Most of people consider their own homeland as the center of the world, however, it is not center based on geographically. The homeland is a place where has supreme value, and this supreme value comes from common human emotion that we all have attachment to the homeland. On the other hand, this center consciousness only exists in mythical thoughts and our ideas. Religion can not only blind people to place, but also free people from it. Religion leads people to believe that there is heaven and hell, and the different between human beings and gods. The places where gods live also determine their levels among each other. For example, in china, people all assume that the gods who live in heaven have more prior and power, so the soil gods just occupied lower rank. People in ancient Greece, Italy believed in boundless, that the space is endless and infinite. Place is exclusiveness for them, and also have religious status. The landmark of the homeland, which comes from people’ special feelings connect human being with the geographical location of the homeland, and the emotional thoughts with the homeland.
I talked to some monks from indian about the the "true meaning" of the place and space. They shared a lot of interesting and meaningful religious stories with me and also told me some their own experiences.
They said that for most of normal human beings, we do not deserve a "place" because we are currently living in a space. However, the "place" is where our souls belong to. Once we leave this world, if we have done something good before we leave, our soul will go to the "place." Therefore, dalai is the only person in this world have chance to live in his own "place."
I talked to some monks from indian about the the "true meaning" of the place and space. They shared a lot of interesting and meaningful religious stories with me and also told me some their own experiences.
They said that for most of normal human beings, we do not deserve a "place" because we are currently living in a space. However, the "place" is where our souls belong to. Once we leave this world, if we have done something good before we leave, our soul will go to the "place." Therefore, dalai is the only person in this world have chance to live in his own "place."