Are We Already Living in Hell?

Religion tells us to fear hell. A place of eternal flames. But I think we are living in hell, at least most people are.

Think about it. Every day, you carry 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿—

➔ 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦,

➔ 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,

➔ 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.

That’s a prison we build around ourselves, brick by brick.

Then there’s 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁.

➔ 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵. Maybe it’s

➔ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳

➔ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴.

And 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲—that feeling that there’s something fundamentally wrong with you.

➔ 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

➔ 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵' 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.

➔ 𝘖𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.


Hell isn’t just a place; it’s an 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

➔ 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤,

➔ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴,

➔ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩.

So, we have to ask: 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣?

I believe heaven isn’t a destination, but a choice we make every day.

➔ 𝘈 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.

➔ 𝘈 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴.

Because in the end, heaven and hell aren’t places we go to—they’re states of mind we create.

Cheers to letting go of that which doesn’t serve you so as to attract that which will help you flourish and making your own heaven on earth.


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