Hell

Short Quotes

"The sinful are not punished but are attended to. The wicked are not sent to hell but are prepared for Heaven. This is the true nature of God's purpose in the world."

• Steps to Knowledge 241

"You cannot be separate from your Source, and that is why there is no Hell and damnation. There is only the process of reconciliation. No matter how long it takes, that is the end result. You are contradiction, and your decision is what voice you will listen to within yourself."

• The Reconciliation

"God did not create Hell and does not punish the wicked. You want to punish the wicked to take out your revenge, to exact your notions of justice. But for God there is only redemption of those who have fallen and who are lost."

• God, Knowledge and the Angelic Presence (Sept. 17, 2008)

Long quotes

"Physical immortality would be like Hell itself, for Hell is not a terrible place. Hell is a beautiful place where you can never be happy. If Hell were a terrible place you would want to escape it immediately. But if Hell were a beautiful place then you are ambivalent about leaving it. It attracts you. It seduces you. It gives you hope and encouragement and yet limits you. It hurts you, it deprives you and it disappoints you. Hell is a beautiful place where you can never be happy."

• Life in the Universe, Chapter 13: God of the Greater Community

"The Separation was never really created. You cannot be separate from your Source, and that is why there is no Hell and damnation. There is only the process of reconciliation. No matter how long it takes, that is the end result. You are contradiction, and your decision is what voice you will listen to within yourself."

• The Reconciliation

"No one will be sent to Hell but people are already living in Hell, being separated from God; the Hell of their own fearful imagination, the Hell of their self hatred and hatred of others, the Hell of their circumstances, the Hell of their isolation. Yes, there are worse Hells than this but God will not send you there. But if you are left out of God's grace and power, God's providence and God's guidance then your Hell will deepen and can seem to be endless, but it is not endless for God has placed Knowledge within you and eventually you will come to realize that you must follow this Knowledge. You must accept this Knowledge and that only Knowledge can take you from the Hell of your separation and your isolation and from your own grievances and self denial."

• The New God (Feb. 12, 2009)

"With Knowledge there is no confusion in relationships. You know who to be with and who not to be with, and there is no blame in this. You know where to devote yourself and where not to devote yourself, and there is no condemnation in this. You choose this over that, not right over wrong. You go here not there because here is where you must go. How simple this is and how totally effective. This affirms Knowledge in all individuals, and no one is condemned. Here the gates of hell are opened and all are free to return to Knowledge, for the gates of hell are open already, and Knowledge is calling to all who dwell there to return to God. For what is hell but life without God and life without Knowledge? It is life imagined, that is all."

• Steps to Knowledge 251

"What is Hell but a place where God is denied? What is Hell but a place where God can be thought of as non-existent? To be in Hell is to be without relationship, and God is the sum of all relationships. Therefore, everyone in the world is in Hell to a certain degree, to the extent that they are out of relationship. For without relationship, you only have your negative imagination, which will haunt you and lead you to follow the Forces of Dissonance."

• Relationships and Higher Purpose, chapter 8, p. 65

See also

Judgment Day

The Separation

Redemption

Heaven