But any thinking person knows it's not neat and tidy. Humans are born into all kinds of circumstances, some good and some bad. We encounter very different experiences. We are born with different temperaments which influence our reactions to the things we experience. Some of us are exposed to temptations that others do not experience. Some die at age one while others die at age one hundred. "Life isn't fair," is a well-known aphorism. Given all those things, how can a just God send each of us to eternal bliss in Heaven or to eternal suffering in Hell? Any thinking person knows that it can't be that simple.
But here is where we might have it wrong: suppose life on earth is the afterlife. This is where our souls come to get an education. Our true home is on the "other side," the place we think of as death. Only, it's not death. It's our true home. We depart from it periodically to come to earth (or some other dimension) in order to get an education. We spend time as mortal beings and we learn important things about ourselves and about others, then we return home. Our bodies die, but we do not die. We live on and on and on. What we call death is the door to true life.
Why do we have to leave Paradise to live on earth? Because we can't learn anything by living in Paradise. We have no wants, no needs. That's why it's called Paradise. In order to grow and develop as spiritual beings, we must leave Paradise periodically and live in a place where existence is not perfect. That is how we learn and grow.
So, we're all attending school here on Earth. We have our challenges, our difficult situations. But we learn and we grow. And we do it again and again until we get it right. We have different challenges because we are learning different lessons, and because some of us are young spirits and some of us are old spirits, and no doubt there are other reasons, too.
Do your best to learn from every lesson. Try to be fair to every person you encounter.. Have compassion for others, even those who don't appear to deserve it. As a wise person said, "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes."
1 comment:
Greetings
Your post is quite thought provoking indeed !!
The phrase "living in hell on earth" came to mind as I was reading this.
I do believe there are more questions than answers for our existence. WE often say "why does God take the good and leave the bad on this earth?" Even I have wondered this -- but if it's as you say --the bad are still learning lessons and the good ones must have learned them by the time they die. Then one can sit and think of that good person who has learned enough lessons and wonder -- I didn't see anything different in that soul that was profound or get that sense of "completion" of them -- is your fellow soul on earth able to see how others are learning and growing? Who dictates what lessons are to be learned? And why?
I choose to believe when we die we will be united with all the loved souls that have gone before us. Otherwise -- it's much to painful to deal with those losses.
Then begs the question -- what will it be like when you see your loved ones again ?? Especially husband number 1, 2 and 3 -- and those friends and family members you couldn't stand or whom did you harm when they were living?
To the simple mind it is overwhelming and impossible to know. Believing without question is easier --
But then you're an engineer with abounding questions about everything !! It's your lot in life to get to the bottom of the whys and wherefores !!
Good luck with your continued research!
Best, LL
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