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Reacting to Our Own Pain

   

In my book É Urgente Reeducar!  [It Is Urgent to Reeducate!] (2010), I wrote: Today, more than ever, with the technological progress being made in the areas of communication (smartphones, the Internet, etc.), even a sick person can comfort someone who is suffering thousands of miles away. In the current times, everybody can do something to help others. Let us not lose our good ideals, because they are decisive at any age. You are the one who decides whether you are old or young, despite the hard circumstances you find yourself in, whether they are temporary or permanent. In my long life dedicated to the spiritual and social causes of the Religion of the Third Millennium and of the Legion of Good Will (LGW), I have witnessed unparalleled examples of people who, due to their own poor state of health, might have considered themselves no longer obliged to help, even with just a kind word, other creatures who were also in need of attention. But many people have been surprisingly supported by those from whom nothing more could be expected (in human terms), since they are also suffering awful afflictions. And after receiving such unexpected help, they find themselves reacting to their own misfortune, often discovering reasons for facing up to their battles with determination—something they thought they had long since lost.

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As I always and cordially recommend, anyone who wants to ease their own pain should help those who are suffering.

José de Paiva Netto (1941-2025), a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, educator, composer, poet, the President Emeritus and Consolidator of the Legion of Good Will, and Spiritual Leader of the Religion of God, of the Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. He was an effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter), a member of the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the Union of Writers of Rio de Janeiro, the Radio Broadcasters Union of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), and the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He became an internationally recognized author in the defense of human rights and in his concepts of Ecumenical Citizenship and Ecumenical Spirituality, which, in his own words, represent “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of emotions and of reasoning enlightened by intuition; the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love. In short, the mathematical constant that harmonizes the equation of spiritual, moral, mental, and human existence. Now, without the understanding that we exist on two planes―not only on the physical plane―it will be difficult to build a Society that is truly Ecumenical, Altruistic, and Solidary, since we would still be ignoring that the knowledge of Superior Spirituality elevates the character of creatures and, consequently, leads to the construction of the Planetary Citizenship.”