Happiness Hereafter
Meditationtime Forum Post
Date: Posted 3 years before Oct 14, 2016
MiBeloved 3 years ago
“Well Mrs. Nichols passes away last night. God took her. She was old. She lived a good life. and she is in a happy place now.” I looked up at my mother and saw a half smile on her quiet church face. It was clear to me she didn’t know what she was talking about.
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This is from page 145 of the book White Out by Michael W. Clune.
This was told to him by his mother about an elderly lady who passed on. The insight through which he divined that the old lady did not go to a happy place did not come from doing yoga austerities, which is the method we used.
He used the method of psychoactive drugs, in this case heroin. Even though I do not subscribe to the chemical method of spiritual insight, I accept what this person said because it is the truth in this particular case.
Using drugs for spiritual insight might be in some cases, similar to when a prosecutor acquires evidence through violation of the constitutional right of a citizen. In that case even though the evidence is truthful, the court will reject it and the prosecutor will lose the case.
Truth is one thing and how it is acquired is another circumstance which is considered. It may be that when insight is acquired through the use of herbs, then that insight has a different value to when it is acquired through yoga means.
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The idea of his Mom that God took the elderly lady’s soul away is not based on direct sensual perception. It is not based on mystic perception. It is an assumption on the basis of religious guarantee suggested by a particular religion. A human being naturally hopes that this will be the case and he or she acquires supportive premises for this from a religion.
We gravitate to a particular philosophy or religion about the hereafter according to our desire and or anthropomorphic designs.
What does living a good life mean?
Who is directly served by such a good life?
Why should God reward the individual for a good life?
How is God obligated to award divine status in exchange for good social behavior in the material world?
Is it that my familial and philanthropically beneficial acts are directly appreciated by God as acts for divine satisfaction?
