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A whole human life is just a heartbeat here in Heaven. Then we’ll all be together forever.
— Chris Nielsen · What Dreams May Come
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A consoling picture of time in the afterlife. A whole human lifespan shrinks to a single heartbeat there, so being apart feels brief, with reunion and "forever" waiting afterwards. The comfort comes entirely from the shift in scale.
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