What is Jesus doing?

 By Valdir Aguilera

It has been more than two millennia since Jesus last came to earth. Narratives of his passage are full of mistakes, legends and lies. You already knew this, you can tell me, what I want to know is what he is doing now. That is what this article will tell you.

It will be very instructive, as we will see, to know first what he did before his last coming.

School-worlds exist for spirits to promote their paramount task of evolving to ever higher levels. They start in the most deprived conditions of resources, such as their attributes and faculties, and gradually develop and improve them. Jesus also went through these situations. For example, there was a time when he didn't even know how to use his reasoning well. Or did he never go through this, because he is a privileged spirit?

Not at all, for Universal Intelligence there are no protections or preferences of any kind. All spirits have to face the same problems and know how to take advantage of the lessons that a school-world offers.

It was then by Jesus' own efforts that he reached the high spiritual levels in which he is now. Many spirits have gone through the same experiences that Jesus went through. And others, like ourselves, are still following similar paths.

Does it mean, could you ask, one day will I be Jesus? No way, every particle of the Universal Intelligence is unique. There is only one Jesus; has not existed and will never exist another like him. What will happen is that all of us will reach, whatever the cost, the level where Jesus is now.

If there is much to learn and improve here on Earth, there is much more to be learned in the vast upper space where there is a wider field to achieve greater evolution. This is what Jesus is doing, and he is diaphanizing more and more his fluidic body.

Wishing well to life

By José Rodrigues da Silva

Fundamentally important to earthly civilization is the school that is concerned with the integral education of man, teaching him not simply to live, but to wish well to life. Wishing well to life leads the individual to remain in his position of honor, never turning away from the struggle to achieve the most admirable results. Highly aware of his responsibility, he doesn't allow the disturbances of the physical world to overwhelm his spirit, and the latter, then, is always full of strength to face the multiple difficult situations, so common in today's world. Any perturbation alters the quintessential of life, deeply disfavoring the success of a work, and only a basic resistance on the part of the bewildered individual can lead him back to normal situations.

Men and women have not come into the earthly world to distill thoughts at odds with the determinations of the natural laws of the Universe; nor to practice actions that convert life into a tragedy harmful to themselves, their fellow men, or a social group. Whoever harbors in the spirit the disastrous enemies of human happiness suffers from some kind of psychic imbalance and, although he may resort to many subterfuges, he will make disappear in his person the prominent strength, found only in characters of perfect psychic capacity; it is in perfect psychic balance that man sets a goal, traces it out and executes it always full of enthusiasm and joy, in the hope of reaching the capital importance of his passage through this planet.

The purpose of spiritual education is to lead man to appreciate his passage (through this world). Christian Rationalism, the spiritual philosophy disseminated in Christian Rationalist houses, does nothing but work intensely to see energetic, original and fruitful men and women in this world, in all the activities of earthly life. We can already see that Christian Rationalism, today with branches and correspondents spread throughout various cities of Brazil and abroad, is a school established on planet Earth with the sublime mission of transmitting to human beings the conditions indispensable to the complete interlacing of each one of us, among the laborers of progress, above all because they know how to combine the integrity of character with the capacity to produce or to accomplish.

What does it matter difficult moments to the human being if he is really a lover of work, if he is always with his mind turned to the good quality of his accomplishments, dispensing to the individual work all the effort required by the most varied circumstances, without taking into account any idea of sacrifice? To wish well to life is to bathe oneself in the practical and objective lessons of the authentic art of living, which by the way is the most difficult of the arts, and only through a deep analysis within oneself can one understand that the incarnation of the spirit has as its main objective the improvement of oneself. With this improvement it reinforces its moral values, eventually reaching the extraordinary condition of being good as much as possible, whatever the circumstances it faces.

If many pass through life but do not really live, this occurs because of a lack of substantial knowledge, such as that disseminated by Christian Rationalism, a spiritual philosophy which considers very frivolous the fact that a person feels life only in its mortal and transitory aspects; it is in these aspects of life that the negligent move away from the very high purpose of their passage through this school-world, where the incarnated is never spared from facing the hardest experiences until reaching the faithful understanding that they are all indispensable to the gradual development of each individual. Undeniably, these experiences prepare the spirit to make good use of every opportunity to raise the character to the highest possible level.

