If I am the God

If I am the almighty God, how would I answer the various prayers I hear every day? Next I will try to write a reply to those who prayed from his perspective, I hope this can be helpful to you.

The first letter I want to write is to people who are in various difficult situations. Regardless of whether it is due to natural or man-made disasters, whether it is objective reasons or self-inflicted, they are suffering from various difficulties such as poverty, disease, disaster or even war, facing life and death, seeing no hope, or even being desperate enough to want to commit suicide. They desperately need a response.

child:

I hear your prayers and I see your situation. I know you are very tired now, and all kinds of pressure make you breathless. Don't be afraid, I've always been by your side, let me hug you now, and listen to me tell you the answers to those questions you often ask.

You always ask me, why you? Why are you suffering all this?

Boy, I'm sorry for putting you in this difficult situation.

Regarding your pain, the scene I see from my perspective is this: I push the wheel of fate to the destination, and there are countless small humans like you on the road. Although I feel it, I have no time to take care of it. I can only let it go. It crushes you "microorganisms" mercilessly. I saw that some of you were just in the gap between the wheel patterns and could not be crushed. Some of you saw it coming from a distance and seized the opportunity to jump on the wheel and follow it to higher and higher places. Far away; more people know nothing about it. It is not until they are crushed and groaned in pain that they silently sigh in their hearts: It turns out that everything is destined...

If you can break out of the confinement of time and space, enter my perspective, and look back at the ruts left on the earth by the wheel of fortune along the way, you will find that your fathers, ancestors, and ancestors, even from the primitive era and more recent times, A long time ago, countless people have been in war, trapped in poverty, encountered natural disasters, and faced man-made disasters because of it; but at this moment, right below the wheel of fate, in that invisible dark place, birth, old age, illness, death, joys and sorrows are all It's happening to others; when you look up to the future, and as it continues to roll forward, you will understand that similar plots will continue to play out, seemingly never ending.

Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. My dear child, the reason why you work so hard is neither a reward for reincarnation nor a great responsibility handed down from heaven, nor is it a test or punishment. It is just a coincidence, a coincidence that has been repeated countless times. It just happened to you this time.

If you are in your current situation not because of force majeure, but because of your own fault/or someone else's fault, maybe you will ask me:

Why would I do such a stupid thing? /Why do they do that to me?

First of all, I hope you can understand and accept the reality that no one can make mistakes without being a sage. All living beings are mortal, you are, I am, and they are too. The biggest characteristic of mortals is not that they have seven emotions and six desires, love and hatred, but that each individual has different limitations, such as cognitive level, physical fitness, financial ability, etc. Everyone is different. And in real life, no one can always open the perspective of God and achieve omniscience and omnipotence.

Therefore, the mistakes and stupid things we have made are actually the optimal solutions in our subconscious mind at that time. They are destined to happen and have actually happened, and cannot be changed. Likewise, the "bad guys" who got us where we are are human beings. Their growth process, educational experience, and what they saw and heard made them only willing and learned to protect themselves and those around them and satisfy their own desires in that way. This is just like when you did something stupid and thought it was the optimal solution, they also thought that doing so would maximize their benefits, and that was it.

When you think about this, you will find that it is not that bad after all. The pain, helplessness and even regret we feel today are not only a retribution for our past actions, but also a sign of our progress: now we at least understand that the original choice was not the optimal solution, and we also understand the so-called greatest benefit. How much does it cost to transform, right?

Those who have gone by cannot be admonished, but those who have come can still be pursued. Life is still going on, and opportunities are placed in front of you at this moment: choose to continue to complain, escape or blame yourself, stay in the past, and let your future self hate yourself at this moment - just as you at this moment hate your past self; Or maybe you raise your head, look to the future, and think carefully about what you should do now and how you can do it so that your future self can smile and be grateful to you now?

"But I can't laugh. The future I can see is dark."

My child, there is nothing new under the sun. I can totally relate to your despair. Please don't give up. Many friends like you have stepped forward. Believe me, you can do it too. How exactly did they do it? Everyone has different methods, but my favorite ones are those who break through difficulties through the following two Bodhi verses:

Bodhi is only found in the heart,

Why bother seeking mysteries from outside?

I heard that I practice this way.

The West is only for now!

We have said before that we should not stay in the past, because that will not change the facts that have already happened. Similarly, we cannot bring past desires into the future, as that will stain the purity of our hearts and damage our courage. For those who feel that the future is dark at the moment, you must learn to look at current problems from the perspective of the future. Take modern history as an example. Hasn’t the world undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few decades? So no matter how difficult or dark this moment is, it doesn't mean it will always be like this in the future. You must keep faith. As advocated by Bodhigatha, look more into your own heart, practice yourself more, and be prepared for the coming of the future.

It is undeniable that no matter how hard we try, there is still the possibility of a dark future. But what does that matter? We muster up the courage to become light, and our open hearts will bring light wherever we go. No matter how dark the outside world is, it’s not because of you, so why bother yourself? Just be yourself and have a clear conscience, that’s enough!

Bodhi has no tree,

Even a bright mirror is not a platform,

Originally there was nothing,

Where to stir up dust.

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