Comments on: Heaven and Hell

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:07:57 +0000

I do like the comment above very much
‘Dont worry about your English being good or bad. If you don’t feel comfortable , post in your mother tongue., If you feel comfortable (which is my case and I make a lot of mistakes) just post and everybody will understand.”
a sign of a good and tolerant teacher.
I have made plenty of mistakes too.
Thank you Paulo.
Love
Marie-Christine

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:26 +0000

Life is about translating everything into possible.
Messages abound.
It’s about making them into your own language – your reality – and transferring it into a mould that fits you.
Have a very pleasant day.
Sending you a smile.
With love
Marie-Christine

By: eleonora

eleonora — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:37:31 +0000

Rispettando il credo di ognuno,ritengo che paradiso e inferno comincino già qui sulla terra.Sia l’uno che l’altro appartengono al nostro vivere in un contesto accettabile o non..Come dirsi felici ,quando riteniamo che la felicita’ o paradiso appartengano ad ognuno di noi in forma egoistica..Molto spesso siamo noi a determinare o uno o l’altro,fin qui noi siamo consapevoli del nostro agire..più difficile da accettare e quando dipende dall’agire altrui..

By: Cookie

Cookie — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:25:26 +0000

i think for the true lover, heaven and hell eventually become one!!! theres utter joy and great sadness in pure and real love, i know cause i felt it for 10 years. we were together for that long truly loving each other unconditionally and at times it was too much to bear. He passed away last April but will live on inside and around me forever. Si i guess the line between heaven and hell is like a spiders web for me, very fine but very strong!

By: barbara

barbara — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:57:10 +0000

My dear dear dear Paulo,

Heaven for me is my son and my husband. The LOVE that is unconditional. When I have episodes of “craziness” he holds me down and loves me just as I am, and I thank God for him because no one ever did that for me, no one ever loved me this way. I am working on my emotional wounds that go way back to my childhood, but it is heaven to have someone to support you.

Hell for me is people without compassion and any kind of understanding in this world.

Thank you for your blog which is part of my heaven too;)

With love,
Barbara

By: Jackie noriega

Jackie noriega — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:45:24 +0000

el cielo: cada despertar con mis hijos, con salud ,con familia, con techo , pan, trabajo y respeto.EL infierno: soportar a gente mal educada, gritos, falta de respeto, poca consideraciòn, ver vagos perder el dia enlas esquinas sin mirar lo hermosa que es la vida, sin ilusiones y consumir droga para cerrar sus pensamientos. Ojalà y algun dìa se pueda cambiar la idiosincracia de la gente y aprendan a construir no destruir,, este mundo serìa, el mismo paraìso prometido por Dios.

By: rhyma

rhyma — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:02:23 +0000

hi yvonne,u r never alone…we are never alone..soon u will be a mother,ur baby will have eyes only for you..ur baby will love you no matter what,no conditions..your baby will soon replace the word alone to joy,and warmth,and lots of unconditional love…i hope my words bring u at least the warmth i am feeling while writing you this small but sincere words…salam

By: Anna van de Berg

Anna van de Berg — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:24:50 +0000

I know I’m still the same pattern, I don’t know how to break this curse on me. I ask my self…how many times to forgive your neighbour???? May God bless me and show the right path for me and to forgive my self…coz without love is nothing but a deed person…Hell, is not really easy to discribed as I said before, but I am very in control I could easily see it, to my self. Not , litterally but on my mind…I try to surrender everything…forgiving someone espec. u’re own partner but I guess doesn’t help anymore…It’s really hard to facing them …to much bagage from the past and the foundation that I build or him and me are weak, of course relation it will grow but their’s also limitation, we both came from abuse behavior (called history of two life) we both very difficult to connect each other I’m sure with that coz it’s to much damages …I’m hoping that my marriage work in the future and if not, will that’s life…I admit too that I’m very scared person…but that’s okay and I know their’s all kinds of fear …some fear it’s also healthy coz I feel awareness and safety …and to avoid you to making mistake again…well, maybe who knows …I let the almighty God to guide me …their’s alway’s sollution every challenges in life just to be wait patiently. There is time for everything, in the right place and on the right time…by the way I closed my FB for a while…I’m just need some time to clear my self and lear to fucosed or be awareness who really I am and what I want and all my insanity to let them go, and to transform them to positive way in life…

By: Anna van de Berg

Anna van de Berg — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:11:17 +0000

I’m hoping you could understand me, and my behaviour sometimes, spec. now I quite all my medicine after more than ten yrs in medication. I couldn’t discuss to my husband because I knw he will never understand it…so I keep secretly. Sometimes goes so bad,that I have no control of my self, then I said forgive me I forgot my medicine that’s all…just to avoid long conversation and to avoid and end up of stress …maybe this also the work of God to help me to recovering and I know I can w/anti-depression…I take care my self and never end up of drugs, arcohol, or what so ever..kind of addiction.So i’m very glad I’m growing of my ability,to knw more and discovering the world is nice maybe, and also in spiritual, and I could write now abt my self…isn’t it great?

By: Anna van de Berg

Anna van de Berg — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:51:58 +0000

Other hell on earth, that you are not able to straight thinking anymore, you want to scream loudly but you could not say a word’s anymore…You closed your self somewhere into dark that no one can not see you and it feels like you are invisible. When I was 20 yrs. old, I had nightmare, that I could really literally heard the divel laughing on me..I try to scream but I couldn’t, and I know I was screaming a lot and it was during the day around 12: oo in the afternoon It happened when I was renting small room in Manila, finally I moved my right hand and smashed the wall on my bed very hard, and I woke up.I could heard the owner of the house talking to her kids, but I asked them if they heard me , they said nothing…oh I said forget it,I must be imaginning or a dream…just not avoid asking me what it is ..It was dark inside and hearing those voice I will never forget that…it happened shortly I’m living my country…So you can see the divel really existed and what conclusion because what really happened when I was a child, who killed the two women, so I could also proved on my dream telling me what happened to me,but it was never occured me or I can say I’m suffering of PTSD…I was never got a treatment when I was young because my parents they never had that ability to undertand and not knowing it, so I can not blame them either…I guess I can say that I am still very lucky human being to survived those terrible tragedy in life…Thank you again to wrote my precious gift and maybe a bit of curse…XXXX

By: Jacqueline esic

Jacqueline esic — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:17:07 +0000

Hell for me is when i lost the love of myself in the process of loving other person too much that i forget who i am..It took me a year to bring back all the love that i have with myself but now my heart is at peace..so i could say that i am in heaven..having love for myself, showing it to my family and working to reach my dreams..

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:10:41 +0000

Hi Yvonne, you are not alone, you are carrying a baby, that’s not alone, is it? you ve got eachother ;o)
Love to you both

By: Melanie Stone

Melanie Stone — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:55:48 +0000

Heaven is unconditional love and hell is unconditional hatred. Melanie Stone

By: Melanie Stone

Melanie Stone — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:51:51 +0000

Hi Yvonne

I DO know how you feel and you are NOT alone, I am with you. I love you.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:28:36 +0000

My heaven….being happy and content…
my hell…where i am right now. Pregnant and alone…sad.

By: Lyda del Monte

Lyda del Monte — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:52:23 +0000

Imagining hell is diffirent because they are fiction, but if you really experienced, is not so easy to discribed. It is not that I’m scared or no one able to listen, the hell for me that you are not able to rest your mind,and sometimes not even falling sleep, i’t feels like a kristal clear and you can not even make stop, keep on and on running…it happened to me, for longer period.And heaven for me, that i survived, I know as a woman their are a lots of reason of course,hormons changing,after giving birth,not even talking my youth,my childhood and after that, you think it’s all over, but you have to confronted all, and make the choices either you choose to live or death, and learned to separate them.Sinds last year I got treatment for PTSD, but before that I got already treatment and medicine, after the first birth of my child. After few years I desided to quiet my medicine because I want a second child…so I have two kids. My depression becomes worst, that my husband and my theraphy are willing me to put in the mental hospital, but keep fighting because of my kids, who’s going to take care them…but I did I survived until now…I do believed God is there for me, and I call that heaven because I survived the hell on earth.I’m trying to live my life as long as possible and I’m hoping to see my children grown up…and having their own life whatever they might be, and they should also able to learn what is the meaning of life…I think, this is more than enough to proved my self I’m human being too…Thank you for helping me, to improved my knowledge and wisdom that I learned ….Kind Regards Lyda

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:35:57 +0000

Wow, what a great, great poem. Who wrote it? Usually, if it’s written by someone other than oneself, we acknowledge the writer. Did you write it? If so, you should put your name on there as the poet! Thanks for posting it. I rather hope you are the one who write it! ~ Linda

By: C-Claude

C-Claude — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:54:00 +0000

“I sent my soul into the invisible, some letter of the after life to spell, and by and by my soul returned to me, and answered “I myself am Heaven and Hell”

Omar Khayyam

By: C-Claude

C-Claude — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:51:04 +0000

Ahh what wonderful words to read as I lay in bed listening to the rain. Paulo you have resurfaced hope and faith in those who have forgotten and reminded those who are patiently on their path.

