I wondered thru one of those massive upscale gourmet supermarkets
and thought about 'Paradise'.
They had every kind of cheese I have ever heard of - and then some!
I have never seen so many different kinds of cheese in one place.
I concluded that a State of Perfection can't offer anything
more or greater in the way of fermented curd THAN WHAT IS PRESENTLY
AVAILABLE!
I understand that once, a defector from the Soviet Union visited
an American supermarket for the first time.
She fainted and passed out on the floor!
In a mall, I looked at an entire wall of sneakers - for causal
footware YOU CAN'T EXCEED THIS in any imagined future paradise!
(unless maybe we grow more legs!)
I passed by a Victoria's Secret and thought "How can this
ever be exceeded in a future Paradise? Would we grow more
orifices to use??? Would life have to become a continuous,
24/7 orgasm to get any greater?
Yes, I know that poverty and injustice exists in the world.
However, for many in the Western world, Paradise already exists
because many things can't be improved much more than what
the wonderful World of Consumerism already gives us.
And I have no doubt that cures for age enduring diseases
- and aging itself - are just on the horizon - that's where
science is headed. I also know that the Third World needs
to imitate the West to relieve their suffering - Turkey's Ataturk
was right to say "there is only one modernity".
For those of us lucky enough to be in rich nations - and
own computers, enjoy!
Paradise, in practical terms, is already here.
metatron