In codifying Christian Rationalism, Luiz de Mattos stated, with all the strength of expression, that no one can escape from seeking, in the expressive fulfillment of his individual work, the satisfaction of living. If he expressed himself that way, to wish well to life is not to waste time, it is not to discard opportunities to distinguish oneself in the cultivation of everything that is useful and pleasant in the broadest sense of life. When well aware of his own strengths, man is not frightened at any time, even when he finds himself surrounded by the most tremendous adversities, because, above all, he has learned to make immediate use of all his moral attributes, a fact that makes him increasingly capable of turning the most unfavorable situations into favorable ones.

Politeness preserves love

By Olga Brandão

If it is fair to blame difficult children or teenagers for their lack of effort and self-control, it will be honest to share the responsibilities, although without saying that they have not found someone who can captivate them, understand them and guide them.

To guide, more than a function, is a duty. The child brings an irreplaceable purpose and needs help to conquer and develop it. Education is an arduous task (...). What counts in life is not just culture, but spiritual progress revealed through qualities, feelings, attitudes and habits.

Everything that is acquired in this world comes through intuition. But good intentions depend on an certain environment (people and things) where there is agreement, mutual understanding, order and tranquility. Parents who understand each other, enough to appreciate and cherish each other, provide their children with free development. The child and adolescent need an environment that favors the satisfaction of their interests and values.

Although parents feel love for their children, there is not always mutual friendliness and kindness, because psychological factors are part of living together. The call to such factors is the solution to such a difficult problem: to make the child or adolescent a truly human being.

Love is nourished with kindness and affection. If there are children who can do without it, with no excessive harm because they are more evolved, it should not be forgotten that the call to their sensitivity is the only way to educate. But using sensitivity does not mean abandoning authority.

If you look closely, you will always find an affective imbalance in the difficult child. Reciprocal aggressive attitude of parents (violence, anger, revenge, stubbornness) provokes the child to repeat the mistake.

Becoming affectional in order to understand one's children is not a demonstration of weakness, but a conquest of ascendancy and esteem. The less aggressive and depressive the way parents and relatives act, the less belligerent will be the child's or adolescent's way of acting. It is good for parents to understand that their reciprocal disagreements disturb the development of their children, who, later, perhaps will not be able to understand the reason for their weaknesses and flaws so harmful to material and moral progress.

There is nothing more contradictory than looking at the effect of individual flaws without researching the cause. To judge the children responsible for all the failures is a mistake. What is innate in a child, is related to what the outside influences made of him/her. However balanced the child may be, he or she will not be able to grow, progress and be harmoniously transformed in an environment, where there is no harmony. The child's aggressiveness may be enclosed in psychological needs, in character reactions or in his/her authentic personality, but education has no other purpose than to prevent and cure the error.

The preventive principle consists in countering the child or adolescent from becoming difficult or more difficult than it is, providing mutual understanding, appealing to their sensitivity in order for them to feel appreciated. If the results are not very satisfactory, the only way is to expand the environment, making it more accessible and invigorating.

An invigorating environment means neither material comfort nor the satisfaction of all wishes: hard tests harden the character and fine tune the sensibility. An invigorating climate is what provides experiences that awaken acceptance of order and discipline for a better life, which instills the notion of rights and duties and promotes effort as a helpful agent. 

There is no lack of opportunities in the family to educate for the responsibility in obtaining autonomy, to fight aggressiveness, for the cultivation of politeness, for the preservation of love.

Paternal examples speak louder

By Humberto Rodrigues

Many people who study spirituality do not understand why they need to have patience with those who think differently, even if they experience the same problems, as is common in the family environment.

Human beings have their own personality. Each one has their own evolutionary background; they have brought from previous existences of the spirit, tendencies that need to be modified for the better. Parents who are unaware of this spiritual reality are almost always intolerant of their children. Even giving them equal education, they do not understand why they think and act differently from each other.

