Thank you for writing this! I was just telling my friend this week that in my journey of deconstructing and reconstructing my beliefs around religion/spirituality, death (or the afterlife) is the hardest part of late for me. This is a beautiful take on abundance after death.
When I was little, I imagined the first thing that happens in heaven is you watch your life back (like on DVD) but with all the context and other events explained to you. Partly inspired by the Whoopie-Goldberg-as-God scenes in A Very Merry Muppet Christmas... haha. I liked the idea of being able to finally see and understand the whole picture.
But in terms of how I actually think heaven will be... probably don't have the words for it. Peaceful and whole I think; joy just brimming over and a sense of complete fullness. Reunions and total presence with one another. Do you know the artist Carol Aust? Her paintings really do evoke a kind of heavenly wholeness for me in a beautiful, achy, joyful, teary, happy, warm way.
Thank you for this posting. It was just what I needed, particularly Giovanni’s words and the Whitman poem. Recently lost a beloved, and this was comforting.
This is the closest grouping of ideas to what I have long believed as anything I've ever read. Thank you, Marcie and company. We are always here. Everyone and everything is always here. Some versions of here come with less angst, at least in so far as I can tell. Heaven is finding peace.
Thank you for writing this! I was just telling my friend this week that in my journey of deconstructing and reconstructing my beliefs around religion/spirituality, death (or the afterlife) is the hardest part of late for me. This is a beautiful take on abundance after death.
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Oh, I love this.
When I was little, I imagined the first thing that happens in heaven is you watch your life back (like on DVD) but with all the context and other events explained to you. Partly inspired by the Whoopie-Goldberg-as-God scenes in A Very Merry Muppet Christmas... haha. I liked the idea of being able to finally see and understand the whole picture.
But in terms of how I actually think heaven will be... probably don't have the words for it. Peaceful and whole I think; joy just brimming over and a sense of complete fullness. Reunions and total presence with one another. Do you know the artist Carol Aust? Her paintings really do evoke a kind of heavenly wholeness for me in a beautiful, achy, joyful, teary, happy, warm way.
Thank you for this posting. It was just what I needed, particularly Giovanni’s words and the Whitman poem. Recently lost a beloved, and this was comforting.
My deepest condolences my friend 🖤
Peace and comfort to you, Jackie.
This is the closest grouping of ideas to what I have long believed as anything I've ever read. Thank you, Marcie and company. We are always here. Everyone and everything is always here. Some versions of here come with less angst, at least in so far as I can tell. Heaven is finding peace.