Envisioning Heaven
The changing landscape of the final exit
Almost everyone at one time or another gives some thought to what heaven is like, or whether it exists at all. Given the certainty of death, it would be hard not to. I guess I am no different, and the older I get, the more I find myself asking the question “What’s next?”
Some people I know believe in a physical place they call Heaven, and a physical place to torment they call Hell. Others believe that Heaven is a state of mind, as is Hell. The Bangles think Heaven is a place on Earth.
I have no inside scoop on any of this. I suspect no one really does. After all, despite all the people who have claimed to have died and come back, we really have scant evidence of anything on “the other side,” or that there even is “the other side.”
Many people I know say things like “See you on the other side” at the funerals of loved ones. They wish their deceased family members and friends a “Happy Heavenly Birthday” on their Facebook page. Who can blame them? It is certainly more pleasant to think about that than to imagine there is nothing after death and that their loved ones simply don’t exist anymore. We like to think we are more important than that.
We hope the Universe gives a damn.
