Tragedy By Chance

I've forgotten where I'd gotten this from. When I find the link, I'll pass it on to you all.

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On the higher Spiritual Planes the process of Evolution takes place as an unbroken continuity of conscious awareness. At the Earth level however, the difficulties of Third-dimensional Earth life, and the physical aging of the dense Earthly body, place limitations on the length of time during which we can tolerate the dense Physical Plane. This requires that we eventually must physically "die", and then spend a relatively long period on a Higher Spiritual Plane reviewing our Earth life and receiving much needed spiritual refreshment before returning to another physical Incarnation. We often find that we need to repeatedly learn from the many faults within our makeup at the challenging physical Third-Dimensional level until we have finally overcome them. This cycle is known as Reincarnation.

The Spirit Guide Tendor: "Earth is a school, and you learn even when making mistakes. If you face a test and fail, you push yourself to take it again. So if you have lessons to learn in one life which you fail to learn, then in another life you will present yourself with those lessons again; for you cannot progress - and all life is an upward progression, an upward spiral - until you have learned those lessons.

"You have a test to pass, one which you have set yourself to accomplish. When you pass depends upon the effort you make. If you do not pass the test in one experience you will have other chances of doing so. You will always find fresh opportunities opening out before you. In time you will accomplish what you set out to do, however many distractions may deter you from your object. The power of the Spirit can and will win in the end. It is like a powerful magnet drawing you on. It is the effort that counts; the responsibility is yours, no other can accomplish your mission for you. The scales of Divine Justice are accurately balanced, there must be nothing owing if you are to progress."

During our "Life's review" on the Spiritual Plane following physical death, the next Incarnation is planned in advance with the help of one's Spiritual Guides and Masters. With their close consultation, we make a thorough review of our past faults and weaknesses from which we can then make plans to return to physical life in order to correct those various weaknesses. When back in an Earthly life, those pre-planned events can come upon us quite unexpectedly, some as even quite traumatic experiences, which usually causes the Earthly personality to roundly blame the "Fates"or even God for its "misfortune". And yet all of these events have been previously planned to manifest at a particular opportune time by the Soul itself.

When about to undertake an incarnation on Earth, the Soul makes a "Life Contract" between itself, its Higher Self and the Spiritual Hierarchy to live an Earth life of an agreed duration in order to correct and learn from those inherent character weaknesses. If the incarnated soul subsequently finds the Earth lessons too difficult and decides to terminate life prematurely by such as suicide, the lessons are thus not only temporarily avoided, but are deemed to be postponed until another reincarnation can be arranged. The Soul's Higher Spiritual Self will require going through the lengthy process of death and rebirth once again, in order to live out those remaining years left within the former "Life Contract". This explains why many of us instinctively have a deep-rooted feeling that suicide is not a good road to go down. Not only is it considered on higher levels as a betrayal of one's Higher-Self's "Evolutionary Plan", but as a gross misuse of all the Heavenly support and Earthly facilities made available to us by Mother Earth and the Heavenly Realms as well as our Prime Creator .

The Master Zen-Tao: "The Drama of Life has a purpose: It is to Teach, to Evolve our Consciousness. Everything that happens on the Plane of Earth happens not by chance, but because we have attracted it to ourselves through our behavior in this or in past lives, and have consciously accepted the challenge it represents. It is widely understood that the concept of "Free Will" allows us to choose how we will react to given circumstances; it is important to realize however, that we also exercise Free Will in our choice of the challenges we agree to undertake during each incarnation. Through "Free Will" we choose our challenges and lessons; through Free Will we choose how we react to them.

"It is difficult for those who do not accept the concept of Reincarnation, of life after life after life, to see how suffering can be regarded as an evolutionary process. But when Reincarnation is accepted as an integral part of one’s view of Evolution, it is easy to understand that we bring into being with each new physical body all that we have created in other Earth lives, and on other levels of existence beyond the Physical Plane of Earth. We bring with us not only our spiritual wisdom, but also the sins of the past, the Lessons we have not learnt, the Karma we owe both to ourselves and to others. So as we advance through the Life which we now lead, we will automatically attract to ourselves the Lessons we have chosen to learn, the Karma we have chosen to transmute.

"Thus, there is no such thing as a tragedy by chance. Everything that happens on the Plane of Earth has reason, has purpose. We live in a world in which many people apparently experience great tragedies. Tragedy comes to people either because they chose it for their Destiny path or because it will present them with a Lesson in life they have yet to learn. Tragedy is the working-out of Cause and Effect; as we experience the Effects, so we learn to change the Cause. The experience of Tragedy also teaches Sympathy and Compassion, the ability to accept and absorb the minor imperfections in others, that they may in turn do the same for us.

"If there is one point which I would like to emphasize now, it is this: that Suffering is chosen by Yourself. It is not given to you by your Creator as a punishment. It is chosen by You, willingly, as a Lesson to learn, as a Lesson which your Soul needs at this particular point in its Evolution."

Those who find themselves confronted by a Challenge so great as to appear unbearable should always keep in mind that nothing, absolutely nothing, no challenge, no wound, no obstacle or impediment however difficult and trying it may appear, has been undertaken without our own prior Consent and Acceptance, and that no challenge we may meet on Earth is greater than our power to Overcome it. A super-Human effort may indeed be required by those who have chosen life's most difficult challenges, but Nothing is ever undertaken, or allowed to be undertaken, which is beyond our Reach.

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[BG:] This should help us all to begin the practice of interpreting our Lives of from a Higher and Wiser Perspective. Proper understanding of the foregoing can lead to a Serenity of Mind and Clarity of Thought that should give one the Ability to overcome any Earthly "obstacle". It's all part of doing what it takes to become Sovereign MASTERS of our Destiny.

Instead of asking "Why is this happening to me?"... ask instead, "What is the Lesson that is being Presented to Me? What is it that I am Trying to Learn?".

Then Resolve to Learn It.

Love to All,

~~ G