Why Is There Pain in the World? – Spiritual Conflicts as a Tool for Releasing Resistance

Pain has its own evolution. Just as a person is born as a baby, becomes a small child, then a teenager, a young adult, an adult, and finally an elder, pain undergoes an almost identical evolution to participate in our soul's journey in the world. Pain begins with non-resistance. We absorb and internalize emotions almost without awareness or recognition of them. At some point, one of the emotions we absorb will make us feel constricted. As a result, we will reject it and resist its entry into us. This resistance will cause it to leave, but it will remain automatic. Any emotion, thought, or desire similar to the initial constriction trigger will be automatically repelled from us. This leaves us with the first criterion that filters what we are willing to accept. People collect such criteria throughout their lives. The fundamental belief that causes them to collect these criteria is that acceptance equals agreement, because at the first trigger, they were still in a state where they agreed to everything entering them. Subsequently, these criteria become almost invisible. Their results are easy to observe, but it's almost impossible to discern the reasons they became criteria. At the end of this process, a conflict arises. An attempt to accept everything that happens, which is the soul's natural inclination, versus a specific memory that prevents acceptance of what is happening due to that historical trigger, which has long since vanished from awareness. These are spiritual conflicts that create a gap between what is desired and what exists in your life. Every attempt you make to bridge this gap will create a new perspective for you. This new perspective is essentially a life lesson – an ability your soul is waiting for you to extract from the situation.

There are 3 tools that can help you start overcoming your spiritual conflicts from the moment you read these words – it is recommended to use them one after another in chronological order:
1. Identify the conflict – If there's a topic where you feel authenticity and desire, yet also fear and reservation, it's likely you've found a conflict.
2. Release the conflicts – Conflicts are not meant to be solved, because fear of one thing creates a lack in another. Don't try to solve the conflict, but rather find the common ground to release it from within you.
3. Look outward – A conflict is an opportunity to change the question. Instead of asking yourself, "What is the answer?" ask yourself, "Where is the answer?" When you turn to find the place, you won't need a specific answer.

How do you release your spiritual conflicts?