{"id":839,"date":"2025-05-17T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luzpazamor.pt\/frequently-asked-questions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:01:24","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/luzpazamor.pt\/en\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mati5enm-31395ea5b76ff6433ebd5946bae0416d\">\n.avia-section.av-mati5enm-31395ea5b76ff6433ebd5946bae0416d{\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-mati5enm-31395ea5b76ff6433ebd5946bae0416d main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-839'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-matv5d2s-34a5b6570465501d8557167c6a788734\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-matv5d2s-34a5b6570465501d8557167c6a788734{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-matv5d2s-34a5b6570465501d8557167c6a788734 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-matv5d2s-34a5b6570465501d8557167c6a788734 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-matv5d2s-34a5b6570465501d8557167c6a788734 av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  mb-mobile'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-matuq3mz-6516e48067181891c7805e2c19680417 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"812\">Spiritism &#8211; as a science, philosophy and revelatory religion &#8211; starts from the <strong data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"111\">Existence and Oneness of God<\/strong> and affirms the <strong data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"170\">Immortality and Communicability of the Spirit<\/strong>: we are all <strong data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"212\">immortal spirits<\/strong> who, after each corporeal existence, return to the spiritual plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"812\">This reality supports the <strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"337\">Plurality of Existences<\/strong>, explaining <strong data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"370\">why we suffer<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"437\">why we don&#8217;t remember our previous reincarnations<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"477\">what the purpose of reincarnation<\/strong> is: to evolve morally and intellectually according to the <strong data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"545\">Law of Cause and Effect<\/strong>. This law extends to the vastness of divine creation, where the <strong data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"640\">Plurality of Inhabited Worlds<\/strong> reveals multiple dwellings for life at different degrees of progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"812\">Faced with these truths, essential questions arise: <strong data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"812\">Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1168\">Answering these questions is the mission of the <em>Luz, Paz e Amor Association Spiritist Center<\/em> in Torres Vedras\u00a0&#8211; which studies, practices and disseminates \u201c<strong>What is Spiritism<\/strong>\u201d, while at the same time clarifying <strong data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1058\">what Spiritism is not,<\/strong> dispelling common misconceptions and fraternally welcoming all those who seek to understand their own existence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mathwtoi-d020f3bbfa53f32ab826edf3315613b7\">\n.avia-section.av-mathwtoi-d020f3bbfa53f32ab826edf3315613b7{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-mathwtoi-d020f3bbfa53f32ab826edf3315613b7 main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-75 av-height-75  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_pc='75' data-av_min_height_opt='75'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-839'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4c10jz-9bf0df57cb6d593eafc6dd8ddc822f36 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-45ybvb-cfa776c3da4ce3eabc3668ab006daa75 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>SPIRITISM<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-4453vj-95c0b749a5c7684b8605d4845e5194e4 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-3yr2jb-e56899a1a89ead30cde35d4a8d3b2078'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-o-que-e-o-espiritismo' data-fake-id='#o-que-e-o-espiritismo' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='o-que-e-o-espiritismo' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"What is Spiritism?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: What is Spiritism?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: What is Spiritism?\">What is Spiritism?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='o-que-e-o-espiritismo' aria-labelledby='toggle-o-que-e-o-espiritismo' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It is a doctrine revealed by higher spirits through mediums and organized by an emeritus French teacher known as Allan Kardec. It complements and explains the teachings of the master Jesus and answers the fundamental questions of human life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who are we?<\/li>\n<li>Where do we come from?<\/li>\n<li>Where are we going?<\/li>\n<li>Why do we suffer?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-3scn0f-ae6ce884e2475ea3d0576f797f9beb71'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"2\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: 2\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: 2\">2<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Spiritist doctrine is not a business, nor is it monetary acceptance. Those who place advertisements in newspapers promising to solve problems for money are not Spiritists, although they may mistakenly use this name to gain respectability.<\/p>\n<p>In Spiritist houses, Jesus&#8217; commandment is fulfilled: &#8220;Give freely what you have received freely&#8221; (1), meaning that spiritual gifts should not be commercialized, but instead charity and help should be practiced selflessly.<\/p>\n<p>(1) &#8211; Jesus&#8217; recommendations to the apostles:<\/p>\n<p>Gospel according to St. Matthew, chapter 10, vers. 8<\/p>\n<p>The Gospel according to Spiritism, chapter XXVIII, item 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-3hte8f-0140a7a998cb7e57e77b45391457f87d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-associacao-espirita' data-fake-id='#associacao-espirita' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='associacao-espirita' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"What is a Spiritist Association?