an arm and a prayer away. We
are all learning to make less and less mistakes. One day, we will be so close to perfection that there won’t be any space for
mistakes. It is up to us. We all have the right to happiness, peace, and
harmony. Ask your loved one to help you in the common project to build this
future.”
Herminio Miranda, in “Our Children are Spirits”, chapter 30.
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| Being a Spiritist... | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Being
a Spiritist is not…
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to attend regularly a Spiritist
Center;
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to be affiliated with a Spiritist Organization;
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to receive Passes or work as a
Pass-giver;
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to donate goods and resources;
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to volunteer in the Spiritist Center social
works;
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to be an avid reader of Spiritist literature;
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to
participate in Spiritist studies;
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to declare yourself Spiritist.
To
be a Spiritist is…
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To study and know the basic
principles of the Spiritist teachings;
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To research and continuously educate yourself about everything that is
pertinent to Spiritism, as it is an ongoing field of study;
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To meditate upon the teachings received and their moral consequences, by assessing
your own conduct.
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To apply the acquired knowledge, striving for your own moral improvement, and
contributing to the progress of others and the place where you are.
“The true Spiritist can be recognized by
their moral transformation
and by the efforts they employ in order to overcome
their bad instincts.”
Allan Kardec
Adapted from
the book “Terapia Espirita, by Louis
Neilmoris
| Consequences | Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.”Robert Green Ingersoll