Is God Responsible for Suffering? Part 2 - Conditions of the Creation

Before we consider the personal aspects of suffering, let us consider how the fact of creation's manifestation by God sets into motion the conditions out of which suffering arises. Like the playwright's experience of writing a play, the drama of creation takes on a life of its own. Ask any experienced author, dancer, sculptor or composer. Both science and sages agree that the world "ain't what it seems." It is more akin like the "matrix" of a dream. When I am dreaming it is very real. The dream vanishes when I awake.