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The noble mission of the Christian Spiritist
Medium
Part 2 (final) |
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Mediumship practiced in the light of Spiritism is a
permanent source of blessings and harmony
"(...) Before becoming a medium of common phenomena, do
not forget that everyone who gives himself the simplest
collaboration in the work of good is Jesus' instrument
in the improvement of the world". –
Agar1
Hundreds of High Spirits hover above us and direct the
spiritualist movement, inspiring the mediums, projecting
on the men of action the vibrations of their will, the
glow of their own genius.
I know of several groups that have such assistance.
Through the pen, through the lips of the mediums, the
Spirit-guides dictate instructions, make their
admonitions heard; and in spite of the imperfections of
the environment and the obscurities that cushion and
veil the irradiations of thought, it is always a
pervasive delight, a joy of the Soul, a very gratifying
comfort to savor the beauty of their written thoughts,
to listen to the inflections of their words, which come
to us as a distant and powerful echo of the heavenly
regions.
The descent into our terrestrial world is an act of
self-denial and a reason for suffering for the High
Spirit. Our admiration and recognition for the
generosity of these Souls would never be too great; they
do not retreat in the face of contact with the coarse
fluids, like these noble ladies, delicate, sensitive,
who, at the impulse of charity, penetrate disgusting
places, to bring help and consolation.
(...) In every human being there are rudiments of
mediumship, faculties in germ, which can be developed by
practicing them. For the greatest number, a long,
persevering work is needed. In some, these faculties
have been revealed since childhood, and effortlessly
they have reached a high degree of perfection over the
years. In such a case, they represent the result of
previous acquisitions, the fruit of the labors carried
out on Earth or in Space, a result that we bring with us
when we are reborn.
Among the sensitives, many have the intuition of a
superior, extraterrestrial world, in which there are, as
a reserve, powers that they can acquire through intimate
communion and high aspirations, and then manifest them
in different forms, appropriate to their nature:
predictions, teachings, curative action, etc. Applied in
such a sense, mediumship becomes a precious faculty,
through which immense benefits can be liberalized and
great works accomplished.
Spiritual World: Endless Source of Energy Achieved by
Prayer
Humanity would be provided with a powerful element of
renewal, if everyone understood that there is, above us,
an endless source of energy, of spiritual life, which
can be achieved by gradual training, by constant
orientation of thought and will in order to assimilate
its waves and radiations, and with its help develop the
faculties that lie dormant in us. The acquisition of
these forces brings us against evil, places us above
material conflicts and makes us more firm in the
fulfillment of duty. None of the earthly goods is
comparable to the possession of these gifts. Sublimated
to their highest degree, they make great missionaries,
renovators, and great inspired ones.
How can we acquire these powers, these higher faculties?
Opening our souls, by will and prayer, to the influences
from on High. In the same way that we open the doors of
our house, so that the rays of the Sun can come in, so
also by our impulses and aspirations we can open our
inner “ego” to the heavenly emanations. This is
where the beneficial and healthy action of prayer
manifests itself. By humble, brief, fervent prayer, the
soul expands and gives access to the radiations of the
Divine Focus. Prayer, to be effective, should not be a
banal recitation, a memorized formula, but rather a
request from the heart, an act of the will, which
attracts the universal fluid, the vibrations of divine
dynamism. Or the soul must also project itself,
externalize itself by a vigorous surge and, depending on
the acquired impulse, enter into communication with the
ethereal worlds.
Thus, the prayer tears a fluid path through which human
souls ascend and the Higher souls descend, in such a way
that an intimate communion is established between one
and the other, and the Spirit of man is illuminated and
strengthened by the sparks and energies expressed from
the Celestial Spheres.
In Spiritism, the issue of education and training of
mediums is crucial; good mediums are rare - it is said -
many times, and the science of the invisible, deprived
of means of action, only very slowly comes to progress.
How many precious faculties, however, are lost, due to
little attention and culture! How many mediums are
wasted in frivolous experiences, or which, used as a
whim, attract no more than evil influences and only
produce bad results! How many mediums, who are unaware
of their ministry and of the value of the gift given to
them, let go with no use forces capable of contributing
to the work of renewal!
Mediumship is a delicate flower that, in order to bloom,
needs accurate precautions and assiduous care; it
demands the method, the patience, the high aspirations,
the noble feelings, and, above all, the tender
solicitude of the good Spirit that envelops it in its
love, in its life-giving fluids. Almost always, however,
they want to reach premature results, and therefore it
weakens and dries with the contact of backward Spirits.
