Message #9934

[Jitendra Hydonus]

suffering can lead us back unto God again...in a 'timely manner'. the more suffering that is 'put upon our plate'....the more blessed we should feel. when we find ourselves in the ocean/mire of suffering....who is it that we should hold our hands out to, to help us un-stick ourselves out of the mire God. God is our 'life-saver / life raft' out of the ocean-mire of suffering. the more suffering....all the more we hold our hand out to God.....all the more we call out to God....all the more God reaches for us...

((Love&Hugs&OM)))
yoshi

Behind suffering are often the greatest opportunities for learning and the greatest epiphanies in understanding when we r able to surrender to the message and significance of what is being shown to us through the suffering. Psychological suffering occurs as a result of the resistance in letting go of our cherished ideas surrounding others. Physical suffering is part of a warning system that helps us understand where are attitudes have gone wrong but it is also a condition of living and life. The Buddha explained that life is suffering that is why he helped us find the solution to suffering and a way out. Thanks for the inspiration Yoshi just thought i would add a little bit to yours.

There is a word for suffering and understanding y God allows it. That word is theodicy. It is the theological discipline that seeks to explain how the existence of evil (which causes suffering) in the world can be reconciled with the justice and goodness of God ... It has been the main stimulus to my following the spiritual path in the beginning.

The Problem Of Theodicy

The fact that there is so much suffering in the world presents us with a problem. The problem is, how is it possible for all the suffering and death that occurs in the world to take place, if the world is actually under the control of an all-good, all-powerful God? As an example; your answers to the dilemma of suffering helps us in our attitude to it. However how would a one year old b able to have this attitude if they were starving and had no conception of a God at that age? How could a dog gain an appreciation for the meaning of evil and suffering if it was locked in a kennel and went stir crazy?

J