Dear Lloyd:

“Yes, I do believe in heaven. I think of it as an immaterial paradise realm where spirits go upon death if they have lived compassionate lives” –

– More than 2 years ago, on January 8, 2020, you were repulsed (and no wonder) by what humans have done to the world, “repulsed by the human race’s capacity for selfishness… famine still continues today— as does climate change, escalating political instability…  My resolution has been to try and help people as best I can“.

Since you wrote the above, the pandemic became a worldwide reality; climate change has been escalating beyond what was predicted, extreme whether events are frequent and evident everywhere, record heat, droughts, floodings, storms and the resulting destruction and suffering and the promise of more; and political instability has been increasing along with climate change. In all of this, humans in positions of power are still too selfish to do what is right for life of earth. No wonder heaven sounds appealing.

On January 11, 2020. you were planning to start therapy in March that year, you wrote: “I spend so much time thinking about saving the world, but I realise I cannot help a single soul without putting my own needs first… it’s hard, perhaps especially as a man, to accept that you are a human being with emotions and that it’s really okay to need help and to ask for help. But I’m ready now” – I am guessing that you did not start therapy because of the pandemic, and/ or perhaps you feel that considering the alarming state of our world, the mental health of one individual is not important?

anita