The movie “Legend of the Guardians”, despite its strong appeal to children, made a reference to an important conceptual overcoming of the fallacy – persistent and deep-rooted in our culture – that says Manichaeism is a complete and essential philosophical failure (as if evil did not exist in [...]]]> Sunday, dawn of October 10, 2010

The movie “Legend of the Guardians”, despite its strong appeal to children, made a reference to an important conceptual overcoming of the fallacy – persistent and deep-rooted in our culture – that says Manichaeism is a complete and essential philosophical failure (as if evil did not exist in quite practical and tragic ways in the world), suggesting us to fight evil (attitude that, as History reveals so well, can reinforce it) by the correct psychological way (because the only effective one, as Jung teaches us), focusing on the fight for the good.

(Translated by Carlos Henrique – Revised by Luciane Dias)

When you feel too confused, focus on the goal, be objective in dealing with the situation, and move on with your activities, as if nothing had happened. One of the key tactics used by the forces of evil is to induce a paralysis of someone’s ordinary [...]]]> Benjamin Teixeira by the Spirit Roberto.

When you feel too confused, focus on the goal, be objective in dealing with the situation, and move on with your activities, as if nothing had happened. One of the key tactics used by the forces of evil is to induce a paralysis of someone’s ordinary activities, to collapse their normality and thus, more easily induce them to the fall, to the failure of all agreed upon commitments.

Do not waste time whining or complaining to other people. Stand up right away do your job with drive and persistence, and work itself will dissipate your uneasiness.

Recognize what is wrong and work to solve it, but to contemplate the error and to mourn its existence is, at least, a waste of time, if not a dangerous occupation that instills the idea of powerlessness before the necessity of discovering and reaching a solution.

In short: be as coherent and consistent as you can, and forget about the litany of complaints that serve only to amplify the extension of evil in itself.

(Message received on December 12, 2004.)
(Revised by Marcone Vieira)

Dear friend:

There can be no happiness without discipline. Imagine what would be of an elevator without control, falling free, pulled down by gravity. Try to conceive, on the other hand, the effect of a waterfall without the river bed, or canals, to receive it, [...]]]> Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar by the Spirit Anacleto

Dear friend:

There can be no happiness without discipline. Imagine what would be of an elevator without control, falling free, pulled down by gravity. Try to conceive, on the other hand, the effect of a waterfall without the river bed, or canals, to receive it, leading its waters towards the sea or hydroelectric power plants and water treatment stations, for subsequent human consumption. Think of what would be of a child without the guidance of parents or guardians, staying in front of the TV and playing, as it is natural for their age, without the necessary commitment to school.

There is an unfortunate trend these days, of associating happiness to freedom, and freedom to a superficial and limited concept of doing what one wants, the way one wants and at the very moment one wants. Those aware enough to make good use of their free will can be completely free. It is for no other reason that prisons and police forces are on Earth. Happiness is not just about having rights and defending them, but, mainly, noticing and intuiting responsibilities, and following them strictly. Human beings have a profound and unquenchable need to be useful, to serve, to excel, to seek transcendence and to find the wholeness of being by means of cultivating the transpersonal.

Stop for a moment to see where you have been negligent. Relaxation is only constructive when it allows one to regain strength. Effort is part of all evolutionary movement of creation. You are a being under construction. To assume you are complete would be of the utmost presumption and folly. And, if you agree with me that there is something more to do and improve in yourself, you cannot avoid discipline in all areas of your life, starting with your mental house.

Of course we are not proposing the inflexibility of those without creativity and intuitive vision, the puritanism of castrating moralists or the anachronism of those who intend to stop the march of time with club strokes. We actually postulate that you become the helmsman of the ship of your consciousness, rather than surrender to the currents of the moment, being dragged to terrible storms in the open sea of existential crises, through life, aimlessly, with no remission, with no way out.

(Message received on November 20, 2000.)
(Translated by Paulo Andrade – Revised by Marcone Vieira)

Failure happened to you again. You prepared yourself, you did everything within your reach, you tried and, the spectacular fall happened, despite everything.

Revive yourself, friend, and return to the blessed work that redeems your spirit from old errors in which [...]]]> Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar by the spirit Gustavo Henrique

Failure happened to you again. You prepared yourself, you did everything within your reach, you tried and, the spectacular fall happened, despite everything.

Revive yourself, friend, and return to the blessed work that redeems your spirit from old errors in which you entangled yourself, improving the signal with the high frequencies of consciousness and moving you away from the animal primitivism accrued in the long past.

