- Hell:
- Hell is connected with the quality of selfishness, where we seek to benefit ourselves with no regard for others.
- The quality of selfishness is responsible for all the problems in the world.
- When we seek to benefit ourselves, we harm others in two ways:
- The Things We Do: We abuse, exploit and take advantage of others (and Nature) for our own personal profit and gain.
- The Things We Don't Do: We don't take care of others (or Nature), we ignore them, we neglect them and we watch them suffer even when we're in a position to help.
- Imagine a homeless person sleeping in -20C/-4F. Ask yourself, what kind of hell is he living in? Put yourself in his shoes.
- Imagine a starving stray dog with matted hair, covered in seeping sores. Ask yourself, what kind of hell is it living in? Put yourself in its shoes.
- That said, remember, there is none else besides Him.
- Heaven:
- Heaven is connected with the quality of bestowal, where we seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.
- We have to change from personal selfishness to mutual bestowal, from seeking to benefit ourselves to seeking to benefit others.
- When we connect in mutual bestowal, we'll reach harmony and balance with each other and with all of Nature.
We have to ask ourselves, are we creating heaven or hell? Do we engage in behaviour that affects people (and Nature) in a negative and destructive way or in a positive and constructive way?
When we're in a position to help others (and Nature), do we help them or do we only think about ourselves?
In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others (and Nature) instead of ourselves. In this way, we'll create heaven on earth.
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