How to tell about those heavenly abodes where the Lord calls all those who love Him? The time will come - you will see for yourself. What else can I tell you, and how can I tell you?.. After all, in human language there are no words that could convey what is happening there; after all, there are no such colors on earth... A book about eternal life in the next world in heavenly abodes, with wonderful descriptions by the holy saints of God of the Kingdom of Heaven. The advice of the holy fathers and ascetics on the salvation of the soul and how in this world to cognize the mysterious heavenly world and overcome the temptations of the earthly world is given. Source: tu003d5735038 Contents: Preface 3 Chapter 1. MYSTERIOUS REFLECTION OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 5How to know the mysterious heavenly world in the earthly world 6Look at the graves 28 Chapter 2. PROMISED HEAVEN 44What are the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven 44The Kingdom of Heaven as an otherworldly supernatural world 67Location and description of heaven 76The beginning of the state of heaven on earth 92The connection between earthly life and the Kingdom of Heaven 97The life of the first people in paradise 116John Chrysostom about the promised heaven 141Blessed life 143Acts life of the soul in heaven 155< /p> Chapter 3. MIRACLE VISIONS OF PARADISE 191Description by the holy fathers of the bliss of the righteous 191Rapture to the third heaven of the Apostle Paul. 198Visit to Paradise by Blessed Andrei the Holy Fool 201The Story of Blessed Theodora about the Beauty of Paradise..211The Wonderful Vision of the Novice Olga 214The Story of the Schemamonk of the Optina Monastery.. 226 “I saw heaven...” 234About the vision of Sister Euphrosyne 249The miraculous appearance of the Mother of God to Martha 261The Rapture to Paradise of the Venerable Seraphi ma of Sarov 265Saint Ephraim the Syrian about the heavenly abodes.... 269Special revelations of God about the eternal bliss of the righteous 282Wonderful description of the Heavenly Kingdom by the Athonite monk 297Vision of paradise by the Monk Euphrosynus 303Heavenly Jerusalem 310 Chapter 4. HOW TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN... 313To the one whose heart strives to heaven 313The story of one young man's path to the Kingdom of Heaven 340Being born again 349The mystery of Divine love 358The path to the Kingdom of Heaven 371How to attract the grace of the Holy Spirit to yourself.. 390Collected sayings written by the monk of the Holy Mount Athos Philip 408You cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven without labor...427There is no sin, conquering the mercy of God 430Do not cling to the earthly world 433 Afterword 447