Scientific research has proven that the thoughts we create inside our brains has a direct influence on the energy that governs the universe. Spirituality describes this as our consciousness connecting with the higher consciousness, the supreme consciousness which created the universe. In a way, both suggests that the universe itself is God. But all the stories of God and heaven from different cultures from history has to say otherwise. What if God exists outside the realm of time and space, outside the infinite probabilities of multiverses? Then what does that leave us with? The Universe and its infinite probabilities!
The universe as we perceive it may have been a gift from God, all the stories does mention that He loves us unconditionally and provides us with anything we want. All we need to do is acknowledge Him and just ask the right way. There have been multiple right ways which has been passed down by different cultures across the world. Some good, some bad, some easy, some difficult, some directly says how while some other purposefully hides how, the reasons are unknown. May be the person who tapped into the spiritual knowledge had their own perspectives to share. Or maybe, the knowledge was passed down to them via different ways, by the ways of Angels, Prophets, Yogis and other Gurus.
The way I see it, our universe is just a playground, where we can manifest anything, directly or indirectly. Our minds are somehow connected to the universe, and it returns what we ask for. There are two ways how we can manifest what we really want into our life, first one by giving more materialistic efforts. The more energy you spend on things you want, you indirectly communicate to the universe what you want. And when universe hears your effort, it gives in return what your mind really wanted. Then the second method, where we understand the laws that governs the universe and tap into its power. Methods like energy healing, law of attractions, astral projections are just a few of them. There are even materialistic technologies in the modern world, which actually helps you to tap into this power.
So at the end, if our mind is not supposed to find peace by becoming one with the universe, what does happen then? If I take mind out of the equation, that leaves me with my soul. If not the universe, where does it go? Into the realm that exists outside the universe may be? Would that be heaven?
“The more I thought from inside, the more I thought of outside” ~ Syed Shah