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Originally Posted by JBRU  We can pity the child because the child did not make that choice. The choice was made before they were born by the soul/spirit that would come to inhabit their body. We can help the child get through and past the experience and perhaps learn something that will help them along their path to enlightenment. |
But isn't the child this soul that came in the body?? So why pity it? And if the soul isn't equivalent to the child, then what is the child?
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It is the universal connectedness that leads us to the emotion of pity and the action to help; we can imagine ourselves in that situation and empathize or do what we can to assist.
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Ok, but what if the child had attracted the rapist? Or did the rapist attract the child?
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Well, it is only a metaphor and there are limitations. Your point, though flippant, is somewhat valid; Hinduism believes in reincarnation and that lessons are learned in each life that lead you to enlightenment.
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So getting rape and/or killed can lead to enlightment?
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Life is not a video game, though. I don't want to see anyone hurt any more than I want to cut my finger when I wash the dishes. That doesn't mean it doesn't sometimes happen.
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I totally agree. But that view isn't congruent with the Law of Attraction or IM.