Written on July 21, 2016 by 1 of the messengerS. All rights re-served.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author only. & even those occur only occasionally.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. & earth was formless and empty”; also was dark, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. & then God started to create the whole Universe & our Earth specifically. God separated light from darkness, water from water, day from night & man from woman. & everything was very very good & of course couldn’t be otherwise, because it was GOD who created all that. “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” & the 7th was the day of resting of course, & still everything was pretty good.
(But) On the 8th day God saw that (still) everything was so good & perfect because God is Good & perfect. & on the 9th day God saw that everything (still) was so good. & on the 10th & 11th. (But) Somewhere between 12th & 13th God probably said: “Wait a minute/year/millennia! Everything & everywhere is So good, SO Good, that it’s kind of too good & boring & since variety is good too, let’s create some oasis of suffering, among all that Goodness, We’ve created. & that’s how human civilizations are all started.
But since God was So Good, God couldn’t just leave people to suffer eternally & helplessly, having no Hope whatsoever, since if the Creator godself created “such is life“, then who will help them? No, God is So Good, that even in the place of Dukkha, beings shouldn’t suffer all the time desperately. They always have to have the option of asking God for help & hoping that 1 day God will actually help them for real & will end their suffering. Therefore God needed the local anti-god creature, which will be responsible for the so called creation of evil & bad things. Today we call it Devil or Satan or many other names.
& finally in order for a suffering to be Suffering & not just pain or torture, the Beings (at least some of them) were needed to have the Realization, Understanding, Awareness of that state of Affliction, making the experience of Suffering real, actual & complete. Today we call it Free Will or Mind or Ego or many other names. & that’s how the tale ends. Or begins if you are watching it from the human perspective. Since the meaning of our Life could easily be that, which is already happened; since God wouldn’t create something meaningless & even then that Meaninglessness would have the full meaning.
-“So Buddha was right, then?”
“I know, my child, it sounds bad & wrong, but that’s the only explanation i have, when i look upon our world & our history & don’t get me wrong: my sarcasm is not coming from pure cynicism or atheism; i truly & fully believe in God & recommend it to you too. My irony is coming from my suffering & sufferings of all those who know that they suffer. Also, despite the tale’s spirit, i don’t think that God was motivated by some sadistic plans; quite the opposite: Our sufferings probably have some even Bigger Purpose. May be as the president put it: “Scripture tells us that in our sufferings there is glory, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/12/remarks-president-memorial-service-fallen-dallas-police-officers).
I don’t fully understand what Glory means in this context, & personally I need Happiness, more than i desire Perseverance or even Character, but this gives us some idea, that our Suffering is not in vain, definitely not if God godself made it. We might not see the Bigger Picture, we might only focus on our troubles, misery, depression & grief, but sure if the plan was for us to experience suffering, we are surely doing pretty well. & if U R still asking why such a painful plan was needed, then may be U R asking something like: Why we need ice & why we need fire? Why we need diseases & why we need injuries? We definitely don’t need any of that bad stuff, but if the equation is that w/o any bad, the Good somehow isn’t complete; then i’ve left only w’ admiration to those who suffer in order for the Whole Creation to complete its Making. In this sense we are heroes, being on the frontline of the struggle w’ Evil, which ironically is alive mostly in our hearts! & logically & paradoxically those are the bad news & the good news at the same time. The bad news are of course that we must suffer, but the good news are that according to that, we may end our sufferings, once we start to eliminate the bad staff from our selves. & look: indeed, usually the way we live is by feeding our Ego, not by improving it; what we wish usually is to improve the condition of the Ego, & not the condition of the Soul. & Soul will never attack or harm, because Soul resides in another dimension of Joy & Fearlessness. Not Bravery (which is the overcoming of the Fear), but Fearlessness, which is a Lack of it.
I don’t have magical solution & i shouldn’t have it by definition of the created & all those who claimed to have it were failing to implement it till present day. We don’t know the Answer, but we always should look for the one. Or not. Since God created Free Will. But those who are tired of suffering, probably will constantly look for the solution. Can we & HOW we can End our Sufferings?
MessengerS of Compassion 