b) Heaven is a state of mind, not a place. (It is a rarely
found stable state of mind existing far from the usual thermodynamic
equilibrium states of the nervous system. In that state one
experiences the fundamental note of ones existence.)
c) A fragment from one of Kabir's poems describes
that state:
'There is a land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule:
Where the Terror of Death is no more.
There the woods of spring are a-bloom,
And the fragrant scent "He is I" is borne on the wind.
There the bee of the heart is deeply immersed,
And desires no other joy.'
Kabir, Songs of Kabir, translated by R. Tagore, 1917 edition.
(Cosmo Pub, 24-B, Ansari Rd., New Delhi 110002, 1985).
d) 'The rose is without why, it blooms because it blooms,
It pays no attention to itself, asks not whether it is seen.'
Angelus Silesius
For an ontological discussion of this state and of Silesius' poem,
see Heidegger, Der Satz vom Grund . 3. Auflage. Pfullingen:
Verlag Gunther Neske, 1965. page 72-73 or the translation by
Reginald Lilly, The Principle of Reason (Indiana Univ. Press,
Bloomington, 1991)p36; see also John D. Caputo, The Mystical
Element in Heidegger's Philosophy , (Ohio Univ. Press, Athens,
1978)chapter 2.