The place you're speaking of is technically the "heart of the earth" and it's not the same thing as 'heaven' but that realm does exist WITHIN the heavens.


Also, it seems many people have an entirely WRONG definition of soul and use it in the wrong context:

Soul:
1. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life (the motivating factor which drives your actions)

2. person: a human being

3. deep feeling or emotion

4. the human embodiment of something


So yes, the things which motivate you will continue to exist for eternity... but 'you', your experiences (memory) is tied to your physical brain and once blood stops going through your brain you gain no more experiences...

I've had an NDE myself, full out of body experiences, etc, I'd be happy to share it. With this being said NDE's are simply a natural phenomena similar to a dream. YOU do not exist after you die, you are the sum (soul) of spirit + body... if you have no body... you are nothing... non-existance... 'you' only exist in the memory of the earth.