Samsara Is Hell – Samsara Is Heaven

It all depends on our view.
‘Samsara’ is Sanskrit for the vicious cycle of existence.

Most people think – or rather, have been told – that hell and heaven are ‘somewhere else’. Some don’t believe in either, and others don’t even care. Very few of us realise that all opposites are a unity; by virtue of one, the other is known. We’re either living in heaven or hell, or both at the same time.

Heaven and hell are states of mind, and are reflected in our attitudes. Mind has two aspects: empty clarity, and the acquired contents of thoughts. Heaven and hell.

To a practitioner of conscious awareness,
thoughts are but a reminder that they are being observed.
Awareness and recognition are simultaneous.

When we live in our thoughts, we are in hell.
The clarity that observes these thoughts is heaven.

If we believe anything else, we’re being deceived by appearances and words.
This is where we work
– to achieve incomprehensible enlightenment beyond the intellect.