Dear all,
Hindusim is the oldest and eternal religion and so it is called as Sanatan Dharma too. Actuallly it is a way of life.... Hindu.....means (in Sanskrit) hinani dushayati eti Hindu.....means person having no bad qualities is known as Hindu.....
With regards to rebirth....it is reality.....since the beginning of this world the time is divided into four Eras (yugas)....viz....satya,treta, dwapar and kaliyuga....and we all souls are in a way failuar so taken so many rebirths...and now reached to kaliyuga....hope this time around we will realise the aim of our life and achieve final liberation.
There are 14 main planes of existence in the Universe. Seven of them are positive planes and seven are negative planes. The seven negative regions are commonly known as Hell (
Paataal). There are numerous sub-planes within these main planes of existence.
Seven Positive Regions: The regions occupied mostly by living persons and subtle bodies doing righteous deeds and engaged in spiritual practice according to the positive path are known as the seven positive regions or
saptaloka. By positive path, means the orientation of spiritual practice is towards God-realisation, which is the ultimate in spiritual growth.
The Earth region is the only physical plane in the Universe and is also the first plane in the hierarchy of the positive planes in the Univers
Seven Negative Regions: The regions occupied mostly by subtle bodies who have done unrighteous deeds and are engaged in spiritual practice according to the negative path. By negative path, means the orientation of spiritual practice is towards attaining spiritual power e.g. supernatural powers. This spiritual power is primarily used to enhance one’s control over others or for negative purposes. Thus all subtle bodies that go to any one of the regions of Hell, by virtue of their evil intentions become ghosts.
Below shows the 14 planes of existence in the Universe.
Hope you all will find this information useful and handy....
Peace and love
Divinity