Q: What is the purpose of all the suffering and evil in the world?
Bhagavan: There has been evil and sorrow since the beginning of creation. You ask why the rishis do not put matters right. The Vedas tell of the demons (asurus) who have existed since the earliest times. There is a force of opposition in the world which produces strife and suffering but it works to make humankind grow and evolve. It is a force in nature which exists with the good.
Your question is itself an outcome of the suffering. Sorrow makes one think of God. If it were not for the suffering, would you have asked the question? Except for jnanis, everybody, from a king to a peasant, has a certain amount of sorrow. Even in cases where it seems to be absent it is only a matter of time sooner or later it comes. Also, one may not question sorrow or God at the first blow, but one is likely to at the fifth. We have taken this vehicle (the body) in order to know our real state.
Q: But why should imperfection-come from perfection?
Bhagavan: Had it not been for the manifestation of the universe, we would not have thought about the real state. The purpose of the manifestation is for you to know the cause of it. There is no maya when you know your real state. It is your fault if you do not know yourself.
Conscious Immortality ~ Ramana Maharshi
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