PARADISE: A UNIVERSAL CONCEPT

One such model can be termed as civilizational model of Paradise. Thanks to the progress of civilization, many new kinds of industrial and technological developments are now at man’s disposal. It soon came to be regarded that there was no need to wait for another world; Paradise could be created by man in this world itself. Man believed that he was now in a position to build a Paradise for himself. But soon this dream was shattered. The end of the 20th century showed that while the industry for building a Paradise on Earth had reached its final stage, it brought a new kind of Hell into existence. This Hell was in the form of pollution caused by green-house gases. The Earth’s atmosphere was polluted from the industrial emissions of harmful gases leading to global-warming and making the survival of human race impossible. This experience showed that to bring a Paradise into existence, pollution-free industry was required which is not humanly possible on Earth. The Paradise envisioned could not be brought into existence and the concept of civilizational Paradise met with total failure. Wishful Thinking or Ostrich Paradise There is another popular concept of Paradise which can be called Ostrich Paradise in a metaphorical language. Those who believe in this concept will declare that Paradise is ‘right here, right now’ whenever they hear of it. Their life is based on the concept―work hard, party harder. Since nobody knows what is going to happen in the future, grab whatever you can right now. To examine the veracity of this concept we will have to study it based on the results. Looking at it from this point of view, we find that it is just not feasible. Even those who speak such fancy words have failed to find any positive results from this idea. It appears that this concept has only caused negative consequences for those who believe in it. Such people quickly acquire wealth, but they waste it in pursuing a lavish lifestyle and rich food habits resulting in poor health and disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer. To make more money they work harder and to manage their stress from overwork The end of the 20th century showed that while the industry for building a Paradise on Earth had reached its final stage, it brought a new kind of Hell into existence. This Hell was in the form of pollution caused by greenhouse gases.