Planet
Earth,
according to
the
indications
of Superior
Spirits,
represents a
place of low
physical and
moral
development.
There are
better
places like
Jupiter, but
also lesser
places like
Mars.1 Thus,
we would be
in a school
for young
spirits who
still do not
have
superior
knowledge
and
depending on
the
situation,
need,
experiences
and
experimentation
to advance
in the
process of
awakening
and
internalizing
spiritual
learning. At
this point,
it is
essential to
have the
appropriate
instruments
and,
therefore,
two
fundamental
elements for
the spirit
arise: the
material
physical
body and the
perispirit.
The material body is the
carnal garment that
allows the spirit to be
“buried” on Earth, since
the spiritual plane is
the primary one. Being
incarnated represents an
opportunity for the
being to progress, even
though it may go through
experiences in other
spheres as well.2 through
the incarnations on
Earth, there is the test
of the development of
intelligence, as well as
the training of mental
emanations so that one
can, in a promising
future, radiate to
different places or
worlds. The physical
body represents a
blessing since it is
through this carnal
armor that allows the
individual to polish his
skills with more
dexterity, or even
defend himself from the
enemies of yesteryear.
However, it is essential
that the being knows how
to place the physical
body under its orders
and guidelines, instead
of the other way around.
In the eastern
tradition, it says that
the being is the rider
and that the material
body is the horse.
Letting the horse lead
the rider is a sign of
impending disaster. The
influence of matter
leads to less noble
passions. On the other
hand, when the horse is
at the service of the
rider, the being
advances in a productive
way and with the right
objectives. However, at
some point they both
separate.
Dying or disincarnating
is part of the cycle of
comings and goings
between the spiritual
and material planes.
Being in the "restart
sphere" is part of the
being's journey towards
its infinite
improvement, highlighted
by the identification of
the being with the
Creator. At this point,
the incarnate does not
come only with the
clothing of the flesh.
The spirit is always
accompanied by the
perispirit as a
complementary
instrument, “to be able
to rise in the
atmosphere and transport
itself wherever it
wants”.2
The perispirit is a
semi-material envelope,
also called an ethereal
body. It is a vaporous
body, coming from the
universal fluid and
which is adapted, or
conditioned, to the
world where the spirit
lives. That is, it is
useful while the being
is learning on Earth,
whether when incarnated
or disincarnated. When
this second situation
occurs, there is the
separation of the
perispirit from the
flesh and with losses
even for the first one
with the loss of its
vital body. This, also
called the 'etheric
double', represents the
most peripheral part of
the perispirit and is
“formed by neuropsychic
emanations that belong
to the physiological
field and that, for this
very reason, cannot move
further away from the
terrestrial
organization, destined
for disintegration, both
what happens to the
carnal instrument, on
the occasion of renewing
death” 4.
As for the surviving
parts of the perispirit,
vital and astral body,
they help in the
maintenance of records
of debits and credits of
the individual against
the greatness of
eternity and infinity.5 Thus,
it serves to maintain
the dynamic balance of
progress, rescue and
duties assumed and
fulfilled within the
personal historical
line. What is
anticipated is that, as
the spirit advances in
its duties and balances
the debts within the
balance of destiny, the
perispirit itself
sublimates. Thus, the
mode of conduct in life
will also influence the
very process of
disincarnating and
survival of the spirit
and its perispiritual
condition. With that,
the detachment of the
perispirit from the
material physical body,
with the disincarnating
process, is not
instantaneous or the
same for everyone. As
one reads in The Book
of Spirits:
“Observation proves
that, at the moment of
death, the disconnection
of the perispirit is not
completed suddenly; it
operates only gradually
and with a slowness that
varies greatly according
to individuals”.6
That is, depending on
the type of life, more
or less connected to the
material and the
sensual, the individual
will have the separation
facilitated or not. In
painful cases, the
spirit can be trapped in
the decomposition of the
physical body. It is the
experience of free will
and reaping the results
of choices made in life.
