One of many philosophies

I believe that every philosophy stems from the question: 'what is the meaning of life?'
There are many interpretations available to this question in terms of philosophies/beliefs. I think there is no right or wrong answer here. One should go with what resonates with him/her at that point of life. As we progress thro' life, our beliefs change and there is nothing wrong in this.

The philosophy explained below is my understanding from the book 'Conversation with God':

Originally there was a single source energy (God). This energy knew that it is all powerful. (I'll refer this energy as God). There is a difference between 'simply knowing' and 'KNOWING by
experience'. Eg: The child may know that the fire is hot because his parents tell him so. But he only KNOWS fire is hot when he experiences it.So, God wanted to experience the powerful nature. He created many souls from this pool of energy (himself) - like droplets of the ocean.He created a physical world and sent these souls to experience what He knew. He would mask the 'knowing' when He sends the souls to this school called physical world. These souls learn the truth by experience. The more they learn, the more they become closer to the source. Many life times may be necessary to learn the entire Truth. Once it is done, the soul merges with God.

All of us are souls that are on a journey towards God. God is nothing but the infinite love. It is difficult for humans to experience the love in physical form. But when we are in spirit, we
get the taste of it and that's why we want to come back here, learn more and progress towards god sooner. It is difficult to explain this infinite love in words - In a deep meditation, I
experienced it once. There was just love - no hatred, no anger, no sadness, no fear - just the love and bliss (will share the experience later)

Before we come into physical life, we (in the soul form) decide what we want to experience(learn) in the physical world. You can only recognize positive when there is a negative. That's
why this world has suffering. So, before we come into this world, we choose to suffer in certain way so that you can learn how to raise above the issues and be happy. (I am not quite a
fan of this part of the philosopy.:-)

Healers/compassionate people some times get frustrated seeing so much suffering around. They somehow feel responsible (like me) to sort things and burn themselves out in the process.
When you see the suffering in holistic view, perhaps, it does not affect you much.
But this does not mean that we should not help the suffering (people). You should do what you want to do - perhaps, that's the plan we have for ourseves in this world. If I understand
correctly, souls make contracts with each other to teach them lessons. We select our parents, spouse, child, friends, boss, place of birth, even the appearance. If someone is in our life,
that means we have made a contract with this person before coming here. So, if someone is torturing us, he/she is doing it for ourselves. That's what we asked him/her to do before
coming here -- If we see the events and people from this point of view, we'll be grateful to the people/incidents that hurt us.

Though we make our plans before coming, we have the power to change it when we are here. That's what is free will is for. There is no fixed destiny. Life brings you people/opportunity
along our way as we planned but then the outcomes change how we react to it according to our free will. It is a bit difficult concept to comprehend. I am still trying to get the complete
picture.

In a nutshell this philosopy states 'All is Well'!

When we start trusting that everything is part of a grand plan and everything is for the highest good, we just flow with the life... Every philosophy I have read, seems to point to one siingle word : SURRENDER

yeah, easier said than done :-))) But trust me, it is possible.

I am not advocating for this philosophy... just sharing what I learnt. As I said in the beginning, take whatever resonates with you and leave the rest.
If you need more light, feel free to seek. You'll find :-)

Blessings