Why Do Good People Suffer?

Speaker 1: Gurudev, I have started to now believe, after many experiences with various people, that goodness, moral values, and humility are not valued by people much. People who are superficial seem to be more respected and included, valued, be it social gatherings, AOL circle, or friendship groups. Why is the society self-centered driven and feels like good people are being punished and unheard, and left to feel lonely?

Gurudev: If you feel like that, that is how the world is, then don't make a concept of it here. Then you know, you are encouraging that type of thoughts or idea into you. If good people are suffering, then why should I be good? What is the point of being good? So subconsciously, you would encourage being a bad guy. And look around, bad people, are they not suffering? They do. They appear to be happy for some time, but they come crashing down. This is for sure. This is the law of nature. Yeah? Good people sometimes suffer not because of their goodness, but for other facts. There are other things. Why? Because they may not be intelligent or they are stupid sometimes or there have been such challenges that have come. So there could be many reasons for it. Instead of sitting and brooding over those things, you see what is the best you can do, how you can move on. Of course, when you do some good job, there are many people who would come and criticize, who would throw stones at you. But that's part of life.

为什么好人会受苦？

提问者：古儒吉，在与许多人打过交道、经历过许多事之后，我开始相信：善良、道德价值观和谦逊并不被人们所看重。那些肤浅的人似乎更受尊重、更容易被接纳、被重视——无论是在社交聚会中、在生活的艺术圈子里，还是在朋友圈里。为什么社会以自我为中心运转，让人觉得好人正在被惩罚、被忽视，并最终感到孤独？

古儒吉：如果你有这样的感觉——认为世界就是这个样子——那就不要把这变成一个概念固定在自己心里。因为这样一来，你就是在不断强化那种念头。

如果好人正在受苦，那我为什么要做好人？做好人有什么意义？这样一来，你在潜意识里就会鼓励自己去做坏人。你看看周围，坏人就不受苦吗？他们也受苦。他们可能在某个时间段显得快乐，但最终会崩溃。这一点是确定的。这是自然的法则。

好人有时受苦，并不是因为他们的善良，而是由于其他原因。还有其他因素。为什么呢？因为他们可能不够聪明，或者有时候犯傻，或者他们面临了某些特定的挑战。原因可能有多种。

与其坐在那里为这些事闷闷不乐，不如去看看你当下能做的最好是什么，以及如何继续前行。当然，当你做出好的成绩时，总会有很多人来批评你、向你扔石头。但那是生命的一部分。 http://t.cn/AXawoxKX