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The subject
is often
mentioned
within the
Spiritist
environment.
However, few
are aware of
what these
transformations
implicate
for us,
Spirits
affiliated
to the
Earth. Will
we be exiled
to another
world or
will we be
reincarnated
in the blue
planet? What
will happen
to our
world? When
will the
planetary
transition
take place?
There are
many issues
about this
complex
subject.
Therefore,
without
trying to
seek for
definitive
answers, we
will make
brief
reflections
guided by
the
teachings
that the
Higher
Spirits have
left us
through
selfless
mediums,
those who
work for the
good
harvest. For
some time
now the
Higher
Spirits have
helped us to
unveil the
mantle of
ignorance
that still
covers our
eyes
regarding
this issue
specifically
and so many
others –
matters that
are
important
and involve
the
collectivity.
In advance,
it is
essential to
understand
that we are
immortal
Spirits,
millenarian,
and that to
evolve we
will have to
cross
several
physical
experiences,
in different
material
bodies and
in other
worlds,
throughout
our
evolutionary
journey.
"In my
father's
house are
several
mansions; if
it were not
so, I would
have told
you, for I
will prepare
a place for
you". (John
14:2)
There are
different
worlds in
the Universe
that are,
were or
could be
inhabited by
thousands of
Spirits,
respecting
the
different
levels of
evolution.
This is what
we call the
plurality of
the
inhabited
worlds, one
of the
pillars of
Spiritism.
The Father's
house is the
Universe.
The
different
abodes are
the worlds
that
circulate in
infinite
space [...].
Allan
Kardec: The
Gospel
According to
Spiritism,
Ch. 3, item
2.
As we learn
and progress
in different
orbs, we are
helping in
the
development
of other
Spirits and
also of
these
planets,
which just
as we do,
tend to
evolve into
successive
"planetary
transitions."
"When, in
one world,
they reach
the degree
of
advancement
that this
world
entails,
they move on
to a more
advanced
one, and so
on, until
they reach
the state of
pure
Spirits.
There are so
many
seasons, in
each of
which are
found
elements of
progress
appropriate
to the
advance they
have already
achieved”. Allan
Kardec: The
Gospel
According to
Spiritism.
Chapter 3,
item 5.
This does
not mean
that we will
find
extraterrestrial
life on
other
planets, at
least as we
imagine. It
is necessary
to know that
we are not
the only
inhabitants
of the
Universe;
however, the
physical
bodies are
not equal.
The
constitution
of matter
varies
according to
spiritual
evolution,
for the more
advanced the
Spirit, the
lower is the
density of
matter;
moreover,
the physical
and chemical
constitution
of the
planets can
influence
the
formation of
bodies; in
this way, we
may not want
to encounter
extraterrestrials
as portrayed
in Hollywood
movies.
Classification
or category
of inhabited
worlds
Allan Kardec
presents in
his work the
following
classification
of the
worlds as to
the degree
of
evolution:
Primitive
worlds –
in these
worlds the
human souls
are embodied
for the
first time.
Worlds of
atonement
and evidence -
predominance
of evil;
they are
places of
exile of the
rebellious
Spirits to
the Law of
God.
Regenerating
worlds -
there is no
expiation in
these
worlds; they
are
transitory
worlds.
Happy worlds -
predominance
of good over
evil; there
is no more
evidence and
atonement,
and Spirits
work for the
common good.
Heavenly or
divine
worlds -
home of the
purified
Spirits;
there is
only good in
them.
Among the
classifications
indicated by
Kardec, the
Earth is in
the state of
a world of
tests and
atonements,
that is, it
has
surpassed
only the
first stage
which is
that of the
primitive
world. We
are a world
still far
behind,
especially
regarding
moral
progress. On
this planet
there is
still the
predominance
of evil over
good, which
tends to be
reversed
with the
Spirits’
evolution.
The Earth
provides
exile for
the souls
who need to
pass through
trials and
atonements,
which are
purifying
conditions
for the
Spirit,
however
painful.
But, after
all, what
are tests
and
atonement?
The Spirit
Emmanuel,
through the
psychographics
of Chico
Xavier, in
the book "O
Consolador",
defines
these two
concepts:
"Trial is
the struggle
that teaches
the
rebellious
and lazy
disciple the
path of work
and
spiritual
edification.
Atonement is
the penalty
imposed upon
the
wrongdoer
who commits
a crime".
