Quote:31.6 Questioner: I was wondering if there was some principle behind the fact that a sexual union does not necessarily lead to fertilization. I’m not interested in the chemical or physical principles of it. I’m interested in whether or not there is some metaphysical principle that leads to the couple having a child or not, or is it purely random?

Ra: I am Ra. This is random within certain limits. If an entity has reached the seniority whereby it chooses the basic structure of the life experience, this entity may then choose to incarnate in a physical complex which is not capable of reproduction. Thus we find some entities which have chosen to be unfertile. Other entities, through free will, make use of various devices to insure nonfertility. Except for these conditions, the condition is random.

(07-19-2011, 08:41 PM)BlueOnes Wrote: That little boys suffering should be heard piercingly throughout all universes until there's no more suffering.

(07-21-2011, 08:20 PM)ahktu Wrote: This is from the May 3 Quo meditation in 1992.

"Why is there suffering by those starving in foreign lands? We may suggest that there are many who have chosen to incarnate for the purpose of suffering as intensely and as long as possible before the inevitable death by starvation or illness, not only in less technologically oriented cultures, but also within each culture, for within the culture which is your own there are those with short, hungry and brutal lives. These, may we say, Christ-like entities are pursuing a beautiful, poignant and terrible service, absorbing the deadening, merciless, pitiless and ruthless service-to-self distortions which have caused motives of greed, revenge and slaughter to erupt into actions against groups of other selves through, what you call, your history."

and

"Why does the infinite Creator place you so firmly and decisively in a milieu of loss, ordeal, limitation and eventual dying? We ask you, what gets your attention: the perfect halcyon day or the moment of toxin, the alarm, the adrenaline and the sudden movement to cope, to save, to defend? Each of you has two minds: one will keep you in this density forever; the other will evolve. Your two minds sometimes have very different ways of dealing with circumstances. The first mind is the intellectual mind. Its soul purpose is to manipulate the environment in order that you may survive, find shelter, be fed and have comfort. The other mind is that mind best described as the “wise heart.” This heart’s wisdom is that portion of the mind whose roots move into racial, societal, planetary and Creator mind. It is this mind that is always and forever.

The suffering, the ordeal of living, is specifically designed to grab the attention of the intellectual mind and then proceed to baffle it so thoroughly and completely that the intellectual mind gives up, and the thrust of inquiry moves to the heart. In the heart lies that beingness which gazes at this experience of third-density illusion and chooses, in faith alone, to be a part of the love—the good, if you will—of the personal, societal, planetary mind.

There is no “why?” in the heart’s wisdom, nor is there any answer. The heart sees suffering and embraces it, for, to the heart, any entity who is thirsty is the Christ waiting for a drink. Any entity who needs clothing is the Christ waiting to be covered. Thusly, the ordeals become opportunities for service and are seen as challenges worthy of attracting one’s attention."

I'd recommend reading the whole session...it is very good. http://www.llresearch.org/transcripts/issues/1992/1992_0503.aspx

My way of looking at it is that if we didn't suffer, we would have no way to comprehend the joy of *not* suffering. Without shadow, how can you ever realize how beautiful the light is? You don't realize what you have until it is taken away. I'm sure each of our souls makes the choice to acquaint itself with suffering at some point along the evolutionary trail, because it is the desire to climb out of suffering that drives us higher toward the light. If everything was just a utopia I don't think we'd appreciate the things we *do* have.
As for why no one helped this child...I think a lot of times we overlook all the efforts that are being put out by millions of people to help this planet and its populace. Yes, there is still suffering, but the movement to help grows ever larger. There are countless people who do whatever they can to help, be it donating their time, resources, funds or just by praying and sending love. Plenty of people put their life on the line to help starving and sick people and people caught up in natural disasters, and they don't even get paid for it. My husband knows a woman whose leg was just broken while she crawled through tsunami wreckage in Japan, trying to help save people. Then I hear people talk about how "nobody cares" and now "negative this planet is". In my opinion this is a tangible reality of service being overlooked due to a strong emotional reaction. Yes, we still have a long way to go before the entire planet is joined in heart and nobody has to suffer, but there is a LOT of good that grows stronger by the day. If you help those suffering around you, you help the world. Mass movements always start with individual effort.