Why Love Creates Suffering

"Infinite consciousness can only know form through the limited mind, but this creates suffering because people believe they’re separate. Why would pure love create something that causes so much suffering, especially when God can’t even directly experience what it’s created? Rupert says: ‘Creation is sacrificial. Infinite consciousness localises itself as a finite mind and in doing so overlooks itself, forgets itself, seems to become a temporary finite being. From the point of view of temporary finite beings, there are many separate beings. Love is the experience of unity, so by definition the temporary finite being feels cut off, doesn’t feel love towards everyone because they don’t realise they share being with everyone. That’s the inevitable consequence of manifestation – it’s part of the package, the sacrifice consciousness makes. Consciousness doesn’t get anything from experience. A screen doesn’t benefit from a movie. Consciousness doesn’t manifest for a reason. It is its nature both to rest in being and to manifest itself. There is no reason for manifestation. You have to go to your being and see there’s no purpose there.’"

From event 05 - 12 October, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 5–12 October 2025

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