SUFFERING

Would it really be so hard to bring the world to its knees? Would it be so hard for the world to denounce misery and announce love instead? What would it take to erase suffering from the face of the Earth?

Suffering in the world has been like a contract ordered by the Mafia. Yet because a hit was once ordered does not mean it must be followed, and followed over and over and again and again.

Those who would commit suffering upon another think they are winning something or returning suffering for suffering, and yet they revisit suffering upon themselves. Any glory felt or gained is short-lived. Man does not suffer alone. One who perpetuates suffering has given his allegiance to suffering. He thinks he inflicts it on someone else, yet he has inflicted it on himself, and he is unaware that he is free to drop it once and for all. For all.

Love exists whether or not I say so. However, I said long ago that love is all. I continue to say that love and love alone exists. When did I ever say that man must be hard-hearted? When did I say that man must ignore others' hearts? On the contrary, I have said that the heart must be heard. I say it now, loud and clear: All hearts must be heard. And all hearts must be answered.

A man who is happy with himself would not squeeze suffering from any other. One who acts cruelly must be listening to a god of his own making. He has made up a god in his own mind. He believes in a god where might makes right, and that is the image he acts in. He who enacts cruelty must feel that cruelty enlarges him. He must believe in a god of separation. A man who persuades himself that he believes in a god of justice must also believe in a god of injustice itself. In his clouded view, one who is cruel believes in the necessity of perpetuating superiority and therefore inferiority.

When you believe in need, you will believe you need whatever you perceive as lacking. This is not a conscious procedure. It is simply that you must have whatever you believe you need. You will go to great lengths to fill your perceived need. From perceived lack come the troubles of the world.

I say again that life is not all about you. It is not about what you gain. If life is about filling needs, then at least on every other occasion, will you kindly look to fill someone else's need? See what happens to your own heart. See how it grows. See how good it feels to have your heart grow rather than contract.

If you have a need, beloveds, you have a need for freedom, and so now you give freedom to others, for you must give whatever it is you feel you need, so you will see that you have enough of it to give. In the giving of it, you will see it. Unkindness begins in misperception.

A beautiful rose does not have to be the most beautiful of all. It does not have to be taller or rosier than the other roses in the garden. A rose is just happy to be. The flowers in a garden do not try to enhance themselves by stepping on other flowers. And no garden on one side of the street feels it has to be better than the garden across the street or across the ocean.

Be not like the queen in the story who had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure that she was the fairest of all. I see My children as One, and all are fair. And now I ask you to do the same.

QUESTION Dear Spirit: My question is this: When the people around you are hurting you and you're aware of why they're doing it, is it appropriate to stay in that situation since it might be part of the contract with them?

ANSWER No! Contracts are only starting potentials. They get the ball rolling for you to decide if you wish to change them. We've said it before: When one tennis player stops showing up for the game, it doesn't take long for the other to realize it. Karma and beginning contracts are exactly like this. When you remove yourself from situations like these, you make a profound statement to the Universe:

(1) I recognize what's happening.
(2) I wish to change it, and I can.
(3) The ones whom I affect with this change will eventually have the opportunity to do the same.
(4) I will never be the same.

QUESTION: Dear Spirit: Our world involves excruciating pain and suffering, and even "lessons" that we choose in which we hurt each other. How is this justified? How does God/Source feel about this? Why is this allowed?

ANSWER: First, God is not in charge of your world, dear one. You are. The sooner you realize that, the better. Therefore, there is no “allowance” of anything. The energy of Earth is what you have created through free choice.

Now… all my work to this point has been in explanation of this. You live in a duality which is free to claim any energy it wants to, without interference from the outside. That’s why it’s called a test. This has been given you many times:

The reason for the suffering and hurtful behavior is because, up to this point, you have chosen a lower energy of existence. That is what is changing regarding the great shift. Your prophesied Armageddon future didn’t happen, and much of what was supposed to be next, is also not happening! You have changed the future and are moving upward to a higher energy and a lofty goal of peace on Earth. All our teaching have therefore said: Behold the changes! Don’t be afraid to hold light for this, and hold your ground.

We told you the weather would change, and it did. We warned you about big storms, magnetic variances, and earthquakes. All these have now happened. They were not punishments by God, but rather movements by Gaia due to your own vibratory changes.

Therefore, again we tell you to take responsibility for what you have created and move on now to balance it, eliminate what is obviously inappropriate, and roll up your sleeves! As we see it, your recent history is now showing that this is well underway. There is much good news here, but you won’t see it on your media.

Don’t despair. You are changing things greatly. Know that this might take generations to accomplish, but you are the forerunners and have already made a difference.


				*SUFFERING*