Heaven Is So Far of the Mind
poem 370
Heaven Is So Far of the Mind - meaning Summary
Heaven as Mental Construct
Dickinson presents heaven not as a distant physical place but as a condition of consciousness. She argues that heaven’s existence depends on the Mind: if the mind were gone, the location could not be demonstrated. Its scope matches human capacity and imagination, and its reality varies with desire—so for a being with sufficient wanting or openness, heaven need be no farther than the present world.
Read Complete AnalysesHeaven is so far of the Mind That were the Mind dissolved The Site of it by Architect Could not again be proved ‘Tis vast as our Capacity As fair as our idea To Him of adequate desire No further ’tis, than Here
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