I seek common ground with science and occasionally read a book to keep up with the latest trends. The material world is not a punishing apparatus, and we did not fall from paradise. Rather we are new souls springing from God-dess’s love and put here to evolve to the point where we can interact with God-dess on a conscious personal level just for fun.
We can more or less make this world what we want, but as a species have made a mess of it. The spiritual world can also be whatever we want. Ask and you shall receive. We need to know what to ask for. I don’t know about a spiritual world beyond this universe, but I know one exists inside me and seems to permeate everything on a different frequency, vibration, level, or dimension of existence.
Getting in tune with that is what its all about.