He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.Elihu states that if people pray in repentance, God (in his mercy) will save them from the fiery pits of hell.
~ King James version ~
We create our own misery (hell).
~ possible Taoist alternative ~
Because we create our own suffering and misery, we alone can provide our own deliverance. It is when we walk along our path with Tao that life becomes our own sort of "heaven".
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"The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
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