If one is to take abrahamic philosophy as metaphor, paradise is not a place, but rather a mindset and state of being. Hell too is such a mindset/condition. It puts Jesus’ famous quote about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to pass through the gates of heaven, in a rather stark light:
Wealth is meaningless if you must sacrifice what feeds your soul to achieve it, and money itself is poor fodder for the spirit.
If one is to take abrahamic philosophy as metaphor, paradise is not a place, but rather a mindset and state of being. Hell too is such a mindset/condition. It puts Jesus’ famous quote about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to pass through the gates of heaven, in a rather stark light:
Wealth is meaningless if you must sacrifice what feeds your soul to achieve it, and money itself is poor fodder for the spirit.
I swear I’m not being pretentious by quoting Faust, but Mephistopheles was right. Where is Hell? ‘Why, this is Hell. Nor am I out of it.’