DIFFERENT THAN YOU THINK; IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH WITH THE TEACHER

 -“Spirits dematerialize as they rise and purify. Only on the Lower Planes is incarnation material. For the Superior Spirits, there is no more material incarnation and, consequently, there is no procreation, as this is through the body and not through the Spirit. A pure affection is, therefore, the only objective of the union and, for this very reason, contrary to what happens on Earth, it does not need the sanction of ministerial officials ”. The comment is part of an appreciation by Allan Kardec at the end of an article included in the JOURNAL ESPÌRITA of July 1862, reproducing a dialogue that took place through a medium identified as Mrs H ..., in the city of Bordeaux, on February 15 of that year. The main focus: theSympathetic Union of Souls . In fact, only two questions. The first on a possible definitive union between two beings and, the second, on whether those who unite would recognize each other in new and happy existences . The reporting entity, regarding the first inquiry, says that“those who love each other sincerely and have known how to suffer with resignation to expiate their faults, find themselves, at first, in the World of Spirits, where they progress together, being able to leave the Spiritual World at the same time, reincarnate in the same places and, by a chain of foreseen circumstances, to come together by the ties that most suit their hearts. Some will have asked to be the father or mother of a spirit that was nice to them and that they will have the happiness to guide in the right way. Others, asked to unite by marriage .” adds that“As far as our secret aspirations are concerned, this mysterious irresistible need for love, to love for a long time, to love always, was not placed by God in our hearts, except because the promise of the future allowed us these sweet hopes. God will not make us experience the pangs of disappointment. Our hearts want happiness and they only beat for pure affections and the reward will be the perfect fulfillment of our dreams of love ”. As for the identification of those who love each other in new and happy existences, he says that“Just as on Earth two childhood friends like to meet in the world, in society and seek each other more than if their relationship only dated back a few days, so the Spirits who deserve the inestimable favor of uniting in the Superior Worlds are doubly happy and grateful to God for this new encounter that corresponds to his dearest eyes. The worlds placed above Earth on the scale of perfection are filled with all the favors that can contribute to the perfect happiness of the beings that inhabit them: the past is not hidden from them because the memory of their former sufferings, of their errors redeemed at the cost of many evils, and the even more vivid memory of their sincere affections make them find this new life a thousand times sweeter and protect them against faults which, perhaps, could be carried away by a few remnants of weakness. These worlds are for man the terrestrial paradise, destined to lead them to the Divine paradise.”. The explanations of the Spirit evoke the memory of the information from O LIVRO DOS ESPÍRITS in questions 200 and 202 dealing with sex in Spirits characterized only circumstantially in male or female morphology, since sex as we understand it, is conditioned to the need to preserve the species. human. Therefore, the apparent differences will disappear with evolution, suggesting that the romantic visions of soul mates, eternal halves, etc., support theories and theses during a stage in the evolutionary process. Evaluating the opinions expressed, Allan Kardec recalls that“as laws, the only immutable ones are the Divine Laws. But human Laws, having to be appropriate to customs, uses, climate, and the degree of civilization, are essentially changeable, and it would be bad if they were not so; and that the peoples are bound by the same rule that ruled our ancestors. Thus, if the laws changed from them to us, as we did not reach perfection, they must change from us to our descendants. The moment it is made, every law has its reason for being and its usefulness. But it may happen that, being good today, it may not be good tomorrow. In the state of our customs, of our social requirements, marriage needs to be regulated by law, and the proof that this law is not absolute is that it is not the same for all civilized countries. It is therefore permissible to think that in the superior worlds, where there are not the same material interests to be safeguarded, where there is no evil, that is, where evil spirits are excluded from the incarnation, where, consequently, unions result from sympathy and not from calculation, the conditions must be different. But what's good for them could be bad for us.”.

EM BUSCA DA VERDADE COM O

 PROFESSOR JOSÉ BENEVIDES 

CAVALCANTE

We are at a loss – commented Elder Luiz - There is so much misinformation that comes from the media and social networks, that we no longer know what is true and what is a lie; we no longer know what to lean on.

