Racism and injustice, like all forms of discrimination, are unacceptable

As soon as the death of George Floyd - a black American citizen who was asphyxiated to death by a police officer - was reported on May 25 in Minneapolis, protests and demonstrations of repudiation of racism and police violence took to the streets of major cities in the United States and Europe. With the support of the vast majority of the American people, the demonstrations, which are still going on, call for one thing: justice! And that all people are treated equally, regardless of their social or economic status, their ethnicity or the color of their skin.

As Spiritists that we are, there is no way not to support such aspirations, since racism, injustice and all forms of discrimination are unacceptable, especially when the people who close their eyes claim to be followers of Christianity. “Gravitating towards divine unity, this is the final objective of Humanity” - this is the teaching contained in question 1.009 of The Book of Spirits, which adds: “To achieve it, three things are necessary: ​​Justice, Love and Science, and three things are opposite and contrary: ignorance, hatred and injustice”.

To the family of George Floyd and to all who have been victims of acts of violence and racism, our solidarity and the support of all of us on the O Consolador team, with the hope that the May 25th episode will be the beginning of a new time when we can all understand that we are brothers and sons of the same Father.

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Since the beginning of 2015 at the head of the Brazilian Medical Spirit Association - AME Brazil, the doctor Gilson Luis Roberto tells us about the origin of the institution and the work it has done, the results of which are well known to all who follow the Brazilian spirit movement. In an interview with our collaborator and journalist Giovana Campos, he also talks about the reality and the future of Medicine and its openness to the spiritualist vision, in favour of a more humanized service. The article is one of the highlights of this edition.

Another highlight is the interview given to us by Sayuri Sandra Takigahira, who is a volunteer on the team of workers at the Spirit Centre O Clarim, in the city of Matão (SP). There, she coordinates the team of mediators for visits to the Cairbar Schutel Memorial, a service maintained by the aforementioned institution that highlights the work done by Cairbar as a citizen, as a pharmacist and as a spirit.