Billions of Christians believe heaven is a place you go when you die as a result of your behavior on earth. The bible however has a much different message. The allegorical meaning, the hidden meaning of the concept of heaven, or synonomously, the kingdom of God, completetly debunks the religious definition. The Bible states clearly that heaven isn't a place in the sky or on a cloud, heaven is a place within your own mind.
Luke 17:21 "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
John 14, 17-20 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
1 Kings 6: 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." Here we are introduced to the concept that you are building a house when you build your understanding of the allegory of Jesus in the Bible.
Acts 7:48 The most high dwells not in temples made with hands. The Kingdom of God, Heaven, the house of God that you build, The Temple, all refer to the same place. Who amongst us does not, having read these passages, realize that the kingdom of God i.e., heaven, is within us? Why do you think they call the sides of your head between your ears and your eyes your "temples"?
Exodus 20:25
And if thou wilt make me an altarof stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
And heaven is not a place you go after you die. Psalms 6:4 "Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?"
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
Now that you understand that the bible is written in allegory, that God is Light, and that heaven resides within you, you'll realize that heaven is not a place in the sky. Now you'll can start to understand the hidden meanings of much more of the bible.
One of my favorite bible passages pertaining to how heaven is a place in your mind is one that everyone has heard of or read. It's the parable about Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple.
Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Knowing as we do that the temple of God is within us, and not a physical building, we can also deduce that the money changers are not real people either. Money changers represents the thoughts about money that we have that consume our mind. When you sit down to meditate it is inevitable that thoughts like losing your job, paying the bills, saving for the future will pop into your head. In meditation you can call on Jesus to throw those thoughts out of your temple and resume your dwellings on God and all his statutes. You must constantly strive to keep your temple clean. Focusing on the works of God in the bible keeps your temple clean. When a though about money, or sex or something else in life pops into your head in meditation, go back to thinking about the basics, that God is Light, that the kingdom of heaven is withing you. That God's name is "I AM" . When you meditate, work on the bible allegories in your mind. Think about the hidden meanings of different words. Focus on the allegory of the bible and you will keep your temple clean and pure. When worries about money, thoughts about sex, fears about your health come into your mind during meditation, you have to shut them down. You have to kill them. This passage will help you to overcome these thoughts:
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Seek first the kingdom of God, meditation is seeking the kingdom of God. And all your earthly desires will come automatically.
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