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Experiencing heaven on earth?

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I have heard some Christians and videos/books talk about Christians being able to experience heaven on earth.
I currently believe in the following:
Life is a never-ending stream of problems that must be confronted, surmounted, and/or solved. If at any point, Life runs out of problems to give us, then as players, we will unconsciously invent problems for ourselves.
There are also related words like "abundance" and "manifesting". I was wondering if Christians believe heaven on earth can be consistently experienced and if that is Biblical. I think it's related to prosperity gospel but maybe involves even stronger blessings.

I have experienced feelings of heaven on earth myself but they turned out to be manic episodes and I've been hospitalized. At the same time I had missed out on a lot of sleep and if that happens I start taking sleeping tablets. In those cases when my life seemed perfect I ended up unconsciously inventing problems for myself (resulting in hospitalization, etc)
 
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There is no escaping some afflictions. "The afflictions of the righteous are many, but the Lord delivers us from them all." Learning "obedience from the things we suffer." This suggests we encounter troubles but as we trust God, He pulls us toward himself. One thing that helps is to avoid taking the bait or trap that Satan tries to put on us at times. We have to watch our confession and not believe in the lies of the devil. Such lies are generally based on our own fears, condemnation, or other negative thinking. We can push much aside using God's word!
 
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