An example of Hell on Earth
QUESTION: Masters I’m pursuing my post grad, and I feel this campus is dystopia and I’m living in hell with degraded humanity. I have been stuck, completely alone and directionless. Every year of life is just getting worse. Have I made a mistake in choosing this path? What can I do to lead a meaningful life? I see no point in living. What had I intended to do on earth during this birth? Please help me, I am completely lost and chronically miserable! ~A., India
ANSWER: You have had many lives on Earth and wanted something that was going to challenge you in this life. As a soul, you have total control over what you bring into your life. You draw to yourself what you need to experience in order to fulfill your own desires. As a human, you have fallen into the judgmental path of society and want to be led, or at least find an easy way to live this life.
The purpose for a soul coming into the negativity of human living is to figure out how to see the positive aspects of everyday life that are so easy to ignore when you feel sorry for yourself. You have accepted that this is a horrible place, because to see anything else would mean you have a lot of work to do to advance to the meaningful life you seek.
Everyone interprets daily life based upon their experiences and beliefs. If your experiences are judged – and in your case you see them all as bad – then the future looks bleak. Your beliefs mirror the decision that nothing will be anything but disastrous, and that the world is against you. Until, and unless, you change the way you see the world, your life will remain as it is now.
Each person creates their own reality. When you look at the area around you and you see it as dystopic, you will overlook anything that is positive and points the way in another direction. Get out of your mind, which says there is nothing you like in your life.
Envision what you would want in your “world.” Look around and find things you feel comfortable with, even if they seem out of context with what you have seen before. Whenever you feel nothing but negativity, know that your prejudices are concealing the positive alternatives. Search for happiness and joy; it is right there, but you need to bring it into the light.