Is Christianity Based on the Bible?

The Meaning of Some Favorite Biblical Passages
David and Goliath
Everyone is familiar with the story of David and Goliath, but here is its true meaning. "And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine."--1Samuel 17:40. The five smooth stones represent the five senses; sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch, while the Philistine represents the carnal mind. "And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth."--1Samuel 17:49. David had five stones, but he only needed one stone to dispose of the Philistine, that stone being the pineal gland which is located smack dab in the center of the forehead. So, David slew not some giant warrior, but his carnal mind.

Jonah and the Whale, and Jesus Walks on Water
You've all probably heard the story of 'Jonah and the Whale', or fish. In the story there is an analogy made between the tempest of the sea and the turbulence of the mind. It is the origin of the story told in Matthew about Peter. "But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish:"--Jonah 1:3. Now, Jonah was safely aboard a ship, which represents the mind, going to Tarshish so as to escape from the presence of the Lord. "But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken."--Jonah 1:4. While Jonah was safely aboard the ship his emotions began to churn. As a result Jonah loses command of his own ship or thoughts, and he winds up going overboard into the tempest of the sea which means he is in deep meditation. Once you leave the boat you are floundering and looking for someone to save you, and that someone is the fish, not whale, which represents God. "Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not."--Jonah 1:5, 6. "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."--Jonah 1:17. Unless you believe that Jonah was out in the turbulent waters asleep then you have to understand that he is in deep meditation in the turbulence of his own mind, and not out upon the high seas. Just like with Jesus Jonah spent three days and three nights entombed, but this time in the belly of the beast rather than an actual tomb. The number three represents the time that the sun is entombed during the winter solstice, as well as new life. "And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."--Jonah 2:10. "Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee."--Jonah 3:2. So, the fish spew Jonah onto dry land and he became an evangelist.

"And oftentimes when I walked with him, I desired to see the print of his foot, whether it appeared on the earth; for I saw him as it were lifting himself up from the earth: and I never saw it."--Acts of John 93. Here John declares that Jesus never left a footprint when he walked with him. Of course this is more allegory with walking with someone meaning that he followed in his way.

The following occurs immediately after the crucifixion: "And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus,...while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him."--Luke 24:13-16. Here two of Christ's disciples see him in Galilee, but they do not recognize him. This is the same as what is happening today, Christ is there but no one can see him. "And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight."--Luke 24:28-31. You have to make the effort to actually see and recognize Christ. You cannot be constrained. When the Christ is active in you only then can you have communion with him. "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."--1Thessolonians 4:17, Here we once again find reference to the clouds, which we will explain later, and also to air which is the third level of consciousness where there is no thought.

Did you ever wonder why, that according to the Bible, these things happened eons ago, but are not happening today? It is because the stories are not about events that happened sometime in the past, they are about events that are ongoing, and they can be happening in you, but religion has taken away the key of knowledge. "Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered."--Luke 11:52. In Israel lawyers were either priests or clerics who interpreted the law of God, but since they had not entered into themselves Jesus says they did not have divine knowledge, and were not qualified to interpret scripture.

I found this warning on a Christian website, but it is not unusual to find similar warnings offered to parishioners by their Christian ministers.

Caution: If your involvement with Chakras or meridian lines involved you dabbling in false religions, New Age beliefs, Buddha's or anything of the sort, then you have opened yourself up to demons, and need to repent and renounce all such beliefs and practices. Command any demons which attached themselves to you through your mistaken beliefs and sinful activities to leave in Jesus' name.

This is the type of nonsense that the Christian churches have taught throughout the years in order to keep their parishioners living in guilt and fear, so that they can manipulate them and take their money under false pretenses, even though Jesus is clearly telling you not to be afraid. If something goes wrong he will be there to catch you.

"Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest."--Psalm 55:7, 8. Here we have another reference to the turbulence of the mind during meditation with references to the wilderness much like in the Jesus story and the tempest like in the Jonah story. "As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me."--Psalm 55:16. Just like in the Jonah story the Lord shall save him. Selah is often interpreted as a silence or pause.

"And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish."--Matthew 8:23-25. Once again we have the same analogy which we covered earlier that pertains to Jesus just like with Jonah, comparing the meditating mind with the turbulence of the sea. Just as in Jonah the ship represents you, or your mind when you are in control, and charting your own course.

"Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple."--Jonah 2:4. Jonah promises to once again take up his yoke of meditation looking inward towards the temple of God, and low and behold, "And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."--Jonah 2:10. Much like Jesus was born of a renewed mind after the crucifixion, so too was Jonah’s mind reborn out of the turbulent waters and the belly of the fish onto calm dry land.

Jesus in the Wilderness
"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred."--Matthew 4:1, 2. Much like Jonah Jesus entered into the wilderness of the mind where he was tempted by his ego or the thought of living backward hence the devil. The number forty symbolizes the death with oneself and the spiritual rebirth. "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."--Matthew 4:17. Much like Jonah, Jesus became an evangelist, but what good does it do for you if Jesus walks on water, or Jonah spends three days in the belly of a fish? Nothing, because the story isn't about them it is about you.

Noah's Ark
Another biblical favorite is the story of Noah's Ark. "And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,"Genesis 7:7, 8. Noah takes two members of each species onto his ark, one male and one female. By now everyone knows just how ridiculous this story is with of course the exception of some evangelical Christians who believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible. Here just like in many other biblical passages the animals represent the thoughts of the left hemisphere of the brain, while the water corresponds with the baptism or second level of consciousness. So, when the ark reaches dry land, and is out in the air, or third level of consciousness, all the animals, or thoughts of the left hemisphere are dispatched.

Jesus and the Fig Tree
This is similar to Jesus and the fig tree. "And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away."--Matthew 21:19. What is it about this poor little fig tree that Jesus finds so offensive? Where does Jesus see the fig tree? He sees the fig tree in the 'way'. The way is a term derived from 'the way of the chariot' or ancient Jewish mysticism is the mode of knowledge. In this verse the fig tree represents the the temple cult, and the leaves and fruit represent the thoughts and ideas generated in the left hemisphere of the brain which will wither away once you are open to the right hemisphere of the brain. "And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way."--Matthew 21:8. "And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way"--Acts 9:17. The Chariot (Merkabah) was thus a kind of 'mystic way' leading up to the final goal of the soul. In the Bhagavad Gita Arjuna is the archer riding with the charioteer. "And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein."--Isaiah 35:8. In other words the way refers to meditation as a means of breaking all physical attachments.

"Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done."--Matthew 21:21. The reason why it is a fig tree is because the fig blossoms on the inside. Therefore, in mysticism it is considered the holy fruit. In other words you too can empty out the left hemisphere of your brain. "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."--Revelation 2:7. There are seven churches which represent the seven chakras, and the paradise of God is located in the right hemisphere of the brain. "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."--Psalm 1:3. It is only the tree that is planted in the right hemisphere of the brain which will prosper, and according to Luke 17:21, the kingdom of God is within you.

All of these mentions of the wilderness, and the turbulence are referring to the undisciplined mind. Christianity, as it exists today, does nothing to tame the mind. Instead they ask for abstinence which often leads to repressed feelings, illness, and psychological problems at some future date. Likewise it is important to reunite with your virgin mind.

"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."--Matthew 19:24. Here is another one of those favorite Bible verses. It seems to say that a rich man cannot enter the kingdom of God, but that is not what it means. The eye of the needle is believed to have been one of the gates of Jerusalem that was commonly used as the entrance for beasts of burden such as the camel because of its low clearance. What it means is that in order for one to enter the kingdom of God one, much like the camel, must first unburden oneself. Your ideas, thoughts, and beliefs are your burdens. So, religion cannot help you enter the kingdom since all religion does is to add to your burdens. Obviously Christians object to this interpretation since they have a corrupt mind which requires money from the wealthy for them to support their corrupt religion. This is precisely the reason Jesus made this statement. The concept is very consistent with much of the rest of the Bible.

In order to achieve enlightenment Siddhartha Gautama sought out every trick in the book including fasting and becoming a renunciant, but nothing worked, only when Siddhartha remembered an experience from his childhood when his mind had settled into a state of deep peace did he realize that the path of liberation was through the discipline of mind, and he realized that, instead of starvation, he needed nourishment to build up his strength. "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein."--Luke 18:17. Wise means way.

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