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Paulo Oliveira |
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Does
someone
have
some
time
left? |
"The
time
asked
the
time
how much
time
does the
time
have,
the time
answered
the time
that the
time has
as much
time as
the time
the time
has”
(riddle)
The
present
rush in
our life
is the
symptom
of the
imbalance
caused
by the
frantic
quest to
meet our
daily
chores
and
appointments,
in order
to
achieve
the
maximum
possible
result,
often in
a highly
competitive
manner,
causing
anxiety
and
insecurity.
Amid the
momentum
we have
established
for our
life, at
the end
of the
day, we
often
are
under
the
impression
of being
in the
same
situation
of a
hamster
running
on a
wheel,
exhausting
all its
energy
in an
intense
and
sustained
effort,
but
without
leaving
the same
place.
We feel
empty
and as
if we
left
something
to be
done.
This
causes
great
discomfort
and
reinforces
the idea
that we
will
have to
“run”
even
more the
next
day.
This
reaction
generates
an
increasing
and
vicious
spiral
that
drives
the
human
being to
feel
even
more
empty
and with
more
things
to do.
This is
so set
in man’s
present
mental
model
that,
when we
ask him:
“How
are you?"
most of
the
times
the
person
answers:
"Running".
Not even
our
children
are free
from
this mad
rush.
They
face a
stressing
routine
with
extracurricular
duties,
which
range
from
martial
arts to
learning
languages,
informatics,
among
others,
not
allowing
them to
live
their
childhood
as
children,
with
some
time to
play and
learn
about
life.
However,
the
parents
in panic
say that
they
need to
prepare
their
children
to meet
the
challenges
of
today’s
life.
Does
this mad
rush
give us
what we
need?
Are we
happy,
motivated
and
contented
with our
lives?
The
answer
that we
most
often
hear is
a
resounding
no!
These
are
issues
that we
bring to
your
consideration
and
thinking,
as they
are
vital to
our
balance
both
emotional
and
physical.
Consumerism
and its
consequences
We live
in a
society
of
entertainment
and
continued
spending.
We have
an urge
to
satisfy
our
desires
through
a
voracious
and
uncontrolled
need to
buy
things
we do
not
miss,
and most
probably
will
never
use. We
move our
motivation
focus
from our
inside
to the
outside
level
with
consequences
that go
beyond
the
conditions
of our
present
life.
Some may
say, "But
this
running
has a
meaning
because
we want
to
improve
our
financial
condition
and be
happier."
The idea
itself
is not
wrong,
but we
should
consider
that
when we
only
prioritize
the
purpose
of a
better
social
and
economic
position,
we are
failing
to meet
the
development
of
emotion
itself.
And this
is
precisely
when the
conflicts
between
the
having
and
being
start.
Joanna
de
Angelis
calls
our
attention
when she
says: "Today’s
man and
woman,
after
the
great
and
unimaginable
flights
of
knowledge
and
technology,
surprisingly
are
struggling
within
the
murky
waters
of
restlessness
and
suffering,
noting
that the
millennia
of
culture
and
civilization
that
extended
their
understanding
and
widening
their
horizons
did not
solve
the
great
challenges
of their
emotions"
and
she goes
on:
"(...)
the
dehumanization
of
feelings,
aiming
at the
conquest
of
levels
of
power,
of glory
and
pleasure,
painfully
conspired
against
the
essential
being,
which
has a
physical
wrap to
be able
to
perform
the
ministry
of
evolution
".
What can
we do to
achieve
happiness?
In this
wild
rush, "man
has
almost
no time
left,
not even
to think
clearly
about
his own
greatness,
due to
passions
to which
he
surrenders,
and
which
devour
him up”.
Our
loving
and
sweet
benefactor,
with her
clear
and
enlightened
spirit,
brings
us the
diagnosis
of the
cause
that
generates
our
present
state of
imbalance
and
pain:
the
dehumanization
of our
feelings,
translated
into our
daily
life, in
psychic
diseases
such as
depression,
which is
increasingly
present
in
people's
lives,
requiring
proper
medical,
psychological
and
spiritual
treatment,
since
the
whole
imbalance
of the
soul
indelibly
reflects
in the
physiological
area. In
support
of this
idea,
Emmanuel,
the
estimated
spiritual
benefactor,
states
that
"people
today
have
machines
that
help you
save
time,
but not
the
required
calmness
when
they go
through
their
necessary
trials”.
What
shall we
do then
to
regain
our
spiritual
balance
and be
able to
achieve
true
happiness
and
peace?
This is
a
question
that has
no
simple
or
easy
answer,
because
it
depends
solely
on
a change
in
the
person’s
own
attitude,
through
his own
free
will.
While
we
understand
the
world as
the only
source
of
satisfaction
of
our
needs,
we will
spend
our
effort
and
time
to
achieve
what we
erroneously
believe
to be
the
most
important
and
necessary,
and we
are not
aware
that we
do not
find
happiness
outside,
but
inside
us in
the
peace of
mind and
emotional
balance.
Remember
what
Jesus
says
about
this
issue: "The
kingdom
of God
is not
found
outside”.
Therefore,
the
Kingdom
of God
is
within
each one
of us,
God’s
sons.
