It
surprises me that today there still is a large number of Spiritists who think
that the end of the world will take place in 2019; and enlightened Spirits like
Divaldo Franco are frequently questioned about this matter. Divaldo even
recorded videos to explain how he understands the words of Chico Xavier and
others, who also wrote books and released videos on this issue. I wrote an
article regarding this subject. It was published in October 2012, in the
International Journal of Spiritism. The funniest thing is that the idea of
writing
that article came after a long conversation I had with a non-Spiritist friend of
mine, who was very concerned about the dates of 2012 and 2019, because he had
read and heard that the Spiritists knew that the world was about to end on one
of those dates. My friend, being a father and grandfather, was therefore very
worried. And now I take this opportunity to update what I wrote in 2013, so that
we, Spiritists, can once again understand what Chico really said and what Kardec
explain masterfully in his magnificent work The Genesis.
I
watched several times Chico Xavier’s video – The Pinga-Fogo program on TV in
1969 – as well as his interview at Hebe Carmargo’s show in 1985. Chico never
spoke about the end of the world. What he said in Pinga-Fogo (1969) is that, if
Humanity had not begun a war of massive proportions, within fifty years, the
world would begin an era of greater peace and discoveries within the medical
area, health and union among peoples. And what Chico said is in perfect harmony
with what Kardec wrote in 1868 in Chapter XVIII entitled Times are coming.
Let us see parts of this Chapter. In item 27, Kardec is very clear: The
Earth, in the words of the Spirits, will not have to be transformed by means of
a cataclysm that suddenly annihilates a generation. The current generation will
disappear gradually and the new one will follow it in the same way, without any
change in the natural order of things.
It
is important to understand the above phrase because it involves many important
points:
First: there will be no cataclysms that will annihilate a generation; meaning
that there may be minor or major cataclysms that will annihilate hundreds or
thousands of people, but never a whole generation, or a whole continent. These
cataclysms are largely caused by man himself in his greed for more wealth and
power, with dramatic consequences for the planet's climate, and when the various
atmospheric conditions coincide and combine, hurricanes, typhoons and their
consequences as gigantic waves and catastrophic floods happen. In this moment of
great calamities, there is an enormous movement of solidarity all over the
planet regarding these areas, a solidarity that is independent of religions or
ethnics of those affected and its purpose is to offer material and spiritual
assistance to those who are suffering. The result in the spiritual atmosphere of
the planet is a wave of understanding, compassion, and charity that surrounds
human hearts, lifting, even momentarily, the psyche of all Humanity.
Second, the transformation of the planet is gradual and continuous, meaning that
reincarnations here will be more selective. Whoever is continually - from one
incarnation to another - working for evil, and not working on his inner reform,
as if continuously repeating the school year, will no longer reincarnate
here. They will be replaced by Spirits more gentle and inclined to do well. This
is what Kardec teaches us when he mentions – in the same item and Chapter:
the generation that disappears will take with it its errors and losses; the
generation that emerges, renewed in a purer source, with healthier ideas, will
impress upon the ascending world a movement, in the sense of moral progress,
which will mark the new phase of human evolution.
Going a little further, Kardec clarifies us about this new generation of Spirits
that will inhabit the Earth, item 27 of the same Chapter: Everything,
therefore, will be processed outwardly, as it usually happens, with the only,
but capital difference that part of the Spirits - who incarnated on Earth - will
no longer incarnate there. In each child born - instead of a backward and
evil-inclined Spirit, who before would incarnate in this child - a more advanced
Spirit and prone to good will come. And we can see today that this is
already happening. Who doesn’t know some child that is different from others
(and different from us when we were their age)? Children today are much sweeter,
more understanding, more tolerant, who share their toys, and do not like
aggressive games. There are several videos on the internet that show some of
these children: some asking their parents not to quarrel or to accept each
other, others who show their indignation when someone eats meat, others talk
about charity towards those who are in need. These children are certainly part
of the new generation Kardec was referring to. It is important to emphasize that
this new generation cannot be labeled with denominations of indigo or crystal
children, as mentioned here and there. This new generation is inclined to the
good and replaces that generation which has repeated the school year
continuously. This is how the world will change and it is already changing.
The Planetary Transition, of which much is said, has already begun and is
actually intensifying. Several important books speak of this issue and the book
"Planetary Transition", psychographic of Divaldo Franco, is a milestone in this
sense. Many enlightened Spirits are reincarnating here on the planet, others are
programmed to reincarnate soon and others, not yet enlightened, but already
workers for the well, have also reincarnated and are arriving year after year.
The children of the new generation, those inclined to good, are thus arriving at
a quick pace. The world is changing. The Transition has already begun and we are
already on our way to the Regeneration planet!
The
world is better and not worse. There is more light and therefore more clarity.
With more light you see more dirt and dust hidden in the corners.
Technology shows us at this very moment what is happening in the world.
Catastrophes, diseases, wars, great corruption have always occurred. Who has not
heard about the Spanish flu that killed approximately 40 million people in the
beginning of the 20th century? And the black plague that killed almost 75
million people in Europe in the fourteenth century? Certainly there were groups
of people and religious who said that the world was ending! Imagine if there was
internet at the time. Hundreds or thousands of - “on duty drama inclined” -
people would surely have said that the end of the world had arrived and that the
signs were visible!
These catastrophes that occur today are also a consequence of the Earth’s
rotatory orbit around itself, the Sun and other celestial stars. Just as an
example, our planet’s rotatory travel around itself, spinning like a top,
happens at a speed of 1,500 km / h and around the Sun its speed is 107,000 km /
h! This trip is not free of obstacles, as asteroids and celestial bodies
approach and can cause some catastrophes classified as natural.