In antiquity, sensitive young people who revealed
special skills were removed from the world, segregated
from all degrading influence, in places devoted to
worship, surrounded by everything that could elevate
their sense of beauty. Such were vestals, druids,
sibyls, etc. The same happened in the schools of
prophets and seers in Judea, located far from the noise
of the cities. In the silence of the desert, in the
peace of the altering tops, the initiates could better
attract superior influences and question the Invisible.
Thanks to this education, results were obtained that
surprise us.
Cultivation of Mediumship in Today's Times
The processes described above are inapplicable today...
Social demands do not always allow the medium to
dedicate himself, as it should, to cultivate his
faculties. His attention is distracted by the thousand
needs of family life, his aspirations hindered by the
contact of society more or less corrupted or frivolous.
He is often called upon to exercise his skills in
circles impregnated with impure fluids, with inharmonic
vibrations, which react on his so impressionable
organism and produce disorders and disturbances.
It is necessary that, at least, the medium, aware of the
usefulness and greatness of his function, applies
himself to increase his knowledge and tries to become as
spiritual as possible, to reserve hours of recollection
and then try, through his inner vision, to even to
divine things, to eternal and perfect beauty. The more
developed knowledge, intelligence and morality are in
it, the more apt he will become to serve as an
intermediary for the great souls of Space.
The important thing for the medium, we said above, is to
ensure effective protection. The assistance from Above
is always provided for the purpose we propose, for the
efforts we make to deserve it.
We are helped, supported, according to the importance of
the missions that are incumbent on us, bearing in mind
the general interest. These missions are accompanied by
tests, inevitable difficulties, but always regulated
according to our strengths and aptitudes.
Performed with dedication, with selflessness, our tasks
elevate us in the hierarchy of souls. Neglected,
forgotten, unfulfilled, they make us station on the
progress ladder. All carry responsibilities. From the
father of a family who instills in his children the
elementary notions of good, the preceptor of youth, the
moralist writer, to the orator who seeks to take the
crowds to the culminations of thought, each has his
mission to fulfill...
There is no more noble, higher office than being called
to propagate, under the inspiration of the Invisible
Powers, the truth throughout the world, to make men hear
the attenuated echo of divine invitations, inciting them
to light and perfection. Such is the role of high
mediumship.
If the mediums do not understand the importance of their
function and the extent of their duties, there will be
in the exercise of their powers a source of abuse and
ills... Psychic gifts, deviated from their eminent
purpose, used for the purpose of mediocre interests,
personal and tactile, revert against their possessors,
attracting them, instead of tutelary geniuses, the evil
powers of the Hereafter.
Mediumistic Practice Requires Responsibility, Discipline
and Study
We talk about responsibility. It is necessary to insist
on this point. Many mediums seek, in the exercise of
their faculties, satisfactions of self-love or interest.
They neglect to make this serious, reflected, almost
religious feeling come into their work, which is one of
the conditions for success. They often forget that
mediumship is one of the means of action because the
divine plan is carried out, and that he does not have
the right to use it according to his fantasy.
If the mediums have not understood the importance of
their function and the extent of their duties, there
will be in the exercise of their powers a source of
abuse and ills... Psychic gifts, deviated from their
eminent purpose, used for the purpose of mediocre
interests, personal and tactile, revert against their
possessors, attracting them, instead of tutelary
geniuses, the evil powers of the Hereafter.
Outside the conditions of elevated thought, morality and
disinterest, mediumship can be a danger; whereas in
order to have a firm purpose in the good, through his
aspirations to the divine ideal, the medium is
impregnated with purified fluids; a protective
atmosphere is formed around him, surrounds him,
preserves him from the mistakes and the pitfalls of the
invisible...
And if, by his faith and proven zeal, by the purity of
Soul in which no selfish calculation insinuates, he
obtains the assistance of one of these Spirits of light,
custodians of the secrets of Space, who hover above us
and project on ours. weakness of its radiations; if that
Spirit constitutes his protector, his guide, his friend,
thanks to him the medium will feel an unknown force
penetrate his whole being, a flame will light his
forehead. All those who take part in their work, and
reap the results, will feel their hearts and
intelligence revive to the flashes of that superior
soul; a breath of life will transport their thoughts to
the sublime regions of the Infinite”.
It is not without reason that, in a poetic and
enlightening way, Casimiro Cunha composed:
"Numerous faculties
Do not represent light,
A good medium is the one
Who always walks with Jesus”.
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XAVIER, Francisco Cândido. Nosso livro. Pelo Espírito
Agar. Lake. p.17
