(08-11-2014, 05:19 AM)Folk-love Wrote: [ -> ]I often think about how cruel and indifferent nature seems. The way animals mercilessly kill each other and how they are constantly in survival mode. That is one of my big issues with the planet. Why must innocent creatures suffer so much on such a consistent level? Of course humans are responsible for much of the suffering animals endure, but most of it is just the way things are. I was reading the scientific literature on prayer and how it had no effect on healing whatsoever. That made me sad. Also the idea that 99.9 of species on earth are exctinct because they were unable to survive in their conditions. That makes me sad as well. As for unintelligent design, the throat is an example that I read about. The way in which the esophagus is right next to the breathing holes (this is not the case with most animals). Which is why people choke to death on food, as it goes down the wrong hole. It seems like such a stupid way to die, but I imagine it has happened many times. Is that part of the plan? Im mostly just venting. Im kinda tired of going off faith alone that all is well and that there is this love that permeates everything. Feeling quite hopeless as you can see. Peace out friends 
Thank you for responding.
I can certainly understand why those things would make you feel hopeless.
As unharmonious and indifferent as all that looks to you, please keep in mind you are only seeing a mere
fraction of the whole picture. The physical spectrum of energies is an extremely small part of the whole. If you were to imagine a spectrum of energies -- a continuum of energy expression ranging from flawless, undistorted unity to absolute separation or distortion, you could see this as a spectrum of colors. We have violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. These are thresholds of unity, or lack thereof.
Everything we see is in the red spectrum, and it is the
most distorted level of reality -- the most
veiled portion of reality. The lack of consciousness translates to high distortion/separation, which translates to what we perceive as "disharmony". Distortion always means, in every case, that we are
not seeing what we
think we are seeing.
Not being able to see the other spectrums of reality we come to all sorts of warped conclusions about what we see happening out there in physical expression.
For one, we think that death is this horrible experience to be avoided. Nothing could be further from the truth. People come to believe that death is the
ultimate price to pay. They don't understand that nothing can really die, or that the second the red ray construct loses integrity, and forces one into one of the higher vibrational levels that life just keeps on trucking, with no gap in consciousness. Everything that you
ever saw die,
didn't really die.
Really let that sink in for a minute. There is
no death.
And the suffering you see in the animal kingdom is, in most cases, more traumatizing to the veiled 3rd density being viewing it than to the 2nd density animal denizen. For one, they are not subject to the veil. They have a survival drive for sure, but they instinctively know that they cannot die. And if they weren't prepared to play the physical survival game (and it *is* a game, make no mistake), they simply wouldn't manifest physically. It's hard to believe, but they know what they are getting into when they incarnate. We anthropomorphize
everything. We can't help it. We imagine their experience of reality is the same as ours. It's not. There is a substantial difference in perspective between 2nd density and 3rd density. They are
not ego driven. They are not plagued by the identity issues we are, and death is not nearly the big hairy deal to them as it is to us.
There is
so much well being to pay attention to. The Earth spinning is perfect proximity to the Sun. The beauty of the Earth to enjoy. The feeling of self actualization. The potential for growth. Expansion. Evolution. Vibrant health. Search your feelings, you can literally
feel which thoughts are out of alignment with unity. They feel
terrible. That should be a warning bell. Let well being dominate your attention. And well being you shall find. You won't be able to find anything else.
And I promise you, for every downside you find to the composite structure of a given physical body, there are probably ten plus sides to that given structure. Scientists are *NOT* all knowing. Empirical observation is remarkable and exacting work. But oftentimes, it becomes just as close minded as the fanatical religious zealot. It starts off as science, with a few "facts" being observed. But there real science ends, and human inference begins. A story collects around the observed facts, and the masses are encouraged to follow.
And then, a few years later, new facts are observed, and the "heresy" of seeing things differently begins. Healing is
very real. For every scientific study that finds no basis, search and you will find more that it *does* have an effect. One thing scientists don't understand is that you cannot
truly separate the observer from the experiment because of the underlying unity of the creation. That means the nonbelievers will
literally attract evidence to support their presuppositions of it not working.
But focusing on any perceived negativity for long enough will cause you to vibrate
like that, and then, only evidence of
lack of well being can come into your experience. But, the reverse is also true, and if you can spend some serious time focused on the
abundance of well being, more evidence of
that, will find you by virtue of the law of attraction.
What manifests physically is just the crystallization or wave collapse of those vibrational possibilities held in the nonphysical long enough that they became specific enough to manifest in our narrow vibrational range of physical perception. It simply a virtualization of this concept we call "tangible".
I'm not sure if any of this helps you, but your honest thoughts that you've expressed here are probably echoed by many, and I wanted to try to present another perspective. I may not be doing a good enough sales job here. =p