What Difference Does One Letter Make?
"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."--Matthew 16:18. This is a prime example of why the New Testament often does not work in English. In English the word stone is not gender specific, but in Greek the stone can either be petros or petras. Since Peter was masculine the appropriate word to use would be petros which also has a somewhat different meaning than petras. While the word petras means a strong solid stable rock, the word petros means a small shifting unstable rock. So, it was Jesus' intention to build his church upon a rock or stone which refers to the pineal gland, and not upon houses of worship built of stone which he deplored. Of course the Church uses its convoluted logic to make it petras, but Jesus has already set the predicate for this in Matthew 24:2 when claims that a temple built of stone will not endure but will crumble, while the temple not built by human hands which contains the stone or pineal gland shall endure. There is no appeal here for anyone to create or to build a physical church. If the church's position were true do you think that God would care whether the church was built of stone, or brick, or even wood for that matter? Esoterically the word stone, which comes from God, means truth or of God while brick, refers to falsity since it is made by man. This is why the use of the word petros is anathema to the Church. The Catholic Church has even gone to the extreme of burying the bones of some poor dead Israeli corpse under St. Peters in Rome claiming that they are the remains of St. Peter.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple."--Matthew 24:1. "And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."--Matthew 24:2. When Jesus is not in your temple then you will turn toward religion. Don't be impressed with churches and temples, like all those grand Christian cathedrals, built by human hands since they are temporal and will not endure. A great example of this is the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. "We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands."--Mark 14:58. Remember, this is the very same Jesus Christ upon whose reputation the Christian Church has built it's churches made by human hands.

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."--2Corinthians 5:1.

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"--Matthew 25:34. Why build churches and attend services when the only temple that actually counts is the one prepared for you, on the right side, by God. This is a very profound statement knowing that the kingdom is inside of you. Religion and science both have based their teachings on the existence of an objective world, but this tells us that the world only came into existence with the creation of the human brain. There are three distinct possibilites: 1. man was created first then the world. This is an untenable option; 2. the world was created first then man. This is the option accepted by both science and religion, but that is not what the scriptures say; 3. the scripture says that both were created simultaneously which leads us to the conclusion that we are living in a virtual reality. "Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."--Hebrews 8:1, 2. So, when scripture talks about the tabernacle they are not talking about a church built by man, but about the tabernacle created by God which sit on your shoulders.

So, when the Bible says: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."--this could not be literally true in the manner that most religious people believe it to be. For this would indicated that God first created the universe before man, and Matthew states that the kingdom which is inside of you came into being at the same time as the foundation of the world.

One of the other great tenets of religion is at least weekly attendance at some church or temple, but this is not what the scriptures say. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"--Corinthians 3:16. "For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;"--Acts 17:23, 24.

"For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:"--Hebrews 9:24. Jesus Christ does not come to you in churches and temples built by man, but only in heaven which is the kingdom upon your shoulders. "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;"--1Corinthians 15:50. The Bible clearly states that flesh and blood cannot enter into the kingdom of God, yet to this very day, we have Christians preaching that somehow Jesus physically ascended into the kingdom.

"Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,"--1Peter 2:7. The stone or the pineal gland is not allowed to be practiced by the builders of temples and churches. The only structure that is topped by the cornerstone is the pyramid which can be seen on the back of the American dollar bill topped by the single eye. "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed."--1Peter 2:8. In other words, the pineal gland is the kryptonite of religious leaders who ignore the anatomical functions of the human body and audaciously disobey the word of God. Jesus never tells anyone to either build a church or to attend a church. All of these religious references come from passages that have nothing to do with attending church.

"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock."--Matthew 7:24. Notice it does not say that he built his house with rocks or stones, but upon a single rock. It does not say that you are saved because you believe in him or believe that he was raised from the dead.

"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."--Luke 17:21. "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."--Galatians 2:20.

This same idea can also be found in the Old Testament, but the Jews didn't listen, and as we know neither did the Christians. "And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third."--1Kings 6:7, 8. . The use of the word stone always means made by God as opposed to made of brick which means made by man, and the house was not built by man. The sound of no tools was heard meaning the temple was built in silence as in meditation. The right side of the house refers to the right hemisphere of the brain and the winding stairs to the serpent energy or the kundalini. The third refers to the third heaven.

