Heavens and hells are nothing more than temporal ILLUSIONS in the astral planes, created by the mind of man throughout the Four Cycles of Time. Just as the worlds (LOKAS) of the gods (DEVAS) and extra-terrestrials are locked in their own durations of time, and have a Beginning and an End, these heaven and hell holographic matrices are temporal and not eternal.

The wise must understand that the rewards of heaven

…are as transient as pleasures on earth.

The Uddhava Gita, Dialogue 14.18

The gods, or cosmic deities, also belong to the phenomenal world… the attainment of oneness with them… cannot destroy the miseries of SAMSARA [the illusory holographic matrix]. 

… the aspirant, seeking liberation from phenomenal suffering, should realize the Supreme Brahman [IS-ness] as his own self and the self of all beings.

Swami Nikhilananda

The Upanishads Vol. 3, AITAREYA UPANISHAD, Chapter II

There is an intriguing prayer that the genius Indian composer and Sufi AR Rahman has set to music:

"O God, if I worship Thee for fear of hell, then burn me in hell.

And if I worship Thee in hope of paradise, exclude me from paradise.

But if I worship Thee for Thy own sake, grudge me not Thy everlasting Beauty."

The prayer reflects the Razors Edge quality of the individual seeker who prays for the single-minded focus back into the God-within, that piece of IS-ness that you are, your own Soul – the ATMA, your Divine SELF.

The most important task you now face is to form a solid-gold relationship with your own Soul, a relationship you can count on to carry you through whatever may come.

Establishing this relationship with the God-within you is far more important than any comprehension of the endless schemes & conspiracies of the Darkside, which are in effect designed to hold the hologram together until the close of this cycle.

When you leave your body, unless you have already achieved UNION with IS-ness, you will encounter a realm that precisely reflects your own consciousness. Your conscious and unconscious thoughts do generate and manifest your holographic reality.

There may be many entities - and there are millions of them - who will be inviting you to go with them, to join them, to play, to hang out with them, to come under their ‘influence’. These entities may even be your loved-ones or may in fact be ‘hungry ghosts’ only masquerading as your loved-ones. In effect, they will be aggressively ADVERTISING their particular realm within the Phantasmal Hierarchies as seductively as any late-night car dealer! Buyer, beware!

When you leave your body IGNORE ANY and EVERYONE! Even those you love.

First and foremost from your Heart chakra, call forth your OWN Soul, the God-within, as distinct from your current small identity-ego-self, which is generated by the GUNAS. Do not become distracted by these Myriad Worlds - however splendid, alluring, and comfortable.

Only your own Soul, the God-within you, knows ANYTHING relevant to your recent disembodiment and your posthumous state.

Imagine that at the end of the Kali Yuga, many beings who have been incarnating through the Four Cycles of Time will prefer to not be in vulnerable corporeal bodies. They will be perhaps rather bored and sitting it out on the 'sidelines' waiting for the close of the Kali Yuga and the Dissolution of the World, this current illusory holographic matrix.

Once your subtle body has made the conscious ‘re-connection' with your Soul, you will KNOW your Path.

Trust ONLY the God-within you!