What kind of "heaven"?

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Lucyverse's picture
What kind of "heaven"?

I've been introduced to a lot of different types of "heaven", or after life, in my time. Mainly through books, films, TV show, etc.
I was just wondering, if you could pick one of the heavens to go to, which would it be?

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Damien De Franco's picture
None. My idea of heaven would

None. My idea of heaven would probably be the first level of hell (peaceful sinners) in Dante's Inferno.

James's picture
if there is such rhing as an

if there is such rhing as an afterlife i wish it to be like to be asleep having the best dream ever...

Zaphod's picture
I'd say a lot of people have

I'd say a lot of people have attachments that are hard to let go of and as they get older they lose a lot of these attachments to deaths there comes a point for many where most of the things you love and are attached to are gone and thus you are attached to very little here compared to what you were once but is then dead and gone. As we age it gets harder and harder to hold onto life you get more and more aches and pains very few have the determination to turn back the clock health wise, but even those who do eventually grow tired. I Guess it would be nice to be able to to be with those things you were attached to again in some sort of afterlife where the pain of this life were to pass. However, I tend to believe more in energy and a never ending cycle of life and so tend to believe I will be consumed by life for a while and eventually regurgitated into some form of conscious life-form at which point I will have no recollection of any previous life. I don't know this to be the case though nor do I pretend to.

I think being a human is quite a trip and I'm glad I had the chance to try it out. Guess we will all know one day what really happens when its our turn, but it would be nice to be able to live with your loved ones both painlessly and eternally so I hope I am wrong. For example, I have a dog that follows me everywhere leash or not and always wants to be with me. I hope nothing happens that takes me from this world before this dog goes because I would hate for it to feel left alone. My dog is simple it loves me, my girlfriend, food and fireworks, short car rides under 45 minutes, going places both new and old and saying hi to everybody she meets, SO I guess in her perfect afterlife we would all be there and she would get to eat and do whatever she wants all while running around like a young pup again and everyone would be happy. I guess I could live with that. But I would also hate for her to be alone in the afterlife and stuck waiting. Hopefully it could still follow me or have some substitute when we are no longer together she is a great dog and deserves at least that much. Perhaps it would be less painful to just be void. I don't know. If I go inside a place she lays down and refuses to move until I come back. My girlfriend once had to carry her home. When you love someone or something the way creatures can it can be very hard or painful to let go take lovebirds for example. but I guess given time we all eventually do let go. I have seen what happens when the living won't let go and its extremely sad. Perhaps the best thing all around would be if, for all we know, we just cease to exist while we get to believe what ever we wanted up and until that point. I tend to believe there is an in-between reflection period but the fact of the matter is, I just don't know and never will know until I am dead and not coming back to tell anybody.

Rob's picture
Well, if I could pick mine it

Well, if I could pick mine it would probably be to enjoy complete nirvana and be void of all human feelings. Even happiness would be something that would make no sense when you reach a perfect state of harmony. I think if heavens does exist, it's some sort of subconscious residual that allows a person who has a relatively clear conscience to achieve eternal peace.

DarkLight's picture
I would love my heaven to be

I would love my heaven to be a constant free fall feeling of joy like when you skydive and all you feel is joy and you are so overwhelmed by the incredibly unique experience, that all thoughts of love, hate, envy, greed, sadness and even happines just feel too mundane and non existant in that moment.

Walker's picture
Heaven for me would be to

Heaven for me would be to have no negative feelings and just feel good all the time, but heaven would most likely be completely neutral without human feelings at all.

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