Purgatory….
What is?
The state of those who die in God’s friendship, assured of their eternal salvation, but who still have need of purification to enter into the happiness of heaven.
The state of those who die in God’s friendship, assured of their eternal salvation, but who still have need of purification to enter into the happiness of heaven.
Can it lie on this mortal earth?
Who knows?
It feels as if one never was born despite a great master mirage making everyone believe it, but he has been serving this state of purgatory only since the times of his consciousness.
And how can the purification be done?..
I wonder!!
http://calicoaster.blogspot.com/2008/12/epiphany.htmlDo I smell a conflict?
ReplyDeletehmm... earth as purgatory, interesting....
ReplyDeleteso you lead a happy, satisfying, peaceful life, you raise your standards of living to match that of heaven and thus purify yourself.
you don't, and you are reborn as an ant/virus/cockroach and repeat the cycle of 88 million lives on earth...
what say?
@Gary
ReplyDeleteYou are right!.. :)
@KB
Isn't it? We live here..or may be in the same place at some other parallel universe. How many worlds can exist between us and the heaven? What if this place is one of those and we might have come from somewhere more below!! :)
And what if this itself is heaven? :D
:-) parallel universe? that calls for a longer discussion!!
ReplyDeleteIf this itself is heaven, then a lot of people and religions are going to be disappointed! Although I must say I like the idea :-)
Incidentally, I really like your thought about dew drops and pearls...
If you have a taste for sci-fi, you might as well like this
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_(novel)#.22Multiverse.22_Theory
although it's a little out of context.
hmmm may be some sort of cleansing fire can do the purification... how many of us are ready to bear the burn?
ReplyDeleteSuch shenanigans scare me!
ReplyDelete@Gary
ReplyDeleteLOL... :D
Looks like you are not in bangalore, or you wouldn't be asking that question!!! I sure hope I get some purification before I melt away...
ReplyDeleteyeah, I am a slightly displaced, geographically speaking. Guess that explains me ignorance...
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