Free will

Too many people asked this same question day after day, year after year. If there were a god, why would he do something to alleviate our suffering and pain? Worst still, some people don’t even believe there is a god, that we only live this one single life, there are no purpose in life. That we are simply a product of an accident, once we die of a physical death, everything will end.

Lots of people think it is all right to fight, and to compete to gain their material and wealth, after all this world is only meant for the fittest and the strongest, or for the most ruthless. No laws except the law of chaos, we even get a pat on the back when we made to the top of our social ladder. Disregard to whatever the method we use, or how many people we may have trodden to get there.

What is missing from all that we have learned from our education system, and our world or society in general?

It is to recognise and to admit our spiritual existence, all our major institution only talks of our physical law, business, marketing, logistics, or anything that we could to make our institutions bigger and larger, that there should be growth month after month, year after year. Because of our un-satisfiable nature, that we must hoard more than we could ever use, so many people now have more money they could ever need.

In the eye of the Great Spirit (God or our higher consciousness or whatever term it make sense to you), this is known as FREE WILL.

To denied our spiritual existence would cause pain and suffering not only to others, but also to ourselves ultimately. Many would like to think that we could escape from the consequences of our actions; we cannot alter the Law, what we sown we must reap. 

What we must know is that we are part of the Great Spirit, that we will survive our physical death of body and we will live forever, long after that those decayed and crumble material we spend our lifetime of energy to gather.

The reason that we can do what we like and what we want is in fact, the act of our own free will. One thing to remember before exercise our free will is to respect the Law of the universe; this is the Law of Karma.

Here is a simplified version.What goes up must come down (the physical law) and what go round comes round (the metaphysical law).

Whilst free will is a gift, but when not used properly then we have to pay the price also. I have now come to the realisation and I am making full use of my own free will, is because I too have suffered my own actions in many of my previous lifetimes.

On the question of sufferingEvery experience is part of your life, or you wouldn’t be the person you are now. You may wonder why you have to endure what you have suffered; you are confused, as you do not feel that you have done anything wrong to deserve it (at least in this lifetime).

In the great universe where harmony is the Law, each one of us contributes to the great plan. What you didn’t know is that this is a divine thread that runs through all your past and present lives. All the events in our lives, sometimes of bitterness and despair, of pain and misery, all play their part in preparing us gradually for the path that is being trodden.

The darkness and the light, the shadow and the sunshine, are all but reflections of the whole. Without shadow there could be no light and without light there could be no shadow. The difficulties of life are steps that enable the soul to rise.

When we having to conquer obstacles, handicaps and trials in our life, we become stronger, more purified, deepened in intensity and more highly evolved. Do you think that we could have learned without pain, sorrow or misery? Of course not.

We will have joy and laughter once we become fully aware of our lives purposes, all the suffering and all that we endure is nothing but to aid our spiritual growth.

Just like a baby or a toddler learning to walk, we will have to learn from our falling, is that not so for our spiritual growth too?

Instead of blaming others for our misfortunes, we should humbly to accept that this is nothing but time to repay our wrongful actions from our past (because of our own free will), as nothing will happen to us if it was not meant to be.

One thing we must remember is that we are part of God, so that we are all Gods in the making. We do possess all the strength and power to face all the trials in life; there is nothing too great for us to bear.

Love and peace