Heaven is not a radical change so much as an improvement in our present condition. The best of life as we now know it is given back to us in unlimited measure. Such a view, we might say, is common among folk such as these islanders, who have never been to college, never taken a philosophy course or learned to think in terms of high theology. Yet to us it smacks of anthropomorphism. We are not comfortable thinking of heaven in terms of life as we now experience it.
Eternal life is the experience of endless nirvana.
In heaven we become part of a vast cosmic spiritual force. We loose all sense of distinctiveness as we float blissfully around eternity as aimless souls. But while such a view tickles our intellect, it does little to excite us about the possibility of leaving this life. It's small wonder so many Christians have an April feeling about eternity. Scripture is less than explicit on the question and leaves some room for mystery about the nature of relationships in eternity.