Do not desist of dreaming, of fighting for your ideals, of comforting yourself among those who share your point of view and your faith, so that external forces, contrary to the ascension impulse that moves you, do not come to weaken your spirits, putting to waste the precious opportunity of this reincarnation.

Before the current descent to the stage of evolutionary battles in the body of flesh, you experienced the pain of doubt – whether you would succeed or not in the rare opportunity that would be opened to your destiny, by enveloping yourself in an organic cocoon, in order to learn and transcend yourself. Do not make real your fears, from when still outside of the material world. Do not postpone your opportunity of rehabilitation with the Divine Law and alignment with Its Will, to a distant and, by now, hypothetical future. Now is your moment to smile, triumphant, before the invaluable opportunity to resurrect from the ashes, like the mythological Phoenix; to be born again from the death of your dreams, like the resurrected Christ, rising from the tomb of your existential nightmares.

No longer leave for a tomorrow that always repeats itself, this undeferrable project. Not that you have to do a lot or all at once. Content yourself with little, but a little that is continuous, like the gigantic dam that is erected stone by stone, until the enormous wall, made of tiny stones, acquires enough power to retain the huge mass of water.

You assume that you’re entangled in an inextricable web of complications. Focus on small initiatives and improve yourself a tiny bit every day, and you will see how sinple gestures, expressed from the heart, with dedication and persistence, are capable of accomplishing real wonders.

(Message received on February 05, 2001.)
(Translated by Paulo Andrade – Revised by Marcone Vieira)

Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar by the Spirit Eustáquio

If you find yourself in the battlefield for the victory of good, never think you are by yourself. No matter how abandoned you feel, you are followed, at a distance, by unnoticed angels, or, closely, by friendly souls that sustain your [...]]]>

Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar by the Spirit Eustáquio

If you find yourself in the battlefield for the victory of good, never think you are by yourself. No matter how abandoned you feel, you are followed, at a distance, by unnoticed angels, or, closely, by friendly souls that sustain your limping steps, so that you reach your objective of faith.

You long for the spectacular strength of the heroes; the phenomenal mediumship of great writing or healing mediums; the substantial charitable realizations of great missionaries of good; the impressive rhetoric of great speakers; the intellectual brightness of reincarnated geniuses.

Meanwhile, if you can go on doing a little every day, spreading fraternity and peace everywhere, providing sincere service to others, you are, dear friend, representing God wherever you are, even if no one sees your gesture of sacrifice, neither the idealistic effort of giving your best.

However, in facing this, dear friend: if God notices you, rewarding your good efforts, I frankly ask you: what else matters?

(Message received on December 14, 2004.)
(Translated by Paulo Andrade – Revised by Marcone Vieira)

Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar by the Spirit Anacleto

Then you will know the truth and the truth shall make you free, the great maxim of Christ, means that instead of listening to emotions, one should seek a vantage point in where impartiality of reason and common sense can prevail. Not [...]]]>  

Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar by the Spirit Anacleto

Then you will know the truth and the truth shall make you free, the great maxim of Christ, means that instead of listening to emotions, one should seek a vantage point in where impartiality of reason and common sense can prevail. Not for cold reasoning, in the game of immediate and egotistic interests, but for not being dragged by the conveniences and moods of the moment.

Try to observe logic and ethics above everything. Pure logic can become rationalization of personal interests. Ethics by itself can become cheap moralism. Strive to find the plumb line between practicality and dignity, what we could call ethical pragmatism.

Strive continuously to develop and maintain this pattern of lucidity of who does not want to get caught and seduced by the circumstances and forces of an instant. Make efforts to become, in fact, the master of yourself, establishing the guidelines of what you want, how you want it and what you want it for, regardless of what comes from the outside, although, paradoxically open to suggestions and information from outside. This is to be with the truth, the personal truth achievable at a certain level of consciousness. This is to free oneself from the slavery of external influences and being oneself, as much as possible.

(Message received on July 05, 2001.)

(Translated by Paulo Andrade – Revised by Marcone Vieira)

Soul’s Truth. from Salto Quântico on Vimeo.

You feel an inner pressure, as if your mind was a time bomb about to explode. However, when you are up against that, at least as a technique to relax and regain strength, we can tell you this: see life always through its positive side. Observe [...]]]> Benjamin de Aguiar
by the Spirit Eugênia

You feel an inner pressure, as if your mind was a time bomb about to explode. However, when you are up against that, at least as a technique to relax and regain strength, we can tell you this: see life always through its positive side. Observe the numerous aspects of your existence that make you a happy person.

