Question that inspired this meditation:
Why do bad things happen?
Because we want to know what it feels like.
Life exists to experience all it has to offer. All feelings are good. What we confuse as negative, bad, or painful feelings, are really just feelings from a part of the spectrum that we’re not used to being in/experiencing. Maybe it’s better to not even call feelings we like “good.” If there are no bad feelings, then how can there be good feelings? Feelings are. End of statement. They exist outside the duality of good and bad that is created by a limited perspective.
We fear the unknown and unfamiliar, so strange or uncommon feelings create anxiety induced pain (physical and emotional) and panic. You’re body is not exactly sure what you’re feeling, but it knows that when you feel “normal” that you’re not in danger of injury or death.
Since this pain/panic stems from fear and anxiety, you can rationalize yourself through any pain, whether it’s physical, mental, or spiritual. A calm mind can acknowledge all feelings, understand them, and then accept them from the perspective of the universe, rather than its own limited perspective.
What is good/bad if not my likes/dislikes?
We fall into the trap that like/dislike is the same as good/bad. We interchange these words so often, we’ve forgotten their true meanings. You can like something bad, and dislike something good. Like/dislike is an internal perspective, whereas good/bad is an external perspective that you decided to accept as valid.
For example, a person choosing to live in a society and accepting the societal perspective of morality does not mean his personal feelings/preferences coincide with said morality. He may agree and understand why theft is wrong, but that doesn’t ensure he won’t steal, nor that he won’t enjoy stealing.
In addition to confusing like/dislike with good/bad, many often confuse entities that are in conflict/opposition with each other (e.g. violence/life, force/inertia, generosity/selfishness, hope/despair, etc.) with entities that are opposite but complementary (e.g. good/bad, life/death, pleasure/pain, love/hate, creation/destruction, etc.).
The entities in conflict/opposition with each other actively seek out to destroy each other. This has two implications: 1. This type of entity is able to exist independently from it’s counterpart and 2. They are able to spontaneously spawn (i.e. An entity purged from reality is like it being in a coma rather than being killed).
I’ll use hope/despair as a example. Despair is like a prison of the soul. No matter the circumstances you find yourself in, whether you have everything you could want or nothing at all, it is impossible to break from the cage of despair. No outside entity can free you. Even if the cage disappeared, the invisible chains of despair will never let you leave. However, at any moment you can choose to hope for no other reason than you decided to. In that moment, the cage of despair is shattered; the chains evaporating with the cage. Hope has reappeared, destroying despair.
Opposite but complimentary entities are not only able to coexist, but must coexist; one cannot exist without the other. For example, good only exists in relationship to bad. Additionally, they are not constant, absolute, or objective – a limited and subjective perspective shifts the orientations of complimentary dualities (i.e. what’s good to one person can be bad to another). These entities follow that saying “two sides of the same coin.”
[Tangential Thought:
It is impossible to fail at life. If the meaning of life is to experience it, then every experience is valid and meaningful. This reminds me of a Mr. Rogers quote:
“In a way, you’ve already won in this world, because you’re the only one who can be you.”]
[Tangential Thought:
This explains why some people are into BDSM. People think it’s weird to want to feel something that they associate with pain, but really that pain stems from the fear that what you’re feeling could have a permanent negative effect on your body or life.
Those who practice BDSM become experienced with these extreme feelings, and as they come to understand them, they become comfortable with them. That’s why it’s so important to have someone you completely and absolutely trust. If for any reason you begin to fear what your partner might do, your pleasure turns to pain.]
[Tangential Thought:
I think what’s most incredible about people is that even with infinite universes, realities, and possibilities, no two people within infinity are exactly the same.]
♡Sugar☆World☮ 
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