10-05-2010, 12:59 PM
(10-05-2010, 12:36 PM)Quantum Wrote: Certainly sufferings is a wonderful catalyst. Certainly it offers itself as a means for an entity to crystallize itself towards expansion of ITself as the Infinite Creator as a result. But the real question is, is it absolutely necessary as part of the process towards crystallization?
Let me change or refine the question, if not stand it on its head. Is it we in fact, as the Creator, who have in fact decided and elected to create suffering through the faculty of Free Will?
Given there are billions of suns in the galaxy and who-knows-how-many gazillions of galaxies, I posit that suffering is not “absolutely necessary.” It is a characteristic of the Earth Life School (ELS). Before life the YOU of Itself chose this school, probably because you saw the value in the suffering here. If you had not seen the value, you probably would have picked a different planet to go to school on, or a different galaxy, where suffering was minimized. (And spiritual evolution takes longer.)
Quote: If so, can we negate it, and not necessarily in the world, but most certainly in our lives, and crystallize in any event as efficiently?
Suffering does seem to be a fundamental characteristic of the Earth Life School (see Tarot cards Fool, Strength, Temperance, Devil and Tower). We are constrained in our Free Will by these archetype patterns laid down by the Galaxy, as modified by our Sun.
That said, the Adept has quite powerful ways to do Reality Creation (even in the ELS) and probably could avoid much suffering. Or, knowing the pre-birth decision to come here specifically, could choose to honor the Self, and its pre-birth decision, and accept that the suffering is of a purpose and for the Self’s Greater Spiritual development. It sure would be a sad thing to actively Reality Create peace in one's lifetime, only to discover in the post-life review that it undid the entire lesson plan for that lifetime.
Card 6 (The Lovers) is about Choice. The choice to embrace the circumstances of the ELS and its illusions to further Spiritual Growth or to further Wealth and Comfort (the two women in the card). The Adept can go either way.
Choose carefully.