Tests are,
therefore,
opportunities
granted by
God for the
development
of the
Spirit,
whereas
atonement is
imposed and
aims at the
re-education
of the
faulty
Spirit. We
must make it
clear that
God is not a
tormentor,
and He only
applies this
resource to
Spirits who
are still
like
children in
development,
unable to
understand
what would
be most
useful for
their
evolution.
This
mechanism is
the proof of
divine
mercy, which
offers
improvement
to all
through
their own
merits.
In light of
these
explanations
we can
understand
why on Earth
there are as
many ills as
wars,
slavery,
misery and
poverty,
incurable
diseases,
epidemics,
natural
disasters
and
different
forms of
collective
disembodiment.
"The
miseries of
this world
are,
therefore,
atonement
for its
effective
and material
side, and
tests for
its moral
consequences.
Whatever the
name may be,
the result
must be the
same:
improvement.
In the
presence of
such an
important
purpose, it
would be
childish to
make a
matter of
principle a
matter of
speech; this
would prove
that more
importance
is given to
words than
to things.
"(Spiritist
Magazine,
September
1863 issue)
Planetary
Transition
As already
stated, the
Earth finds
itself in
the category
of the world
of trials
and
atonement
evolving
into a
regenerating
world; so
the Spirits
have warned
us with some
frequency
about the
planetary
transition,
because in
order for
the orb to
evolve it is
necessary
that its
inhabitants
also
improve.
There are a
multitude of
planets
inferior to
the Earth,
others that
are in the
same
evolutionary
stage and
there are
still the
higher
worlds that
await us, as
Jesus
mentioned in
His
preaching.
"The Earth
is
classified
as a world
of trials
and
atonement.
It was
materially
and morally
in a lower
state than
it is today,
and will
attain in
this double
aspect a
more
advanced
degree. It
has reached
one of its
periods of
transformation,
in which,
from an
expiatory
world, it
will become
a
regenerating
world; then
men will be
happy,
because the
Law of God
will reign
in it". (St.
Augustine /
Kardec, The
Book of
Spirits,
1984, page
57).
But when
will the
transition
take place?
The answer
to this
question is
not as
objective as
we would
like it to
be, as there
is no
predetermined
date for
such an
event. We
must
consider
that the
transformations
are gradual
and
continuous.
They tend to
occur at the
same speed
as the
progress of
the Spirits
that are
linked to
the planet.
Certainly,
for exactly
those
reasons, a
transition
process can
take a few
millennia.
It is
believed
that our
planet
emerged 4.6
billion
years ago
and the
first forms
of life 3.6
billion
years ago.
We note that
between the
emergence of
the globe
and the
appearance
of the first
inhabitants
there is an
interval of
1 billion
years.
Primates
similar to
man appeared
only 13
million
years ago.
For us
incarnate it
is a
considerable
time,
however for
the
spirituality
what counts
is the time
of the moral
transformation.
Based on
these
examples, we
may have a
vague idea
of the
time the
planets take
to evolve.
The mentors
of the
higher
planes
advise us
that as a
result of
the
reincarnation
of thousands
of misguided
Spirits, who
will have
their last
opportunities,
we will
experience a
difficult
time on
Earth with
increasing
crime and
corruption,
where ethics
and morality
will be
compromised.
We will
reach the
bottom of
the well and
only then,
after this
troubled
phase, will
the
transformation
actually
take place.
"But before
this moment
arrives,
violence,
sensuality,
abjection,
scandals,
and
corruption
will reach
levels never
before
imagined,
hitting the
bottom,
while
degenerative
diseases,
bipolar
conduct
disorders,
heart
diseases,
cancers,
vices and
sexual
desires will
cry out for
peace,
return to
ethics,
morals, and
balance.
Fruits of
the passions
of the
creatures
that will
suffer the
effects in
the form of
a liberating
consummation,
the values of
integral
health, of
joy without
end, of
personal
harmony, of
integration
in the
cosmic
spirit of
life will
slowly
appear”.
(Manoel
Philomeno de
Miranda /
Divaldo
Franco ;
Planetary
Transition)
Where will
we go when
the Earth
completes
the
transition?
The news of
the
spiritual
plan tells
us that many
Spirits are
living one
last
opportunity
in the world
Earth,
because for
the planet
to effect
its
transformation
it is
necessary to
shelter
Spirits
compatible
with its
degree of
advance.
There is
talk of
emptying the
threshold
zones so
that the
Earth can
change its
vibratory
pattern and
thus realize
the change.
With this,
the queue of
the
thousands of
Spirits who
wait for an
opportunity
to
reincarnate
increases
greatly.
