OCTOBER NEWSLETTER 2024 GATEWAY TO PEACE Spirit Communication  received by Julie L. Harper All people are on the same evolutionary path, and all people exist by the Creator's will. Compassion for one and another is not just an earthly platitude of graciousness. It is an act that upholds faith and respect for the Creator's design of evolutionary progression. People do eventually learn and will evolve according to the order of divine laws. Earth is a place that enables circumstances for needed personal and spiritual growth. No human is without their own faults. But all people are responsible to uphold the spiritual mandate to love one another...period; regardless of personal perception of another. Every person holds the Creator's seed of love, making for the perfect gateway to get along for unity and peace on Earth. EARTH - SCHOOL FOR THE SOUL By Léon Denis (The Invisible World & the War) Our beloved planet is a house of pain and tears. The hard school for the spirits young of age [us] is to acquire the stoic virtues and essential qualities that will give them access to the spheres of happiness. For there are higher, more advanced [worlds] societies that develop in the midst of peace, contentment and harmony. Thus, beyond the limits of our brief and painful earthly existences, immense perspectives are offered to us, multiple subjects of study, exploration, unimaginable varieties and contrasts that are provided to our interests and attention. Before so many wonders that the future has in store for us, our present tests lose their edge. Instead, our confidence, hope and faith grow. Powerless to measure the extent of the spiritual riches that will become our heritage, we unite our utterances to the voices of space with the universal chorus of beings and worlds to celebrate inner and infinite life! (translated by Y. Limoges) LAW OF VIBRATION and AFFINITY 2 Spiritist Society of Florida, October Newsletter 2024 Written by Fermín Hernández Hernández In the set of universal laws that govern the principles of physical and spiritual life, there are two of them that are in the background, that is, they do not receive the attention they deserve. There are others that receive more attention. I will cite, for example, the Law of Reincarnation and the Law of Cause and Effect. However, there is another Law whose knowledge can help all people in their daily life, since it manifests itself at all times and affects the human being in a significant way. I am referring to the Law of Vibration and Attraction. The principle of this law is frankly simple: everything that occupies a place in the universe has a vibration of its own. There is no inertia, there is no rest, everything is constantly vibrating, from the infinitesimal atoms to the particles, the molecules, the cells; planets and stars also vibrate. The human species, the most evolved on this planet, also has its vibration, although higher, more intense, since each person, according to their evolutionary degree, vibrates more or less positively, with their particular vibratory level. Minerals vibrate, plants and animals vibrate, the entire universe vibrates. Everything is energy, and matter, or what we know as such, is condensed energy, pure energy. Each form of nature vibrates according to its evolutionary state. This thesis has already been confirmed by mathematics and physical laws. These ratify that the human being is a transmitter-receiver of energies, although limited to those that he is capable of perceiving, those that are related to him, that are in tune with him. In equal measure, everything that is born from the human mind: thoughts, ideas, feelings, emotions, words, everything that springs from within has its own vibration. Although unable to perceive it, the human being lives immersed in an ocean of vibrations. In the same way that fish live surrounded by water without being aware of it, human beings also live surrounded by vibrations of all kinds. However, limited by its short evolution, the human being hardly perceives those vibrations that acts on its organism directly, on its health, on emotional and physical stability. As the laws that govern the physical universe have shown, man is not only made up of a physical body; it is a trilogy: body, mind and spirit. Thus, he is constantly exposed to the vibrations of his three natures: physical, psychic and spiritual. In short, everything that exists – even in its most minute forms – therefore, vibrates; has its own vibration, especially the human being, in whom its feelings, thoughts and emotions vibrate. The human being constantly emits waves… The trillions of cells that compose it also vibrate… They have the rare peculiarity of being sensitive, they are affected by their own vibration, by their intensity, whether they are high vibrations, love vibrations or lower vibrations, such as hatred. We will say that the human body perceives the impact of its thoughts, feelings and emotions… As well, you can perceive the feelings and thoughts that other people in our world and of the