In this universe, suffering exists in two different forms.
1. Mental suffering
2. Physical suffering
Mental suffering is created in our minds. For example, the behaviour of some people provokes anger and distress in our mind in day to day life. When we pay close attention to these situations, we can realize that many outside situations can control the state of our mind. This is a kind of slavery of our mind towards outside situations. Let us see how Jesus christ reacted to such kind of provoking situations. In Mark 4:35-41, we can see that he was able to sleep peacefully despite of the terrible winds and big waves created in the ocean at the time when he was travelling along with disciples. Similarly at the time of his death, Jesus was able to forgive despite being beaten, spit upon and denounced by those wicked people. From the above mentioned two scenarios, we can come to a conclusion that outside situations are not affecting the state of happiness of his mind. Similarly if we try to imitate this character of Jesus christ, we can control our mental suffering to an extent. In other words, we can say that if we master to control our own minds, mental suffering can be brought to our control.
Physical suffering is mainly caused by the existing laws of our iniverse. To understand this, let's take an example. If we hit our hands forcefully on a wall, we feel pain. This is according to the Newton's third law of motion ( To every action, there is equal and opposite reaction). If this is the case, we should try to understand why God created these kind of laws for our universe. Let's take an example to find the answer for this. For a train to run at its proper speed, in addition to the fuel, it also requires a deeply rooted rails to withstand the thrust exerted by the train. Similarly a well defined fixed laws are essentially required for the smooth running of our universe.
If the above mentioned points are true and also for God, if nothing is impossible, why He did not create those laws which would not cause any kind of suffering to the creation?
God could have created laws which does not cause suffering to the creation. But the creation of such an universe may not be possible. To understand this let's take an example. Science now claims that the universe would not have been existed if there is a slight variation in the charge of an electron (1.6*10^-19 coulombs). Let's take another example. We believe that there is no evil and no kinds of suffering in heaven. So if we bring a child who has been brought up in heaven to this evil earth, it would be very difficult for the child to survive on this earth. Let's look at one more example. If God would not have given thorns to the rose plant, it would have extincted from earth long ago. Similarly God have made this creation in such a way that good and bad are necessary for the ultimate survival and mental growth of all living creatures.
1. Mental suffering
2. Physical suffering
Mental suffering is created in our minds. For example, the behaviour of some people provokes anger and distress in our mind in day to day life. When we pay close attention to these situations, we can realize that many outside situations can control the state of our mind. This is a kind of slavery of our mind towards outside situations. Let us see how Jesus christ reacted to such kind of provoking situations. In Mark 4:35-41, we can see that he was able to sleep peacefully despite of the terrible winds and big waves created in the ocean at the time when he was travelling along with disciples. Similarly at the time of his death, Jesus was able to forgive despite being beaten, spit upon and denounced by those wicked people. From the above mentioned two scenarios, we can come to a conclusion that outside situations are not affecting the state of happiness of his mind. Similarly if we try to imitate this character of Jesus christ, we can control our mental suffering to an extent. In other words, we can say that if we master to control our own minds, mental suffering can be brought to our control.
Physical suffering is mainly caused by the existing laws of our iniverse. To understand this, let's take an example. If we hit our hands forcefully on a wall, we feel pain. This is according to the Newton's third law of motion ( To every action, there is equal and opposite reaction). If this is the case, we should try to understand why God created these kind of laws for our universe. Let's take an example to find the answer for this. For a train to run at its proper speed, in addition to the fuel, it also requires a deeply rooted rails to withstand the thrust exerted by the train. Similarly a well defined fixed laws are essentially required for the smooth running of our universe.
If the above mentioned points are true and also for God, if nothing is impossible, why He did not create those laws which would not cause any kind of suffering to the creation?
God could have created laws which does not cause suffering to the creation. But the creation of such an universe may not be possible. To understand this let's take an example. Science now claims that the universe would not have been existed if there is a slight variation in the charge of an electron (1.6*10^-19 coulombs). Let's take another example. We believe that there is no evil and no kinds of suffering in heaven. So if we bring a child who has been brought up in heaven to this evil earth, it would be very difficult for the child to survive on this earth. Let's look at one more example. If God would not have given thorns to the rose plant, it would have extincted from earth long ago. Similarly God have made this creation in such a way that good and bad are necessary for the ultimate survival and mental growth of all living creatures.
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