Why are we so good at visualising hell and all its darkness? Maybe it’s a survival instinct, perhaps we visualise threats in more depth because we need a better understanding of how to avoid them? And if heaven were completely understood and imagined, it might paradoxically diminish its perceived value? The partial and tantalizing glimpses of heaven keep it desirable and maintain its role as an ultimate destination. Does our curiosity keep us on the path to redemption?
I think as you said it is a survival instinct. It is easier to know what you want to run away from than it is to know what you want to run towards.
I also think that when we depict hell we imagine physical suffering which is easy to visualise and conceptualise. In contrast when we imagine heaven we think of a deeper satisfaction than something physical. A vast sense of boundless love and gratitude and connection. Who has any idea how to depict that? How do you conceptualise and convey true unbounding love and connection on the scale of the infinite?
We need something to aim for and this is why I believe, for now, that God’s and the heavens were created by men as something to aspire to, something to work towards. I hope Bitcoin will bring that aspiration back to those who have lost their way!
