Homesick for Heaven.
Announcing Rose Rosetree’s Controversial New Book
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Homesick for Heaven — Are you curious what that means? Or do you already kind of know?
Homesick for Heaven is my name for a spiritual longing. Maybe a religious longing. Definitely a unique kind of ache that you might feel in your heart. Helping you to get past this kind of stuckness?
Know what? I think I can.
For starters, I sure know what it’s like to suffer from “Homesick for Heaven.” Haven’t you ever felt that way too? Maybe even without having a name for that feeling.
In this article I’ll explain what I mean by this particular kind of homesickness. Although this can be a pretty major problem, if subtle… Keep reading this blogpost to start doing the first thing that can help.
Along the way, I’ll also announce my brand new book. Published today, 10–10–22! Among other benefits for you, “Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening” just might be able to help you to stop feeling Homesick for Heaven.
First of All, What Is “Homesick for Heaven”?
To me, this kind of homesickness feels like a longing.
From my teenage years onward…
Really until I drew very close to Spiritual Enlightenment…
I was desperate to do all I could, if only I could get closer to God. And closer to feeling connected to God.
How about Experiences of Spiritual Awakening?
Sure, those experience are sweet. To a spiritual seeker, they’re the sweetest. Like a mirage in the desert, reminding us of a real oasis.
However, spiritual awakening is NOT the same thing as Spiritual Enlightenment.
In fact, you can learn a great deal of new info about that from Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening.
Provided that we view such experiences as milestones along the way, and not our ultimate destination… Spiritual awakenings can give us the heart to keep moving forward on whatever path we’re pursuing.
For example, in this poem you’ll find a reference to the uncanny familarity of such experiences. Which might speak directly to your own version of this sort of longing.
Of course, you might not call this feeling by the same name I’m using here.
What’s YOUR Spiritual or Religious Version of Homesick for Heaven?
Do You Have a Familiar Name for that? What Comes to Mind?
For sure, longing for deep fulfillment can happen be lively for spiritual seekers who “ought to be content with what we have.” For example, we:
- Love our church family or our meditation community, etc. And wish they could be with us always. Only they’re not.
- Know that “I’m going to receive my reward in Heaven.” But waiting can feel so hard.
- Already we’re Spiritual But Not Religious, and we’ve made peace with that.
- Feel like we’ve been reborn… by becoming EXvangelicals. It’s so good. Except, some days, where’s the inspiration?
- Living as an agnostic suits us just fine. Yet we feel as though we’re waiting for something more, something we can trust.
- Atheists are often proud of having arrived at that belief. And rightly so (I’d say). Somehow, though, this may not always feel like a triumph. More like, on occasion, atheism could feel kind of lonely.
For Example, Your Personal Version of Homesick for Heaven Might Include:
Questions. Lots of persistent questions. Such as:
- When will I be happy?
- Will true love ever come to me?
- Why is everything so hard. Will my life ever get easier?
- How can I finally lose those 10 pounds?
- After I get that plastic surgery, everything will be better!
- How can I meet my real, true friends?
- Once I graduate… Or once I get my dream job… Or once I live in my dream house… Then my life will BEGIN!
Any of this sound familiar?
Meanwhile, As Promised, Here’s the Start of a Solution to this Longing
You weren’t always human, you know? Rather, you’d been created by God.
ONE VERSION: Many of you may believe that God created you. Then sent you to Earth. And this is your only chance to get to Heaven.
A SECOND VERSION: As an eternal soul, created by God, you reincarnate. Rather than having only one incarnation, ever.
Either way, you’ve had a taste of being created by God. And even being with God… before this particular lifetime began.
Thus, your soul remembers living in a Heaven. Even if you’re on Earth now, your soul still remembers.
Making Sense to You So Far?
Seems to me, that’s why we humans have good reason to sometimes feel that ache. An ache that comes and goes, yet it never quite goes away. Not for as long as we’re alive here at Earth School.
(At least, that longing persists until — and unless — we move into Enlightenment.)
So Here’s a Workaround that Can Help
When that longing comes up, remind yourself:
I’m human now. There’s no point to missing when I was an angel.
After this life ends — soon enough — I’ll be an angel again.
Sure, it’s understandable that I might feel some nostalgia.
A Related Idea
To persuade yourself of your humanity, it might help to pinch yourself. Gently!
Why does that hurt? Because your body is made of flesh and blood. Therefore, it can feel pain.
Angels never feel pain. Fair enough. Eventually you’ll be living in an astral body as a discarnate being. Then you won’t feel pain either.
Meanwhile, you might as well make the most of living here. In no way can it realistically help you to think you can do a single thing to become an angel. You’re a human.
On a Lighter Note
Ever hear this saying?
“I’ll sleep when I dead.”
Some folks find that comforting. Even a justification for depriving themselves of sleep.
Only here’s the funny part: Angels don’t sleep. They don’t need to sleep. They ain’t human!
Human Is Human. Angel Is Angel.
Make sense, when you think of it?
What If You’d Like More Powerful Help to Dispel Homesickness for Heaven?
Hey, that’s why I spent my most creative time for the last four years or so…. preparing the book published today:
Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening just might be able to help you considerably more than this blogpost.
Might help you a lot, for instance, at overcoming that certain kind of homesickness.
