Heaven And Hell Do Exist, But It’s Not What You Learned In School

Concepts of heavenly realms and hellish realms have always existed within theism. But do these realms actually exist, or are they simply stories to keep our moral compasses in check?

The short answer is yes. Heaven and hell do exist, but probably not in the way you would think.

Every religion has a concept of heavenly states of consciousness, and hellish states of consciousness. Let’s have a look:

• Christianity: Where the terms heaven and hell originate from
• Islam: Jannah is described as a place of eternal bliss, While Jahannam is described as a place of punishment
• Judaism: Olam Ha-Ba is a place of reward and closeness to God while Gehenna is described as a place of purification or punishment.
• Hinduism: Hinduism has concepts of nirvana while also believing in lower realms such as Naraka.
• Buddhism: Concept of Sukhavati which is a blissful state achieved through good karma, and Naraka as found in Hinduism.
• Sikhism: Believes in Sachkhand which is a state of spiritual union with God, and also Naraka

And the list goes on, not to mention new-age beliefs, indigenous beliefs, and so on. As I regularly mention, if a theme is recurrent in many different religions and spiritual belief systems, then it must be real.