A question frequently asked by those whose awareness is beginning to grow (generally motivated by a major or minor disaster in their lives ) is: "Why is this happening to me???"

The same question has been asked in another form by mankind for ages, "If God is Love, Good, why does he allow such horrible things to happen in the world? Surely crime or drugs or millions starving or dying or suffering from war or famine or _______ (fill in the name of disaster) can't be good." And yet, it may be good. It may be that we are unable to judge what is good, cannot see all of the picture and cannot make a proper judgment.

If we start with the premise that "The only purpose for the world is the healing of God's son", and understand that we are not just physical beings, then it becomes possible to understand that physical events are merely to teach us that we are not physical beings. If we look at the account of Jesus' life, for example, it was repeated proof that "I am not subject to the laws of this world". The resurrection was the ultimate proof that we are not physical bodies, and that death and sin have no meaning to the Son of God.

If the Son of God is One with his Father, then He is Co-Creator, and has the absolute right to create his personal reality on this earth. Thus, the answer to the first question above, "Why is this happening to me???" is: "You created it for your personal learning."

As to the second question, all the "bad" things in the world, the answer is the same. We, as Co-Creators, created them collectively for our collective learning as mankind. The old saying "There are no atheists in foxholes" may be the key.

As a child, I was taught how they hunt in Africa. Hunters go to a clearing to sit and wait, while the villagers go far out in the jungle with drums and noisemakers, becoming "beaters" making a racket to drive the animals to the clearing.

Maybe those of us that learn to Love are the hunters, and the "bad" things of the world are the beaters.