Excerpt #59 from my book, Religion, An Obstacle to Human Progress
Heaven.
It’s not in the sky.
Many would agree.
In turn, they might assert that “heaven” is here on Earth.
No.
Heaven is not here on Earth.
Heaven is not in the sky.
Heaven is a concept.
Just as god is a concept.
What is here on Earth — where we live — is reality.
Our reality.
It’s also the reality of Earth’s entire web of life.
The problems we experience occur because we do not understand our reality and its behavioral demands.
REALITY ENDURES.
Like it or not, reality has behaviorial demands — that is if you want to “stick around,” i.e., if you want to live.
Those demands can be summarized in seven words:
Be healthy.
Be kind.
Respect the environment.