Those souls
who are in
their last
stage in
this world
and who have
not yet been
able to
repair their
debts should
be
transferred
to other
worlds that
are
compatible
with their
degree of
advance,
that is,
they may be
exiled from
the Earth.
So that we
can
understand
more
clearly, we
will resort
to an
important
work of
contemporary
Spiritism,
written by
the spirit
Emmanuel,
dictated to
the medium
Chico
Xavier,
entitled On
the Path to
Light.
In it, the
author makes
a historical
analysis
from the
planetary
Genesis,
even the
prospects
for our
world,
according to
the Gospel
of Jesus.
Chico's
mentor
narrates
that the
Earth at
some stage
of its
evolution
received a
phalanx of
Spirits from
a planet
belonging to
the Chapel
system, a
star located
in the
constellation
called Goat
or Coach,
which would
have similar
characteristics
with our
blue planet.
The Chapel
was in the
process of
transformation,
just as it
is now on
Earth, yet
it still
housed
rebellious
Spirits that
impeded its
development
and the
advancement
of other
souls who
had already
achieved a
degree of
advancement
compatible
with that
planet. It
was then
that the
highest
spiritual
authorities
who direct
our galaxy,
among them
Jesus,
decided to
transfer
those
Spirits to
the planet
Earth, in
order to
contribute
to the
progress of
our globe
and, at the
same time,
allow the
purification
of souls
transposed
from Chapel
that
remained
stationed in
their
evolutionary
process.
This is how
the peoples
known by the
general
title of the
Adamic race
appeared,
which were
important
for the
formation of
the earthly
civilization.
The
chaplains
here arrived
were divided
into four
great
peoples: the
Arias group,
the
civilization
of Egypt,
the people
of Israel
and the
castes of
India. The
Chaplain
exiles then
came to add
to the
yellow and
black skin
ethnic
groups that
already
existed on
Earth, thus
contributing
to the
natural
evolutionary
process of
the planet.
Of course,
many of them
have already
returned to
their system
of origin,
after
removing
their moral
debts and
winning the
merit of
return.
Others,
however,
still
revolted,
remain among
the
inhabitants
of the Earth
and there
are also
those who
have become
fond of our
planet and
have
remained
here
voluntarily,
even after
obtaining
the merit of
returning to
the system
of origin.
Some of
these last
ones were
contemporaries
to the
Christ in
His visit to
the Earth,
and help in
the task of
edification
of
Christianity.
So it will
be with many
of us,
reprobate in
our earthly
tasks. We
may be
exiled to
another
world of
trials and
atonement if
we still
need it, or,
if we have
already
evolved
enough, we
can stay on
Earth and
enjoy a
world of
regeneration.
How to
contribute
to the
planetary
transition
If we are
affiliated
to a world
in the
process of
evolution,
it means
that we have
the
opportunity
to transform
ourselves as
well; after
all, the
Spirits are
responsible
for the
progress of
the worlds
through
their
efforts.
"While all
living
beings
progress
morally,
they
progress
materially
in the
worlds in
which they
dwell." (St.
Augustine/Kardec,
The Book of
spirits,
1984, page
57).
It is up to
each of us
to initiate
the change
we want to
see in the
world. It is
not
necessary to
accomplish
great deeds
or to carry
out major
changes; it
is only
necessary
that we
follow the
recommendation
of Christ
and be
bearers of
love and
peace. It is
always
possible to
do well
through
simple
gestures,
whether with
a smile,
with a
friendly
word,
lending our
shoulder or
listening,
or just
silencing
the offense
of
disaffection.
We must
build a
better
future,
through our
present, of
the
opportunity
we are
living now.
Let us
therefore be
the workers
of the last
hour.
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1 - XAVIER,
Francisco
Candido - On
the way to
light:
history of
civilization
in the light
of Spiritism.
By the
Spirit
Emmanuel,
from August
17 to
September
21, 1938. 33rd ed.
Rio de
Janeiro:
FEB, 2006.
2 - KARDEC,
Allan - The
Genesis -
17th edition
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Paulo -
Brazil.
3 - FRANCO,
Divaldo
Pereira - Dawn
of a New Age,
- By the
Spirit
Manoel
Philomeno de
Miranda – 2nd edition
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Livraria
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Francisco
Candido - O
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the Spirit
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Allan - The
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Spiritism -
Chapter I –
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FRANCO,
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Translation:
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Frangatos - eleni.moreira@uol.com.br
