REPRISALS “The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?” – Paul. (I Corinthians, 6:7.) Demands do not always remain in the Courts of Justice, in the shocking field of public processes. They are expressed on a greater scale in the homes and in the institutions. There, they are activated through the mental disorders and through scandalous conversation, in the invisible mud of hatred, which asphyxiates the hearts and annuls energy. Overall, if they do exist, it is due to the components of the family or of the associations that feed them with the oil of continued animosity. Numerous apprentices become victims of similar disturbances due to their retention of false regenerating principals. In general, a great number prefer to use a more aggressive attitude, with sword in hand, wielding it supposedly to secure the improvement of others. Ready to protest, to accuse, to criticize loudly, usually declaring that they represent the truth. But why not exemplify their own personal faith, by withstanding the injustice and pain heroically, in the silence of a faithful soul, prior to the option of any reply? How many homes would be happier, how many institutions would be converted into permanent springs of light, if the believers of the Gospel would learn to remain silent, thus speaking at the propitious time, advantageously? This reference made is not directed to vulgar men, but rather, to the disciples of Jesus. What a great advantage the world would gain, when the follower of the Christ can feel happiness in being a simple instrument of righteousness in the Divine Hands, forgetting the old objective of being the arbitrary instructor of Celestial Service? Xavier, Francisco Cândido. From: Our Daily Bread. By the Spirit Emmanuel. Translated by Jussara Korngold. English Editing by Marie Levinson. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Two. Spiritist Alliance for Books. * * * The true Spiritist can be recognized by their moral transformation and by the efforts they employ in order to dominate their bad instincts * * *
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