gnomon said:
Who is in there with them?
So in other words, they were destined to live with the daily struggles of mental illness?
I'm not the one using normal.
In other words, when forming this incredible philosophy of people living in the hell of their own mind you never actually considered those people who suffer from various mental disabilities and only now invoke karma to wiggle your way out.
I've heard this crap before. It is a condescending useless philosophy.
People who have "disabilities" are no different on the path than anyone else. Their lessons are different, thats all.
I hesitate to bring up karma because so few people have an understanding of it. Karma does indeed structure your life according to deeds, both past and present. If you understand karma, you also understand that its very much like a bank account.
If you were given the opportunity to decrease the bad karma account, would you not do so? This is where poverty and disease and all the rest come into play. You are roasting the bad karma by bringing it into contact with fire/suffering.
You agreed to this before entering another life here on earth.
Suffering serves two purposes. The first is the rapid removal of bad karma. The second is you are allowing yourself to be used in the lessons of others.
From your suffering, others will learn how to expand their compassion. This will pay you in good karma, offsetting the bad karma account.
The test comes from being aware enough not to create additional bad karma while you are undergoing these trials in life. Otherwise, you lose the advantage.
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