Будущая жизнь

...You write that now, both from a painful state and from the mood of your soul, you often cry and most of all pray to God that in your future life you will not be deprived of the sight of Christ; and you ask if this is not a proud thought. No. Only you do not understand this idea correctly, because all those who have been pardoned by the Lord will be granted the sight of Christ; and the Kingdom of Heaven is nothing other than the joy of Christ the Savior from the sight of Him. So, on the contrary, those excommunicated from Christ will be deprived of the Kingdom of Heaven and sent to torment. And Saint Chrysostom says that to be excommunicated from Christ is worse than Gehenna and more painful than any torment. The Monk Theognostus says in the last chapter: “If anyone does not hope to be where the Holy Trinity is, let him try not to be deprived of seeing the incarnate Christ.” And Saint Climacus in the 29th Degree in the 14th chapter writes that those who have achieved dispassion will be where the Trinity is. On average, those who are present will have different abodes. And those who have received forgiveness of sins will be honored to be inside the paradise fence, and the latter should not be deprived of the sight of Christ (2, part 3, pp. 108–109). [Question: “Father, surely one whose close relatives will suffer in hell cannot feel complete bliss in the future life?” Answer: “No, this feeling will no longer be there: then you will forget about everyone. It's just like taking an exam. When you go to an exam, it’s still scary and you’re filled with all sorts of thoughts, but when you came, you took a ticket (to answer), forgot about everything” (3, p. 231).] You might be interested in: