MYSTICAL_EXPERIENCES
Heaven as a State of Being/Body
Heaven is not a geographical location or a realm, but a state of being, specifically the 'Glorious Body' or 'Christ garment' that one eventually wears. When…
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The Potters House
Wherever you are, clothed in that body, is Heaven. In that body, if you walk through the Petrified Forest, it will burst into foliage. If you stood in the desert, it would bloom like the rose. So, Heaven is not a location. It is not some area or realm; it is the Body that you wear. Wherever you go, clothed in that Body, everything is perfect. When you are not clothed in it – well, as Milton had his Satan say: “Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell.” Wherever you are in this garment – the Christ garment – wherever you go, it is perfect. There is nothing inharmonious wherever you are. So, Heaven is not a realm, as our evangelists are talking about. I went to a party last Saturday, and this man – a retired gentleman – has studied them all. He has them all catalogued! No. 3, No. 5, No. 2, No. 7; he has millions who will never get to heaven. He has some peculiar concept in his mind’s eye. He’s all there. Then this sweet lady with her two little girls – she had one, I presume, five months old, and then one, I daresay, oh, a year and a half – sweet little children, and he said to her, including the two of us who are here tonight – a gentleman here was with me, and he knows exactly what was said. No one had asked anything of him, but he said, “You know, I have the virility and the sex life of a youth eighteen and a half years,” and this mother of these two little girls very innocently said to him, “But you look so old.” What silence! Dead silence. People go through this marvelous world of ours with the strangest concepts of heaven and hell. It’s all within the man. When you are clothed in this wonderful garment – and I am speaking from my own experience – everything is perfect. Forget the so-called second heaven, third heaven, fourth heaven – just forget it. You are clothed in that garment; the garment is perfect, and wherever you go, it is perfect. There is no hell when you are clothed in that garment. There is no room for it. No man could be blind in your presence. No man could have an arm missing in your presence. Not a thing could be imperfect in the presence of the Perfect One. You are Life Itself! You are the Resurrection and the Life. You resurrect all things – yes, the Petrified Forest won’t be petrified in your presence. The whole thing will burst into blossom. The desert would begin to bloom if you walked into it. That’s Heaven!
Heaven is not a geographical location or a realm, but a state of being, specifically the 'Glorious Body' or 'Christ garment' that one eventually wears. When clothed in this perfect body, one's presence inherently transforms all imperfection into harmony and beauty, making 'Heaven' wherever one is. Conversely, 'hell' is a state of being when not clothed in this garment.