Not my first contemplation of this ideal. The different faiths have dangled this fanciful theme as a carrot since time immemorial, but offer only provincial fantasies, and lack consensus of opinion of what perfect heaven looks like; except a vague notion of lemming-like eternal harmony, whatever the imagination conjures that to be. Hence my point.
Interesting though, isn’t it, how the all-too-grim alternative is spelled out in granular detail.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at August 17, 2019 2:45 PM MDT
Yep. And the oddest thing about it is the way some sects think the notion of Hell in the afterlife is a necessary deterrent. For me, it seems obvious that the consequences of harmful behaviours create their own hell directly in this life. There is something askew in human thinking: we seem far too apt to get our wires crossed and unaware of it.
You can choose to think perfection or you can choose to pick everything apart and spend your time in eternal disappointment of your own design. We are GOD we are the designers. Or at least Co-Designers WITH God.
I choose sex because sex is the perfect gift and is the root of reproduction . Money is the root of greed and lies are the root of religion and politics.
This post was edited by Kittigate at August 17, 2019 5:31 AM MDT
If outer conditions meet our needs they can help us feel happy to a degree, but ultimately it also depends on how we accept and deal with the hand we have.
With all the depression I lived through, including the recent one, I've had to learn how to create happiness.