How do I cope with suffering in this world?

The following I believe to be a teaching from my inner guru:

Bring not contempt to this world.  You may find pain in your heart compounded by fearful thoughts.  There is a way that you can release these judgmental feelings of others without acting upon them or generating more fear-based thinking.  Do not repress the emotion generated by these thoughts.  Remain aware of your feelings while focusing on the breath and quieting the mind.  Once the negative emotions have passed, you can work on empathy towards those that you feel contempt for.  Try to understand their suffering, for no one here is without it. Forgive them for their mistakes and unskillfulness, for none of us in this world thinks and acts without error.  See others as your brothers and sisters, understand that they suffer.

Also, forgive yourself for these feelings of contempt and judgment of others, for none of us is without unskillful and errant thinking.  Forgiveness and compassion towards oneself will ease the expression of forgiveness and compassion towards others.

When you find it in yourself to forgive yourself and others and what they have created, you will have, at last, come to the place that we call home. In the farthest reaches of this world, love and compassion can be found. There is no place that exists without it. I tell you now that the creation of this world was not meant to cause undue suffering.  There exists a desire and it was believed through the production of this world, that desire would be filled.  

The truth is simple about the egoic mind.  Your egoic instance will have the desire to acquire.  Upon acquisition it will wish for more.  As the ego gains more you will notice that it remains unfulfilled.  Even if you were to fulfill the worldly desires of everyone,  there would remain an emptiness in their hearts.

Know that I see the flaws of this creation and that I hold no one accountable for their suffering and actions here.  While some have thrived, many have found pain and misery.  This was not the intention.  This profound demonstration of sadness was not foreseen.  Nevertheless, in hindsight many things seem obvious.  Join with me as we love and forgive those responsible for the turmoil that exists in this world.

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