Heaven, Hell, Earth
What you see is not always what you get.
I received a message last night that goes like "Kung iisipin natin, lahat tayo gustong pumunta sa heaven pero ayaw nating mauna."
It's quite true. We all want to reach heaven but we do everything to avoid it. I guess we are thinking wrongly. We don't want to reach heaven. We just don't want the alternative - hell - where we would suffer unimaginable punishment for all our sinful deeds.
Who in their right mind would choose the fiery hell over the peaceful heaven for their eternal lives?
Hinduism has a god of destruction, Shiva. I'm not sure about this because I don't personally know anyone with this religion but based from what I've learned in school, Shiva is worshipped because they fear what could happen if they did otherwise.
In some way, we act in the same manner with our attitude towards reaching heaven. We try to be good here on Earth because we are afraid of burning forever in the underworld.
So kung iisipin natin, lahat tayo gustong pumuntang Heaven pero kung bibigyan tayo ng choice, mas gugustuhin natin sa Earth. Hehe!
*Note: Some may say that they'd never want to live forever and that living would have no purpose if there were no heaven, and other such counterarguments (because I myself am arguing with this entry.) So just take this less spiritually and more 'carefree-ly' (if that's possible).^_^