spiritual plane may be emitting out to you. It is a proven fact - without science having to prove it - that continued feelings of resentment, envy, hatred, jealousy –among others– destroy intimate harmony, generate an emotional imbalance that alters the mind, which induces depressive states that lead to the individual to aggressiveness and irritability; to states that alter your perception of reality, that prevent you from seeing things how they really are. This intimate disharmony keeps them in constant tension, in an irrational confrontation that ends up affecting the physical body… Finally, disease [or illness] may appear, a consequence of the general deterioration of the different organic systems, which succumb to these terrible vibrations. Therefore, the human being must be aware that these vibrations affect its body. Guilt feelings, dislikes, poor decisions, wrongful behaviors, ill will wishes or feelings towards other people affect them, and in what way! The organism itself, causing those negative feelings, return –boomerang- towards the starting point, towards its origin, that become a scourge for the conscience. And the conscience constantly warns about wrongful decisions, the path taken [on those decisions]. Finally, they can affect the body itself, causing physical problems. 1 1 As we evolve much further morally and take greater care to be healthy, do no wrong, and only good, there will be no 3 Spiritist Society of Florida, October Newsletter 2024 “Go, and sin no more.” - words by that doctor of the soul that was Jesus of Nazareth. The human being is moved by desires, and these stimulate thoughts, emotions and feelings. The sum of all of them leads to action, to act in one sense or another. Unlike the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms, which vibrate positively, according to their species, the human race has the capacity to discern, to understand; it has, in short, freewill. He has the freedom to act, to experiment, to generate good or evil, he has the ability to act on the environment by his will and by his understanding of the world around him. However, the law imposes its limitations, one will sow freely, although one will reap unfailingly. A popular saying goes: “What you sow, is what you will reap.” Through his actions, man imbues his thoughts, feelings and emotions with psychic energy. From a psychic charge that radiates directly onto its target, which reaches it. Hence the recommendation of a healthy mind, clean thoughts that help others and do no harm to others, and, avoid thoughts, feelings and emotions that hurt or disharmonize others. The human being must learn to control his actions, his feelings, his emotions, his words, his deeds. We should be careful not to hurt or harm those around us. Man is many times unable to control his thoughts, his actions, his feelings, as well as the vibration that they automatically generate. And, as stated in the law of cause and effect, the law of action and reaction or the law of karma, human beings are responsible for their actions, and the consequences. Hence exercise extreme caution when making decisions and emitting and sustaining lower-order thoughts and feelings that may cause harm, because they will return to us, the origin from which they started. Hence, so many cases of insanity and psychic and mental imbalances. But the law of vibration goes even further, it also encompasses the law of attraction and repulsion, by which like attracts the like. I want to draw attention to an everyday event barely perceived, although felt, the feeling of rejection, coldness or attraction towards certain people, when encountering them or meeting at any time or place. What can be the cause of such attraction or repulsion? It is simply the law of affinity in action, the equal attracting the equal, and the opposite rejecting the opposite. That law comes to shed light on such sensations, the causes of that attraction or rejection towards a certain person; it explains the dislike or liking of certain [persons in our] company. This fact takes on special relevance in relationships with the incarnated people in our circle, but also, and very especially, with the [spirit] entities that make up our spiritual sphere; spirits that we neither perceive nor see, but who are unfailingly there, by our side. And, the law acts the same on the incarnated and disincarnated. The human being, even if he wishes, is not isolated from the spiritual plane, he is only incapable of perceiving it. Those people [mediums] with the ability to see and feel are more aware… It is convenient to know that there is a huge number of rebellious beings on the spiritual plane, spirits contrary to evolution and the general good. Their sole objective is to harm, damage, hinder the work of those people engaged in spiritual work or who carry out humanitarian work, and service of fraternal support. They influence, and not in a good way! It must never be forgotten that the mind of the human being is constantly radiating and receiving thoughts, ideas, feelings