Thread: Ideas of Heaven
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Old 15-04-2015, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Azurisan
Various cultures have different ideas and representations of heaven.

Christians say it is the clouds, sky and light.

Some say, the galaxies, stars and outer space are.

Some down-to-earth ideas include night club, dungeon, house, tree house, living in the jungle and so on.

Some are specific and worldly, such as world peace, social harmony and utopia.

Eastern religions say we all are part of the One, and therefore it is our duty to look after it, clean it, protect it, preserve it and fulfil it.

Sometimes, I imagine my heaven as an arcane sanctuary, where from the exterior, it is a diminutive house or temple, but as you enter, it is an infinite plane. Sometimes, I prefer ultimate solitude and would like to own my own universe metaphysically entirely different and in parallel with the current one. It could be where everything is computerised.

Sometimes, it is a sacred library. Sometimes, it is no civilisation but fully natural beauty and primitive world.

Sometimes, it is an immortal astronaut living in a space capsule travelling in hyperspace.

Values change and so are perceptions of heaven.

Anyone who reads this, please do share your perceptions, values and ideas of heaven.

I personally like to believe that heaven and hell are states of mind. If you are self-aware or mindful, you can create a heaven in the midst of hell.

And if you are unconscious and steeped in desires and cravings , you can create a hell in heaven itself.


This is my own observation.

With respect to the heaven and hell in afterlife, there is reference to this in Paramahamsa Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi' , where Yogananda's guru, Sri Yukteshwar, who had died, resurrected and speaks with Yogananda on his experience in the afterlife, and the astral universe and planets, where he abides. It was very interesting and logically put, and I enjoyed reading it.
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