Before It Is Too Late . . .

Source: A Reflection of Goodwill taken from the manuscript of the book “Cidadania do Espírito” [Citizenship of the Spirit]. | Updated in November 2018.
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Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Ecumenism, as we understand it, means globalization enlightened by Solidarity. We must, therefore, globalize Fraternal Love and spiritualize technology and economics. Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950) wrote in The Theory of Economic Development: “A fact is never exclusively or purely economic; other—and often more important—aspects always exist.”

I ask Schumpeter’s permission to include among the “other—and often more important—aspects” the spiritual ones.

Tela: Delacroix (1798-1863)

   

We need to understand that Life does not begin on Earth, but in the World that is (still) invisible to the human eye. These considerations must include, therefore, Hamlet’s famous statement: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

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William Shakespeare

It is lines like these that for centuries have justified the renown of the English Bard Shakespeare (1564-1616). Speaking of the author of Romeo and Juliet, 2016 was the year of the 400th anniversary of his death. And here is a fun fact: Shakespeare was born on April 23 (1564) and died on the same day in 1616.

Now, before we are flesh, we are originally Spirit, and consequently Spiritual Citizens. This summons us to study in order to understand the Laws that govern the splendid Society that gravitates in the invisible spheres, which hover well above our heads.

May we, as humanity, achieve the understanding of all this before it is too late! What we do not learn through the effort of Love may knock us over with the severity of Master Pain.

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.”