Thus, the recommendation
of Paul of Tarsus:
“Everything is lawful
for me, but not
everything suits me”
(1Cor 6:12).
Alternatively, in a
complementary way by the
spiritual instructor
Gubio: “we are what we
are. After the tomb, we
only find paradise or
hell created by
ourselves”.
In other words, we are
like the silkworm that
ends up involved with
the thread it expelled.
With that, mental
creations, mental
attitudes have to be
managed with care.
According to Gubio:7 “Our
perispiritual organism,
sublime result of
evolution, as far as the
physical body is
concerned in the sphere
of the Crust, can be
compared to the poles of
a magnetic-electric
device”.8 Thus,
the perispirit is a tool
for consolidating will
and thought, and it is
then up to the
responsibility to use
such a precious
instrument. The
perispirit is molded
according to the
individual's will in a
subtle way and with
flexibility and capacity
for expansion and
retraction, being able
to transform itself into
what the spirit wants.
In other words, the
perispirit can represent
a versatile tool for the
individual to train his
will and thought, energy
and knowledge in order
to be useful for a
greater reality. On the
other hand, when we
abuse it too much, as
well as of the
incarnated experiences,
we can damage the
condensed fluid or
perispirit itself. Which
seems to legitimize the
observation of the
evangelist Luke (16:10):
“He who is faithful with
little is also faithful
with much, and whoever
is dishonest with little
is also dishonest with
much”.
In a similar sense,
there is the following
observation from The
Book of Mediums. “In
the knowledge of the
perispirit lies the key
to countless problems
that are still
unsolvable”.9 Therefore,
the perispirit is an
essential element for
the spirit to be able to
follow its obligations,
duties, rescues and
missions, such as a
subtle garment that
reflects and is
reflected in the moral
condition and progress
of the spirit. In the
specific case of
communication in the
exchange between two
perispirits, the
question of affinity
seems to be fundamental10. It
may or
may not facilitate
communication exchanges,
for example, between
incarnated and
disembodied, for
example. Returning to
the possibility of
losing or damaging the
perispirit, there is the
phenomenon known as 2nd death,
that is, when the
individual no longer
needs it due to the
advance or when he lost
it due to the abuse of
free will and contracted
large debts. In the
first case, it can be
said that the perispirit
gradually diminished to
the point that the
spirit no longer needed
it. This is the case of
pure spirits that
represent entities of
the first order11.
Pure spirits are those
who are not influenced
by matter and have both
knowledge and moral
development in full.
“Not being any longer
subject to reincarnation
in perishable bodies, it
is for them eternal
life, which they enjoy
from the bosom of God”.12
In the Vedic tradition,
there is the concept of
samsara and it
represents the cycle of
rebirth and death that
the individual needs to
perform in order to
reach perfection. Thus,
pure spirits and the
non-necessity of
perispirit and
reincarnation represent
the release of this
wheel and therefore, as
expressed in The Book
of Spirits, spirits
in this condition “enjoy
unalterable happiness”.13
The spiritist scale
represents the degree of
maturity of the spirit,
whether in terms of
moral development,
superior knowledge,
tendency to good,
influence of matter and
sanctifying works. In
other words, the healthy
loss of the perispirit
is not a task that
happens overnight, but
requires commitment and
discipline, knowledge
and companionship over
several periods.
On the other hand, for
those who commit
themselves profoundly to
evil, there may also be
the loss of the fluidic
body and, in this case,
there is the limitation
of being by itself. This
is the case of ovoids,
which are human beings
that lose their original
shape and become
limited, like small
spheres, “bigger than a
human skull”.14 In
this case, the second
death is temporary,
because as the Spiritist
Doctrine clearly
indicates, there are no
setbacks. Someday there
will be reincarnation in
the sphere of fresh
start and again the
opportunity will be
given for regeneration
and payment of debts.
The Father will forget
no child.
Therefore, the second
death (loss of the
perispirit) can
represent both a
blessing and a certain
misfortune to the being.