The way to educate children must be adequate to each one's personality. However, paternal examples always speak louder. Even if sooner or later they go through difficulties because they do not follow what their parents have guided them, the model lessons they have received from them will be etched in their minds. The consciousness will charge them with this knowledge, indicating the correct path to follow.

Therefore, we advise them to be understanding with relatives who do not think in the same way. It is part of life on this school-planet, where no one is the same. One can find someone who thinks alike or acts similarly, but equality of conduct does not exist.

It is necessary to have understanding with people who have heterogeneous mindsets. To do this, to a very great degree one must study spirituality, starting by studying oneself, to discover flaws and weaknesses, because no one is perfect in this world. Many like to put their finger on their neighbor's wound, but they forget their own or do not want them to be touched by others.

Before criticizing or recriminating someone, look inside yourself, make a general study of your personality. Certainly, the understanding of other human beings will be different, because there will be a more tolerant critical view. Therefore, we are always proposing to get yourself enlightened. Our insistence may seem dull, but it is the pure reality of life. To study spirituality is to look at people with greater understanding, with good will, to try to see them always better, even if it is through elevated thoughts and not just words, because good thinking has a great influence on human behavior.

Therefore, get along with each other, so that you can understand and tolerate your fellow human beings.

Do you know what the inferior astral is?

Do you know what the inferior astral is?

By Valdir Aguilera

Those who study the Christian Rationalist philosophy know what the inferior astral is. Do they really know? Perhaps they do. Even so, there are some aspects that may be unknown to them. Shall we review this subject?

When we talk about inferior astral it is common to come to the mind evil spirits that provoke discord, bring disharmony, interfere in people's lives and cause damage to both physical and psychic health. Yes, inferior astral is that, and much more. We need to extend this concept.

To begin to broaden our knowledge on this subject, let us take into account that inferior astral has existed on Earth for millions of years, even before there were human beings here. What do you mean, would it be spirits of animals? You may ask. And we answer with another question: since when animals have spirits? Let's remember that the force that acts in the various realms of nature only passes to the category of spirit when it begins to animate the body of a human being. However, leaving aside this detail, your doubt makes sense as we will see.

The inferior astral exists even before any manifestation of life here. To be able to understand this statement it is necessary to keep in mind that the transformations that occur in the Universe now, have always occurred before and will continue to occur in the future.

Currently there are millions of galaxies, and many others in formation. Each one of them contains millions of stars (suns), many already with their own planetary systems. The solar system is one of them, contained in the galaxy called the Milky Way.

While a solar system was forming there were no living conditions on any of its planets. All of them, however, already had their own fluidic atmosphere. You might hastily conclude that in an atmosphere there would already be conditions for life. We must point out that we do not speak of a gaseous atmosphere like ours, we speak of a "fluidic" atmosphere. What is the difference? you may ask. Let's answer.

Every planet is surrounded by fluidic matter that defines vibrational fields of various categories. These fields penetrate the planet and extend into space far beyond its physical dimensions. In fact, the aura is one of the effects caused by these fields. The Sun itself is enveloped by fields like these, and has its aura. But this is another matter.

This being said, we come to the end of our positions making it clear that the inferior astral is part of that fluidic atmosphere that surrounds the Earth. In other words, inferior astral means vibrational fields formed by fluidic matter of various categories. 

In the nomenclature of Christian Rationalist philosophy, inferior astral is also the group of spirits that wander through these vibrational fields.

In the glossary of the PRC14 (Practice of Christian Rationalism, 14th Edition) will be the following:

Inferior astral: a reference indicating the still dense vibrational fields that surround the Earth's fluidic atmosphere.

Spirits of the inferior astral: are spirits that wander through the Earth's fluidic atmosphere in a state of psychic disturbance.

What to do before being born?

What to do before being born?

By Valdir Aguilera

Nothing wrong with the title of this article. Maybe you thought it should be "What to do after you are born". No, it wasn't a press error. That's the title and let's answer the question.

