Paradise is within you, in your state of no-mind. And hell is also within you, in your very mind.
Heaven and hell are not geographical, they are psychological, they are your psychology.
It is your attachment that creates hell.
Hell and heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of heaven.
If you don't take the lamp of awareness with you, you are going to create a hell around you. Light your lamp wherever you gocourting, not courting, that is not the point. Wherever you go, whatsoever you do, always do it in the inner light, with awareness.
You are creating your own hell.