What we
must do
urgently
is to
look
for this
condition
inside
us, and
then
express
it
through
our
daily
attitudes
and
behavior.
No one
can
serve
two
masters
However,
for it
to
happen,
we need
to
review
the
criteria
we are
using to
make our
decisions,
to make
our
choices.
When
someone
goes
into
action,
he is
putting
in
practice
a prior
decision.
When we
rush on
a daily
basis,
we are
acting
in
accordance
with a
previous
individual
decision-making.
When we
choose
to focus
only on
our
intentions
and
material
interests,
meeting
the
demands
of a
crazy
day, we
are no
doubt
giving
more
time to
what we
really
value:
the
world’s
requirements.
However,
Jesus,
warns us
through
the
teaching:
"no
one can
serve
two
masters”.
If we
exclusively
privilege
the
world,
and its
material
requirements,
we will
necessarily
fail to
think of
God and
serve
Him. The
Master
does not
ask us
to
isolate
ourselves,
but to
live in
a
balanced
manner
according
to our
earthly
needs,
however,
not
forgetting
to value
our
spiritual
growth
in the
first
place.
Thus,
the use
of
available
time
follows
a
hierarchy
of
importance
in
accordance
with
what we
truly
value.
To
accomplish
everyday
issues,
the main
excuse
is that
we have
no time
to think
about
the
"religious
things"
because,
as
already
mentioned,
it is
necessary
to seek,
at
length,
what we
need
to live
well,
obviously
within
the
perspective
of the
here and
now.
But,
do we
really
have no
time
left to
think
about
the
things
of the
spirit?
Would it
not
perhaps
be
a matter
more of
our
will
to
perform
this
search,
instead
of the
real
amount
of time
available?
Chronological
time and
inner
time
To
support
this
reasoning
we would
like to
ask: But
what
ultimately
means
not
having
time?
When we
refer to
time, in
modern
civilization,
usually
we
employ a
single
word to
represent
it. But
there is
a clear
conceptual
distinction
between
chronological
time and
subjective
or inner
time.
While
the
former
is the
measurable
time
(hours,
minutes
and
seconds),
the
second
refers
to the
perception
that
everyone
has
regarding
the
amount
of hours
at his
disposal.
When we
think
about
this, we
begin to
see that
when
organizing
our time
we base
it on
doing
first
things
according
to our
interests.
It is
true
that we
need to
meet our
responsibilities
and
commitments.
However,
when we
think
about
this
issue,
we
arrive
to the
conclusion
that we
can
reorganize
our day,
despite
the
rush, to
find
some
time to
pause
once in
a while
to meet
our
spiritual
needs,
and thus
replenish
our
energy
and
restore
and
maintain
our
spiritual
health.
Our
friendly
Spirits,
regarding
our
mentioned
spiritual
health,
give us
a recipe
to truly
enlighten
our
lives:
"This is
why when
we pray
for
ourselves,
we draw
the
Divine
Force to
restore
our
human
forces,
and to
pray for
others
to
benefit
or help
them
through
magnetic
energy (this
energy
is at
the
disposal
of all
spirits
who wish
to truly
serve),
will
always
ensure
them the
best
chance
of
self-adjustment,
it being
understood,
however,
that if
love
relieves
and
comforts,
teaches,
softens,
lifts
and
redeems,
we are
all
conditioned
to the
rule
that
establishes
that,
according
to the
teaching
of Our
Lord
Jesus-Christ,
this or
that is
given
“to each
one
according
to his
work”,
leaving
us to
remember
that
happy or
less
happy
works
can be
the
result
of our
guidance
every
day
and,
therefore,
every
day it
is
possible
for us
to
change
the
course
of our
own
script"
[5].
(Emphasis
added)
Denis
says,
Earth is
a
battlefield
We are
more
than
simple
matter
with
feelings.
We must
strengthen
the idea
that we
are
spirits,
counting
the
minutes,
hours
and days
in this
reincarnation,
which
is,
however,
a great
opportunity
offered
to us
all,
living
this
present
moment a
new
experience
in our
body.
Therefore,
we end
by
mentioning
with
Léon
Denis,
the
great
philosopher
of the
Doctrine
of the
Spirits,
in his
book
After
Death:
"Remember
that
life is
short.
While it
lasts,
be
strong
to
acquire
what you
came
here
for: the
real
improvement.
May your
spiritual
being
leave
this
Earth
better
and
purer
than
when it
arrived!
Be
careful
with the
temptations
of the
flesh;
think
that the
Earth is
a
battlefield
where
the soul
is
constantly
tempted
by
matter
and
senses.
Fight
with
courage
against
evil
passions.
Fight
for the
spirit
and
heart;
correct
your
faults,
sweeten
your
character,
strengthen
your
will.
Raise
yourself
through
your
thoughts,
above
earthly
vulgarities
and
enlarge
your
hopes on
a bright
sky”.
ANDRE LUIZ (Spirit). Evolution in Two Worlds. [psychographed by Francisco Candido Xavier e Waldo Vieira], 22th. ed., FEB, Rio de Janeiro, 2004. Item 15 – 2nd. part – Magnetic Laying on of Hands.
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