Sunday, March 4, 2007

Where and When is Heaven

As a musician I say that the Kingdom of Heaven is time-bound as a function of nature. For us, we first built up the imagination of it, then in time would come artisans blessed with the same skills of creativity that the Creator of Heaven would use to create the Kingdom of Heaven. That time, many believe, is now. This is to say, amongst us today may be artisans with the skills to begin to unify all worlds so that the Kingdom of Heaven is as real to us today as a Sade concert with Chablis (I still don't know how they got that sound so perfect!). For me, the Kingdom of Heaven is from now till eternity, so long as I can hear good music and good humor and taste good spices and bear good company and in my spare time speak with a beautiful God. I feel really sorry for so many people who want to go to Heaven but have not the personal culture or sophistication to even appreciate it if it were handed to them on a platter. Heaven is bliss in moderation, and those who know how to work it work it. For me, if I had a choice of dating Jade Cole or going to a Heaven where, in non-creative idiocy, we stand around a throne all day singing "thou art the lamb of God and are worthy to be praised" I'd date Jade Cole even if it meant not existing afterwards. Heaven should be a place where the music is always touching the soul, the movies are witty and rewarding, the food is educative, etc. It is for the personal aristocrat--that one who has made a commitment to being the richest and most informed consumer of the arts and sciences. Not for mumus holding their hands up in the air, espousing FAKE emotion on account of history and social pressures, wondering what they will do after three years of glorifying the lamb of God... and not his works of art. Heaven is a museum. DUH!

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