Dear Rad,
There is something within the evolutionary process that I really struggle to understand, which is the phenomena of recreating traumatic circumstances pertaining to a life or lives preceding the current one.
There are so many instances where traumatic life events come as an unfortunate result of trying to do the right thing.
In my mind, if a soul faces adversity and severe trauma, while doing everything in their power to act with courage and integrity, this should warrant a release from the trauma. Yet if I understand it correctly the soul will recreate those conditions in future life in order to resolve what wasn’t resolved originally.
A prime example that comes to mind is Alexaei Navalnay. This man had a courage and strength that I can hardly fathom possessing, let alone applying. He endured unspeakable torture, abuse, injustice, and loss of life because he was so committed to doing the right thing, speaking truths, inspiring positive hope, and accepting brutal consequences that he knew would potentially get him assasinated. To me, I would think this grand demonstration of courage and suffering would warrant a RELEASE from having to experience anything like this to happen again. Yet, since we pick up where we left off, the traumatic dynamic will repeat, in theory to induce the healing.
Why is it that a soul’s good deeds and efforts well executed don’t by themselves bring closure to the pain? What is the goal? Are we supposed to relive it and relive it until x circumstance becomes such a numbed, dull pain that it ceases to hurt or cause distress anymore? Another way of asking the question, what has to happen to stop the repetitive cycle?
Thank you sincerely for any insight.
God Bless,
Stacie
I’m glad you brought up Jesus, Nerissa, because this is another key example of consciously participating in circumstances of trauma for a greater good. I’m by no means answering for Rad because I also anticipate his answer, but I feel at his stage of evolution, his oneness with God, that the trauma inflicted upon him was meant by design to show us how ultimate devotion is applied. The disciple Peter saw it coming and tried to warn Jesusand wanted to stop/avoid it, and Jesus basically told him that avoiding his destiny was Satan’s plan, not God’s. I still have trouble understanding why it had to go like that, so I guess I’m not too different from Peter in wondering why the trauma was necessary. Perhaps to give us courage, or a fundamental example of how to surrender to things we don’t understand. It’s a fine line between embracing this kind of thing without falling into distorted masochism. This question is a toughie.