{"id":15675,"date":"2022-08-30T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/?p=15675"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:37:37","slug":"spiritual-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/aplicacoes-espirituais\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the secrecy regarding fasting, discussed in last publication<\/a>, This allowed for some (quite pertinent, in fact) questions to be raised, and I believe it would be appropriate to provide a quick and objective overview of the other two forms of "spiritual business," which are so important that they deserved the instructions given by the Lord Jesus Christ himself.
Far from wanting to apply any commercial perspective to spiritual things, I chose the term "business" for didactic purposes only, and these are prayer, almsgiving (donation), and fasting: while prayer constitutes an entirely spiritual relationship, fasting can be considered a "transaction" between matter and spirit, and donation, despite its entirely material appearance, can also achieve spiritual repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is essential to clarify that the subject discussed here is not initially related to the famous "heavenly rewards," but rather to the various possible rewards\u2014deliverances, healings, and various blessings\u2014prepared and given by the Lord God himself; publicly perceptible and never fabricated with the purpose of deceiving, manipulating, extorting, or dominating other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The rule is clear, but not obvious.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to a willingness to avoid careless reading (as functionally illiterate people usually do), a perfect understanding of what will be explained below requires recognizing that all passages expressing The sayings of Jesus Christ are axioms.<\/a>, That is, absolute truths whose opposition, addition, or contradictory extension of interpretations usually reveals people eager to flaunt the title of "Christian" without actually being so.
Having said that, let's find out what He said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them;<\/mark>
Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.<\/mark>
When you give alms,<\/mark>
Do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, to be praised by men.<\/mark>
Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.<\/mark>
When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing;<\/mark>
So that your alms may be given in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.<\/mark>
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites;<\/mark>
For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.<\/mark>
Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.<\/mark>
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.;<\/mark>
And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.<\/mark>
And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.<\/mark>
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.<\/mark><\/p>(Matthew 6:1-8 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned in the introduction, it is Christ himself who specifies the strict procedures through which "spiritual applications" will be publicly rewarded by the Father who\u2014information evidenced by repetition\u2014sees in secret, and it is interesting, for illustrative purposes and analogy, to present (or remind) readers of a concept called\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schr\u00f6dinger's Cat<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Also called the "cat-in-a-box paradox," it is a hypothetical representation, made to question the interpretations of quantum mechanics at the beginning of the 20th century, and, by subsequent inference, the limits of applicability of quantum mechanical phenomena to the macroscopic world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Called Schr\u00f6dinger's Cat<\/a> In homage to its creator \u2014 Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger, one of the most important physicists in the field of Quantum Mechanics \u2014 the experiment consists of placing a cat inside a box and sealing it inside. Along with the cat, inside the box, is placed a vial containing a poisonous gas, a radioactive element that emits alpha particles, and a device composed of a hammer and a radiation detector. If the detector registers the presence of at least one alpha particle, the hammer is activated and breaks the vial, releasing the poisonous gas and consequently killing the cat.<\/p>\n\n\n