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Hello, I have been grappling with this question for years. It concerns the suffering of animals and children – especially animals. They are innocent beings. I cannot simply accept their suffering or move past it; the awareness that someone is suffering causes me to suffer as well. According to Kabbalah, the suffering I witness is a projection of my own uncorrected inner qualities. How does this happen? How can it be that an innocent being objectively suffers physically? And how can this be “okay” if the Creator is good? Or is it possible that this suffering does not actually exist – that the creature is not suffering, and I merely perceive it as such due to my own internal states? If I correct my vessels, will the existence I perceive cease to suffer? What is the mechanism behind this? Is there anything that exists objectively? What is meant by the statement that once the entirety of creation is corrected, the world will disappear or cease to exist? How can the existence of the Creator, as a good and giving entity, be justified in light of this suffering of animals and children (not my personal, own suffering, but of the other creatures which are faultless)? I would like to receive a comprehensive explanation of this issue. I would also be grateful for references to further materials and articles that elaborate on this topic.

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