Is this what it is: Everything is destined to happen

[MichaelD]

I was taught that we create our reality and some of that reality may be decided at our life-review before incarnation.

So:

1) A pedestrian was killed by a drunk-driver. Don't fret. The pedestrian probably asked for it during his life-review.

2) A young girl was raped and killed by four thugs. Nothing to be concerned about. The young girl probably asked for it in her life-review.

3) The four thugs who raped and killed the girl probably agreed to do this deed at their life-reviews. In fact, they helped the girl achieved what she wanted.

4) Hundreds of thousands of children died during the Bandar Aceh Tsunami. Don't grief. All of them probably asked for it at their life-reviews.

5) Your loved one is dying of cancer. It's okay. She probably asked for it at her life-review.

My 3D mind is going nuts over this line of thinking. Is this what it is?

Anyway, don't be concerned about my thinking or mental health, I probably asked for this confusion during my life-review.

I think somewhere along the lines you've mixed up the point. Yes, according the the Ra material all 5 #s are possibilities, even always the case (maybe). Your tone suggests this doesn't resonate with you though.

Perhaps a soul did ask for the experience of being a young woman who is a victim of rape; or rather, maybe the soul needed it to rectify a karmic imbalance. Or maybe it was an act of pure disharmony where her captor sought to dominate her, subverting her free will. Or maybe something else happened that we will never truly understand. Regardless of which of these is true, it doesn't determine how you should FEEL about them. They are all simply tools to help us understand our world. Even more, they are tools with which we view our world and make decisions about how we choose to live our life.

Do you choose to collapse into despair if your best friend was raped and murdered? Do you see it as an act of pure evil by a truly lost soul who deserves their life being taken from them? Do you see it as a reason to never make friends again because they will always be taken from YOU? Or do you see it another way?

Do you see it as a play on the grandest stage imaginable? Do you see it through the eyes of love? The eyes of love see truth. What is truth to a human? Well, she was a woman. She had brown hair and she volunteered at a homeless shelter 3 days a week. She walked her and her neighbors dogs every morning. Then she walked down an alley one day and was brutally raped and then murdered. She's gone now, but her echo will remain on earth far longer than our short lives. You don't have to look to the metaphysical to see and understand this. Does she deserve to be mourned? Celebrated? Remembered? Forgotten? Ridiculed? Thats up to you to decide. There is no objective scale showing the proper feelings that should be felt when something happens to a loved one.

Do you yell at your child for disobeying you? Do you hold contempt in your heart for someone who fails you? Do you love and understand someone when they don't live up to what you know they can be? Do you pity the homeless, or love them?

Truthfully, the Ra material says nothing as to how we should feel about a woman being raped. Rather, Ra offers another way to view the world. A world which is the result of a Creator seeking every experience in infinity. To the creator, being raped and murdered is a valuable experience. Being a murderer is a valuable experience. ALL experiences are valuable, that is the entire point. God doesn't love Mother Teresa any more than he/she loves Adolf Hitler. God doesn't love the woman being raped any more than he/she loves the man raping her. These are hard things for a human to understand, and I would argue are beyond human understanding. We are forced to live in a world of duality, whereas "God" is a unity. If you were to see the world with God's eyes, life would lose its meaning because all things are meaningful. Emotions would be meaningless because there is only love. Life would truly be nothing more than the grandest play imaginable. WE give life its meaning. WE give God its meaning.

Every time we mourn a loved one. Every time we persecute another. Every time we help someone who is down. Every time we relieve our bladder. Everything we do is the essence of meaning. Do you want to mourn for the rape victim? Do you want to chastise her for her clothing choice that day? Do you simply choose to see the event as meaningless? Do you see it as a soul finally being freed from the pain of being human, returned to her true home? More importantly, does it matter?

No, it doesn't matter how you feel about ANYTHING. Well, at least not to anyone but you. The universe doesn't care what you do, it is pleased with you regardless and loves you anyway. The only reason to use these tools of world view is to put yourself in a place where you want to be. If you've made it this far (congrats!), then you probably know a bit about the place I choose to be. From the words I use you can tell how I choose to view my world. 2 years ago my grandfather died in his sleep. He was the greatest man I've ever known and he died in his bed, covered in his own feces and urine. It still brings tears to my eyes to even type it. Tears of joy, not sadness. I did not mourn him, nor did I particularly celebrate him. My life is my celebration to him. He helped me be who I am today, so my very essence as a human is a testament to his own life. Now I know his human pain is done and he can be at peace.

Truth is, we all live and we all die. None of us deserve any better or any worse than we get. We don't deserve ANYTHING. The very fact that you have air to breath now, lungs to take in the air, parents to have screwed to make you, and some creation event to begin everything, is a GIFT. Life is a GIFT, not deserved. Death is also a GIFT. Oh how sweet, to finally lay down all your burdens and be at peace.

How we view death is always how we view life. Is it to be mourned? Celebrated? Loved? Hated? Ignored? You tell me. I've made it pretty clear how I choose to see death.