Guest guest Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Hello Siddharth! I think this as reply to your questions: If there was not so much suffering in the world, then how could one begin to strive towards liberation, truth and God with all his powers, with the whole his heart and the whole his mind? I think through suffering one reach real faith and desire to know God and to free himself from all which is called "Maya"... I think this is the only way for man... There is a thought by a saint who lived in my country: "You suffer because God loves you." On the other hand, there are so much painful states of mind and body when one is just not capable to believe in compassionate God. But I believe if one is really sincere and really wants that - to free himself from suffering, from illusion of Maya and to know God, to understand why He acts in this way - he will find his path to Him. With best wishes,Milena >"siddharth_ua" >Ramakrishna >Ramakrishna >[sri Ramakrishna] (unknown)>Fri, 05 Mar 2004 02:58:56 -0000>>Hello friends,>>I have a small question and I would really appreciate if someone>could help me out with it.>>I understand that we are bound by maya and are ignorant. I>constantly feel the need to extricate myself from this bondage. But>my question is why did we have to take birth in this world of maya.>If God is all powerful then he must have surely seen how people>would misuse the free will he has given to them and cause harm to>others and themselves. How can this world be a playground to him and>the workings of this world a game with so much evil/suffering in it.>First bonding us in maya and then requiring us to suffer through a>series of rebirths, before finally uniting with Him because it is a>game for Him doesn't sound like what a kind and merciful God would>do.>I know these views open up a lot of questions, some of which>probably have been already discussed on this group but my only doubt>is that I see I am suffering but I don't see a need of God to get>rid of this suffering. At present Bhuddhist ideology is making more>sense to me ( which seeks to end suffering without any belief in>God) but I find myself absolutely incapable of giving up the belief>in God, that I have grown up with and is so dear to me. I would>really appreciate if someone could show me the direction of where I>will find the right answer for this question. I also apologize if I>have offended someone with my views.>>Regards,>Siddharth Panwar>> Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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