Heaven is health

In the Vedas, if you replace mentions of “heaven” with “good health,” a lot of things start making sense:

• “Higher heavens” become “better health”
• “You go to heaven by your karma” becomes “work on your body, avoid junk (both internet content and food), and you’ll be healthy and happy.”
• “Don’t be so happy because good karma will be exhausted, and all heavens eventually come to an end” becomes “don’t get complacent and start consuming junk, because if you stop taking care of your health, suffering will follow. Your health—and your body—will eventually decline.”

Consider this example from the Rig Veda:

Whence this creation has arisen —
Perhaps it formed itself, or perhaps it did not.
The One who looks down on it,
In the highest heaven, only He knows —
Or perhaps He does not know.

How would I interpret this? For me, it means that even if one directly experiences God, it’s meaningless without being healthy—it’s like you discovered a gold mine but you have created a world around yourself that doesn’t value or even understand gold.

And then, that last line throws in uncertainty. It nudges you to see it for yourself—not to believe just because someone said so.