The Mind Is Its Own Place

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” In Paradise Lost this statement is quoted by look up the name. In this quotation it describes Heaven and Hell as states of the mind. An individual’s life and feelings are what he makes of them. A person has the capability of taking actions to create or destroy his own happiness within his mind. A …

…There is nothing we are capable of doing to change on into the other. In the mind of a devil worshipper Hell may seem great, like Heaven in his eyes. Or vise versa like to the devil Heaven is Hell to him. It is however all of the mind; it is how the individual views it. Heaven will never be Hell, nor will Hell ever be capable of ever exemplifying somewhere as great as Heaven.