Is paradise achieved/not achieved or percieved/not percieved?

Question

I'd say that it is percieved, I percieve this life as an absolute paradise! :-) But what do you think?

Answer 1

This reminds me of categorics, perhaps my own discipline, after Descartes and Husserl, and Kant, and maybe Locke, or the unknowns:



Ascent and Descent are compared to a Tower and a Cave: Ascent from the cave is ascendant of descent, and falling from the tower is descendant of ascent; however, these two myths are the primary material; then we realize, the truth of the matter is not the conflict, it is descent into the cave and rise into the tower; but what do these achieve? This becomes the question:



Is the tower ideal? Is the cave morbid? Do we love hills and wells? Is there place for the book or sex in the cave or the tower? Maybe books are not ideal for sex, or maybe sex is not what you are considering.



Is the book a temptation in a higher sense? Is sex a transcendance in a lower sense? These kinds of questions arbitrate the material ground.



It returns to things like tea and coffee, this is a first category of transcending the argument.



There are other categories: the library that is locked from the outside, the lover who only smiles, the meal of the emperor who was lost in the woods and discovers a delicious meal that later tastes awful.



Compare the lover who only smiles to the library; is it delicious to find the smile in the library? Compare the emperor to the library, is it excellent to find a recipe for the meal in the library? Compare coffee and tea to the smile? Which is more indulgent?



Generally heaven looks tepid after awhile; carnation has its disillusionment, temptation is all error.



Is the eye fulfilled by the oculus of the library? Do we desire a book of painted eyes? It is a descent into fabulism that might look good in literature, but has its limits materially.



Perhaps the greatest fantasists are children who would imagine that they could operate all the doors of a house by shooting a gun, or a psychic young girl who pictures all her friends wear masks.



What is the end of all things? Where is the infinity? How to we whet our tea?



Questions arise.



Answers like marvel work with knowledge is one of my sound conclusions.

Answer 2

As long as you do not equate paradise with a false idea of perfection it is achievable. For instance, this world is paradise for all its faults and everything in it is perfect in its own way.

Answer 3

You can ACHIEVE A PERCEPTION of paradise/total happiness.

Answer 4

I agree with you that paradise can be achieved in this life.

These are the links that help me get there.

They might help you too:



http://www.laitman.com/2010/04/kabbalah-is-not-about-empty-promises/

http://www.laitman.com/2009/05/the-recipe-for-happiness/

http://www.laitman.com/2010/06/how-do-we-find-our-point-of-freedom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MichaelLaitman+%28Michael+Laitman+%28Eng%29%29