Puerto Rico - (Sat) January 21, 2017

In attendance: Alanis, Bey (Nelson's father), Bobby (Maribel's husband) Carmen, Christine, Diego, Enrique, Gabriella, Helvia, Jeff, Junior, Luis Jr, Luis Sr, Maribel, Milagros, Mary, Mia, Nilka, Nydia, Normita, Nelson, Rina and Yiri

Prior to the opening prayer, Nelson read three brief but significant selections from Divaldo Franco's book, Senderos de Liberacion.  After each passage, the group discussed what had been read.  (The entire book - in Spanish - is online here: http://www.luzespiritual.org/Libro/Senderosliberacion.pdf)

Briefly:

(from page 116): Reincarnation is most difficult lesson that humans endure.  The darkness of the material world, and the reality of our lives - who we really are - it stops us from being our true selves and confronting the reasons we are here.  We generate a lot of pain for ourselves.  So think twice before you act.

(from page 174): Planet earth is all about hard work and expiation of our prior life - but in reality, it's not.  It's similar to a school where we learn to develop the right attitudes and how to perfect the true value of the suffering we endure.  It is the place where we work and correct ourselves, and it provides us with everything we need for our own salvation.  But it's also the jail for those who refuse to find in themselves who they really are, and those who are always practicing the things that do not bring peace and harmony.

(from page 305): Mediumship is a pure thing that humans have.   It should be practiced with a pure sensibility and constantly. The mediumship that requires the most sensitivity is the one that cures.  The medium that cures transmits the good energy from the good spirits to the people who are suffering - but they do not have the right to use it for their own benefit or to sell it.  Jesus never charged those he cured.

We had plenty of good news to celebrate with gratitude.  After removing the spirits from Helvia's ex-husband last week, he emailed her to apologize for his harassmentt over the years.  Everyone in Maribel's family was doing well, and Yiri had a new job after just one interview.  Nelson said that his spirit guide, "had a wide smile, from ear to ear, over all of the progress."

Spirit 1 (via Nelson):  On Friday, it had been one week since Nelson's mother (Patria) was hospitalized.  Nelson's father had no method of transportation to visit her, so Nelson took him to see her.  When they walked into the room, after five days of being unresponsive, Patria opened her eyes for the first time and spoke to them.  She begged them to stop all of the surgeries, as she could no longer tolerate all of the constant pain.  Nelson's brother (Nestor) and sister (Lourdes) were making all of her medical decisions.  A group of female spirits arrived, and one of them serenely moved into Nelson to speak:

Spirit (calmly):  Everyone is asking my name, and I don't know it.  (more intense)  Nestor is not a saint!  Patria Lourdes is not a saint!  They are making the decisions.  It's all Lourdes, she is the evil one, always planning and involving Nestor.  It would be wonderful to bury her.  The father doesn't exist, they have no respect for him.  They laugh over what they have been doing, feeding him scraps (leftovers).  Go to sleep, terminado!  She is a devil!  Demon!  (imitated Lourdes)  Do what I tell you, do what I say, no one makes decisions here but me!  The others (Nelson, Junior and the father) are useless - I am doing it all!

(The spirit became louder and more agitated, as Junior and Nydia continued to counsel her)

Spirit: When you talk to her, face to face, she is such a saint, such a wonderful woman.  Then it's 'Do this!  Do that!  That's what she says, and she does nothing.  She only tells the others what to do.  (laughing)  We are planning a party for her, a big fiesta!  We want to take her, she is so evil.  Let the mother bury her own daughter!  Wouldn't it be funny if she went first?  She doesn't even know that she is being influenced. 

Bey: She is working six days a week, I don't understand the need.

Spirit: She lies to you.  It's all a lie!  She always has an excuse that everything on her hurts, a pain over here, another pain there.  She never has to visit the hospital, she just sends others.  Hypocrite!  She says she likes you, but she doesn't care.  I want her to be alone.  Solo!  She did that to me.  Alone!  She took all of my family away and put me in jail - and threw away the key!  Now she is the one who has been suffering for a long time.  Her family has moved away from her, suffer!  You are alone!  Suffer!  She sits alone and cries until she has no tears.  Cry!  Cry!  Demon!  But she will not change.  She has never had a female friend in her life, because like me, they know she will betray them.  We are tired of her, so we will leave her.  We are 68, all women.  Demon!

Spirits 2 & 3 (via Nydia):  The spirit's departure was as harsh as her words.  Almost immediately, Nilka and Nydia were shown that a new spirit was moving forward.  It was Norma (Nelson's aunt from this life), and she had promised our group on Wednesday that she would visit us.  She was thrilled to see her three daughters, her three grandchildren, and there were many tears.  She had messages for each daughter.  For Helvia, she wanted to show her how well things worked out with spiritism, and she encouraged her to continue on that road.  She told the group that she was filled with gratitude over our continued study of spiritism, calling it, "the philosophy of life."

Norma faded into the background, and Nydia's guide arrived to cleanse her and add some additional comments.  She spoke about the "claridad" (clarity) of spiritism, and as she spoke, her voice became louder and stronger, similar to a invigorating political speech.  At one point, Nydia's guide clasped Nelson's hands and said, "tu madre, tu padre."   

