God Why Did You Allow This

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doctor’s waiting room. *Neither of them had the courage to read the results of

MaMarialatest medical examinations. Then, Ricardo opened the envelope, and they

hastily glanced over the medical language of the report. They spotted the word

“cancer,” and both began to cry as they realized the full import of that word.

“The doctor was very kind,” recalls Ricardo, “but he obviously

realized the gravity of the situation because he kept telling us before that we

had to trust in God. Before radiation treatment had begun,

Maria’s doctor

noticed involuntary movements in her right foot. Further test revealed that the

cancer had spread to her brain. After just one week of treatment, the radiation

was suspended, Maria slipped into a coma and died two months later, “I was glad

that her suffering had ended,” explains Ricardo, “but I missed her so much that

I found myself wishing that my life would come to an end too. Often, I would cry

out to God: ‘Why did you allow this to happen?’ ” Like Ricardo, countless

people throughtout the world are forced to face up the reality of suffering.

Many times, it is the innocent who suffers. Think of the heartrending grief

caused by the

relenless armed conflicts that plague mankind. Or consider pain felt by numerous

victims, child abuse, domestic violence and other evil commited by man and women

have been willing to inflict on one another. Let us see what Baba explain in

this matter+ Karma is action and the consequence of action. Like a wave, its

motion is inseparable from its substance. Physical or mental

actions result is consequences directly related to their causes. "As you sow, so

shall you reap." Thus, Karma denotes the natural results of action. For

example, if a person sow wheat, he should expect to reap wheat at harvest time.

Similarly, what we receive in this life is determined by our good or bad action

in past lives---and of course, by some of our actions in this life time. By

doing a bad act, you cannot expect to get a good result, and if you good deed,

you cannot get a bad reaction from it. The kind of seeds you sow will determine

the nature of the crop they yield. Sathya Sai speaks vol 7 = He said that we

are not placed randomly in life eighter to succeed or fail in one lifetimes. We

live many lives and learn as a result of our experience. The process takes place

on a deep level over many lifetimes. Karma is an instrument of this learning

process. The tragedies and blessings of life are not dealt with whimsically by

God, but are

the result of our own actions. We must take responsibility for the course of our

own lives. Om Sai Ram (Sharing With Sai Love ) Ram.Chugani

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