| BkI:16.III.1 | Suffering is a distorted perception of God's creation. It is the deliberate decision made before time and space to perceive things other than as God determined they are, and change them into how you want to perceive them. Somewhere in your mind, if you let it be free, memory will bring back the truth that reveals that you are trying, again and again, to make everything as you want it to be, rather than accepting creation as it is, without wanting to change anything in the world, without wanting to change anything in yourself, without wanting to change your sister or brother. Sisters and brothers, there is no change. Change is unreal. Change does not exist. Nothing changes in God, because God has no attributes. God's essence is immutable. Love never changes. Being cannot change. To give attributes to love is to give attributes to creation, and this idea is the cradle of suffering. |