- Render respect to your duty.
There cannot be a constructive faith where there is no fulfillment of one’s personal obligations.
Mediumship is like a divine plough that oxidizes and is destroyed with laziness.
Do not assume that you are superior or more inferior to others. As the fruit tree spreads its roots in the ground, each mediumistic development has its own particular usefulness and expression.
- Do not expect to be rewarded in this existence.
The gifts received from the Lord, like the glitter of the stars and the caresses of a water fountain, the fire of prayer and the blessings of courage, are priceless assets on Earth.
Do not try to be the center of attraction. All the companions should be of service to others in order to be in a position to be chosen for tasks of a higher level.
- Do not imprison yourself in doubts.
All goodness initially originates from God, prior to being expressed through any interpreter of the truth.
The light of knowledge will prepare one’s spirit to resist the entrapment of ignorance.
- Do not allow yourself to become irritated.
Try to cultivate a mild charitable disposition by projecting tolerance and being understanding, because the messengers of love will encounter enormous difficulty in expressing themselves clearly through a heart that is preserved in vinegar.
The sting of criticism will not change your reality; the plague of compliments will not modify your proper manner of being, and, even if you are regarded as a mystifier or a deceiver, overlook the offense with which they will try to bring you down. Uphold the treasure of your clean conscience. March ahead, with the certainty that each individual perceives life according to the position he places himself.
- Do not fear your persecutors.
Remember the humility of the Christ and recall that gratuitous adversaries and cruel executioners surrounded him, who was an angel in the form of a man, when He wrote with sweat and tears, the divine poem of the perpetual resurrection on the cross.
Source: XAVIER, Francisco Cândido & VIEIRA, Waldo. From the book "The Spirit of Truth, by the Spirit" - Andre Luiz. 3rd ed. Rio de Janeiro: FEB, 1977. Chap. 5. pg. 22-24.