It is the extreme reward
or punishment. To
illustrate both
situations, observe the
narrative of the
spiritual instructor
Gubio:15
“You saw companions –
continued the advisor –
who got rid of it [the
perispirit], heading for
sublime spheres, whose
greatness for the time
being we cannot fathom,
and you observed
brothers who underwent
reductive and
disintegrating
operations of the
perispirit elements to
be reborn in the
terrestrial flesh. The
former are ennobled and
glorious servants, in
their duty well done,
while the latter are our
colleagues, who already
deserve reincarnation
worked out by
intercessory values,
but, as much as it
happens to respectable
companions of these two
types, the ignorant and
the bad, the strays and
criminals also lose, one
day, their perispiritual
form.
“Due to the density of
the mind, saturated with
inferior impulses, they
are unable to elevate
themselves and gravitate
around the absorbing
passions that for many
years they elected as
the center of
fundamental interests. A
large number, in these
circumstances,
especially those who
participated in
condemnable crimes, are
attracted to those who
associated with them in
the crimes. If the
disciple of Jesus
remains connected to
Him, through
imponderable threads of
love, inspiration and
recognition, the pupils
of hatred and perversity
remain united, under the
guidance of the
intelligences that
intertwine them in the
network of evil.
Enriching the mind with
new knowledge,
perfecting its faculties
of expression, purifying
it in the illuminating
currents of good and
enlarging it with the
definitive incorporation
of noble principles is
to develop our glorious
body, in the expression
of the apostle Paul,
structuring it in
sublimated and divine
matter.
In this way, the
perispirit is a
valuable, useful and
subtle instrument. It
cannot be abused in
negative use. However,
it can be said that
losing it to light up to
higher abodes can mean
everyone's final
destination. One day we
will no longer need this
tool, as we will have
improved ourselves to
the point of being able
to supply with our
skills, knowledge, love
and our own lights. Just
as a child learns to
walk with both feet
without needing to crawl
anymore, human beings
will one day manage to
ascend to the upper
heavens, detached from
matter and with the
subtlety that they will
no longer need the
perispirit. This is due
to the affinity with God
and love and universal
intelligence will be
such that there will no
longer be any
difference. The return
to paradise only depends
on us.
Therefore, we appreciate
the evidence and honor
the resources available
to make progress fair
and unquestionable. Let
us especially honor our
bodies as legitimate
helpers who wish us well
and sacrifice themselves
for our cause. One day
we will lose both the
physical and ethereal
bodies. May the spirit
be free to help those
who still seek God's
peace and love from the
Highest. The Universe as
the Garden of Light of
Creation.16
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[1] Ver
nota de rodapé -
pergunta 188 - O
Livro dos Espíritos.
[2] Ver
seção “Encarnação
nos diferentes
mundos” - O
Livro dos Espíritos.
[3] Resposta
à pergunta 93 - O
Livro dos Espíritos.
[4] André
Luiz. Nos
domínios da
mediunidade.
Cap. 11.
[5] Marlene
Nobre. Seminário:
"Perispírito, suas
propriedades e
funções" 1ª parte.
Fonte:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgD_08w--UA&t=11s
[6] Resposta
à pergunta 155 - O
Livro dos Espíritos
[7] André
Luiz. Libertação.
Brasília: FEB, 2008,
p. 199.
[8] André
Luiz. Libertação.
Brasília: FEB, 2008,
p. 35.
[9] O
Livro dos Médiuns.
Cap.1, item 54.
[10] O
Livro dos Médiuns,
Cap. 9, item 225.
[11] Ver
- O Livro dos
Espíritos,
Cap.1, Escala
Espírita.
[12] O
Livro dos Espíritos,
Cap.1, item 113.
[13] O
Livro dos Espíritos,
Cap.1, item 113.
[14] André
Luiz. Libertação.
Brasília: FEB, 2008,
p.
[15] André
Luiz. Libertação.
Brasília: FEB, 2008,
p. 105-6.
[16] Em
homenagem aos meus
queridos genitores,
Paulo Hayashi e Ioko
Ikefuti Hayashi, que
já se encontram na
Pátria Espiritual.