Heaven and Hell
'The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.' So said the great poet Milton.
A devotee prayed to his Lord to enlighten him about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the devotee, " Come, I will show you hell ." They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of wonderful smelling vegetable curry. Every one looked famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouth. The suffering was terrible. " Come, now I will show you heaven", the Lord said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first- the pot of delicious curry, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But every one was happy and well-nourished. " I don't understand," said the devotee - " why are they happy here whereas the people were miserable in the other room when everything was exactly the same ?" The Lord smiled, " it is simple," He said, " Here they have learnt to feed each other."
Heaven is symbol of happiness and hell denotes suffering and misery.
Selfishness and narrow mindedness cause hell and the spirit of sharing, togetherness and love creates heaven.
Lust, anger and greed are the three gates that lead to hell.- The Bhagavad Gita.
Heaven is large and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude.- Emerson.
In fact mind is the kingdom which by your actions, you make it a heaven or hell.
'The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.' So said the great poet Milton.
A devotee prayed to his Lord to enlighten him about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the devotee, " Come, I will show you hell ." They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of wonderful smelling vegetable curry. Every one looked famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouth. The suffering was terrible. " Come, now I will show you heaven", the Lord said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first- the pot of delicious curry, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But every one was happy and well-nourished. " I don't understand," said the devotee - " why are they happy here whereas the people were miserable in the other room when everything was exactly the same ?" The Lord smiled, " it is simple," He said, " Here they have learnt to feed each other."
Heaven is symbol of happiness and hell denotes suffering and misery.
Selfishness and narrow mindedness cause hell and the spirit of sharing, togetherness and love creates heaven.
Lust, anger and greed are the three gates that lead to hell.- The Bhagavad Gita.
Heaven is large and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude.- Emerson.
In fact mind is the kingdom which by your actions, you make it a heaven or hell.
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