Heaven and Hell are anthropomorphic constructs...

[luecy7]

Is placing words within another's mouth, or distorting what they say and drawing conclusions for them, the method of a lady, or a gentlemen? Or to put it another way, are you quite confident that you're accomplishing what you're hoping to here? At this point, the dialectic fails.

What leads you to presume my intention? Perhaps someone has placed their words within your mouth. I read here that it was a proverb before it was a Shakespeare play title.

I don't know, perhaps you should ask one.

Sorry, I thought I was.

 

[wil]

Then you will understand better than I, having become Buddha, that it's not enough to say to people 'go with the flow' — the flow that people go with is self-delusion and the source of suffering.

Of course, best stay away from me, as if we meet, I will be obliged to kill you...

God bless,

Thomas

Oh how did I miss this?

Now I know you've been honing your skills, and you better be great at close combat....because when we meet you will be fighting to get out of a loving bear hug....

 

[luecy7]

If you don't feel like traveling to Switzerland, leucy7, Thomas, et al, that is perfectly fine. You may choose to visit someday, and likely you will be welcomed. Meanwhile, the residents don't appreciate it when YOU become the liar by telling us the country doesn't exist, or that countless millions have not visited Her over the years ... some returning many times, as they quite enjoy it, for various reasons. Perhaps you have never visited my *state* ~ but even if I am the poorer for it, I shall not deny that you continue to live, in YOURS.

Do stop by sometime. You might be surprised.

Thank you for the invitation, but where are your directions? I am in Switzerland for a week, maybe longer. As I interact here or there, do you think I should tell the residents what I see from my perspective, truthfully, and to hear, compare, and consider what they tell me they see from their perspective? Or, should I just follow the orders?

I am one of those types that appreciates an address or directions, if I am going to leave my *state* and visit someone else's *state*... at least, if it is per my agreement. If it is a secret invitation only, you could put it in a private message. Maybe you have burried the directions in a multitude of words, as you tend to do, or I am unable to see the directions from my *state*, or perhaps the self appointed word police have decided yet again that it was not in their tolerance to let a personal set of directions be posted for public consumption. That way we can hear their command. As the Forest allegedly said: ..it happens.

Perhaps there is no good direction to lead someone to your *state*, or my *state*. Otherwise, it might end up sounding like those directions: Left, Left, Left, Right, Left... "Hey sarge, are we marching towards heaven?"