by CR (060)
Spiritual improvement should be humanity main concern in all fields of activity.
Human beings should try to excel in the fulfilment of their duties, and work on them with utmost devotion.
No progress towards perfection is achieved without attention, concern, knowledge, effort, devotion, joy, good humour and unshakeable determination to obtain positive results. And improvement is closely related to evolution, besides being the main purpose of the spirit's presence on Earth. There will be no spiritual progress unless humanity strives for improvement.
No one should spare efforts to fight ignorance, because ignorance is the cause of the majority of man's evils. Ignorance is a completely negative force. It is always harmful and, when it does not pull backwards,
it makes it difficult to step foward in the path towards evolution. Evolution means light. The brighter the light, the more effectively it drives away the darkness of ignorance.
Ignorance is therefore a strong, powerful, uncompromising enemy of the incarnated spirit. Those who really wish to grow spiritually and make good use of their incarnation should take every available opportunity to fight ignorance.
Having no time to waste, they should try to always learn more. They should be aware that each new skill they learn is a new asset added to the spiritual wealth.
Those who did not have the good fortune of attending schools should realize that Earth itself is a School where the most varied lessons can be learned. There is never lack of good knowledge.
The courses of learning which the spirit is supposed to attend on Earth, during countless reincarnations, comprise many subjects. Inattentive, lax students are frequently repeating courses.
If humanity only realized what a productive reincarnation means to the spirit, we would not see so many failures and so much disregard for spiritual values on Earth.
The more advanced a human being is, the more he realizes the endless distance that separates him from absolute knowledge, which requires infinite learning. True scholars do not lose sight of their limitations because they always strive to learn more and more. They are, as a rule, unpretentious, contrary to the average person whose main concern sometimes is to show off and to pass as persons of great talent and importance.
Many people do not realize how ridiculous they become when they make their intelligence, their kindness, or their personal attributes the subject of conversation. Boasting of self-endowed qualities, either imaginary or real, doesn't look good on anyone.
Therefore judiciousness and moderation in all gestures and attitudes should become a sound habit in a human being's life to enable him to behave with exemplary dignity.
References
[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984
[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese
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