The evangelical morality and its role in the world
 

The purest and most sublime moral, according to the Superior Spirits, is the evangelical morality, the one taught and exemplified by Jesus, morality that will renew the world by bringing together all humankind, turning them into brothers and sisters and causing charity to blossom forth in all hearts as well as love for one’s neighbor, so establishing a common solidarity between all peoples. Finally, from this morality, which will transform the whole Earth, the planet will become the home for far superior Spirits than the ones inhabiting it today.

And we aren’t the ones who say such a thing, but a Spirit that preferred to introduce itself as just an Israeli Spirit, as shows the message transmitted in Mulhouse (France), in the year of 1861, transcribed by Kardec in chapter I, item 9, from The Gospel According to Spiritism.

Regarding the wise words of the Spirit, the following question arises though: why has it referred to the evangelical morality, contained within Jesus’ teachings and not to the one of the Spiritist Doctrine?

The answer for such a question is given by the Spiritism Codifier. “The morality of Superior Spirits, as Jesus’ one, – says Kardec – is summarized in this evangelical maxim: to do unto others as you would have them do unto you, that is, do the good and not the evil.”

What has been exposed above is clear enough to demonstrate that Spiritism, in spite of the comments of its opponents, offers itself to the world as an ally, not an enemy, of the true Christian feeling. “It’s the good that assures our future”, the immortals teach. It’s Charity that will renew the face of the world. It’s Love in its purest expression that will edify the Kingdom of God on Earth, which Jesus announced and with which we all dream.

Having said that, it’s difficult to understand how some people, even within the Spiritist circle, show in their attitudes the same phariseetical posture of the followers of Hillel, the Jewish doctor who became the leader of Pharisees. Under the penalty of failure, Spiritism can’t be an instrument of domination and power, but otherwise it must always be the voice that continuously remembers us the teachings, examples, work and life of Jesus.

There are, obviously, creatures who judge Spiritism as a kind of bureau of favors where we can find the analgesic that relieves pain or the medicine that cures from it when it appears. It’s this way how many people see the resource of magnetic pass, the help of spiritual treatments or the cures obtained through the intervention of spiritual benefactors, forgetting that the Spiritist therapy produces results only when the creature assumes the duties that itself contracted before life.

A person who meets the maxim of love for one’s neighbor with zeal and, day by day, tries to become a better individual doesn’t need either magnetic passes or spiritual treatments, or curer mediums, because the moral health is always present, immunizing the individual against the disturbs that frequently affect human beings.

It was certainly because of this that Kardec, referring to the moral code revealed by Jesus, wrote: “Before this divine code even incredulity bows down. This is the common ground where all cults may be united, the flag which all may gather, whatever their creeds may be, because it has never been a matter of religious disputes, which have always and in all places has originated from dogmatism. Moreover, if it had been discussed, then all cults would have found their own condemnation within it, seeing that, in the majority, they have held on the more mystical rather than the moral part, which demands an intimate reform from each one. Specially prepared for mankind, it constitutes a code of rules on how to behave in every circumstance of private and public life and offers the basic principles for all social relations, founded on rigid justice. It is, finally and above all, the infallible route to lasting happiness and the uplifting of a corner of the veil that hides the future life” (The Gospel According to Spiritism, item I).