If you know the Christian Rationalist philosophy, you probably already know what you will do when the time comes. Even so, we believe there are some details you would like to know now. Let's go.

But before, it is important to clarify that the spirit is not born, nor does it die. It is eternal and is at some level of natural evolution. Therefore, by "born" we must understand it is as a new endeavor of the spirit on a physical body, in a school-world. 

Next, let us summarize part of what happens after the death of a human being.  [1] Now, if the subject is "being born," why talk about dying?, you can ask, and we will answer that it is to be able to understand part of what happens before being reborn. Let's continue.

On the way back to its internship world, after the death of the physical body, the fluidic body of the spirit gradually eliminates fluidic matter of various categories with which it was impregnated. This matter belongs to the fluidic atmosphere of the school-planet Earth. And this is where it stays.

Free from these various materials, which now serve no purpose, and already in its internship world, the spirit is in a position to become aware of its situation on the evolutionary scale. It soon realizes what it has to do, because its previous experiences are recorded in its fluidic body. After analyzing its current state and deciding to animate a physical body, it begins to take action.

Initially, it tries to formulate a plan. This new project may contain part or all of the previously outlined. In this process of reprogramming it relies on the assistance of the spirits of the Superior Astral. Once defined, it waits for an opportunity that is favorable, for then, with determination, to project itself in the densest dimensions that involve the planet.

In its return, its fluidic body gradually absorbs fluidic matter from the various vibrational fields of the planet. These materials are necessary and adequate to achieve the purposes of the spirit. Some of them are from the same previous vibrational fields, for they were not well used in previous incursions. It would not need to know and doesn't know which ones to choose. This is because the program previously defined has already adequately magnetized its fluidic body, making the selection and addition automatic and defined by the corresponding evolutionary laws.

With his fluidic body thus prepared, it begins to accompany the formation of the new physical body by connecting to it gradually, always under the control of the evolutionary laws.

Thus, what the spirit needs to do before being born is basically to evaluate its previous existences, decide to return to its school world and define a plan for the new life. The rest of the process happens naturally, without the need for its own intervention. 

[1] What we should do after we die, Valdir Aguilera, A Razão (Brazilian newspaper), April 2020, p. 18. 

Say yes to life

By Saulo Machado

When difficult moments come, don't be discouraged; invigorate yourself. Understand that the path to fullness depends only on you. Remember your history, the happy moments and the conquests you achieved by struggling hard to reach them, and you emerged victorious even when you doubted yourself.

Don't forget that certain circumstances experienced today precede this physical life, due to past moments, and that this existence is the reflection of previous comings to this school-world, in which, by the thoughts and actions practiced, you couldn't have done better in face of those experiences, because they have already passed, they are in the past, although they are engraved in your fluidic body.

Always say "yes" to life. Be optimistic, of moral conviction and enthusiastic, so that your thoughts are focused on positivity and in harmony with the forces of good. Seek happiness in yourself, not in something external, friendships, material goods, being in love, are part of life, but they will not bring you satisfaction if you are not happy with yourself, with being who you are, with being unique and singular in the whole Cosmos.

Remember continuously that you never had to inferiorize or vilify your brothers and sisters in essence to feel better or to rejoice in a stupid self-appreciation, which, although highly revered these days, never contributes anything to spiritual evolution. 

Be impartial. Do not carry remorse and resentment. Never lose hope and do not stop loving your neighbor. Understand that the outrages and insults suffered were the result of the ignorance of others, of human beings who come from the same origin and who made a mistake with you because they were unaware of transcendental life, and yet, they are still lights and emanations of the Universal Intelligence. 

Seek to overcome yourself every day. Don't be in a hurry, sometimes one step each day is better than ten steps taken at once, because sooner or later you may lose the rhythm of the journey. Say "no" to self-centeredness. Faced with the exaltation of your ego, meditate, and be aware that what is yours will be conquered, with no need to corrupt yourself to have a constructive and happy life.

Finally, believe in yourself and never stop practicing the teachings of Christian Rationalist philosophy.