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Peter Nayland Kust's avatar

The eternal question posed by Job.

https://blog.petersproverbs.us/2023/01/god-knows-why-we-do-not.html

Yet all the answers seem somehow unsatisfying or incomplete, whether one defaults to "God has a plan" or "Karma" or "everything's random."

For me, I think there is an important point of logic that the Book of Job illuminates which people often overlook: we are finite creatures within a finite universe; we are the creation, not the creator. There are limits not only to what we know but also to what we can know, and whatever is outside of those limits is, ultimately, unknowable.

To apprehend the totality of the universe requires one be able to step outside the universe so as to perceive all at once the totality of the universe, including our place within it. As we cannot do this, we cannot perceive the totality of the universe and so cannot perceive the how and especially the why of its unfolding. That leaves us frustrated and confused when confronted by the seeming injustice of the world.

And yet....if we do not know pain, do not experience loss, how can we ever hope to empathize with those who have? If we do not struggle, how can we be sympathetic to others who also struggle? If we are not hurt, how can we hope to understand--and thence to offer--healing?

Thus I come to a question: which is the more "unfair"? To have prosperity, wealth, and comfort without having to strive? Or to strive and achieve only a little or even less prosperity, wealth, and comfort?

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Freedom's avatar

Hopefully your astrological readings don’t cement the ideas that you are eternally doomed to a life of unwellness and being single. Life is always in flux. I do believe that planetary alignment affects energy, but I also believe that our own beliefs can hugely impact our trajectory.

Another though is that horrible rich people who seem to have it all from the outside, are often void of deeper fulfillment on a personal or spiritual level. Conversely, people who have virtually nothing, can have the deepest appreciated and gratitude for the little that they do have, and be happier than mega rich people.

Thanks for sharing your story, it definitely made me stop a while and ponder my own beliefs on what controls the Universe.

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