Heaven would have no clocks and no sense of time. A lot of times I want to get somewhere at a certain time, and I get rushed, and cranky. No crankiness in my heaven, therefore a sense of time would not exist in my heaven.
Jealousy would not exist. That feeling that you're missing something when you aren't sure what's going on at some party, or when your friend/lover is with another, would go away. People would be genuinely happy for someone, even if they had to never see you again to be happy. Those kinds of things would be easier to accept.
Heaven would be weird -- I could wish for no intolerance, no hatred, etc. but then I lose a big part of my personality -- activism. If everything's solved in heaven, what would I fight for? Does heaven need volunteers? I think I'd feel spoiled and undeserving in the afterlife if all I did was have enough time for personal projects. I need to give something back to the community.
I guess my heaven would have volunteer opportunities -- massage St. Peter's feet or something.
Or maybe in heaven, that consciousness of conscience would go away. Maybe my heaven would get rid of guilt, too -- although I don't really do things out of guilt, I do them because I want to give back to a community that has helped me. In heaven, that'd be more true -- I'd so appreciate all the opportunities I was getting that I'd want to help heaven work a little better.
My heaven would definitely have thresholds -- pain is good, it helps you work harder mentally through stuff (I'm thinking like pains you get while exercising). But not too much pain.
In my heaven everyone would understand each other, getting along with each other. Not always agreeing with each other and stuff, but always understanding why someone acts a certain way, letting them be about it, and being OK with it.
There would be adjustable weather, and sunlight. There'd be cloudy days and rain and warm sunshine and black nights with star-clad skies and snow.
There'd be no such thing as "the right body". Everyone would have a positive body image.
There'd be a space to get away from it all if you wanted to. There'd be a space to party, if you wanted to. There'd be a job if you wanted it, and some form of motivation. Sometimes the mundane things in life help you get through stuff to the other side; my heaven would be no different. The only difference is that you could more easily move from job to job.
Everyone would be responsible and accountable for their own actions.
Somehow, I feel like this is describing "Communism" more than "heaven"....
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Date: 2002-08-15 10:30 am (UTC)Jealousy would not exist. That feeling that you're missing something when you aren't sure what's going on at some party, or when your friend/lover is with another, would go away. People would be genuinely happy for someone, even if they had to never see you again to be happy. Those kinds of things would be easier to accept.
Heaven would be weird -- I could wish for no intolerance, no hatred, etc. but then I lose a big part of my personality -- activism. If everything's solved in heaven, what would I fight for? Does heaven need volunteers? I think I'd feel spoiled and undeserving in the afterlife if all I did was have enough time for personal projects. I need to give something back to the community.
I guess my heaven would have volunteer opportunities -- massage St. Peter's feet or something.
Or maybe in heaven, that consciousness of conscience would go away. Maybe my heaven would get rid of guilt, too -- although I don't really do things out of guilt, I do them because I want to give back to a community that has helped me. In heaven, that'd be more true -- I'd so appreciate all the opportunities I was getting that I'd want to help heaven work a little better.
My heaven would definitely have thresholds -- pain is good, it helps you work harder mentally through stuff (I'm thinking like pains you get while exercising). But not too much pain.
In my heaven everyone would understand each other, getting along with each other. Not always agreeing with each other and stuff, but always understanding why someone acts a certain way, letting them be about it, and being OK with it.
There would be adjustable weather, and sunlight. There'd be cloudy days and rain and warm sunshine and black nights with star-clad skies and snow.
There'd be no such thing as "the right body". Everyone would have a positive body image.
There'd be a space to get away from it all if you wanted to. There'd be a space to party, if you wanted to. There'd be a job if you wanted it, and some form of motivation. Sometimes the mundane things in life help you get through stuff to the other side; my heaven would be no different. The only difference is that you could more easily move from job to job.
Everyone would be responsible and accountable for their own actions.
Somehow, I feel like this is describing "Communism" more than "heaven"....