Originally posted by Xelios
Ok, so why doesn't he do the same for adults that he does for children?
Adults have a developed consciousness, this is why we are human beings. It is an opportunity to regain our original consciousness, rather like a test. If you fail the test, we accept another body, on account of our perverted consciousness. If we go to a hellish planet, due to gross ignorance, the body required would be suited to that particular condition, we would not realise we were in hell due to our (ignorance) conditioned state, we would accept it as normal, we would have no memory of this life, and would still believe this life is all there is.
If he can see the universe in its entirety, past present and future, he can see every single choice we make in our lives.
We make choices according to our state of mind, when we act we produce energy. If we act in accordance with God, then the energy we produce is spiritual and therefore perfect, that being the case, there is no karmic reaction, because your actions would be perfectly in line (oneness) with the Supreme Perfect.
If you act, only in accordance with material nature, that is utilising your intelligence and mind, in pursuit only of bodily sense gratification, thereby disregarding your higher spiritual nature, then you will be at all times creating karmic reactions, even unknowingly, whether good or bad. These karmic reactions can be likened to debt, failure to pay debts result in more debt and possibly prison, depending on the gravity of the situation.
When we incur these reactions, we are bound by the laws of material nature to receive or repay (as a man sows so shall he reap). The reaction needn’t be a (impious) bad one, even if it is (pious) good karma, you still have to return, either in the earthly realm, or the heavenly realm, to reap the reward.
In this way it is almost, if not entirely mathematical, each and every action performed for some personal gratification, has an opposite and equal reaction, according to time, so it can actually be calculated, by someone who understand mathematics at that level.
This life would have no purpose at all, because no matter what we do on earth god already knows whether we will devote our lives to good or evil.
The purpose of this life is reawaken our spiritual identity and therefore awaken our dorment love for the Supreme Being, who is a Person.
At present, we have chosen to become independent, rather like teenagers who think they can make it in this world without the love and guidance of their parents.
If you look at the nature of loving parents, they sometimes have to allow the child to have these tantrums, in the hope that they will learn, sometimes they have to punish the child. But everything is done out of love. The idea is, that one day the child will realise that the parents aren’t bad, and carry this love into the next generation.
God created this whole material manifestation, for his children (all living entities) so they can get their desire to lord it over material nature, to try and be God by enjoying (Gods activity) like God.
But God always wants us to return to Him, but it has to be out of pure love, hence freewill, because pure, unconditional love is actually the Absolute Truth. Love is based on relationships, the lover and the beloved, it has to involve at least two people, no matter how much money, good looks etc you have, you cannot make somebody love you, therefore true, unconditional love is not of this world, it is transcendental to this world, therefore spiritual.
Love.
Jan Ardena.