Hell is other people —
Heaven is the presence of God.
Hell is a closed room —
Heaven is an open field.
Hell is being forever judged —
Heaven is being accepted.
Hell is seeing ourselves as others see us —
Heaven is putting ourselves aside.
Hell is the dark glass of human mirrors —
Heaven is seeing face to face.
Hell is the parsing of pimples —
Heaven is the end of imperfections.
Hell is inescapable reflections —
Heaven is the lark flying free.
Hell refuses to look at loveliness —
Heaven is knowing love.
Hell is the end of hope and the continuation of fear —
Heaven is all we hope for and the end of all we fear.
Hell is remaining alive but being forever dead —
Heaven is being born anew, having defeated death.
Hell is a faithless existentialism —
Heaven is a higher existence.
Hell is existing in the company of absentees —
Heaven is living in the presence of God.
Hell is a room with no exit.
Heaven is a doorway and the will to walk through it.
Hell is here and now, for those who live it —
Heaven is here and now, for those who believe it.
from Stillwater Symposia
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