The Role of Suffering in our Evolution

Does a soul choose the role of a murderer?

An excellent (and tough!) question that came to me from Jim Donaldson in Cincinnati, OH. No way could I answer this one on my own so I turned to my friends on the other side for help. What follows is their insight. 

"Yes, believe it or not, each of you willingly chooses the role that you play. You do not create your life haphazardly and you do not do so without serving the greater good in some way. What you need to understand for this to make sense is that your time here on earth is very temporary. You each come here to gain valuable lessons and explore parts of the human spectrum. As difficult as it is to grasp—in the greater reality none of it is truly real. The knowledge gained, the awareness received, the insights you have—yes. That is the purpose. That, you keep with you. The experiences themselves through which such knowledge is gained are just vehicles for these learning opportunities. Can a person truly be murdered? You are each eternal beings, having a very brief and temporary experience here in the earth plane. You have each lived many lives—experiencing death in many ways—violent, non-violent, through sickness, accident or injury, and so on. All are merely vehicles for growth. So yes—a person who is a murderer or a person who willingly tortures others has agreed at he soul level to play this role. You say you want a perfect, utopian world, without violence or suffering of any kind. There are planes where such an existence is possible. You, however, chose this plane, at least for this particular incarnation, because of the valuable learning opportunities it provides. Without the violence and suffering what would be the point of coming here if your soul intended to learn about such things that only violence and suffering can afford? The Holocaust propelled humanity into a new direction of tolerance. As did the civil rights movement. Look at all of the beautiful work that Mahatma Gandhi did, that Martin Luther King, Jr. did. They showed humanity how to stare the most horrific and adverse conditions in the face and respond with love instead of with more violence. Such a beautiful and uplifting example and expression of the human spirit would not be possible without the conflicts that spurred it. This polarity is necessary to gain certain growth and learning opportunities that would not be available in a utopian world. To explore certain parts of the emotional spectrum you must go to a plane where such a spectrum exists. Yes, there are planes where violence does not exist. You however did not choose such planes for your current incarnation. You chose the earth plane. Because it is ripe with learning and growth opportunities that are not available elsewhere. We understand these are hard truths to understand. With only limited awareness (that is, without the conscious recollection of the bigger picture, your soul’s agenda, and the fact that life is eternal), it does in fact seem absurd to live in a world where such suffering and violence exists. Please understand that it is not for nothing. It is not pointless. In the grand scheme of things, the violence, the suffering, the strife, the injustices of the world, are merely vehicles for something greater—for greater learning, for opportunities to explore the human spirit and potential in varied and beautiful ways. By witnessing violence—even indirectly such as watching a news story—you each have the opportunity to choose love instead of hate in your response. Every time you choose a loving response, you expand in your spiritual awareness. And with each expansion, you help to expand the whole. Just as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi chose love instead of hate in the face of violence and adversity. Do you see how violence provides opportunities for love? For good? For growth? This is the nature of the earth plane. To learn through such polarity. It isn’t easy and it isn’t pretty. There is no doubt about that. It is a brave and committed decision to incarnate into the earth plane. If likened to a school, this would be one of the most truly difficult! But the soul is aware of its immortality, its desire to grow and expand its awareness. And where better to do so than in one of the most challenging curriculums available? "

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