DearScotty

A cousin reminded my dying grandma that heaven had streets of gold. This well intended bit of information only seemed to aggravate grandma because it made heaven sound cold and not comforting. Can anyone really find comfort in an image of a golden heaven? What would the point of gold be? I mean, it’s not platinum! Why would earthly luxuries be in heaven? I thought I’d share my simple road map to a goldless heaven.

First, we need to stop fearing death. Death is as natural as birth and possibly more special. You only get to die once and why not make it a special event? It’s like being born except this time you’ll be more aware of what you are experiencing. It will be a great feeling to let go, to let yourself rejoin the stars. You see, you won’t actually die. You, in a way will evaporate from your “self” and be absorbed back into the universe of which you’ve always been a part of. Your body, if not disturbingly kept from naturally decaying, will nourish the earth and more life will grow from it. Your spirit or soul will be absorbed by the cosmic self who was having a ball playing the character of You. Now, where’s heaven?

Alan Watts calls death the inevitable ecstasy. If you realize that you actually never die and you are starting to let go of this thing you call, “You,” something magical will happen. You will see that you and the universe were never one and the other, but always the same process. There is no fear because you aren’t going anywhere, you’re about to become one with the universe again. In this moment you will also realize that there is no other moment than this NOW. In essence you will always be in this state of ecstasy. You’ll have found eternal happiness. You will have finally reached the Kingdom of Heaven.

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