By Justme
After the recent ‘disaster’ in Japan there has been a lot of discussion and questioning. Some discussions have raised an ever re-appearing question ” Why has God allowed this disaster to happen? ”
There is plenty of evidence to suggest on a human level this is indeed a disaster, with thousands of human beings dead or injured. Since death is something human beings in general tend to avoid, it must be a disaster, right?
So how does one start the discussion on this subject? So many starting points, which in of itself raises further questions.
Let’s turn it around, for a second.
Imagine if you would or can, the following:
If a human wasn’t afraid of death and would rather see their role as someone who must carry out their earthly duty until they are chosen – until they die, until they get the golden ticket, then dying might not have been a tragedy.
If humans thought of death as a liberation and a true opportunity to move to a situation of their personal betterment, a positive rather than a negative, would the world not now be in celebration? Would, what we see as destruction really be called a disaster?
Of course this is just a scenario for the mind to consider.
This leads perhaps to this thought, regardless of tsunamis or earthquakes it depends on how the onlooker’s own perception is on death. If death is seen as a tragedy, then it becomes tragedy. If death is perceived as a reward, then it will be seen as exactly that. Therefore the most important aspect is the human onlooker’s own starting point. The truth about any situation lies with the one who looks, for it is within him or her, the decision on whether the scene before them is tragic or celebratory. It is based on their own starting point.
Of course there is still the scene in front of us, where human beings bodies have stopped operating, and that which seems to animate the body has left. There must be a truthful reason for that ?
Or is there another view?
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