Spirit 4 (via Nelson):  It became apparent to Nelson that "tu madre, tu padre," was a way for the guide to introduce the next spirit - and it would be Norma's husband (Luis).  In this lifetime, Luis had his own center, but once he transitioned back into the spirit world - he was lost.  In a Chicago session, it was explained that the spirits would wake him up and immediately put him back to sleep, as he was obsessed with the welfare of his children and the material world. For seven years, he had not been able to progress in the spirit world. His wife (Norma) and his mom (Philomena) brought him in.  His three daughters were all here, along with his brother (Nelson's dad), and three of his grandchildren.  He had once helped Nelson develop as a medium, and now he was speaking through him.  He had messages for everyone, and he was very surprised and happy to see Bobby (Maribel's husband), as he tried many times to bring him into spiritism, and he had never succeeded.  Luis said, "Now I see him here, and I am happy that my words were not wasted."  There were tears everywhere.  Nydia told him that she was a spiritist and medium because of him.  He encouraged Diego (his grandson) to talk with him, but Diego was overwhelmed.  Luis told him, "You always wanted a conversation with me, and now we can have it - in spirit."  He also had a message for his only surviving brother, Nelson's father:

Spirit:  Look at you!  The one we were most worried about, the weakest, the less educated, and you are still there - and happy! - and I am not.  All of you can learn from this.  The ones you think are weak may not be.  I never thought that the first time I would speak from the spirit side would be through Nelson!  How sweet, how nice. It took me so long.  I was so worried over my daughters, my children, everyone.  It's so easy to say what you will do when they are still here and you are over there, but it's difficult to do it.  My first conversation with my family!  (very emotional, almost crying)  How beautiful it is to observe all of you!  And I have my wife and mother with me, along with other companions.

Junior: Caballito!

Spirit: No, that is not the name.

Junior: Aurelio!

Spirit: No, it is not that name.  (Nelson later explained that his uncle had two male companions with him)  Little by little, I am content. And now, I will start doing my job on the spirit side.

The spirit left quietly, and we also had some spiritual verification about his progress.  His four children have been trying to sell his house for several years.  After several years on the market, there were only minimal phone calls or showings from anyone interested in buying it.  This week, there were three potential buyers - all in one week.  The spirit of Luis told us that he had to learn to let go of the material before his spiritual work could begin.  Ironically, his house could not sell until he was willing to leave it behind.

Spirits 5 & 6 (via Nelson):  Caballito had asked Mary to bring her daughter (Mia) to the Saturday session, and he asked her, "Who is bothering you?"  It was difficult for Nelson/Caballito to persuade the twelve year old girl to say anything in front of our large group of strangers, but with some additional coaching, she shared some details.  Mia was being bothered by something that was both spiritual and material. The spirit around her was a very large, very dark black man.  Nelson later described him as 6'4" tall, and he weighed over 300 pounds.  Mia said that his "eyes were so white, the looked like two lights."  Nelson asked her about another man in Mia's house, but this one was material.  Mia and Mary were confused over who it might be.  The black spirit was a male madame, and he was on a mission to obtain the blood of a virgin girl.  He knew that Mia had started her period, and he wanted to collect some of her blood from her for a ritual.  The spirit could not extract the blood, so he needed a male from the material world to do it.  The spirit was tempting males from the material world to sexually extract the blood from Mia.  It was very a difficult issue to discuss with an embarrassed twelve year old.  The male spirit eventually sat through Nelson.

Nilka asked the black spirit, "Where are you?  Who are you with?"  The spirit said he was in a distinct locale, and that he was sent by a woman.  Mia's parents were divorced, but her father and mother (Mary) were attempting a reconciliation.  The mother of Mia's father (Mia's grandmother) did not want this to happen, and she was the one who sent the black spirit to Mia.  The spirit was very intelligent.  He told Nelson, "They may call me a big, ugly negro (un grande feo), but I am very good at my work.  I need that blood to attract the other spirits who give me my power."  Nelson was shown that Mia's grandmother belonged to a group who needed the blood of a virgin girl to put on small glass slide, as part of some ceremony.  It was Mia's grandmother who wanted the blood of her grandchild, and she sent the black spirit to influence a material world man into finding a way to get it.  The spirit agreed to depart, and he said he had 30 others with him, and the group of 31 would leave together.  After some additional prompting, the spirit agreed to also take eight other black spirits who were with him.

Once the spirits were gone, Nilka gave passes to Mia.  The group discussed the situation, with Nydia wondering, "Is it a consequence of our actions when these spirits arrive?"  Nelson advised Mary not to leave her daughter alone with any male - including Mia's father. 

Spirit 7 (via Nilka):  Nilka was studying a new spirit, and she thought it was related to Mirelsa, one of Rina's daughters.  It became apparent to Nilka that the spirit was with the other daughter, Yiri. 

Nilka: She has a male companion with her, and he is not from this lifetime.