Also
the Earth's crust that surrounds our whole planet is not continuous, it is not a
single piece of land that covers our entire planet; in fact it is formed by
several parts like a big puzzle and these parts move, as if they slide over the
magma that is inside the planet. This speed is imperceptible to us, is very
small, a few centimeters per year, but these movements give rise to earthquakes,
volcanic activities, tsunamis and so on. These physical phenomena are used as a
tool of Superior Spirituality so that our little blue planet spiritually
improves, since there is, as I said above, an atmosphere of solidarity that
surrounds the whole planet when these phenomena occur.
The
most intense light we have today on the planet comes from the Spirits, who are
now reincarnating here, due to their spiritual improvement, and the more
advanced moral stage of many of the population, and also because of the
evolution of technology. Many people talk poorly about the internet, but it
offers us a lot of knowledge and enlightenment. Corruption is easily identified,
evil agreements are made public, tyrannical governments are exposed, and
dictators and fascists are reported. Indignation with these situations is
widespread. It is an additional light at our disposal. And how much good it
brings us, how many consoling messages, university courses are made available to
thousands of people, without leaving home. The internet shortens distances
between the loved ones parted by thousands of miles! Other catastrophists and
spreaders of the end of the world speak of a nuclear war that will wipe out the
planet. The governments of countries possessing nuclear weapons know that they
cannot use these weapons. It is mutual annihilation. They are weapons that can
never be used. The modern ones today are Hydrogen, which makes those of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki similar to the firecrackers on the Feast of St. John.
Although there are still some dictators out there in the world, these weapons so
powerful, so destructive, are technologically so complicated to build that any
movement is easily detected. And in addition there are already international
agreements and serious nuclear disarmament bodies that work, slowly true, with
the purpose of seeking world peace.
Let
us see what Kardec tells us about it also in item 21 of this same book: this
phase is already revealed by unmistakable signs, by attempts at useful reforms
and are beginning to bear fruit. This is how we see an immensity of protective
institutions, civilizing and emancipating, under the influence and on the
initiative of men evidently predestined to the work of regeneration. And
this was stated by Kardec in 1868! As an example that this is happening, we must
include here the creation of the United Nations in 1945 and the phenomenal
progress of the implementation of the thousands of NGOs that work to alleviate
hunger, cure diseases, give education and many other activities to restore the
dignity of the populations of the most suffering areas of the planet.
But
many people, who still believe in the end of the world, say that Jesus would
have prophesied about this and use passages from the Gospels about them,
especially Matthew 24 and 25, Mark 13 and Luke 21, all of them called
Prophetic Sermons. Just as an illustration for my explanation, let's look at
verse 3 of Matthew in Chapter 24, which is much used by the preachers of the
end of the world. In many Brazilian versions it is written: Lord, when
will the end of the world happen? In another Brazilian version, the Bible in
Jerusalem reads: When will the end of time be? In the Latin Bible in
Spanish it is written: When will the end of the story be? In the New
American Bible it is written: When will the end of this age be? Also in the
Revised Standard English Bible is written: When will the closing of these
ages be? And finally, in the Latin Vulgate, which would be the principal
source of reference for translations, it is written: When will the
consummation of the centuries be? We can see that the interpretation through
translations can lead to catastrophic conclusions... or not!
Jesus' answer indicates many signs of things that are already occurring or have
taken place over the centuries, such as the various fratricidal and religious
wars, the Inquisition, the Crusades, the genocide of the gas chambers, the
radiation from nuclear bombs that have fallen in Japan and the false prophets
who market their teachings.
There are
interpretations for every taste.
But
what fascinates me is the teachings of the Last Supper and the Sermon on the
Mount, where Jesus said He would send a Comforter, an Advocate to be with the
Apostles and followers forever, as well as the guidance of those who would
inherit the Earth, the meek and peaceful, the pure in heart. Jesus said, on
several occasions, whoever has eyes to see, let him see. Whoever has ears to
hear, let him ear. But do we have these eyes to see and ears to hear? It
is difficult indeed, but we must always work on our inner reform, fighting our
past troubles, removing the wounds of selfishness, envy, pride, hurt, anger,
which are cancers in our soul. When we actually begin this work for this
eradication, we will begin to have eyes to see and ears to hear. We cannot
postpone it for tomorrow, we have to start now. And whoever has started has to
continue and speed this work, because Jesus is in a hurry! We have to be
faithful to the teachings of Jesus, although we often fail. But we always have
to try. And Kardec, who brought the understanding of the maxims of Jesus in his
Codification of the Doctrine of the Spirits, shows us much in a language easy to
understand, but many times even the Spiritists interpret at their own
pleasure the words of Kardec and the of the guiding Spirits, which
illuminated his work.
Hence
these doubts and misinterpretations.
There will be no end of the world in 2019. If so, why would Emmanuel have
reincarnated in 2000 and why would Joanna program her reincarnation for the next
few years? It would be totally illogical, without purpose! In short, there will
be no comet clashes, no wandering planet that will cause our destruction, nor a
third total nuclear war, and there will be no total darkness. There is an end of
a cycle, an end of an era. The cycle of evil is being replaced by a cycle of
love and more tolerance. We Spiritists know that this is already happening. And
it is intensifying. We are already in the Planetary Transition to a world of
Regeneration. If we are going to participate and return as members of the new
generation that Kardec told us, well ... this will depend on each one. Let's do
our part now. If anyone still has any doubt, read The Genesis or... wait
for 2019.