I read recently that person's idea of a paradise indicates what is missing from their life.
As an adult,I was taught: In the afterlife space and time cease to exist,there is only pure awareness. That what people call heaven is merging with God. All that exists is an ever present 'now' ,filled with an indescribable bliss.Hindu mystics call that state 'samhadi' and consider it only part way of the journey.
I find most notions of heaven/paradise shallow and petty, closer to my idea of hell in their stultifying banality.
Oh, I was taught "hell is that place God is not"
I'll only find out if I'm wrong,which pisses me off.Believers won't know if they're wrong. It does give me some comfort to believe a just God would admit sincere atheists to heaven, whilst sending large numbers of believers straight to hell for being insufferable cunts.
As an adult,I was taught: In the afterlife space and time cease to exist,there is only pure awareness. That what people call heaven is merging with God. All that exists is an ever present 'now' ,filled with an indescribable bliss.Hindu mystics call that state 'samhadi' and consider it only part way of the journey.
I find most notions of heaven/paradise shallow and petty, closer to my idea of hell in their stultifying banality.
Oh, I was taught "hell is that place God is not"
I'll only find out if I'm wrong,which pisses me off.Believers won't know if they're wrong. It does give me some comfort to believe a just God would admit sincere atheists to heaven, whilst sending large numbers of believers straight to hell for being insufferable cunts.