Nelson: Is it an older male?  I have seen him around her for about three years, but he would never sit.

Nilka: Yes.  (the quiet spirit of the elderly old man arrived)

Spirit:  I love to play with her hair, it is so beautiful.

Nelson: So what is your problem with her?

Spirit: I do not have a problem with her, and I am with her all the time.  So beautiful.  She's quiet and nice, but she doesn't listen to anyone.  I guide her.  I am there to guide her but she never listens, and I am tired of her.  I will let her make her own decisions...

The spirit struggled as he left.  Nelson asked Luis Sr how he was doing (very well), and Caballito advised, "Now that you have opened that door (to spiritism), don't close it."  Caballito also encouraged him to resolve any lingering issues with his ex-wife (Eva).  "Whatever she does, it is hers, "Caballito continued, "you are headed in the right direction, so let her be responsible for her own issues."

Spirit 8 (via Nydia):  A spirit passed into Nydia and it was related to Eva.  "She needs more humility," the spirit said, "because she is stubborn and rigid, and wants everyone to do what she says."  The spirit had a basket of eggs with her, and Nelson asked, "What is that basket of eggs all about?"
Spirit: Each egg has a meaning.  They are filled with her emotions (the spirit carefully placed a small egg that only she could see on the table).  Look at it (cupping her hands delicately over the egg).  Look at them.  Eggs filled with evil, madness, anger, misery, indecisions, and her desires to get people to do what she wants.  There are 17 eggs here.  There is no egg for happiness.

Normita helped Nelson coach the spirit.  Nelson asked Luis Jr when he last spoke with his mother (Eva), and it became apparent to the group that Luis was experiencing some sort of spiritual trauma.  He was possessed by some sort of malevolent spirit, and Caballito moved to where Luis was seated:
Caballito (speaking directly to the spirit):  Why are you so cynical?  Will you not accept conditions as they are?  (to the group)  It's all spiritual.  He has a friend with him who is not happy.  He is being prepared (to be a medium), and he is with a spirit.  I am going to remove him.

(Caballito took both of Luis' hands, and said, "Tranquillo!" Luis snapped his fingers once and clapped his hands.  Caballito returned to his seat to address the group regarding Luis)

Caballito: He is in the process of developing his mediumship, but he needs direction.  (Nelson will speak more with Luis Jr on Tuesday)  Have you ever seen the tiny bugs - what are they called, mosquitos? - when they are attracted to a light bulb?  As he develops his mediumship, every spirit is attracted to his light.  It's a process, and it is not easy.  But his guide is here, and he is a big force.

Spirit 9 (via Normita):  Normita's spirit guide appeared briefly to add an additional comment:

Spirit: You are not alone.  Do it, do your development with help from this group.  If you need help, call.

Caballito (to Luis Jr):  My friend, let me talk to you (Luis had recovered, and he moved closer to the table).  This is serious.  It's delicate and strong.  Once you open that door (to mediumship), your life is never the same.  In that moment, your guide with express himself, to communicate with you. 

Nydia: I see your guide.  He's a bohemian, very similar to you.

Caballito (to Luis Sr):  Dad, do you understand?  Do you also understand, Christine?  You are bohemian.  Being free brings you happiness.  (to Jeff)  When did I meet him (Luis Jr)?  Over a year ago?
Jeff: A couple of years ago, at the center in Chicago.

Caballito:  But I first spoke to him at your house.  I told him his mediumship was not a fast race.  I told him it was a steady pace.  (Luis Jr returned to his seat) 

Caballito (to Helvia):  Did you enjoy hearing from you mom today?  You are afraid to become a medium like she was, but one day you will say, 'Don't take me to a party or a dance, I want to attend a spirit session.'

Jeff: I want to be there for that.

Caballito: Maybe you will be!  Write it down.

Caballito asked Mia to move closer.  Holding the folded towel above her eyes, he asked her to look directly into his eyes.  Next, he asked her mother (Mary) to do the same thing. Caballito also had some work to do with Jeff.  Jeff's family was trying to get to him, and Caballito wanted to put a wall up between the family members and Jeff, so that their attempts would not succeed.  He held the towel over Jeff's heart.

Junior: Why the heart?

Caballito:  It is the place of love.  I am giving him the most powerful love - some spiritual love.

Nilka: I see his guide with him.  He is a very noble spirit.

Caballito asked Normita about Carmen, our eldest member.  He said she had many spirit friends with her, and they were beneficial.  There was a male presence that offered her comfort.  He asked Diego what was tormenting him.  Diego had brought someone new with him, and she had to leave.  Would it be okay? Caballito asked if it could be delayed for a few more minutes.  He asked the name of the girl (Gabriella), and said that she had a "grand curiosity" over spiritism.  He encouraged her to attend our Tuesday session.

Caballito (to the group):  Are you wondering why I have continued to stand?  I have many spiritual friends here with me, and they are moving around the room to clean everyone.  They need to see me, and when I stand, it is easier for them.  I am thankful that you have allowed me to do my work.  My work is my life, and without my work, I have no life.

The group recited the closing prayer in unison