Dante's Glimpse Of Heaven In The Third Sphere

In Dante Alighieri's words, in Canto VIII of The Paradiso, translated by John Ciardi:

so I saw lights circling within that light
    at various speeds, each, I suppose, proportioned
    to its eternal vision of delight. [1]

I believe anyone who can describe a non-static image of Heaven, including images that defy the earthly laws of physics, has either been given a vision of the true Heaven or the likeness of Heaven that can best be grasped by the limited human mind and expressed in the even more limited human language.  I also believe that Heaven has far more beautiful sights than this planet and the universe it is in have, and they are as different as the different descriptions people have given.



[1] Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy. The Paradiso. Trans. John Ciardi. New York: New American Library, 2003, p.657.