Heaven and Paradise are they the same?
When I was younger our parents would always tell us if we were not good little boys and girls we would not go to heaven. We would always ask where is heaven? How do we get there and can we go there now? The reply was always the same, just be good and you will reach heaven. Where is heaven? We then we went on ask the question what is paradise? Is there paradise on earth, how do we get there? What can we do when we get there?
Heaven
If you asked the question where is Heaven or what is heaven, no doubt you would get different answers from different people, here are some of the definitions I have heard used to describe heaven.
The sky, the firmament, the atmosphere enveloping the earth regarded as the region where clouds float, the wind blows etc, the abode of God and the blessed, the place of supreme felicity and any place or state of extreme joy or pleasure.
All of the above are good definitions, some are quite simple and blase and some based on religious teachings which tells you if you follow the right path here on earth there is a place waiting for you in heaven , you have deserved to have a place, you deserved to be there. The question is Who decides if you are deserving? What is the criteria on which you are judged? How do you know if you are in heaven?
These questions I have often asked myself. I guess I will never know until it happens, there is no guarantee one will get into heaven once at the pearly gates. I believe that heaven is inside us as is god, we need to look deep inside of us, get in touch with our soul and spirit, look toward our completion as a person, our physical being and then our spiritual being, find a purpose to why we are here after which we will be in heaven, the place that has always existed within us.
Paradise
Similarly, if you asked the question where is Paradise or what is paradise, no doubt you would get different answers from different people, here are some of the definitions I have heard used to describe paradise.
The garden of eden, a place or state of bliss, Heaven, a place or condition of perfect bliss, a park or pleasure ground.
Here again whilst growing up we led to believe that paradise is a place and like heaven a feeling of extreme joy.
The concept of paradise in my opinion is similar to that of heaven. Most people would describe paradise of being a place of breathtaking beauty with idylic surroundings and then events of unforgettable joy and pleasure. Paradise is used to describe a physical location, somewhere you can see, touch and feel, somewhere where all your senses are excited to feel the joy you feel deep inside.
Heaven is deep inside of us, Paradise is anywhere we want it to be, look inside yourself to see the beauty of what is around you, the world around has so much beauty to see and explore, take time to excite all your senses, to Hear, Smell, Taste, Touch and See all that nature brings us and has to offer, let’s be in peace with our surroundings.
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