Is there a Heaven Is there a Hell?

@sree251 [quote]We are living in it[/quote]
[u]You[/u] may be living in it

@helenS Yes, I am. I live in Chicago, a part of Hell. Yesterday, I drove out to the lake at Montrose Harbor for a picnic. The place stink of urine and littered garbage all along the sea-wall. No place to sit and enjoy my pizza and a beer. Yes, I am living in it, and I am not even talking about beggars at the traffic lights, the homeless under the bridges, and the news about people getting shot, rioting and looting of store. Our military preparing for nuclear war.

Where do you live, helen? Can I migrate there if it is not Hell?

@sree251 I live by a lake, which is owned by my family, in my own house, which is surrounded by walnut trees and wild roses. I watch the wild geese and sometimes I wish I could fly with them, but I have no wings.

@helenS I see, you are living in a place away from the squalor. Very nice. I have a sailboat. I watch fish from the side of the boat all day long at sea in a blue paradise. Heaven in Hell.

@sree251 I really think heaven and hell are everywhere, because they are both a state of mind.

@helenS No, helen. Hell is not a state of mind. It is real. People do suffer and it hurts me bad. I am not an empath and I don't do charity. People are not part of but actually me. Human pain. We are all connected: when one struggles to breath, others choke; when one eats, others starve. We create Hell in Paradise.

@sree251 I do charity! 10% of my income. It's not much but it's better than just shrug one's shoulders.

@helenS You take 90% from the system and invest 10% to keep that system alive? This is capitalism.