  Faced with such an unstable situation, like the one we are experiencing today in the world, in the era of communication, in the 21st century, when the crisis affects all sectors of human life - and waves of contradictions call into question the Good, the Truth and the Justice - we can only turn our attention to Jesus, when he said: “My peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; I do not give you world peace; I give you the peace of God that the world cannot give..."

 Many people take this statement of Jesus as poetry, but reality has shown us that there is a distance from the peace of God, while we struggle to promote world peace in our own way. On the international scene, we are witnessing the dispute between nations in the name of peace; on the national and local scene, the struggle for political and economic dominance of the leaders; in the family, the will of some imposing themselves on others and, in the depths of each one of us, the predominance of pride and selfishness, promoting an intimate war.

  At no time in our history has there been true peace. When peace appeared, it was to cover up interests, to favor some and harm others, using fallacy and lies. That's because, in the spiritual condition in which we find ourselves, we still don't know how to promote peace, without coercion and violence, without prejudice and hidden favors. It is true that we are heading towards the Good, but we are still a long way from feeling and experiencing it within us; we still need to seek the essence of Jesus' teachings, which recommend the exercise of fraternal love.

 We, beings who temporarily inhabit this planet, still do not see beyond the nose. This means that we only see what is very close, in the immediacy of life, only material values, because we confuse them with happiness. Little do we know that we do not own anything, that everything belongs to God and that, if we are just passing through, it is to learn how to administer God's goods, promoting the progress and happiness of his children.

 The idea that progress is in material values ​​is misleading. The true progress of humanity is higher, in spiritual or moral values, which will make us more respectful, more friendly and more fraternal with one another. How far we are from that goal! ... Therefore, we cannot expect that the Good, the Truth and the Justice impose themselves so soon on Earth. We still have a long way to go and, for that, we still have a lot to suffer.

 We are, of course, living in a phase of rapid changes, which confuse our minds and torment our hearts. It's like crossing a turbulence zone on the high seas in a boat. Man, in general, has never been so far from his spiritual liberation, but he has never been so close either. Today we have the instruments that can help us to promote this liberation.

 Undoubtedly, Spiritism is one of those valuable instruments, whose role is to awaken man to the true meaning of life, but he is faced with his great enemy, which is materialism. Not exactly ideological materialism, but practical materialism that leads people and society to seek material goods at the expense of moral values ​​that should guide human conduct.

