HEAVEN

Reading from Wednesday, October 23, 2013 yoga class

Remember the reading entitled WOW I posted a few weeks ago.  WELL... this is a DOUBLE WOW.  I had 9 people in class tonight.  I was so thrilled.  Thank you all for making my day by coming to class.  :)

"A traditional Chinese parable tells the story of an old man who knows he will die soon.  Worried about the afterlife he seeks out the village wise man and asks him to tell him about heaven and hell.  The wise man says, "Come, follow me."

They walk down a long path until they come to a large dwelling.  When they walk inside they find a huge dining room.  In the center of the room is along wooden table bearing a sumptuous buffet of unimaginable proportions--all the culinary delights anyone could possibly desire.  Many frustrated and unhappy people ring the table. They have been given chopsticks that are twelve feet long and therefore are unable to feed themselves.  The food remains untouched, the people hungry and dissatisfied.  The old man says, "This must be hell."

They walk down the path a bit further until they reach a similiar large house.  Inside they find the same beautiful buffet, same ring of people, same twelve-foot chopsticks.  However, in this scenario there is much laughter and friendliness.  The people here have learned to use the impossible utensils.  "In heaven, says the teacher, "people feed each other."

The potential for Heaven exists on earth, right here, right now.  We can isolate ourselves, jealous of our time, effort and energy, or we can acknowledge the infinite amount of love and support we've received in our lives and share that bounty with the rest of the world."
                                                                              Charlotte Bell

And... another view of heaven from the book, "Proof of Heaven"  by Eben Alexander, a neurologist who is in a coma for 7 days and what he experienced on the "other side."  He condensed it down to these 3 things:
                                           1. You are loved and cherished, dearly, forever
                                           2. You have nothing to fear
                                           3. There is nothing you can do wrong