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: What is a Spiritist Association?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: What is a Spiritist Association?\">What is a Spiritist Association?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='associacao-espirita' aria-labelledby='toggle-associacao-espirita' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It is a house dedicated to the study and dissemination of the Spiritist doctrine. It practices, develops and deepens the teachings of Jesus, trying to make all those who attend realize the need for the law of Love and to carry out intimate reform, with the aim of making this a better world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><div  id=\"principios-basicos-espiritismo\"  class='flex_column av-3e0gg7-858795e3880757e4b0ae9e626cf84a60 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-37ofcf-6f1ef898d65873e7d2ae605015d2e565 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITISM<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-31ndav-6712ed0daf21ef4f2b3e13302ec068e7 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-aixkf-feaae080b704e3964331d727529abcac'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Existence and Oneness of God\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Existence and Oneness of God\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Existence and Oneness of God\">Existence and Oneness of God<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>God is the supreme intelligence and primary cause of all things. He is the creator of the Universe, of time and space, of matter and spirit, of physical and moral laws. He is unique, eternal, immutable, immaterial, omnipotent, sovereignly just and good, omniscient and the most loving Father of all his children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-2t34un-a4d0f1ed3a9d2c2567c9fde5f3556e0e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-3' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Immortality and Communicability of the Spirit\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Immortality and Communicability of the Spirit\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Immortality and Communicability of the Spirit\">Immortality and Communicability of the Spirit<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-3' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The body dies but the spirit lives on. God would never make his creation suffer and perish. So he granted us immortality and created us for good and perfection. God also gave spirits the ability to communicate. Communication between the physical and spiritual planes is carried out through a natural faculty &#8211; mediumship &#8211; which we all possess, but only a few have in an ostentatious way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-2j2ruv-8ea9aac45787fe9cfd2f75681ee67ab5'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-lei-da-causa-efeito' data-fake-id='#lei-da-causa-efeito' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='lei-da-causa-efeito' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Law of Cause and Effect\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Law of Cause and Effect\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Law of Cause and Effect\">Law of Cause and Effect<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='lei-da-causa-efeito' aria-labelledby='toggle-lei-da-causa-efeito' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>God, in his goodness and justice, gives everyone responsibility and merit for the journey they have made. As such, we all reap what we sow and are therefore, today, the heirs of our past and also the architects of our future happiness or misfortune. This is the principle of causality that also applies in the exact sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Reincarnation lifts the veil on the death of the physical body and enlightens us about our own evolutionary journey. Thus, the Spiritist Doctrine emerges as the Comforter that Jesus announced, enlightening us about the immortality of all beings and showing us that the social inequalities of the present are consequences of the past.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-8l0lb-d17c8dd6504c9c84460424bda89446a1'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-4' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Plurality of Existences\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Plurality of Existences\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Plurality of Existences\">Plurality of Existences<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-4' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Spiritist Doctrine reveals that we have lived many lives before this one and we will live many more, according to Jesus&#8217; teaching<em>: &#8220;Truly, I say to you, whoever is not born again cannot enter the kingdom of heaven&#8221; <\/em>(2). God is our beginning and our end, because we are his children, born simple and ignorant, and we will all reach the level of pure spirits. This journey can take more or less time, depending on the progress made in each existence through self-effort and the use of free will.<\/p>\n<p>(2) &#8211; Dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus.<br \/>\nGospel according to St. John, chap. 3, vers. 3<br \/>\nGospel according to Spiritism, chapter IV, item 5<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-29f7if-95094051e52d364ce889eb9150230a1a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-5' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-5' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-5' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Plurality of Inhabited Worlds\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Plurality of Inhabited Worlds\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Plurality of Inhabited Worlds\">Plurality of Inhabited Worlds<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-5' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-5' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>God would do nothing useless and our intelligence reveals to us that the countless stars play a more important role in the cosmos than simply embellishing the celestial landscape. Thus, there are many inhabited planets, in an evolutionary gradation:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Primitive Worlds<\/li>\n<li>Worlds of Atonement and Probation (including Earth)<\/li>\n<li>Worlds of Regeneration<\/li>\n<li>Superior or Blissful Worlds<\/li>\n<li>Celestial or Divine Worlds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-250h07-67a2690ee050d2ae44e120774c8ad6df av_one_half  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1w8r9j-b2091906bea6b029b6678f96e379cb7b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>THE JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-1oun0n-0f502b76e88baaa869b6f21ee5d959d1 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-1k9x8f-1467c74946d86eda6184b94767ad2c02'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-quem-somos' data-fake-id='#quem-somos' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='quem-somos' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Who are we?