hi choosing!
this was a big issue for me, and perhaps the root of my initial cognitive dissonance as a wit.
The question is: Why Does God Not Stop The Suffering? I watch so many suffer for no reason and no matter how I try to figure it out, I always come back to the fact that a loving parent would not allow their child to suffer needlessly. So why does God?
there are lots of answers. the simplest one is because he doesn't exist. and there is something to be said for simple answers.
the related question, stemming from that, is: why is there human suffering?
a simple answer is because we are apes. heartbreaking, but true.
another answer is that suffering is a state of mind, and as apes we cannot see around this. or evolved the ability to see around it. but even in the most horrid cases of "suffering", there are still lessons to be learned, if not by the sufferer, then by any observers. this sounds cold, but it's not. the sad part is that so many people believe that the way out of suffering is by way of some political or material solution. when really, the beginning way out of suffering is only something you can achieve by learning to stand aside of your thoughts, emotions and even "suffering", and see it for what it is: indifference on the part of the universe *and ignorance in our mind. heartbreaking, but true. and the rest of the way out of it is to find the strength right now, and to start making positive, conscious changes for yourself. you can do this without hurting others, but it's a balance to strike, for sure. i'm not talking about anything other than the evolution of our consciousness, as humans.
tetra
