“The Great Divorce” is one of my favorites, also. The scene of the man with the lizard on his shoulder has stayed with me profoundly for the last 30 years.
I read the Great Divorce while I was going through a very painful separation from a business partner I had been with for 20 years. I was able to use the image of this man being the one who greats me in heaven.... It helped me get over my anger. I could just reject him and therefore reject heaven or I could accept God’s will.