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Category: Suffering
Why suffering exists at all, whether it is going anywhere, and what changes when difficulty stops looking arbitrary. The contrast principle and the development of compassion.
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If life is just, why does it look so unfair?
If justice means anything real, it has to hold even when life hurts. Martinus’ answer is harder than reassurance: we have been confusing “good”…
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Why suffering isn’t random
Is the universe the kind of place where what happens to you means something? Three world pictures have tried to answer that. Martinus offers…
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What’s the point of suffering?
Most answers say either “trust the plan” without showing you the plan, or “the universe is indifferent”. Martinus offers a third thing: a structural…
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The role of darkness, and life as a work of art
Darkness currently shows up as war, anger and suffering. The claim is that this is what it looks like before it has been understood…
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The need for light and darkness — and “everything is very good”
Five minutes, and it gets to the phrase that divides people more than anything else in Martinus’ work — everything is very good —…
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Why do we suffer? Suffering seen through contrast
If experience runs on contrast, and life does not end, then suffering stops being an interruption to the process and becomes part of how…