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Originally posted by xander
Person A thinks "I'm in pain cuz I chose this pain cuz I have a lesson to learn" This soothes the ego, maintains sanity, and keeps person A from beating the tar out of his/her oppressor who may very well be just another psychotic who likes hurting peopl.
It seems that you have learnt a lesson by not learning a lesson.
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Originally posted by xander
I did one time manage to find who I think may have been celestial beings. They were full of "its for your own good" and other assorted buzz words and catch phrases. Next time I see them and they tell me I chose this I will EAT THEM! Right now 've got roomates who seem determined to make me move out despiute the fact I have no money for another place. This keeps happening no matter what I do.
That should teach the reptilians a lesson! - maybe they will believe in karma then, and stop eating humans!. Seriously though, I have heard that not all aliens taste great. An African shaman named Credo Mutwa supposedly ate a gray, and got very ill. Therefore, let that be a lesson to you: always cook aliens properly - you don't want bad digestion.
Even more seriously though: Yes, there may be no purpose/no lessons to be learnt in life for one incarnation, when isolated from the Higher Self. However, when merged with other aspects(incarnations) of your Higher Self(the sum of all incarnations), things may be a very different matter. The sum is greater than the whole.
An example: In an incarnation of your Higher Self, you may have what you(that incarnation) consider a miserable life as a homeless war veteran - who got thrown out into the streets after the elected elite had had their way with you. You envy the rich or those whose life path had led them down a smooth road without the bumpy rocks that you had encountered.
In another incarnation, in the same span of time, your Higher Self may have an incarnation who is rich and powerful, one of the elected elite, and yet more miserable than the homeless person. Behind the curtains, he is a victim of unreported childhood abuse, and because of this, his sense of reality is so distorted that he in turn becomes a pedophile, and perpetuates the vicious cycle. From his childhood abuse, he has learnt that the jungle law reigns supreme: exploit or be exploited. Therefore he now craves for money and power as a means by which he can be relieved of his childhood trauma. He wants to be in a position of power, to avoid being the underdog. He despises homeless people, and only has one word to say to them "Get a job!" - that is, if he ever lowered himself to the level of speaking to a homeless person(the underdog). There is only on problem for him: He can never get enough. And therefore he is never satisfied. He is miserable(though it doesn't show) and angry (though he is only subconsciously aware of the reason).
Each incarnation considered separately may not have a "purpose". Now imagine these two people merging into one (which they in reality are). The homeless incarnational aspect of the Higher Self sees that, in reality he wasn't really miserable in comparison to the rich, powerful man who was bossing him around while on duty in the army. He also sees that part of what made him miserable was that he was considered miserable by others (Hell is the judgment we receive from others). The rich man sees in the homeless man that he did not HAVE to go to extremes in his cravings in order to be just a little more happy than he was. And so on...
This hasn't been independently verified by aliens, and therefore I can't guarantee the accuracy of it.[
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