02-24-2015, 02:26 AM
To add some needed context, I'd like to say that I first began reading the Ra material when I was 17 and a freshman in college in 1998. My mother suggested the books to me and I have no idea as to why, at the time, I felt the urge to read the first book. I was in college, looking for a girlfriend and i had plenty of homework and not enough freetime to party so casual reading was something I enjoyed much as I did not own a TV nor feel any need to. For some reason, I took the time (which is significant because I started out in the honors program which involved a heavy load of reading) to read the Ra Material. Part of what helped is because I had a good friend (an Indian Krishnan) who also became interested. We each had are own copy, but slowly he went off track and became somewhat schizophrenic (he is now on meds). He eventually showed sexual attraction to me which I found disagreeable so I withdrew from friendship knowing it was forevermore imbalanced (too extreme).
Anyway, that situation provided an opportunity for eventual wisdom. I realized that there is fate/calling. I realized that there is partnership - AND SOME OF IT IS TEMPORARY AND NO LESS GOOD. And that depression can pass as quickly as it sets in. And that LOVE is truly the answer. Now we have the context to begin a discussion about suicide.
Suicide is necessary in only the most extreme or unique situations (maybe 0.00013% of actual cases/reports). Suicide can be considered OK as a last option when you are 100% certain that the only alternative (must be tortuous, and agreed upon by all, in nature) is going to cause more pain without doubt. That being said, people who kill themselves irritate me spiritually, mentally and emotionally. Why? Killing yourself is selfish. It makes you feel that you are so central, that you are the problem and answer to your problem. If you commit suicide, you are not thinking about the great burden you are placing on others. If you do think abou the burden and go through with the act as an attention grab, you are sociopathic and just need some more teaching from one of the millions that has gone through exactly what you have. If you are ready to kill yourself, you are FEEDING your negative emotions and STARVING your positive ones - I feel no mercy for self-infliction ( just pity and compassion). You need to choose to get it together like we all do, or face the consequence. AND, what is the consequence of suicide? From what I have studied SPIRITUALLY about suicide that has stuck with me is that you must REPEAT the lesson you were meant to process that caused you to feel driven to suicide. Therefore, I carry a bitter feeling to those who commit suicide as I feel it is taking the easy way out. And we all know the easy path isn't always your path... Thoughts?
Anyway, that situation provided an opportunity for eventual wisdom. I realized that there is fate/calling. I realized that there is partnership - AND SOME OF IT IS TEMPORARY AND NO LESS GOOD. And that depression can pass as quickly as it sets in. And that LOVE is truly the answer. Now we have the context to begin a discussion about suicide.
Suicide is necessary in only the most extreme or unique situations (maybe 0.00013% of actual cases/reports). Suicide can be considered OK as a last option when you are 100% certain that the only alternative (must be tortuous, and agreed upon by all, in nature) is going to cause more pain without doubt. That being said, people who kill themselves irritate me spiritually, mentally and emotionally. Why? Killing yourself is selfish. It makes you feel that you are so central, that you are the problem and answer to your problem. If you commit suicide, you are not thinking about the great burden you are placing on others. If you do think abou the burden and go through with the act as an attention grab, you are sociopathic and just need some more teaching from one of the millions that has gone through exactly what you have. If you are ready to kill yourself, you are FEEDING your negative emotions and STARVING your positive ones - I feel no mercy for self-infliction ( just pity and compassion). You need to choose to get it together like we all do, or face the consequence. AND, what is the consequence of suicide? From what I have studied SPIRITUALLY about suicide that has stuck with me is that you must REPEAT the lesson you were meant to process that caused you to feel driven to suicide. Therefore, I carry a bitter feeling to those who commit suicide as I feel it is taking the easy way out. And we all know the easy path isn't always your path... Thoughts?