Some believe in the possibility of a heaven on Earth in a world to come.
Heaven is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, a paradise, in contrast to hell or the underworld or the "low places", and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith or other virtues or right beliefs or the will of God. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate, and earthly beings can ascend to heaven in the afterlife, or in exceptional cases, enter heaven alive. Heaven, the heavens, seven heavens, pure lands, Tian, Jannah, Valhalla, or the Summerland, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, jinn, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or live. Rosicrucians speak of a life review period occurring immediately after death and before entering the afterlife's planes of existence (before the silver cord is broken), followed by a judgment, more akin to a final review or end report over one's life. Unity Church and its founder Charles Fillmore teach reincarnation. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of neoplatonism, Orphism, Hermeticism, Manicheanism, and Gnosticism of the Roman era as well as the Indian religions have been the subject of recent scholarly research. Īlthough the majority of denominations within the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah, the Cathars, Alawites, the Druze, and the Rosicrucians. It is found as well in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Australia, East Asia, Siberia, and South America. It is also a common belief of various ancient and modern religions such as Spiritism, theosophy, and Eckankar.
The human idea of reincarnation is found in many diverse ancient cultures, and a belief in rebirth/ metempsychosis was held by historic Greek figures, such as Pythagoras and Plato. All major Indian religions, namely Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism have their own interpretations of the idea of reincarnation. Traditional Hinduism teaches that each life helps the soul (jivas) learn until the soul becomes purified to the point of enlightenment (unity with the cosmos). Samsara refers to the process in which souls ( jivas) go through a sequence of human and animal forms. This concept is also known as rebirth or transmigration and is part of the Saṃsāra/karma doctrine of cyclic existence. Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each death. In contrast, in systems of reincarnation, such as those in the Indian religions, the nature of the continued existence is determined directly by the actions of the individual in the ended life. Paradise) after death, as determined by God, based on their actions and beliefs during life. Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition, hold that the dead go to a specific place (e.g.
Major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics. In this latter view, such rebirths and deaths may take place over and over again continuously until the individual gains entry to a spiritual realm or otherworld. In some views, this continued existence takes place in a spiritual realm, while in others, the individual may be reborn into this world and begin the life cycle over again, likely with no memory of what they have done in the past. Belief in an afterlife is in contrast to the belief in oblivion after death. The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems it may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, which carries with it one's personal identity. The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body.
0 kommentar(er)
