8 And Jesus said, My brother, man, your thoughts are wrong; your heaven is not far away; and it is not a place of metes and bounds, is not a country to be reached; it is a state of mind.
9 God never made a heaven for man; he never made a hell; we are creators and we make our own.
10 Now, cease to seek for heaven in the sky; just open up the windows of your hearts, and, like a flood of light, a heaven will come and bring a boundless joy; then toil will be no cruel task.
11 The people were amazed, and gathered close to hear this strange young master speak,
12 Imploring him to tell them more about the Father-God; about the heaven that men can make on earth; about the boundless joy.
13 And Jesus spoke a parable; he said, A certain man possessed a field; the soil was hard and poor.
14 By constant toil he scarcely could provide enough of food to keep his family from want.
15 One day a miner who could see beneath the soil, in passing on his way, saw this poor man and his unfruitful field.
16 He called the weary toiler and he said, My brother, know you not that just below the surface of your barren field rich treasures lie concealed?
17 You plow and sow and reap in scanty way, and day by day you tread upon a mine of gold and precious stones.