{"id":5275,"date":"2026-06-14T13:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/?page_id=5275"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:57:33","slug":"heaven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Heavens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Camus tells us that there is one problem in philosophy, and that is the reason for not committing suicide.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, there is one problem in psychology, and that is, why does one ever dream of anything other than Heaven?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For about 18 months between 2020 and 2021, I dreamt of heavens. I do not mean any religious heaven. I believe in no such thing. I mean, a virtuous circle of awareness, which, in a dream, is a place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had never thought to imagine what a virtuous circle of awareness could or should be. I never thought to imagine what a heaven logically can be. I never thought to imagine what the social order of a heaven could or should be. These are the fundamental questions, precisely because we are so busy with every other issue. There is only<\/em> the issue of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following articles are a haphazard collection of essays about this topic. I realise that it deserves a book, but I am an unworthy author. I did not reason anything out consciously. Everything was presented to me as a lesson, either implicitly or explicitly, in dreams. Because I have lost the dreaming awareness necessary to get back to heavens, I have only my notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alliances of Kindness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heaven is no reward for a life well-led; it is the act of leading a life well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pleasure and Nothing But<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is possible for people like me to stumble into a heaven. But it is hard for them to stay.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hell exists. And you are closer to one than you think.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Footnotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[1]: Il n’y a qu’un probl\u00e8me philosophique vraiment s\u00e9rieux : c’est le suicide. Juger que la vie vaut ou ne vaut pas la peine d’\u00eatre v\u00e9cue, c’est r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la question fondamentale de la philosophie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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