The Jews took this to mean that they should actually build a temple structure and use the inner holy place to slaughter farm animals. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God;"--Hebrews 10:19-21. "Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,"--Acts 7:48.

The Jews took any attempt to enter the holy place very seriously, and in the following you will see that Apollonius of Tyana is clearly equated with both the Apostle Paul and Jesus Christ. "I was one of the accusers of Apollonius before Felix. The name ought to have been Apollos instead of Paul. The charge that was there set down against him was that he was a seditious and pestilent fellow. That was not the charge made against him at all. The charge was that he had attempted to enter the Holy of Holies, claiming the divine right to do so. When the priests and populace attempted to restrain him, and keep him from entering there, such was his power that he entered the Holy of Holies and none present could stop him. We called this power, the power of God, but you people call it mediumship. ...He had violated and profaned the temple and I accused him of it....The Jews had sworn to destroy him, but he had proselyted a great number of them to his faith. It was the faith of Christos or Chrishna....From A. D. 35 to A. D. 65 the only Christ that was preached in Judea was the Christos of Apollonius.... He belonged to the Essenes. This Apollos or Apollonius, was summoned before Felix and his wife Drusilla,..."--J. M. Roberts, 'Antiquity Unveiled', testimony of Ananias, A Jewish High Priest. Could the power of mediumship actually help you enter into a physical location, or was he caught meditating?" "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."--Matthew 23:13

This very same event is also chronicled in Acts: "And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.""For we have found this man (Paul) a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law."--Acts 24:5, 6.

All of these references are supported by Josephus. "2. But for the marriage of Drusilla with Azizus,...While Felix was procurator of Judea, he saw this Drusilla, and fell in love with her; for she did indeed exceed all other women in beauty; and he sent to her a person whose name was Simon one of his friends; a Jew he was, and by birth a Cypriot, and one who pretended to be a magician, and endeavored to persuade her to forsake her present husband, and marry him; and promised, that if she would not refuse him, he would make her a happy woman. Accordingly she acted ill, and because she was desirous to avoid her sister Bernice's envy, for she was very ill treated by her on account of her beauty, was prevailed upon to transgress the laws of her forefathers, and to marry Felix; and when he had had a son by her, he named him Agrippa. But after what manner that young man, with his wife, perished at the conflagration of the mountain Vesuvius"--Josephus, 'Antiquities', Book XX. Drusilla was born in the year 38 CE, and her older sister Bernice was the lover of future Roman emperor Titus Flavius.

In Slavonic Josephus it says "23. He had, you should know, healed his dying wife." This is supposed to refer to Pilate's wife, but it seems that no one else was aware of this fact. Could it be that this reference is actually to Felix's wife who we know was healed by Simon? After all I have already shown you that this Simon was none other than Apollonius of Tyana who was both Paul and Jesus Christ.

This Simon, although described differently, seems suspiciously like Simon the Magician portrayed in Acts, and as we have demonstrated in a previous book, this Simon is often equated with Paul. The reference here to Simon as a Cypriot is confusing, but "Gitta," the birthplace of Simon Magus, often was confused with the "Kittim," or Sea Peoples of Cyprus. "...after the ascension of the Lord into heaven the demons put forward certain men who said they were gods, and who were not only allowed by you to go unpersecuted, but were even deemed worthy of honors. One of them was Simon, a Samaritan of the village of Gitto,"--Eusebius, 'Church History', chapter 13:1.

Simon is the English version of the Hebrew name Shimon. Shimon comes from the Hebrew word Sh'ma which means to listen, or hear and obey. The reason for this is symbolic. It means those who listen will be saved and encamp in the east or the right hemisphere of the brain, the camp of Judah. "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."--Matthew 13:9.

"At it (the barrier of the Temple) were columns ... and on these inscriptions in Greek and Roman and Jewish characters, publishing the law of purity and [proclaiming] that no foreigner should enter the inner [court]; for they called it the Holy [Place] to which one had to ascend by fourteen steps, and whose upper part was built in a square. And over these tablets with inscriptions hung a fourth tablet with inscription in these [three] characters, to the effect: Jesus has not reigned as king; he has been crucified by the Jews, because he proclaimed the destruction of the city and the laying waste of the temple."--Inserted in B. J. V. v. 2. --Slavonic Josephus. Now, you may wonder when did Apollonius proclaim the destruction of the city and the laying wate of the temple? Well, in my previous book I outline how and when Apollonius wrote the Gospel of Matthew. So, when Jesus says these things it is actually Apollonius speaking, much in the manner that when George Costanza speaks on Seinfeld it is actually Larry David, the writer, speaking.