Denis G again, wonderful, soulful words I needed to read.

Thank you lovely
xxx

By: Denis G

Denis G — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:27:05 +0000

Hell is when I don’t dare asking others.
Hell is when I don’t dare showing the dark part of myself to others.
Hell is when I don’t dare sharing my fears about the future with others.
Hell is when I accuse others of all my troubles.
Hell is when I see the bad in others.

Heaven is the other way around…

By: mishy

mishy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:45:47 +0000

heaven is when u hv peace ov mind, n hell when u rnt happy n satisfied….

By: Ranjith Sukumar

Ranjith Sukumar — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:38 +0000

I belive its all in seconds wen i change from hell to heaven or viseversa tho its all written i can atleast make it out wr am i in hell or heaven..n make a dicission to sustain or detain from the scene

By: carolyn

carolyn — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:16:46 +0000

heaven is loving and hell is loving….the pleasure and pain from the same emotion.

By: Camille

Camille — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:24:07 +0000

Heaven to me is freedom and choice. It’s being alone without feeling lonely. It’s being thankful for what you have and embracing possibilities. Hell is insecurity, jealousy, envy and pride

By: cheryl field

cheryl field — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:33:55 +0000

Heaven is knowing my heart is right with God.

Hell is knowing only God knows my heart. ♥

By: Deepa

Deepa — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:14:02 +0000

Dear Mr. Paulo,

I was deeply impressed with the story of Ahab and St. Savin in your book The Devil and Miss Prym. What is heaven and hell? Shall we say our desires are hell and our ability to contro them through sheer will power is heaven? Well i felt that’s what the story was trying to tell me..St. Savin is just the same as Ahab except the fact that he is able to control his desires…when Ahab realises this he also realises he can do the same…it is a matter of sheer choice..i believe heaven and hell certainly does exist..in my mind..cos i cannot believe in a mythical or religious heaven and hell which i haven’t seen…my desires are hell and if i can transcend them like St. Savin did i can feel heaven too though the struggle will be an immense one….it is a lovely story sir..it changed my entire perception of life…thank you so much for making me think!

By: OLGA

OLGA — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:51:24 +0000

I LIKE THAT TOPIC TODAY–SO REALISTICAL AND IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFE,BUT SOME PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE,,IT IS PITTY,,,WE SHOULD BELIEVE IN God,and just in that way,you ll fel heaven and hell.,.,,,,when you wrong and mad,you do sin,you lost and unconfiedanse–is hell,and he followes you,cause you do ,behave or think in a wrong way,so ytou ll turn,you feel God,controll yourself—is heaven—self control,and right way,,,
well.,ivel is waiting whwn you mistake,and he attects you,,,,
after we ll dey i am doulbing of hell—just suspect heaven.

By: Sara D.

Sara D. — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:02:36 +0000

Dear Mr. Paulo,

I have to admit that this is a hard question, since I believe that God has created this world between Hell and Heaven, that’s why our lives might be so complicated and undefined as a result of the homologous contradictions that might frame our existence at some point.

Nothing is completely ‘Good’ and nothing is completely ‘Evil’ in this world, and this makes it even harder to answer your interesting question!

But if the ‘Good’ brings with it satisfaction and happiness, then this is the Heaven in the objective and subjective meaning for humanity. Therefore Hell is all that is ‘Evil’; disappointments and the opposite of Heaven’s reflection on us.

Both terms ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Disappointments’ may come under many categories, but this is the general form of the answer that might suit the story of every human being as I believe.

Thank you,
Sara.

By: swikriti

swikriti — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:29:36 +0000

good one myra..like it a lot

By: Dave C

Dave C — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:39:03 +0000

Heaven for me is being able to say I fully lived the experience(s)I was presented, and got the point of as many of them as possible. Hell would be not having lived them because of fear, doubt, or anything within my control, and missing the opportunities altogether.