[Shivani Devi]

Originally Posted by NoOne

Thank you SD,

That is great info. You are a treasure trove of ancient knowledge and a true asset to this forum. I think you should really try summarizing all your knowledge in a few books.

Regarding heaven, I think it is both a physically distant place in the mythological sense, another star system probably, as you have mentioned, but can also mean a higher-dimensional realm and even a state of consciousness. It is actually too broad of a term to be genuinely useful, so it means different things to different people. In the ancient, original use of the word, it denotes any region above the clouds, so essentially, space, other planets, galaxies and solar system. We still refer to various objects in space as "heavenly bodies" and have named most of our planets after various gods. That too is a clue right there.

Thanks for saying that.