2/23/17 Why do we suffer?

2/23/17

I am the Light of God.

The truth is every human being is a part of the Light of God. Every animal, plant, molecule and particle is a part of the Light of God. The joy in that statement is, we are not alone. Never. Not for one second. Not unless we want to be. 

What makes us feel alone is our intention. Our intention is an exertion of our free will, it is our choice. Free will is an inherent right as a creation of God. Intention is free will, put into action. Intention is our choice, our desires, our focus, made manifest into reality. 

Our intention to feel separate and alone comes from trauma. Trauma, no matter how painful, is always a means to growth. When you experience pain or trauma in this lifetime, it means your soul agreed to subject itself to the most intensive, destructive, and terrifying pain to experience growth. 

Why would God, who loves you with Divine and abundant love that is beyond understanding, subject you to pain and anguish? 

Picture someone you love intensely as God loves you. Imagine hurting that being, and watching it suffer in pain.  Imagine separation from that being, knowing that they will be subjected to hours, days, months, or even years of trauma and pain. 

Have you ever caused a being you love pain? Have you taken a child or animal companion to a hospital knowing that they were going to be terrified and experience pain? Did you do this to have them experience the trauma? No, you did it because you knew it had to be done for their highest good. 

Now ask yourself why would God, or the Universe, set things up so that I would experience real, destructive, heart wrenching pain?

Do you remember a time you made a purposeful choice to experience trauma? Have you ever ridden a roller coaster? Ridden your bike down a steep hill? Stood on the edge of a high cliff with your toes on the very edge? What was the reason you did those things? What did you feel? Did the experience change you in any way? What did you learn about yourself? Perhaps the moments of fear and adrenaline made you feel more alive, changing your definition of what is, what is possible, where the line is, and why it is there. It expanded your understanding of yourself! 

Expansion is everything that a soul desires. While on earth trauma can often freeze us into being stuck. We are like a deer frozen in the headlights, we are very sure that if we remain perfectly still, we will be safe to live another day. In truth, it is the fear that becomes our prison. It is the expansion and growth from that place of fear that is what our soul not only desires, but needs to continue into growth. 

Our divine right is the experience of love. It is why earth exists. It is why there is life and death, connection and separation, joy and pain, healing and trauma. Our Soul's journey is our way through those traumas into the Light. Without the pain, or trauma, there is no understanding of the light. Without understanding of the light there is no connection to God. All of this is our soul’s desire to return to the Light of God.