Spiritual Thinking explains suffering in a simple way.

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Spiritual Thinking explains suffering in a simple way.

1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed to us.
Romans 5:3-5 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. Endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
James 1:2-4
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Revelation 21:4
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Romans 5:3-4
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Bhagwad Gita
Sufferings, according to Lord Krishna, are for you to grow. For a materialistic person, it might seem like suffering, but for a spiritual person, it is grace given by the Lord to free them from attachments.

Sufferings can be of various kinds and caused by multiple means. Generally, suffering can be caused by any of the following: 1. Natural calamities such as earthquakes, environmental issues such as wildfires and flash floods, etc., 2. They were caused by wars such as the sufferings in Ukraine and Russia because of aggressive actions of some leaders, the sufferings in Gaza and Lebanon, 3. Terrorist acts such as 9-11, October 7, 2023, on Israel, several terrorist acts in Mumbai and other parts of India at various times, 4. Political persecution is due to the intolerance of different viewpoints, and lastly, 5—miscellaneous actions by less intelligent and lesser intellect political leaders. Let us look at each and see people’s choices, how they react, and what help Spiritual Thinking can offer to mitigate suffering and some historical context.

Natural Calamities and Tragedies:
This kind of event happens frequently in some or other parts of the world, and some are more severe than others, such as the one in Japan in 2011 and one in Turkey in 2023. More frequently, floods are caused by hurricanes such as the one last week by Hurricane Helene and massive flooding in Florida, Georgia, Carolina, and Tennessee. These are mitigated by actions of the national emergency management services, and the Government responds quickly to move people to shelters and emergency management of services provided. Though it hurts people, there is a common consolation factor in these that others suffered too, and it was not caused by any intentional means. Wildfires followed by torrential rains cause landslides and people’s homes to be washed away. Again, these are caused non-intentionally, and spiritual thinking will help individuals sort out and make intelligent choices and provide divine guidance to mitigate their sufferings.

Sufferings from Wars:
The unprovoked actions of Russia on the Sovereign Country of Ukraine, purely to satisfy the ego of one leader, was a travesty. The people or leaders of Ukraine had done nothing to provoke Russia but had to endure all the suffering. Because Ukrainians love their Freedom, they have been able to withstand this onslaught from a much bigger country for more than two and half years, and their combined resolve to come out free has motivated them to hang on and endure their sufferings.
The situation in Gaza is entirely different. The City is very crowded, and the militants built tunnels through the center of the city and Schools and Hospitals above themselves, causing complications. Israel, in response to a massive Terrorist act on October 7, 2023, on their soil made them so emotional and reckless that they decided to indiscriminately Bomb Gaza and Mow over the whole City without any consideration for the Civilians, Patients in hospitals, or the Children in Schools, is a significant failure of the Copdes of military warfare and modern civil society. The people of Gaza, though themselves innocent, are enduring all the suffering without any assurance that they can be peaceful again. Because of this hostile situation, the people cannot even console themselves and will be wondering if there is a God and, if so, where he is. Spiritual thinking can help, but people must remember that the all-powerful God is right inside them and guards them from external circumstances, which, at present, is the most challenging thing to do. We can only Pray that the Divine Mind, God, endures them until some resolution can be found.

Terrorists Acts:
While these were not present several decades earlier, they have become more common in the last three decades, and airline safety standards have become more routine to make flying safe. The terrorism started initially in the skies with terrorists hijacking planes and diverting them to land in countries not intended so that they could seek asylum. These instances were not as harmful to passengers until the central event of September 11, 2001, when three separate planes were forced to crash on heavily Populated buildings. Two of them crashed on Two World Trade Center Towers in New York City and one on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Fortunately, a fourth plane was forced by the passengers, overpowering the hijackers and forcing the Plane to crash on open land in Pennsylvania. This tragic event caused the loss of more than 3000 deaths, enormous suffering of relatives and friends, and substantial economic loss. Even though the USA reacted, they did not act indiscriminately like Gaza. The American Government gave some time for the Afgan Government to hand over Mohammed-Bin-Ladin. Still, when they refused, they organized an invasion of Afghanistan and, throughout the war and later in Iraq, avoided killing Civilians as much as possible and followed all the military protocols. However, the innocent people of those countries had to bear the sufferings of war and endured the inconveniences caused by them.
The October 7, 2023, terrorist act by Hamas was brutal; almost 1100 Israelis were slaughtered during a music festival, and about 300 people were taken as hostages. This provoked Israel to take a massive invasion of Gaza City, which so far has killed more than 30,000 people and another about 2000 in Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah, and peace is still elusive. Let us hope that Spiritual Thinking can mitigate the suffering and bring Peace to these regions.

Political Persecutions:
This suffering is usually limited to authoritarian countries such as Dictatorships, where an egoistic Leader can’t tolerate disagreement or other political views and causes irreparable harm to individuals and their relatives without compassion or empathy.
This was common in the former Soviet Union and the Current Russian Regime.

Miscellaneous:
These sufferings do not happen for any particular reason. Still, they can occur because of mischievous actions by politicians or other leaders, such as when they want to discipline some individuals to force them to change, such as what happened to me over four decades ago. I have always been as perfect as I had learned to be because I always understood that I had been created in God’s image and likeness. I was ranked an outstanding personality, performance, and integrity performer for over ten years. However, President Reagan decided that if he chose such people in the industry, especially those of color and different ethnicity, and self-actualized and harassed them, all others would fall in line and increase productivity. I became a chosen one, and to this day, especially the Republicans, even after 40 years, have pursued to prove something non-existent. This is like accusing a maid of stealing misplaced valuables and not having the courage to admit the truth when the item misplaced had been found, and it was a mistake, despite all the suffering inflicted on an innocent person. This is an ego problem for the leaders, who do not want to admit they are stupid. Fortunately, I have been a spiritual thinker since I was 10-12. I could mitigate any suffering through spiritual thinking, whereby the divine mind permanently extended the supplies of provided alternate means of sustenance and survival. Nevertheless, all the economic, social, and physical problems can be forgiven but not restored.
Some historical examples of enduring and mitigating suffering are those of Joseph, Daniel, Shadrach Meshak and Abednego, Pandavas, and King Harishchandra. Some Video links are provided:
Joseph:

Daniel:

Fiery Furnace: Shadrach, Meshak, and Abednego:

Pandavas:

King Harishchandra:

Let us conclude the post with Swami Sivananda’s prayer:

You can read more in the author’s book Think Spiritually – Spiritual Thinking For Life. Available at Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/author/sivaraman_raghu/

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