Christianity and hell

This was a Nome response about Christianity and hell. Soon after practicing inquiry I got really guilty or nervous about past sins, and worried about supernatural things like hell. So I wanted to see how he would address it. Someone mentioned, that there was a negative reptutation/gossip about Nome, and you are free to take that at it's word or not. But i have found this correspondence extremely helpful and worth sharing. I would almost say they are too good not to share. So 1 a day.

Dear Kassy,
Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya
Namaste.
Self-Knowledge and Self-inquiry are of the nature of Reality, whichknows no sectarian division. It is like asking if God is a Hindu orChristian. The humor of such is obvious. The same holds true for the natureof Jesus.
Vedanta has excellently preserved, in experience and scripture,these essential teachings. Perhaps this is due to the absence of "heresyhunting," with its concomitant book burning, violence, malice etc. carriedout by those who have not a clue as to the real nature of God, worship,wisdom, etc. but who nonetheless masquerade as "religious." Or it may be dueto the abundance of sages who have appeared in this ancient spiritualtradition.
Heaven and hell are according to the conceiver or perceiver of them.For those who experience such, such appear to be real. For those who knowall is in the mind, they appear as states or modes of mind. They thus ridthemselves of the errors that form the hell and find the heaven within. Forthose who abide as the Self, there is only That, God, and nothing elsewhatsoever. The value of the ritual or form of worship is according to the onewho practices it. See Saddarshanam and Upadesha Saram (both by the Maharshi)for a profound understanding of the relation of worship with name and formto the practice of what is formless or the worship of the formless. Yes, thefinal worship, puja, oblation, offering, etc. is Self-Realization.Nonetheless, Sri Muruganar performed puja with a Siva-lingam, and SriRamanasramam conducts much worship (puja), holy text recitations (VedaParayana and the Tamil Parayana), etc., and there is at the center of itspremises at Arunachala the Matribhutesvara Temple in traditional style withtraditional worship offered by the priests.
So, worship in any form is good if it diminishes the ego. It is bestto know what you worship, for thus your worship is in Truth.
Ever yours in Truth,
Nome