There is a heaven and a hell.I am told.Is heaven up and hell down?
2006-11-30 04:19:58 · 36 answers · asked by herbertboudreaux 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For heaven's sake... understand the concept of Hell and Heaven(;-)
Understanding the whole concept of Heaven? Heaven that is also called as Swarga in Hinduism is the stage when our Atman the soul within waits for a suitable body for it to manifest again. This Atman the soul within has a balance of positive merits due to which it remains in heaven (Swarga).
Any Atman the soul within that has a negative balance of merits is awarded hell, also known as Naraka in Hinduism. Naraka (hell) is also the stage when our Atman the soul within is in waiting for the next manifestation to occur.
Briefly, it can be stated, that if we have the balance of positive merits from zero to plus hundred we shall be awarded the stage of Heaven (Swarga) after our "Atman, The soul Within" has left the mortal frame. However if the balance of merits is between zero and minus hundred our Atman the soul within shall be given a place in hell (Naraka).
Heaven (Swarga) and hell (Naraka) are interim stages in the cosmic Life cycle of our Atman the soul within. The moment this Atman the soul within gets matching parents on Mother Earth... it shall again manifest a body... the body can be that of a Human Being and also of an animal depending upon the balance of merits or demerits possessed by the Atman.
As stated clearly in the Bhagavad Gita... the foremost of all sacred scriptures (the doctrine dictated by Lord Krishna to King Arjuna in the battlefield of Mahabharata between the Pandavas and the Kauravas... no Atman the soul within can directly gain immortality from Heaven.
Lord Krishna is considered as an Avatar (a direct incarnation of God) in Hinduism. He descended on Mother Earth roughly 1000 years before Bhagwan Mahavira, 1077 years before Gautama Buddha, about 1500 years before Jesus Christ and about 1700 years before the advent of Prophet Mohammed. More on god here- http://www.godrealized.org/understanding_the_whole_concept_of_heaven.html
2006-12-03 23:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not know for sure but here are some interesting things, jesus when he died before he went to heaven down to the land of the dead. to preach to the dead whom died under old covernant law. which is prehaps referring to inside the earth.
but also an interesting fact what happens to the earth latter on in reference to the sun. the sun will expand and be swolled up by the sun. so the earth will for a few million years will become a firey hell. just think maybe our souls will still be effected by gravity but being a ghost you cant grab hold of anything to pull yourself up or push against the ground so you could get pulled into the center of the earth, which is also by the way afirey place. we still call space the heavens- we might need the holy spirit to get there and save us from a future doom. we wont get there through science, at least with the present laws of physics that have basically left us in a cage with no key- interesting!
2006-11-30 04:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell, or the Greek word hades is nothing more than the common grave of man kind. There is no suffering there nor is there any fire as pictured by Dante's Inferno. In the Bible, Eccl 9:5 and 10 explain that the dead no nothing at all. In old English terms farmers would talk about helling their potatoes which meant burying them as that is the way they were planted to bring the next harvest. Some people have confused hell with The Lake of Fire mentioned in the Gospel and the book of Revelation. This lake of fire means complete inactivity forever. In Revelation 20 it is stated that death and Hades (hell) are thrown into the lake of fire.
2006-11-30 06:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by quaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heaven is above the earth and universe. Hell is for now in the center of the earth, and when those there are sent to the lake of fire, it is in a far reach of the universe, a place of eternal torment. The only way out is to believe that Jesus died for your sins, and rose again.
2006-11-30 04:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to normal Judeo-Christian doctrine Hell is a plane of exitence not a physical place. Therefore it is not inside the Earth.
I personally beleive that this world is Hell and our soul purpose is to get out of here.
2006-11-30 04:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell does not exist. It will be created when Jesus comes again. Hades is the dwelling place for sinners until the judgment. Heaven is the dwelling place for Christians.
2006-11-30 04:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's the other way. People on the other side of the world think the same thing, where we are is their down, and vice versa. So, I think hell is only a really big lie.
2006-11-30 04:22:44 · answer #7 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell exists wherever there is suffering. There is no up, nor down to hell-- no up nor down to heaven. They just are-- they exist in our minds-- in that parrallel universe of our daydreams and childhood fairy tales. Wherever there is suffering and evil, there is hell. I mean, can hell be worse than living in many places in Africa??
Can hell be worse than being a woman in a Taliban society??
Can hell be worse than being kidnapped and tortured?
2006-11-30 04:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by ladsmrt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"heaven" is being connected to All That Is, (the universal consciouness), being one with the cosmos. There is no hell. Really want answers? Try "Conversations with God Vol 1 by Neil Donald Walsch.
2006-11-30 04:24:34 · answer #9 · answered by Clycs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If heaven and hell exist, they must do so in another dimension, as they can occupy the same 'space' as other matter.
Supposedly there are 11 or 12 dimensions, so it's possible.
2006-11-30 04:22:34 · answer #10 · answered by Juke Nibi! 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