There are, indeed, many negative, hard, even hostile elements in the framework of your existential circumstances. However, they are all lessons to be assimilated and stimuli to be absorbed, towards higher levels of understanding of things, as well as life experiences of happiness. See the conflicting vectors of life – almost all of them – as parts of a magnificent piece of ballet. Every movement apparently opposite from other composes, actually, the subtle nuances of the beauty of the whole.

You are a dancer of life. More than that, you are also a choreographer, who composes, in partnership with the great Composer-Conductor of Life, an evolving storyline that will unfold: you co-produce, experience and create it a little at every moment. God offers you the stage and the music; you do the dance, the choreography of your existence, of your destiny, through the steps of every moment of choice, decision and use of your free will.

Do not be discouraged, my friend. Try to keep your rhythm in time with the melody of opportunities, events, so that, in the flow with the piece you perform and dance, you can make your performance fit perfectly with the body of work, embellishing it, magnifying it.

Yes, you have huge shortcomings. You will have, for a long time, to deal with the lack of mental flexibility that stiffens the joints of your soul in the great dance of creativity and flexibility, faced with the complex challenges that life offers you. However, be sure to present yourself as well as possible, with modest steps, but do not leave the stage because you are not the star of the party.

There are no stars, actually. There is only a constellation. The time it was thought that isolated individuals could make a difference is gone. Today, only with the idea of networks, teams, interconnections, it is possible to conceive power, durability and efficiency. See yourself then, happily, as a mere piece of the machinery, but a living piece, with autonomy and decision-making. And you`ll realize that by intuiting your exact place in the concert of things, you will be much happier and peaceful.

(Message received on March 5, 2001)
(Translated by Iris Souza – Revised by Luciane Dias)

Every day is an opportunity to transcend oneself, not for a spectacular leap towards enlightenment but in little daily victories: a little gesture of kindness with a stranger that you’re not used to; smiling a little more than usual; more patience and tolerance with troubled people. [...]]]> Benjamin de Aguiar by Diverse Spirits

Every day is an opportunity to transcend oneself, not for a spectacular leap towards enlightenment but in little daily victories: a little gesture of kindness with a stranger that you’re not used to; smiling a little more than usual; more patience and tolerance with troubled people. Improving yourself a little every day is also an exercise of transcendence, even if it is not a spectacular quantum leap of inner quality.

Brígida.

Break the secrecy within yourself. A lot of people still keep lots of secrets from themselves, oblivious of the fact that one cannot lie to oneself. Explore the dark spots of your soul; make yourself aware of your most hidden weirdness, motivations and intentions. Do not be afraid to
face yourself as you really are. Only those who know themselves can outdo themselves. Only those who outdo themselves internally can in fact outdo externally. No one can be honest to others before being honest to oneself. Seek the essential coherence between your behavior and your genuine state of mind, and you’ll have more harmony, peace and balance. Trust yourself. And do not be afraid of what you find. There isn’t much pretty stuff to see inside you, but it is exactly by getting deeper into these studies, this visceral darkness, that you will be able to find the Light of God’s Presence, and all golden talents which can ease your happiness and success in every way.

Temístocles.

Take your time listening to what your hearts asks you for: there may be hidden pearls waiting to be uncovered. The mystery of attraction holds precious opportunities of learning and growth. Falling in love, for instance, makes two very incompatible personalities, difficult to cope with each other, get close for a mutual enrichment, on the process of arranging different elements. The passion for an ideal, a profession or a kind of leisure have similar motivational roots. Desires, inclinations, wills and aspirations, everything is a disguised impulse to the evolutionary direction most needed in a certain moment of one’s background as a consciousness in a continuous process of development.

Demetrius

Take your homework of the school of evolution. In other words: enjoy your leisure time to grow. Do not take seriously only those moments when you are working or devoted to humanitarian services. Not only should one seek pleasant motivations at work, so that creativity and performance are greater, but also give relaxing moments a more serious character, since leisure time can represent a substantial advantage even in the job market. For instance, why spend so many hours watching TV, as the average citizen of the so-called developed countries, if at least part of this time can be invested on worthwhile reading or researches on the Internet? There are those that spend these leisure times destroying themselves, like parents that drink too much alcohol on weekends. And there are those that have fun investing on their potential, like teenagers that become virtual modern logic experts. Each one chooses his pleasure, and his fate.

Eugênia

(Message received on April 24th 2001)

(Translated by Luciane Dias)