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imagination, that we are imagining God in the images we see. I will say to these scoffers that it is so. I am not ashamed of confessing that imagination is a powerful factor in life. Now you can easily understand that, in the presence of God, the Ruler of the Universe, who pervades everything, even those whom we have called the lowest of the low, all are equal."
XII. How Hinduism views pain and suffering
Suffering, both mental and physical, is thought to be part of the unfolding of karma. Suffering is seen as the consequence of past inappropriate action (mental, verbal, or physical) that occurred in either one's current life or in a past life. It isn't seen as punishment but as a natural consequence of the moral laws of the universe in response to past negative behaviour.
XII.1 Suffering Isn't Random
Hindu traditions promote coping with suffering by accepting it as a just consequence and understanding that suffering isn't random. If a Hindu were to ask "why me?" or feel her/his circumstances weren't "fair," a response would be that her/his current situation is the exactly correct situation for her/his to be in, given her/his soul's previous action. Experiencing current suffering also satisfies the debt incurred for past behaviour.
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