Last night my daughter wanted to stop by a cemetary. Yes, it was a little creepy at night, but a high school friend committed suicide a year ago and she was thinking of her. It reminded me a little of discussions with a coworker whose boyfriend's brother passed away in his sleep. There was great concern by some family members whether he was going to heaven. So often, heaven is viewed as a locale that one may go to after death. I view it differently, partly because Christ Jesus said that the "kingdom of heaven is at hand." and partly because it doesn't feel right to me that we have to die to get life. To me heaeven somewhere else, it's right here, it's the atmosphere of divine Love right here and now. Here are two quotes that I like.
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven. Science and Health, pg 193:18
"There is but one way to heaven, harmony, and Christ in divine Science shows us this way. It is to know no other reality -- to have no other consciousness of life -- than good, God and His reflection, and to rise superior to the so-called pain and pleasure of the senses." Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy 242:9
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Great blog! Glad to see that you're doing this. - Colin
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