Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is. If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
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Whether you’re a believer or not, we have all had that experience of being not-quite-awake and not-quite-asleep where you sense communication taking place. Scientists and psychologists will explain this as REM sleep – dreaming – the subconscious part of the brain trying to work out conflicts and resolutions you are struggling with in your conscious life. I can agree with that.
But I disagree with any conclusion saying, that since we all experience it, it is therefore part of our natural life.