Trailblazer
Veteran Member
With all due respect, a personal testimony is only a personal testimony. Not everybody is like you, most people aren't. Many people continue to suffer and many people commit suicide because of it. The only way you can make that work with the Baha'i party line is to say 'they will know more later' or their suffering is their fault because they just need to be 'more spiritual." The problem is that later is not here yet and they are still suffering. The other problem is that we should not be judging the spiritual condition of other people.After my 6 suicide attempts and so much suffering I thank God because had I not gone through all that distress my soul would never have found its eternal home - it’s paradise.
What I interpreted to be pain, suffering and mental agony was in fact me being guided to find my hearts desire. It was a blessing in disguise which I only discovered when I reached the light at the end of the tunnel. Now I know that what occurred was to give me the greatest happiness and joy daily I had never dreamed possible. And I thank God with every breathe.
Just because it ended for you does not mean it has ended for other people. Just about the worst thing you can tell these people is that their suffering will be over when they die. Not only do you not know that, it is not helpful in the here and now.
What Baha'is do not understand is that the Baha'i party line on suffering hurts more than it helps these people.
It seems obvious to me that those Baha'is care more about the Baha'i party line than about compassion for other people.
They will do anything to retain their belief in an All-loving God, even it it hurts other people.
One reason I am not active in my Baha'i community is because I do not want to hear the Baha'i party line on suffering.
You cannot understand that when you are so close to it, you have to look from the outside in.