Maitreya's Tuṣita Heaven

It is interesting it says going to Tusita Heaven is reachable through Meditation. When I was in my early 20s I was allowed to "Look Into" many heavens. This exploded and expanded my "World View" about heavens and made me realize that there are heavens literally for all religions and philosophies that are kind on earth.

So, this changed everything for me and I realized anyone telling you only your religion goes to heaven is either deluded or lying to start with. So, one of the reasons to experience heaven realms in your contemplation and meditations is to realize this yourselves. I find this makes a person non-judgemental and leads to compassion for all sentient beings in the universe.

• I haven't read this yet but realized this might be useful to both you and I today and beyond.
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Maitreya's Tuṣita Heaven

Maitreya currently resides in the Tuṣita Heaven (Pāli: Tusita), said to be reachable through meditation. Gautama Buddha also lived here before he was born into the world as all bodhisattvas live in the Tuṣita Heaven before they descend to the human realm to become Buddhas. Although all bodhisattvas are destined to become Buddhas, the concept of a bodhisattva differs greatly in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. In Theravada Buddhism, a bodhisattva is one who is striving for full enlightenment (Arahantship in Pali), whereas in Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva is one who has already reached a very advanced state of grace or enlightenment but holds back from entering nirvana so that he may help others.
In Mahayana Buddhism, buddhas preside over pure lands, such as Amitābha over Sukhavati. Once Maitreya becomes a buddha, he will rule over the Ketumati pure land, an earthly paradise sometimes associated with the city of Varanasi (also known as Benares) in Uttar Pradesh, India.^[11]
In Theravadin Buddhism, Buddhas are born as unenlightened humans, and are not rulers of any paradise or pure land. Maitreya's arising would be no different from the arising of Gautama Buddha, as he achieved full enlightenment as a human being and died, entering parinibbana.