and emotions; that the human being attracts or calls – through thoughts or emotions– beings that vibrate the same as it… In the same way that by sympathy or objectives, purposes and hobbies, the human being joins with others, sharing common feelings; the individual attracts those spirits that share similar feelings, be they compassionate, malicious or harmful. With good inclinations, will power and strong desires for learning and progress, the human being fights against its wrongful inclinations, and generates a specific vibration that protects it from evil influences. At the same time, it attracts higher beings who will help it make good decisions. Superior elder spirits will diseases or illnesses based on the Law of Vibrations, the Law of Cause and Effect, and of Reincarnation. It is up to us to rid ourselves of these sufferings. – Y.L. 4 Spiritist Society of Florida, October Newsletter 2024 help you choose the path of the common good, overcoming defects, working against deficiencies in behavior and character. When spirits fail, a simple reminder, a simple request will trigger you to receive that necessary help in difficult times. But, if this attunement is not sought, spirits of low condition will arrive; spirits of vibration similar to the negative thoughts and feelings generated by the individual in disharmony. If laziness, selfishness, dishonesty thrive, such defects will reinforce decisions; they will produce the means for these attitudes to triumph. And, if someone raises his voice for that wrongful performance, for that lack of responsibility, that mind will already be conditioned to repel any thoughts that seeks to correct or readjust it, and there will be rejection of the thoughtful guidance of the wiser spirits. Those superior spirits, those elevated ones, help humans to surpass themselves, to overcome the tests that come. They induce them to work, to seek greater and better life experiences; experiences that are unique opportunities for personal development. Meanwhile, the spirits that are negative, those who seek the regression of the human race, fight to stagnate the individual, to exploit its weaknesses, vices, and passions. Needless to say, they also seek to use their physical bodies to try to obtain satisfactions they can no longer reach, since they lack one. Those inferior spirits influence people, especially those with whom they share past debts, with those who continue to be bound by invisible ties, by the law of cause and effect. They obsess them, they subjugate them, they force them to perform follies, they even drive them to suicide. It is due to the law of affinity that attracts others, that magnetizes them; that unites those who share malicious ideas and thoughts. Meanwhile, love binds… with generous ties. For all these reasons, kind readers, I beg you to become aware of the seriousness of this problem. I ask you, kind readers, watch your thoughts and desires; those powerful forces that affect the human soul. I ask you to reject the unkind feelings of envy, grudges, bad opinions about those who you dislike. Apologize to anyone who offends or hurts you, who disrespects you. I ask you not to fan the flames of resentment. I ask you to apologize to your debtors, to your opponents, to your enemies. They ignore what they do; they ignore the damage they do to... themselves! They do it because of their own evolutionary backwardness, because of their ignorance regarding the mechanisms of higher spiritual laws. Forgive… always! If man could contemplate and knew the spirits he attracts when he thinks selfishly, when he allows himself to be carried away by greed, envy, hatred and the most wretched hostility, or, when comfort and ease impose their law, he would be amazed! He would even be scared! When contemplating those disfigured forms, condemned by their own vices ... he would change his attitude, he would stop his own actions. Let us be certain that at all times - if we are not vigilant - invisible enemies [spirits] accompany us, seeking to paralyze the efforts of progress, our desire to learn, to coexist. They will seek our lack of inner harmony, confrontation, useless discussions with those who share our ideals and objectives. Even with our family, they will try to break you from them. Every person dedicated to the common good, to spiritual knowledge, to the spreading of cosmic truths, all of them are their favorite target. Therefore, a lot of vigilance, a lot of observance of attitudes, thoughts and desires is necessary, for these are the portals through which they will enter wildly and eagerly, if we open the doors and let them. (Excerpt of excellent article of 09/25/20 by the Association of Spiritual Studies Group of Villena in Alicante, Spain; website: www.pazamorycaridad.es and translated by Y. Limoges) ************************************ Edited by Yvonne Crespo Limoges, Director Email: ylimoges@aol.com Society of Florida (est. 1982) 5042 22 Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33710 Website: www.spiritistsocietyfl.com