PAIN TRANSMUTED INTO HOPE; IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH WITH THE TEACHER

  It was dawn on November 7, 1981 in Goiânia when the small plane took off in the direction of Alto Paraíso, northeast region of the state. Among the three crew members, one, Ary Ribeiro Valadão Filho,supervised the Rio Formoso Project focused on the development of the region. In the middle of the way, an accident would interrupt the flight plan, causing the aircraft to fall, followed by an explosion and fire that would determine the 30-year-old engineer's death six days later. Once the survivors were removed to the capital's Hospital, the evolution of the situation they were in caught the attention of the state's population, which anguished followed the news bulletins that updated medical information. Ary was the son of the then acting Governor, who, along with the other family members, lived through distressing moments until the young man died. Experiencing the indescribable pain of those who lose a loved one, their mother and two sisters, four months later,Chico Xavier , through his extraordinary mediumship, became a kind of post office from the beyond, bringing letters from those who had left before. The trip was compensated for by the psychography through the medium of one of the longest and most moving messages in the extensive collection resulting from the work of Chico Xavier . Starting his communication, he asked for his mother's blessing, thanked the sisters by name, affirmed that " nothing separated them, being united in faith in God", recognizing himself in difficulty to write the letter, saying that he was helped by Uncle Natalino , for " not have enough experience to dress a person's hand as if wearing a glove”. He relives scenes from the sinister, saying that “Moments like those of last November 7 are indescribable in their details. I know that Mauro decided to land; naturally given his experience, I didn't think of any consideration for a companion, whose competence I got used to respecting. The result, however, is that the narrowness of the field did not allow us to maneuver capable of promoting broader measures than those we assumed inside the machine. The collision with the tree was violent, in view of the understandable speed. And the rest is what they know, perhaps more than I do, because, in trying to free the two comrades who were finding it difficult to get rid of the impediments at the time, the explosion attacked us all”. Referring to later events, he says that“Thoughts of the end for my body had not yet crossed my mind. However, when I saw the conditions of the companions, especially Mauro, I was afraid that a mirror could tell me what was happening. Recalling his last moments, he says: -“I freed myself, little by little, from that intimate toxemia that was afflicting me considerably. In prayers, in silence, I waited until I felt soft hands caressing my head and I slept... A heavy sleep, whose images of possible dreams I don't remember. I just slept. I woke up, however, overwhelmed, as if I was under the uncomfortable presence of many people, despite my spirit of gratitude for whoever was there to visit me. I was only surprised to find myself outside the room and, yes, in the middle of the living room; I was in the condition of a semi-anesthetized person under the inability to control myself in terms of movement and direction... I couldn't speak. However, he issued mental cries for help. A friendly-faced stranger extended his arms and invited me to leave, saying that he was in charge of leading me to a new treatment. I accepted without hesitation, the support he extended to me, since he did not allow me to walk; still, although accepting his support, holding one of his shoulders, I felt relieved, lighter... I believed that I was ahead of positive improvements. Guided by my friend, I found a mixed plane of Bonanza and helicopter, with the appearance of a large butterfly, where a man and a woman, who I admitted were my new nurses, were waiting for me. They received me with great care and affection, recommending that I should not be afraid. The stranger took the direction and we left, vertically, like a helicopter, unknown to me, and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps, the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns still, although accepting his support, holding one of his shoulders, I felt relieved, lighter... I believed that I was ahead of positive improvements. Guided by my friend, I found a mixed plane of Bonanza and helicopter, with the appearance of a large butterfly, where a man and a woman, who I admitted were my new nurses, were waiting for me. They received me with great care and affection, recommending that I fear nothing. The stranger took the direction and we left, vertically, like a helicopter, unknown to me, and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps, the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns still, although accepting his support, holding one of his shoulders, I felt relieved, lighter... I believed that I was ahead of positive improvements. Guided by my friend, I found a mixed plane of Bonanza and helicopter, with the appearance of a large butterfly, where a man and a woman, who I admitted were my new nurses, were waiting for me. They received me with great care and affection, recommending that I should not be afraid. The stranger took the direction and we left, vertically, like a helicopter, unknown to me, and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps, the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns I found a mixed plane of Bonanza and helicopter, with the appearance of a large butterfly, where a man and a woman, who I admitted were my new nurses, were waiting for me. They received me with great care and affection, recommending that I should not be afraid. The stranger took the direction and we left, vertically, like a helicopter, unknown to me, and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps, the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns I found a mixed plane of Bonanza and helicopter, with the appearance of a large butterfly, where a man and a woman, who I admitted were my new nurses, were waiting for me. They received me with great care and affection, recommending that I should not be afraid. The stranger took the direction and we left, vertically, like a helicopter, unknown to me, and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps, the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps of the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns and as we ascended, I breathed in long gulps of the very light and pure air from above. dawn. I recognized that we were heading for Anicuns”.... Before finishing, he says to his parents: -“Everything happened as it should and I'm getting better and better to be more. The shape changes. Yet we carry on, always ourselves .”

IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH

 PROFESSOR JOSÉ BENEVIDES

 CAVALCANT

Our Telinha sent us the following question: “Is the transsexual considered wrong? How does Spiritism see this? Even if he has a dignified life with a partner or with a partner?

 Lately, we have dealt several times with this issue, which is still not so well known, requiring further studies. Transsexuality, in broad terms, means the condition of the person who, having a man's body, feels like a woman and is attracted to a man, or, having a female body, feels like a man, attracted to a woman. From the spiritist point of view, it is an incarnation in which there was a psychic inversion, in terms of sexuality, of the spirit in relation to the body.

  Following the incarnations of the Spirit, this dystonia can happen and, whatever the causes that determined it, if this condition really exists (since, generally, it manifests itself since childhood), it is because it is in your roadmap for the evolution of that Spirit and , therefore, it needs to be respected and seen naturally. However, human society, in general, has not yet managed to assimilate this situation without prejudice.

