It’s natural to wonder why a source that “knows it all” would need to experience conflict or pain. But this is where the concept of expansion comes in. The source, or ‘all,’ isn’t stagnant. Even though it is all-knowing, it is in a constant state of creating, expanding, and evolving. It’s not about learning something it doesn’t know—it’s about experiencing the infinite possibilities of itself.
On Earth, duality—like life and death, predator and prey—is one of the ways the universe expresses itself. It’s part of how this particular plane of existence operates. Other realms, planets, or dimensions may function on entirely different rules, but here, conflict is a tool for growth. Every struggle, every challenge on this planet is like the friction that polishes a diamond. Souls come here to grow through these specific experiences.
While your ego, the part of you deeply tied to earthly identity, may see this as suffering and question its meaning, your higher self—the part of you that is infinite—understands the value. You chose this life, this game, for the growth it brings, even if the ego doesn’t remember that choice. That’s why it can feel so painful. You’re so identified with your ego that the suffering feels like the whole story, but it’s really just a tiny fragment of a much larger journey.
Even a lifetime of extreme suffering, as incomprehensible as it may seem from our limited view, is only a blip in the scale of eternity. From the perspective of the infinite, it’s just one experience among countless others, each contributing to your soul’s infinite expansion. You are not just a fragment of the source—you are another universe in the making. Forever gathering knowledge, experiencing, and expanding.
It’s like Indra’s net, where every jewel reflects every other. Every experience, every challenge, every piece of existence is connected to the whole, endlessly expanding in infinite reflection.