The theme is exciting, as the notions of duty and right,
fundamental bases for the establishment of justice, have
been discussed throughout our evolutionary process, this
with regard to this part of Universal Humanity.
Due to our still incipient understanding of divine
principles, and despite the continued effort to learn
the concepts of duty and right, some still believe that
there are injustices. They believe that they were
reached by evils and that they did not deserve to have
been affected. Yes, they truly believe they are wronged!
However, when we recall one of the Creator's necessary
attributes - perfect justice and mercy -, among so many
other perfections characterizing the Divinity, we could
shorten our simple analysis on the subject and already
answer, with categorical certainty: No, there are no
wronged, there could not be! Because, if there were
wronged - if we could point out any Spirit, incarnated
or disincarnated that was going through an unfair
situation - we would have to conclude that God would
also be unfair in the way He controls His own Creation.
He would be allowing, from time to time, that one of his
beloved children was harmed, or even suffered any harm,
without merit, and, consequently, suffering unjustly.
Furthermore, we would be forced to accept that their
eternal and immutable wise laws would not be able to
prevent the alleged injustices, making them also faulty,
incomplete, powerless laws to prevent these
“incomprehensible” situations.
How could Perfect Justice allow any injustice, however
small?
However, despite this simple and straightforward
reasoning in our point of view this could serve as a
basis to appease the afflicted hearts by supposing that
God may be, eventually, unjust. Nothing would be more
gratifying and motivating than to reflect a little on
any topic to better understand it and, through a fair
understanding of the matter, bring lasting peace to
conscience.
Thus, we can start our reflections by remembering that
the popularization of the first notions of justice on
Earth, happened, according to some historians, around
1500 BC, brought by a Spirit of high evolution when he
was here - Moses -, the author of Torah, the set of the
five fundamental books of the Hebrew faith. However,
before him, our History says that some proposals on
justice, such as the maxim of a tooth for a tooth, an
eye for an eye, were already part of an ancient code
of laws, elaborated in Mesopotamia, in the kingdom of
Babylon, called the Code of Hammurabi (18th century BC).
The revelation of the Law of Talion to Humanity was of
fundamental importance. It aimed to prevent those still
raw people from committing atrocities in compensation
for possible losses, when there was any friction in
social relations. The logic was simple. At the time, it
was customary to charge a debt in an amount greater than
the damage suffered, out of pure revenge - and some
still do so in the 21st century. However, applying the
Law of Talion, that is, authorizing the collection of
equal to the loss suffered, and nothing else, greatly
diminished the possible violence between the litigants.
By the way, this Law still exists, contrary to those who
believe that it has since its emergence in biblical
times, and recorded by Allan Kardec in the 19th century
in several works, such as:
Jesus said, “Whoever killed with the sword will die
by the sword.” Do these words not enshrine the penalty
of Talion? Therefore, the death imposed on the murderer
does not constitute the application of that penalty.
"Caution! You are mistaken about these words, as
about many others. The penalty of retribution is the
justice of God; He applies it. All of you suffer this
penalty at every moment, as you are punished for what
you have sinned, in this lifetime or in another.
[...] 1
Those interested in reading a little more about the
principle of Talion can find other considerations on the
subject in the text entitled The 21st century
has arrived. Is the law of Talion finally gone? 2
However, let us leave this particular modality of divine
justice. Since the application of justice, in general,
has always interested us closely, we believe that it is
due to the divine spark, engraved in our spiritual
essence, from the beginning of the individualization
process of this principle, giving us the embryonic sense
of morals and ethics, driving us, as a result, to the
pursuit of conquest of the many virtues.
However, along our evolutionary journey, through
personal choices and behaviors, without any divine
determination, many injustices thus understood have been
committed, considering that many of us choose the
evolutionary path distanced from the divine postulates,
others do not. The first, acting contrary to divine
laws, caused different harm to themselves and to others
and, eventually, were unfair in the interactions among
the many societies of which they were already part.
It should be emphasized: we can act unfairly; however,
the person affected by our unjust conducts can never say
that he was wronged. Moreover, for what reason?
In addition to what was previously mentioned about the
Creator's perfect justice and mercy, there is another
necessary attribute of God - omniscience - also
fundamental to understanding the subject. We could
define it as absolute, total knowledge, infinite
knowledge about all things, that is, God is aware of
everything that happens in the world of the living, in
any realm, about all of Nature. This being also one of
the essential characteristics of the Father, it is not
understood how He could, knowing everything, allow one
of his children to suffer any injustice.
