The document contains 34 comic strips from the website www.bahiaespirita.com.br created by cartoonist Jorge Lyrio. Each comic strip addresses a different topic and poses a question to "The Disabled", who provides a thought-provoking response in 1-2 sentences advocating concepts like peace, love, forgiveness, and spiritual/moral evolution. The comic strips aim to use art to spread positive messages and reveal the presence of God.

1. 1 - Pain
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
I am blind, you
are paralytic.
Pain has united
us….
Sometimes it’s
an urgent
medication.
THE DISABLED
What is your
concept of
pain?

2. 2 – Credit Card
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
ManyMany
individualsindividuals
feel theyfeel they
can’t livecan’t live
without theirwithout their
creditcredit
cards….cards….
What do you think
credit cards can’t buy?
Dignity!
THE DISABLED

3. 3 - Inventions
Thomas Edison
invented the lamp,
Lumier the cinema,
James Watt the
Modern Steam
Engine, Santos
Dumont the ‘14
Bis’…
What else do you think man
should invent?
HE SHOULD
REINVENT
HIMSELF.
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED

4. 4 - Children
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
There is an increasing
number of young criminals.
Why are there abandoned young
children in the streets?
It’s because there are
many corrupted man well
protected in their houses.

5. 5 – Selling and The Gospel
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
Many individuals build astonishing temples and
use the Gospel to grow rich.
Jesus even said: ‘Many Will Come In
My Name.’ What do you think about
this, in the face of free will?
They end up selling
illusions and their
own soul….

6. 6 – Serasa (information data base on credit covering
Brazil)
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
It’s a spiritual Serasa.
Whoever owns, has got to pay.
Plato said: to learn is to recall what you already
know. Sophocles talked about hope in death and
the plurality of the worlds.
Vyasa said: ‘Soul
sleeps in the rock,
dreams in the plant,
stirs in the animal, and
awakens in man’….
Please make a
summary of
reincarnation in
accordance with the
present times…

7. 7 - Protest
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
Has the traffic
stopped?
Some demonstrators stop people from
going back to their houses; not giving their
right to come and go…
HE HAS GOT PROBLEMS
WITH FREEDOM
On the face of all this, what man still
feels difficulties in living together in a
democratic reality?

8. Many don’t
believe in
God….
even if they
see the beauty
in the world…
they deny the Great
Architect of the
universe…
Even if they don't
believe in God, God
believes in them.
THE DISABLED
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
8 - God

9. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
9 – Father’s Day
With so much consumption
going around, what should
children give to their
parents on Father’s Day?
An ethical
attitude!!!

10. 10 - Fanatics
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
Light will
always
overcome the
dark.
Some time ago, evil
fanatics from another
religion tried to invade
CIDADE DA LUZ, by
distributing a newspaper.
The President then said he
would call the police, but
they ran away. The Master
said: ‘watch out for false
prophets, who will seduce
many people’.

11. 11 – Moral PAC (Growth Acceleration Program)
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
What does PAC mean to
you?
It’s the Growth Acceleration
Program, created by the
Government.
Let’s hope all the
budget will be used
honestly to benefit
individuals in need.
If this happens
we should
rename it: the
Moral Growth
Acceleration
Program.

12. 12 - Peace
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
THEY FIGHT FOR
PEACE!
What are all these men from
different countries
discussing so much?

13. THE DISABLED
Man invented
the newspaper,
the telephone
and TV, etc…
MEDIUMSHI
P
What is the fastest mode of communication?
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
13 - Mediumship

14. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
14 - Death
THE DISABLED
How much does
it cost for a
luxury grave in
this cemetery?
Enough to buy
thousands of
bread… to feed a lot
of people

15. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
15 - Forgiveness
THE DISABLED
FORGIVENESS!
There is so much violence amongst
people. What is the best defense
against people who are aggressive?"

16. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
16 - Evolution
THE DISABLED
It’s so beautiful to
contemplate the
infinite….
TO CONSTANT
EVOLUTION
What can we
associate the infinite
to?

17. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
17 – Last wish
THE DISABLED
Before I die, I want to
access BAHIAESPIRITA
What is your last wish?

18. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
18 – Darkness
THE DISABLED
Darkness still affects a lot
people
There are individuals who
are internally weakened.
Joanna de Angelis
said there is more
hunger for light
than for bread.

19. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
19 – Lower spheres
THE DISABLED
Is it here that many
will be judged?
Yes, it is. By the
court of our own
consciousness.

20. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
20 – Global warming
THE DISABLED
Where does global
warming come from?
From cold
governors.

21. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
21 – Gifts
THE DISABLED
Here you have in the box: i-
phone, pen-drive, digital camera,
mobile phone…
Is there anything else you need,
apart from all these?
LOVE

22. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
22 – Love
THE DISABLED
During 2010, many could
loose: money, job,
school exams, relatives,
business, etc…
What do you think
it the worse thing
a human being
could loose?
HIS ABILITY
TO LOVE

23. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
23 – Poison
THE DISABLED
There are different
types of poisoning:
Cicuta, cyanide,
arsenic…
What is the most
dangerous one?
A spiteful tongue!

24. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
24 – Bahia Espírita
THE DISABLED
Easy…. We will
just remove you
from the car
Hold on…. I am just
closing the website
BAHIA ESPIRITA

25. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
25 – Loneliness
THE DISABLED
Some people search for others
just to escape from loneliness…
What is the most
disastrous loneliness?
The wrong
choice

26. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
26 – Conflicts
THE DISABLED
Reasoning
There are conflicts
between parents and
children, husband and
wife, ….
In the traffic, between
religions, nations… What
is the best defence
mechanism?

27. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
27 – Indifference
THE DISABLED
There are vaccines
against cold, dengue,
yellow fever, tetanus….
Which one is still missing?
A vaccine
against
indifference.

28. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
28 – Easter
THE DISABLED
Now that we set up our
table, let’s invite Jesus for
our meal.
That each one of us, no
matter which religion we
follow, can feed ourselves
from his words.
What is Jesus
craving for?

29. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
29 – Street vendors on the present days
THE DISABLED
JESUS WILL
COME BACK!
If Jesus ever
came back, what
would He do? He would expel the
street vendors from the
temple once again

30. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
30 - Illusion
THE DISABLED
Towards a shortcut
called illusion.
Jesus said: ‘I am the way, and
the truth, and the life.’ Based on
this, where are man walking
towards, in general?

31. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
31 – Mother’s Day
THE DISABLED
I am not sure my mom will receive these
flowers in a natural way… since they
are artificial!

32. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
32 – Dignity
THE DISABLED
Brazil is the winner in many
different types of sports…
Which title is it
still missing?
WINNER IN
HONESTY.

33. Do you suffer
because you are
disabled?
No, not really. In this
incarnation I won’t trick
anyone, that’s for sure.
Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
THE DISABLED
33 - Incarnation

34. Source: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
34 - The Commitment Day?
THE DISABLED
Considering that my
presence here pleases the
people and makes the nation
happy, please tell the people
to access:
www.bahiaespirita.com.br

35. • Arte em tiras
Jorge Lyrio é um cartunista que já tem prêmios do Salão
Afro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica da
Alemanha / Salvador Brasil e da Sociedade
Propagadora de Belas Artes (RJ).
Site: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
(tradução e publicação autorizada pelo autor).
„, Bela, ativa e nobre a arte, proveniente de
crentes ou ateus, é sempre a luz que revela a
presença de Deus." Auta de Souza.
Tradução: Carolina von Scharten, Londres, Sir
William Crookes Sociedade Espírita ligado à BUSS
- A União Britânica de Sociedades Espíritas
Art in comic strips
Jorge Lyrio is a Cartoonist who already got prizes
from Salão Afro - Catholic University of Salvador
Brazil/Germany and from Sociedade Propagadora
de Belas Artes (RJ).
Site: http://www.bahiaespirita.com.br/tiras/tiras.htm
(translation and publication authorised by the
author).
"Beautiful, active, and noble art, come from
believers or atheists, is always light that reveals the
presence of God." Auta de Souza
Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, Sir
William Crookes Spiritist Society linked to BUSS -
The British Union of Spiritist Societies