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What did Masters say about Heaven & Hell?
[AG 33:1-10, Jesus]
"In silent meditation
Jesus sat beside a flowing spring. It was a holy day, and many people of the
servant caste were near the place. And Jesus saw the hard drawn lines of toil
on every brow, in every hand. There was no look of joy in any face. Not one of
all the group could think of anything but toil.
"And Jesus spoke to
one and said, Why are you all so sad? Have you no happiness in life? The
man replied, We scarcely know the meaning of that word. We toil to live, and
hope for nothing else but toil, and bless the day when we can cease our toil
and lay us down to rest in Buddha's city of the dead. And Jesus' heart was
stirred with pity and with love for these poor toilers, and he said, Toil
should not make a person sad; men should be happiest when they toil. When hope
and love are back of toil, then all of life is filled with joy and peace, and
this is heaven. Do you not know that such a heaven is for you? The man
replied, Of heaven we have heard; but then it is so far away, and we must live
so many lives before we reach that place!
"And Jesus said, My
brother, man, your thoughts are wrong; your heaven is not far away; and it is not
a place of metes and bounds, it is not a country to be reached; it is a state
of mind. God never made a heaven for man; he never made a hell; we are creators
and we make our own. Now, cease to seek for heaven in the sky; just open up the
windows of your hearts, and, like a flood of light, a heaven will come and
bring a boundless joy; then toil will be no cruel task."
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