Take care of the world we live in is a mere duty to us

In the Special that illustrates this edition, our collaborator Marcelo Teixeira presents in an all-his style a re-reading of one of the beatitudes said by Jesus in the well-known Sermon on the Mount:

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (Matthew 5: 6)

We highlight the following excerpt from the article:

"If we thirst and hunger for this justice, what must be done to satisfy it? Let us immerse ourselves in the causes of injustice - whether they are within us or around us - and move so that they cease to exist. Thus, we will change for the better the social landscape of the planet. This is the march to be made: let us lay our hands on the mass, and with our own effort we may quench the hunger and thirst that afflicts us."

The text in question is filled with examples of people who, in the face of their own or others' adversity, went to the struggle and with their efforts made a difference, adopting not a passive but intensely active attitude, as Jesus and the Spirit doctrine propose .

We believe that in the middle Spirit no one ignores that the trials, the vicissitudes, the difficulties do not arise in our life to bring us down, but to be overcome.

Resignation, this virtue which Lazarus defined as the consent of the heart, is indeed an active force and as such cannot lead anyone to inertia and simple conformity, but to the struggle, to the good fight, on the go, words that Marcelo Teixeira chose to write the title of his article.

In this regard, it would be important for the spirit institutions and also within families to be reminded of the teaching given by the spiritual teachers about the purpose of the reincarnation process, which Allan Kardec focused on in detail in his work and, in particular, in questions 132 and 167 of The Spirit’s Book.

Let us remember them:

132. What is the purpose of the Incarnation of Spirits? "God imposes it in order to bring them to perfection. For some it is an atonement; for others a mission. But in order to attain this perfection, they must undergo all the vicissitudes of corporeal existence: in this is the atonement. The incarnation has yet another purpose, which is to put the Spirit in a position to face its part in the work of creation. It is to carry it out that he takes an apparatus in every world, in harmony with its essential matter, in order to fulfill the orders of God from that point of view. And in this way, competing for the general work, also it progresses. "

167. What is the purpose of reincarnation? "Atonement, progressive improvement of humanity. Without it, where would the justice be? "

The Spirit revelation, in relation to this theme, is, as we see, too clear. Our commitment to the plan we are in does not only concern us, but the world we live in.

Taking care of our personal improvement, yes, it is an essential task, but also taking care of the improvement of the planet in which we stand, according, of course, our strengths, our possibilities.

We read in a well-known apologist the simple story of the hummingbird and the attitude it adopted in the face of a great fire in the forest in which it lived. Suddenly all nearby areas were surrounded by intense fire. The animals, astonished, did not know what to do or where to run. It was when all of a sudden everyone stopped and saw that a hummingbird went to the riverbank, plunged in, took a few drops of water in its beak, flew to the fire and let the droplet fall on the flames. As the scene repeated, the elephant told him, "Are you crazy? Do you think this simple drop can put out such a big fire?" The little bird answered, "I'm doing my part, and if everyone helps, we'll certainly get something done."

The world we live in, given its own condition as a planet of atonement and evidence, is a place where injustices, inequality, prejudice, violence and so much negative things rule sovereigns.

Let's learn with the little bird. Let us do our part, let us take care of the abode that God has offered us, and certainly the world will be much better one day.