"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."--Psalm 118:22. The founders or priests of Judaism rejected the idea of the stone or the pineal gland as being the foundation upon which to build their church. The authors of the New Testament seemed acutely aware of this fact. Corners signify strength and stability. "Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?"--Matthew 21:42. "And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?"--Luke 20:17. "This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner."--Acts 4:11. You can judge the significance of a religious issue by the number of authors who mention it, and clearly the authors felt that this was extremely significant. "And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits."--Exodus 27:1. The size of the altar which the Jews took literally was five which represents the five senses, the four which represents the four fold nature of man, and three which represents new life. "Thou shalt make the horns of it (the altar) upon the four corners; out of itself shall its horns be..."--Exodus 27:2. Horns, which esoterically represent the ram or pineal gland, denote the power of truth from good, thus strength and stability.

"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light".--Matthew 6:22. Practicing the single eye means focusing your eyes up toward the brow in meditation. An active pineal gland which is stimulated by meditation secretes melatonin which is a skin lightener, and is responsible for maintaining the health of the body. If you go on line and research this verse you will probably find as many interpretations as there are Christian ministers, but not one would ever venture the guess that it means meditation. Admitting this would mean the end of their little scheme to deceive and defraud the masses. Here are just a few of the ways that the Christian clergy has used to disguise the true meaning of this phrase: "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light."--NIV; "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light."--NLT; "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your vision is clear, your whole body will be full of light."--BSB; "The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye is sincere, thy whole body shall be full of light."--JB2000. These are just some of the fallacious biblical interpretations of this phrase. Add to this the litany of clerical readings and you have a whole smorgasbord of false interpretations. According to Eastern tradition, enlightenment means to experience an 'awakening.' Hence Jesus takes enlightenment a step further by saying that the whole body will be filled with light.

I use the King James Bible because it has the fewest interpretations of the scriptures. All of these so-called improved versions contain clerical interpretations of mystical teachings which they themselves do not understand, and therefore are all too willing to mislead their flocks.

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."--Matthew 6:33. "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up."--Matthew 4:16. I am quite certain that you have heard this one many times in church, and the word darkness is used to imply ignorance. However, this is one time when the word usage is actually quite literal, for those who sit in darkness are those who meditate in darkness. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."--John 8:12 "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,..."--Matthew 6:6. Notice it says thy closet and not just closet. Indian Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda explains it "As the parlor awakens social consciousness, the library fosters reading consciousness, and the bedroom suggest sleeping, so everyone should have a room or screened off corner, or a well ventilated closet, used exclusively for the purpose of silent meditation."

For this reason Jesus says: "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"--Matthew 6:25. It is because thoughts are a trap. You cannot enter the kingdom via the intellect. "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"--Matthew 6:26. It is not required that you think of what you are going to wear or eat. This might seem strange to you since we live in a carnally driven reality.

"Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake."--Matthew 24:9. The word name comes from the idiom 'in my name' which means according to my way. If you do as Jesus says then they the religious leaders will hate you and even go so far as to kill you just for you having taken up your cross and following in Jesus' way, and they did exactly that burning Gnostics at the stake. So, you live your entire life in accordance with the opinions of others, fearing that you will be ostracized if you do not go along with your peers. If you want to experience the second coming of Christ you will have to leave those experiences behind and as Jesus says, 'take up your cross.' "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;"--Ephesians 4:23. This is what the early Christians meant when they said the Jews rejected Christ not some fictitious crucifixion, and in much the same manner Christians today have also rejected Christ. Worshipping Jesus as God was not their intention.

"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 hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."--Revelation 2:17. The new name simply means a new way. A way you have never been exposed to before. When you meditate your pineal gland will become like a stone. For those who refuse to meditate their pineal glands will remain as sand.

"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:"--Matthew:24-26. If you fail to meditate and life seemingly turns against you then you will have nothing to fall back on for your life has no foundation.

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