Message #9955

[Jitendra Hydonus]

just tossing a few ideas into the air ! 

some people choose to suffer
for one reason or another 

perhaps it was something they did in a past life
now Karma is here, biting them back, for past actions ?

there is also a line of thought
that we write our own map of our life
before we get here
if so, then the current suffering is a choice made long ago
in order to learn a certain lesson

marriage is a choice
not all live happily ever after
people change, times change, thoughts change
life happens, deal with it

some lines of spiritual thinking believe one must suffer to be close to God
squirrel and a few others, don't believe this is so 
it is just as easy to be close to God when one is joyful and happy
God wants us to be happy, choose happiness
if one is constantly focusing on suffering,and " oh woe is me "  that is what you draw to you !

then, there are some who choose to be a drama queen

not saying any of these apply, not saying they don't apply 
just tossing ideas in the air ! 

better to toss ideas in the air
than to toss your cookies !! 

u have heard it said that a sad saint is a bad saint. Meditation is about making us happy. The happier we r the more we feel Gods presence and visa versa. i am very skeptical about people who feel and talk to God but do not exhibit that joy and happiness in relation to others or do not express love in ther encounters with others.  However i think Yoshi was just saying that you can experience God in suffering as well. Because life does bring suffering as well as joy.

Jitendra