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When Grief Creates Both Spiritual Opening and Divine Anger

My grief opened me up spiritually but also made me angry at any God who would let suffering happen, so I don't know where that leaves me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Loss simultaneously cracks the heart open to mystery and closes it against any benevolent cosmic order, creating spiritual paradox.

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