Why Do Good People Suffer?

The primary cause for suffering is non-recognition of one's own spiritual identity. It is the individual spirit identity whose substance is the light of God that is one with all other creations whether they are in form or no form. There are multiple causes for suffering but the one I will address in this message is a formidable one...it is love.

Love is the link between one creature and another. It is the link between a creature and its Creator. When the link appears to be broken through denial, separation or death, the appearance is not a reality. The reality is that love cannot be destroyed. Real love continues regardless of the scene you are playing in your own story. It matters not whether you are a saint or a sinner. Real love is the difference between a tin man, a man without a heart, and the lion hearted. You can try to isolate yourself from other creatures to prevent the pain of involvement in love but there are other beings usually not seen who live in your atmosphere. The invisible ones are capable in sending you comfort, guidance, protection and love. There are also earth bound entities that simply want to torment humans with their psychic poison. I mention this fact because all life interacts whether seen or unseen. Whatever choices you make will find you sending energy and more likely on the receiving end coming in to your space/time existence. Love is one of the multiple forms we experience and refer to as oneness. Energy, both negative and positive exists and is active whether you seek or hide from it.

Why do good people suffer? They suffer in their own compassionate way because they love everything without judgment. They understand the pain of the unenlightened. As long as a soul loves, he or she is open to pain. The pain takes a different form when the soul has achieved a greater level of inner wisdom. It remains painful to watch and not to be able to fully help those who do not understand or love unconditionally. People who harbor toxic emotions create disorder and illness both within and without. They have subconscious guilt, unfulfilled desires and lack the inner knowing of one who loves unconditionally. Whether you are a saint or sinner or some vacillating in-between, you will likely suffer when you have friends, family, associations, beliefs and pets. You are not immune. Suffering happens to the best of souls. When your consciousness is awakened and your energy vibrates from a higher perspective of compassion and unconditional love, suffering is experienced on another level because it is understood. Taking all this into consideration, you are not immune because your heart is open and you genuinely love. Love is our link~

Master of Your Choice

In today's world, there are endless tools available to help us heal regardless of the trauma we have experienced. We are the ones who must be responsible for our actions. As Henry Thoreau wrote: "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." In order to change on any level, the first thing we need to do is get unstuck. Look closely at how you perceive yourself. Most limitations to success come from internalizing negative messages from people and past events. These can easily be overcome. We have the power to succeed. What is needed is taking the right action and allowing our awareness and choice-making ability to open up to grander possibilities.

We can take the best products for our body but if we do not watch our thoughts and love our self first, we fall short. Loving yourself first means guarding the gates to the body, mind and soul and not allowing negativity in any form to remain in our mind. Regardless of appearances, every one of us has incredible blessings. Be thankful and embrace them. It is possible to change your thinking and actions. By taking small and steady steps while focusing on the blessings, we allow our dreams to blossom and be realized. As Marcus Aurelius said, "The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."

Take time out each day for at least 15 minutes and allow yourself to feel the energy flow through you. Then, when you feel centered either go to your computer and write on a blank page or pick up a pen and paper and write a record each day of how you feel. Talk out your problems on paper. I have done this all my life and it works beautifully. Psychologists have discovered that people who keep a journal and write down disturbing experiences in their lives and give their impressions about those events actually make a striking improvement in their immune function. Don't keep your problems bottled up. Every day when you are alone, sit down and write out what you feel is both pleasant and unpleasant. Don't read it over. If you use a journal, put it away somewhere in safekeeping. If you use your computer to record your private feelings, use a new email address and do not allow anyone to know the password or to send you mail to that location. Keep your journal absolutely private. You can either do it for a week with one particular issue or until you have nothing to report to yourself. Read your comments the next day and then delete them.

This old practice of mine takes care of everything. Clarity, surrender, new ideas and a higher intelligence takes over. Later, when some of the material is read, it reads like fiction. You will also observe your own growth. Writing is a totally different dimension than speaking your troubles out. Speaking out loud, the problems become bigger, tremendous, voluminous in size. When you write it out and read it the next day or whenever and delete it, it takes on a totally different energy. It is out of your brain. It is out of your cells. The best part is that you are free and can stay centered. It is possible to free yourself of old patterns and guilt.