A friend who returns

Yes, it is mere return, after all we are immortal. We are not the body; we are in it for a period - which is constantly renewed - that ends our evolution.

This is common in all of us, spirits in learning. We'll all be back someday, it's just a matter of time. Each in its own time. What we call death or desincarnation is only one phase of this gigantic process.

Therefore, a very dear friend returned to his original condition on May 24, a Thursday, in Guaxupé (MG), the city where he was born, although he lived near it in São José do Rio Pardo (SP), where he was also a councillor.

We speak about Ismael Batista da Silva, our friend, a writer, spirit and also a motivational speaker in companies, a medium of admirable sensibility, who designed the name of his city with the well-known Chico Xavier Encounter, which he promoted annually for the next 9 years. The event also had other editions nearby before signing itself with the nine editions in the city of Minas Gerais.

The well-known meeting attracted caravans from dozens of cities annually. And many of our staff have been in countless editions, along with participants from outside who were enthusiastic about the quality of the event and who could thus live close to the remarkable personality of Ismael, always friendly, simple, humble, smiling and never absent.

Ishmael has conquered friends everywhere. His simplicity and smile were his characteristic in personal relationship. But at the same time dynamic, very active companion, with great experience in spirit unification, gathering houses and tasks in varied activities. So much that he qualified the event that he coordinated as an Encounter of Friends, fruit of his inspiration as the born leader that he was and of the experiences accumulated in the activities next to the USE of São Paulo.

His residence was the safe haven for many people who constantly sought him out. It became, through humility, a highly respected spirit figure reference.

Always involved with books (he published several books, his and from mediums), he was also a highly requested speaker and very strongly encouraged the organization - with the support and strong presence of his wife, Joana, who always supported him - from Cavalequo - Equine therapy of Guaxupé, that installed in his own countryside house where the couple lived.

Recently, the couple engaged in the construction of a new spirit centre within the same farm, to attend the work of psychographies on Sundays, fortnightly, attracting huge audience for the programming of lectures and psychographs of the consoling letters.

But above all this it is the human being, the friend of all who, sadly, the disease prostrated gradually.

His departure caused a mixture of sadness for the physical separation, but also a great joy for the liberation of this friend, who continues his course...

Thank you, Ismael, for the perfume that surrounded our lives, of all of us who have you as a great friend...

There are so many people, Ismael, that we dare not name anybody, but we are all grateful for the life, for the joy, for the feeling of brotherhood that you have tenderly offered us.