 As sex, from the psychic point of view, is a natural and therefore instinctive force, it will manifest itself in the individual during his development, from childhood, but the way he will incorporate it and use it in his life, it will depend on him, his needs and his vision of life. Certainly, in the case of transsexuals, there are always conflicts with the family, pressures from society, so the fact of having a partner will depend on how he will behave towards everyone and himself.

  The conception that the transsexual is depraved belongs to society, which has been behaving like this over time, without understanding precisely what it is about. Spiritism only guides us towards the practice of goodness and the experience of love, but each one decides the best way to behave within these principles. Depravity can be both in the transsexual and in the heterosexual, as it is in the person's life and in the values ​​that he cultivates before the collectivity.

How to doubt?

 

The small plane took off on November 7, 1981, from Santa Genoveva airport, in Goiânia, towards Alto Paraíso, north of the state, with four passengers, one of whom was Ary Ribeiro Valadão, son of the then Governor of Goiás. Minutes after starting the route traced, a malfunction in the device made its experienced pilot attempt an emergency landing, which proved impossible since they were flying over an area of ​​dense forest, causing the aircraft to crash into a tree before falling to the ground. The pilot died instantly as a result of the impact, while the other occupants of the aircraft, despite serious injuries, remained alive. One of them, precisely Ary, stunned, managed to get out of the wreckage and, when trying to help the surviving friends, was, with them, the victim of a strong explosion followed by fire, resulting from the leakage of fuel existing in the tank located on the wings of the vehicle. With deep burns, they were rescued and taken to hospital, in an attempt to preserve their physical life, which was not possible, since Mauro and his rescued companion would die hours later, and Ary, six days after the accident, on 13 November, causing great commotion in the State that, with the closest relatives, had lived moments of great anguish and expectation. The pain of the loved ones in the face of such an unexpected change, took exactly four months later, his mother and sisters, to the city of Uberaba (MG), in the hope of, through Chico Xavier, obtaining some information about, not only what happened, but, also, about the unforgettable Aryzinho, as he was affectionately known. The result of the hopeful search, it was the psychic's psychography of one of the longest letters received by him in the decades of service provided to thousands of people who came to him moved by the despair derived from the sense of loss imposed by death. In the message, he reveals – like countless other communicators – to remain aware of the intimate struggles, especially the father with whom he had a deep connection and the mother; being helped in writing at that moment by uncle Natalino, also disincarnated, since“not having enough experience to dress a person's hand as if wearing a glove ”. When in doubt, he suggests: “ look for me behind the lyrics and you will find my feelings throbbing ”. Despite the precarious situation in which he physically found himself, he maintained his lucidity during the remaining days in our Dimension, guessing in the eyes of those who visited him the seriousness of the situation. He cites the importance of the prayers offered by his mother and sisters, describing the last moments in the body, which, as he already realized, “was nothing more than a damaged garment ”. Account: "-In prayers, in silence, I waited until I felt soft hands caressing my head and I slept. A heavy sleep, whose images of possible dreams I don't remember. I just slept. I woke up, however, overwhelmed, as if I were under the uncomfortable presence of many people, despite my spirit of gratitude for whoever was there to visit me. Only, I was surprised to find myself outside the room and, yes, in the middle of the room, I was in the condition of a semi-anesthetized person with the inability to control myself, in terms of movement and direction. I couldn't speak. However, he issued mental cries for help. A friendly-faced stranger extended his arms to me and invited me to leave, stating that he was in charge of leading me to a new treatment. I accepted, without hesitation, the support he extended to me, since he did not allow me to walk; still, although accepting his support, holding one of his shoulders, I felt relieved, lighter... I believed that I was ahead of positive improvements. Guided by my friend, I found a mixed plane of Bonanza and helicopter, with the appearance of a large butterfly, where a gentleman and a lady, who I admitted were my new nurses, were waiting for me.”. Ary, goes on with highly surprising details confirming that life continues even beyond the death of the physical body. WATCH THE SPIRIT INFORMATION SERIES PROGRAMS, CLICKING THE LINKS BELOW