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Who are we?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Who are we?\">Who are we?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='quem-somos' aria-labelledby='toggle-quem-somos' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We are all immortal spirits. God created us for happiness and perfection, and to this end we live multiple existences, learning, working and always progressing through personal effort, thus earning the merit of our achievements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-1e56h3-cf090aff595892d6c72a2fb2a8afa9f6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-6' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-6' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-6' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Where do we come from?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Where do we come from?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Where do we come from?\">Where do we come from?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-6' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-6' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>God created us simple. We arrived at what we are today through various existences, in which we worked and learned.<\/p>\n<p>Each organic life is temporary, and death is only the end of the fleshly body and not of the Spirit. Each new corporeal existence is called reincarnation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-187cxz-7268624a1b9499e99fca627f9f3fa830'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-7' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-7' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-7' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Where are we going?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Where are we going?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Where are we going?\">Where are we going?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-7' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-7' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We return to the spiritual plane, our true homeland, to reincarnate again and so on, always progressing until we reach perfection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-12h6vj-f2f193ad6c22f0a097f8f27ba46eadbe av_one_half  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-w00l3-abf8fd95862e5c3c99258075e6d50a07 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>REINCARNATION AND LEARNING<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-swh5j-584be4d4a39d01753f2f785f33250971 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-knce7-0da15393de32d5d97f3ecbe427ebb111'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-8' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-8' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-8' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"What is the purpose of reincarnation?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: What is the purpose of reincarnation?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: What is the purpose of reincarnation?\">What is the purpose of reincarnation?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-8' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-8' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Evolve! To do this, we must atone for the evil we have done. In each of our existences, we are still tested on the firmness and uprightness of our convictions. These are two particular characteristics of Earth, a planet of atonement and trials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-efccn-5a717d1eb6a3d88e45c9611a973ee03b'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-9' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-9' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-9' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"2\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: 2\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: 2\">2<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-9' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-9' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Once again, God&#8217;s wisdom is proven. If we remembered past existences, we would also remember the evil we did and the suffering we endured. We would live with regrets and grudges. Often, our parents, children and siblings are those enemies from the past that Divine wisdom has brought together so that we can learn to love each other.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-9bbcn-2eb5378983826c54b8f3cc546e6e6587'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-10' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-10' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-10' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Why do we suffer?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Why do we suffer?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Why do we suffer?\">Why do we suffer?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-10' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-10' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In our past existences, as well as in the present, we haven&#8217;t always been mindful of respect for others and we haven&#8217;t always loved as Jesus recommended. God, a sovereignly Just and Good Father, has always warned us, through His messengers of good, of the seriousness of this breach.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, pain arises as a just reaction mechanism and as a consequence of the mistakes made, and never as a punishment. 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