July 2010
The Earth as a training camp
If you have a difficult or a hard life, then you may say: "What have I to learn with this?" With other words: "What is my training? – What training program do I have to do?" It is just a belief, but a lot of people believe this in one or in an other way. Why is a child ordained to a painful life and a painfull death? Why is another ordained to a long and easy life fortunate to be born in a favorable location? These observations and beliefs can lead to the following „training camp theory“.
Theory
Some people say that the earth is a kind of a laboratory in which we can learn something for a greater issue. Life on earth makes us more experienced, stronger and more mature, says the training camp theory.
The training camp theory has its' foundation based in the mystical, similar to other theories. The training camp is a place with a range of challenging and adventurous training programs. There are programs for a rather easy life and some for a more difficult and painful life. Why should we not choose an easy-life-program? The problem is that with an easy-life-program we will not have a really efficient training. According to this theory suffering and injustice are not inconceivable, but a program component.
The training camp theory can explain suffering and injustice as being meaningful.
While a fascinating idea can we be sure that this theory is correct? No of course we can not. But would it make sense to
choose the theory of the training camp as a guide? The theory of a training camp brings meaning to life. If people would see their training mission as a means to alleviate suffering and promote happiness and harmony, it would have a positive impact.
If the training theory is incorrect and nevertheless we align after her, what happens then? We have then the wrong theory, but the application of the theory does provide that our life appears useful and that we have a clear assignment with a harmonizing effect.
The training camp theory leads to positive results regardless whether it is right or wrong. This makes it interesting.