I was skeptic in many things paranormal even though I must admit I had several of them myself that I couldn't quite explain up until the age of 21/22 (so I decided to discard them as something which was just very strange and random). I am not a skeptic anymore however... I know there is something bigger than me, fortunately. And it's for the good, mostly. But this world... is the closest thing to hell in my perception. There are some safe havens which are closest to heaven (at least to the lowest of the higher astrals), but way too few outposts of this quality in my humble opinion. Overall it's dark and murky down here (not as in the lower astral realms, but still), yet according to the Book of Urantia progress will be achieved for mankind to accede to higher ascension phases and transition to higher dimensions of consciousness respectively, at first slow, but then gradually better and better. Hope, there will always be hope, even in a physical realm as Earth which seems preponderantly cut so far away from the Source.