We can also remember another divine principle that
unquestionably ensures that there is no chance, 3 in
fact, all Spiritists should be fully convinced of this
reality, well, if nothing happens unforeseen, it is not
conceivable that a Spirit is affected by an evil that
does not necessarily have to face. The agent of this
evil can exist, acquiring a debt, and must, without a
shadow of a doubt, pay it off with the Divine Law, by
pain or by the continued exercise of love, but we can
never imagine that the one receiving the harm would be
suffering unjustly. So, once again, we ask “And for what
other reason?”
In addition to the justifications raised above, due to
the law of cause and deed, so well explained by Allan
Kardec. This other divine principle clarifies that all
events in life are the result of pre-established
conditions in whatever field of action. That is, what
happens to us is the result, invariable, of a set of
attitudes we took in the past of the present existence,
added to another group of behaviors practiced in other
existences – cause and effect.
Additionally, we could consider that if we have chosen a
test to test our virtues and, as a result of these
tests, previously selected, we are expected to be
"wrongful" by society, this apparent evil that we will
receive is not truly an injustice, as I am desiring and,
in fact, I hope it happens, as agreed before
reincarnating. In this way, I can verify in practice the
achievement of my alleged virtues, those that I suppose
I have, such as patience, tolerance, submission, among
others necessary that will allow me to accept resignedly
the so-called “injustices” of the world.
Injustice has something of unpredictability, that is, if
it existed, the Spirit should not suffer the harm that
was inflicted on it, a situation that, once again, does
not find support in the omnipotence of the Creator,
another characteristic attribute of the Divinity. He
could not allow evils without justification or reasons
having absolute power over everything and everyone.
So, how are the agents of the so-called injustices?
Those who committed the unseemly, cruel, inhumane acts?
We emphasize, once again: they will have to face the
consequences of their actions, because no one will cover
themselves with the harmful results of their acts, even
acting as instruments of God's own law. It is not
possible to attribute to God the responsibility for our
actions, this will never happen, we are always
responsible for what we do.
It is for this reason that Jesus guided:
Woe to the world because of scandals; because it is
necessary that scandals come, but woe to the man for
whom scandal comes. 4
Going back in the past for two thousand years, we could
ask if the executioners of Christ were previously
appointed to commit injustices.
In no way, as there can be no mission for evil, it would
be absurd to believe in this possibility:
Have the Spirits who seek to induce us to evil and thus
test our firmness in goodness receive a mission to do
so? Moreover, if it is a mission they fulfill. Will they
have any responsibility for it?
“No Spirit receives the mission to do evil. When
he does, it is of his own free will and therefore he
suffers the consequences. God may permit him to do it to
test you, but He does not command it, and it is up to
you to repel him.” 5 (Our bold)
Judas, nor any of those who inflicted suffering on
Christ, much less those who martyred the thousands of
Christians in the arenas, were marked to err, since it
would be another nonsense to believe that the Perfect
Goodness could force or force certain Spirits, also His
children , to commit malicious acts against other
children, their brothers. Those who rebelled against
Christ did so on their own accord, without any
desirability of evil, evidently, bearing the
consequences of the results obtained.
Additionally, it is also worth reflecting: could we act
unfairly against ourselves, for example, when remorse
and repentance visit us and we do not give ourselves
self-forgiveness because of thoughtless attitudes
committed against others, or even against ourselves. In
this case, the Spirit would be victim and executioner of
itself. It could wrong by itself.
In short: there are unjust, without a shadow of a doubt,
as a large part of this Humanity still behaves in a way
contrary to doing to others what they would like them
to do to themselves, however, in any case, there can
be no wrongdoers.
In relation to the case of possible self-injustice, we
leave the reader to reflect on this question.
References:
1 KARDEC, Allan. The Book of Spirits. Trans.
Evandro Noleto Bezerra. 4th ed. Print: 9,
Brasilia: FEB, 2020. q. 764.
2 Reformer. The
21st century has arrived. Is the law of
Talion finally gone? April
2013.
3 NOTE: We suggest that the reader
consult the questions 8, 37, 386, 388, 525a, 536 and 663
in The Book of Spirits.
4 KARDEC, Allan. The Gospel According
to Spiritism. Trans.
Evandro Noleto Bezerra. 2nd. ed. 1. Print
Brasilia: FEB, 2013. Chap.
VIII. Item 11.
5 KARDEC, Allan. The Book of Spirits. Trans.
Evandro Noleto Bezerra. 4th ed. 9. Print
Brasilia: FEB, 2020. q. 470.
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