Poetry: The pain of living a life of pain was all mine

Yes, I guess you are right there. Pain has purpose. There is an underlying purpose behind everything, otherwise, it would be a random event, and we should rest assured, all is a part of God's plan, nothing happens randomly, or by chance. The purpose of pain is individual, and it opens windows into love, previously closed by our self, or others for us in our life, when we have allowed them, these others, to do so.

@innertalks Very comprehensive point of you. It boils down God's very purpose in which He is the answer.

@Nakitakona God's purpose is behind every other purpose, and behind everything that happens, in its way. Yes, God is the answer to everything else. All things have their home within God.

Thanks. Yes, I have heard it said that anything that doesn't actually kill us, always makes us stronger in some new way.

Thanks for commenting. Yes, nothing else will relieve our pain. Only God has the power to do that.

@innertalks I take a view to make the most of my time here and to keep in mind everything is temporary except our creator. God wants us to be alive every moment and make choices. If that is taken away, I do not know how we will find meaning in the afterlife, if there is one. What we believe about life here and our origins mat not be the truth. Just like we do not know about our future, what we know about the past is mostly hearsay. I think there could have been interventions from outside our solar system periodically and our memory is swept clean leaving no inkling of what really happened. We hardly know much anyway about our history beyond two thousand years. Our planet has been around for billions of years and someone would have made it possible for us to experience what we do here. As long as we have gratitude for the time here, we should be doing fine hereafter wherever it is. We read the scriptures, follow rituals. What we read remains in the books. Unless we imbibe the spirit of the teachings in our lives, both in thoughts and actions, we are deluding ourselves. Being truthful, compassionate, and loving should stand us in good stead anytime. The present state of the world reflects our hypocrisy. Many who hope to ascend to heaven have to change big time so as not to pollute the exalted place - siva

@Shiva49 Thanks, siva. That's a wonderful detailed practical response. It is sort of how my mum lived and coped with life here too. I do have "talks" with her sometimes too still, as you do with some of your already deceased relatives and others too. This is what she told me about life in "Heaven," or over there, where she "is" now. "The soul, animated by the spirit, takes on a new role, sometimes in a body, but usually staying just in spirit form here, unless they meet someone, and so then, a body is displayed for recognition purposes."

@innertalks Thanks, Steve. I believe in “We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.” Hinduism talks about dharma. For our species, it is to love and serve. For a wild animal, it is to survive. kill and eat. We have been given an inner consciousness, knowing. I try to abide by that, live and let others live. Ye, I do think of those who I had known and have since departed. I get a feeling they are my well-wishers ever ready to help and guide me. That, then, involves a higher responsibility on my part to lead a life worthy enough to disturb them from time to time! We recognize others in our sleep without the need of a physical body. Likewise, this body will not be needed hereafter in my opinion. Maybe, we will be kept busy with some seeking our guidance as I do now besieging the departed! Of course, I seek their permission first and also willing to take "no" for an answer. I think of them at their best, give them the benefit of doubt, so that the interactions are more like a healthy tête-à-tête with no axe to grind - siva