Why, God, Why? - Lemmy.World

[Originally posted on Reddit in 2025] There have been a statistically aberrant number of signs posted recently at one of the local gas stations where I sometimes go to buy a snack. These signs say things like “Get out thief,” and I can’t help but feel it’s the Illuminati telling me specifically to not go there. I don’t feel like a thief, as I’m not who I once was, meaning I don’t feel persecuted by these synchronicities with other people’s photographs. Funny how living a good life cures those sorts of things. No, but, instead, I feel very pronoiac about the whole situation. God is helping me, as one of the things They are teaching me is to be wise in a fiscal sense. Y’know, like after my mom died, I got showered, absolutely fucking buried in ice cream n yummy soups n cookies n all this shit that taught me that my egregious emotions could be quelled by downing a buncha food. I’m not exactly like that anymore, though I do tend to grab a pack of donuts and/or an energy drink when I’m really just over the top, though I used to grab cigarettes when I needed something, so I suppose I’m moving on up in the world. However, I think the goal of this trajectory, the destination of this azimuth, is to be free from the attachment to seeking comfort when struggling, which is wise, but I also must ask, why? Obviously, attachments are a root in what causes suffering. As such, Buddhahood/Christ Consciousness is when you release all attachments and become like water and are able to adapt to every situation you find yourself in; at least, that is one aspect of it. But, we must also ask, “Why did we come here? Why this?” God was perfect in UNITY with Herself before She divided Herself with the word, creating all these subjective experiences of Herself, from Herself, in the division of the whole of God that created indiviDUALITY. Duality - this dichotomous, ditensive experience of being a separate part of the whole shebang - is the human condition, and is the purpose of the universe. You may frame what I’m about to say in different contexts, but what I say is that we’re here for our stories; we came to live these lives with highs n lows because having lows to contrast the highs n vice versa gives everything meaning. Eternal bliss is boring; a flat roller-coaster. God wanted to experience a real life, and here we are, trying to be the best, most unified we can be, because things matter.