Why Do We Suffer?
by Lea
I’m a member of Personal Development for Smart People and while in the forums, I came across a posting titled “The Universe is Cruel.” The author of this thread wrote about their struggle to understand why God, or the spirits of the Universe, allow so much suffering in our world. I was most impressed with how Steve Pavlina replied to that question. With Steve’s permission, I am sharing his reply with you in hopes of answering questions you may have regarding God, spirits of Love and Light and peoples suffering.
Steve Pavlina on pain and suffering:
The pain/suffering part is largely a result of resisting what’s happening in your life.
Imagine playing a computer role-playing game. If you make a mistake and lose all your gold and get kicked out of your castle, do you suffer for it? What if your character gets killed? Do you take it personally? Some people willingly choose to play games where winning is far from guaranteed. They consider it fun.
I remember that when I was arrested once and sitting in a holding cell in jail, I thought to myself, “This is a rather fascinating experience, now isn’t it? Never thought you’d end up here, eh?” Even in jail I could observe that this was an interesting turn of events in the game of life.
If you want to stop suffering, don’t take your problems so personally. Just because your character experiences a setback doesn’t mean you’ve lost the game. It just means you’re having interesting experiences.
Real cruelty would be if the game of life was completely safe for your character (i.e. predictable, dull, and boring). Then there would be no point in playing.
For the game of life to provide you with learning experiences, it must violate your expectations. This means that whatever you resist, you’ll experience, since that’s your opportunity for growth. If you resist unfairness for instance, you’ll see plenty of it. The unfairness will keep escalating until you can stop resisting it.
Stop resisting and the game will stop presenting you with more of the same.
For example, I only started attracting wealth when I let go of resisting being broke. When I finally accepted that I could be broke forever and would still be okay, it was as if the simulation of life said, “Ok, you’ve passed that test. No need for you to be broke anymore. Let’s give you some money, so you can learn other, more interesting lessons.”
Whenever life seems to disappoint you points to your own resistance.
If you stop and think about it, you may recognize that this is a truly beautiful way for the game of life to work. It conspires to help us grow. It’s hard to design a more loving, nurturing universe than this.
Steve Pavlina Personal Development for Smart People
www.StevePavlina.com
http://www.stevepavlina.com/forums/spirituality-consciousness-awareness/19014-universe-cruel.html
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