Reply #12: We have a psychological difficulty in dealing with this [View All]

[GliderGuider]

We in the first world are very much out of touch with large-scale suffering. Such suffering has been the lot of humanity since our time here began, but we got lucky and large groups of us were able to hold the suffering at bay for a time. In fact we held it at bay for so long we forgot that our present happy state was the exception, and started to understand it as our natural right.

We are about to get reacquainted with the true natural state of human existence. There will still be happiness and joy in peoples' lives, and it will be felt all the more keenly in its contrast with suffering. Think of it as a restoration of the natural balance of joy and suffering. Yin and Yang.