08-29-2010, 11:11 AM
(08-29-2010, 02:03 AM)norral Wrote: since suffering is a major theme to me and is of great importance to me
i have spent a lot of time thinking about it. the issue for me is resolving
the image of a loving compassionate god with the idea of so so many
people suffering here . so here are some of the conclusions i have come to
they are the only thing that makes sense to me
we live many many many lives many thousands maybe millions i dont know but definitely many
we choose the life we are going to live when we come here it is not
imposed on us as some form of punishment.
we are here for the experience of life itself be it a life that is viewed
as happy or as sad we chose to experience it
our lives are not linear we jump around one time we might be very rich
the next life abjectly poor again we are here for the experience
the experience that we gain is added to the common pool for use by
the entity that is known as humanity.
i know this might be common knowledge for some but for me it is an
important breakthru and i thought i would share it
norral
Hi norral!
I went through some pretty deep pondering about suffering and the victims of events too. One of the deepest thoughts was the idea that one can choose to take the role as the victim....for not the 'self' but the 'other selves'. A 'self' may offer their 'mind/spirit' complex to incarnate into a life that would act as a mirror for other selves to look into, to learn from.
I think the majority of lets say the children we see starving in the world, are selves that have offered their 'mind/spirit' complex to incarnate into the world to be that mirror for other selves to learn from. If a being looks in the mirror, they will see the selfishness of the world, as a whole unit, in the fact that the majority is living more for material things, not sharing and dividing the riches of the Earth where it is needed.
I have a hard time thinking children in a life of suffering are choosing to incarnate into that life to 'learn something'....I think its more to 'teach something' to those that will take the opportunity to learn.
When I think of the life of Jesus, I also see a being that incarnated with the will to offer 'theeself' to be a mirror to its other selves. If we look through the mirror, we see a being willing to give its life of flesh, for its other selves, living more for things of Spirit then of flesh. I dont think this being did this for its own 'self' as a individual....but for other selves, to learn something.
Just possibilities....just thoughts
Lynette