Yes, and not yes. Sometimes we learn what something is by being exposed to what it's not. As soul contracts were first explained to me: "Meredith’s conception of God, or the Great All, and how we and our souls fit in, is that when our souls leave the Great All to take human form we contract with the universe to experience certain painful things on Earth that are not spiritual so we can learn what is spiritual (love, kindness, compassion, charity, etc.)"