heaven

1. Christianity

a. the abode of God and the angels

b. a place or state of communion with God after death

2. the sky, firmament or space surrounding the earth

3. (in any of various mythologies) a place, such as Elysium or Valhalla, to which those who have died in the gods' favour are brought to dwell in happiness

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

What does it mean when you dream about heaven?

Over and above the obvious theological connotations of heaven, dreaming about heaven represent an individual’s sense of harmony and joy. Could also represent a retreat from life’s difficulties.

Heaven

(dreams)

Heaven represents all of those things for which most people hope. Some of us may not be convinced of its existence, but all of us have definite ideas about what heaven should be like. In your dreams it may symbolize happiness, peace, understanding, rest, love, union between God and man, and many more positive things. Some people work for a “heaven on Earth.” Others believe that there are many different heavens and in their dreams they visit those places through soul travel. Whatever your belief system or your dream experience may be, this dream usually leaves you feeling positive and energized.

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All at once, their throats, lacquered by love and passion, the birds burst forth in tweety tones, scales of half and whole notes that shattered the stillness of creation and taught the wind to whistle, the roses to waft sweet fragrances heavenward, the snake to slither, the humans to copulate in washes of birdsong.

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Burns, how "sluggish" the pace of discovery was during the 350-year period after Tuscan scientist Galileo Galilei first turned his "improved, but still primitive, telescope heavenward" in 1610.

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"This is something beautiful," said Abdullah Majaideh, 14, after gazing heavenward. "I never expected to look into the telescope and see the outside world."

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