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Thanks The Ruminant.
Hi N
Thanks for your thought out response.
“For years now, I’ve been suffering with the thought that God does not exist. Bad things happen, we decide that if there is a God, things like that would not occur. It’s a childish way of thinking, but it’s one we fall into when we don’t really know any better”.
– I used to think in a similar fashion until I realised that “God” has no role to play in the dramas that take place on world stage. It is the individual actions of people coupled with collective actions of a nation at large that leads to bad things happening. We like to blame everything on God as we dont know any better. Grow your consciousness and you will figure out that YOU are the GOD 🙂 who is part of the whole universal consciousness. Ie, we are all one and same. However, I am not going to impose my view on you as you need to figure this out for yourself when the time is right. For me this understanding came along from understanding the theory of Karma but from the right sources.
For example: a set of parents have a mentally disabled kid. Whose fault is it ? Parents or kid or Gods. A disabled kid doesnt suffer as he / she doesnt know any better in that form. Parents may suffer in the knowing that my child is disabled and not a normal kid like others. On the other hand, some parents of such kids take it as a blessing and turn the diasbility into “differently abled” and there is no suffering on their part. Both parties continue their existence but it is their mind set, which sets them apart in the amount of suffering they go through.
We can always look to blame things outside (such as GOD) or we can take personal responsbility for everything that happens. I have chosen to do the latter as then I can choose my reactions and any follow on actions. When I look for someone outside for help, I am goving my power away despite knowing that I am UNLIMITED.
We have close to 6-7 billion people on this planet. Everyone is so unique and everyone is going to give you their perspective but no one’s persepctive is going to be the right perspective for you until you figure out where the responsbility lies – Outside or Inside. The moment you put the responsbility inside, all the craziness and confusion will disappear. You wont need any perspectives from outside as you will realise that at the end of the day, we are all one and same LOL. NO, you are not turning crazy and nor are you crazy now.
Stop judging yourself so harshly. Once the judgment stops, mental chatter will start to die down and you will feel at peace. Please give up the smokes if you have picked it up again. You are not being kind to yourself by putting those chemicals into your body. Those chemicals are notorious for creating unstability of mind.
Best wishes N and continue to spread your light.
Jasmine