Book 1 First draft
Unlocking The Hidden Meanings of The Bible, by Michael A. Ciaccio
Preface: What is Allegory?
Preface - An Allegorical Interpretation of the Bible
Introduction:
First off a couple of things I want to make clear. I am not religious. I don't believe in any religion whatsoever. I think all religions are crap. Pure evil. I do however read the Bible constantly, as in hours every day. I can't put it down. I just don't take the meaning literally, I take the meaning allegorically and that's what this book is about.
The allegorical meaning is the "hidden" meaning of the Bible. What did the author of the bible passages intend to say.
Secondly, I don't want you to think the way I do. Think for yourself. My goal in writing this book is to kindle the spirit of God within you to "read the bible" with a new set of eyes so that you can see for yourself. And the key to unlocking the hidden meanings of the bible is to understand that, as Led Zepellin wrote in the song "Stairway to Heaven", "sometimes words have two meanings". I want you to look up the meanings of the common word you thought you knew. You'll be shocked and surprised what these words also mean.
Words Have Two Meanings
I want you to experiment with different interpertations for the words as I have done to uncover the hidden meanings behind every bible verse. for example the story of Noah'a Ark and the word "pitch". In Genesis 6:14 God instructs Noah to build an ark. "Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch." Look up the word "pitch". As a noun, pitch may refer to a (resin), a viscous substance produced by plants or formed from petroleum. Something one might smear in the cracks between the boards of an old boat to keep the water from seeping in. The hidden meaning however is the other definition of "pitch". Pitch is also defined as "the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone", like in a pitch pipe a singer uses when practicing to make sure they have the right tone or pitch. Ask yourself why the author didn't say tar and instead used pitch.
So I ask you, does the bible mean to say that Noah's Ark is a physical boat made of wood and that you can keep the boat from sinking by spackeling in the cracks with a tar-like substance called "pitch"? Or does the Bible means that the Ark is not a physical place but rather a place in your mind where you can go in meditation that will shelter you when you are faced with a flood of lifes problems and you can seal out the flood of problems while they drown by chanting the pitch OM?
Another bible story popular with christians is when Jesus drives the money changers out of the temple. I will prove beyond a shadow of a douby that the bible means that the "temple" is a place in your mind" and not a physical building. If we know that the temple is in our head, what is Jesus driving out of our head? Could it be greed, desires, worrys about money? Could meditation kill our money problems by putting them in perspective. When Jesus drives the money changers out of the temple, is he a real person, physically throwing people out of a building, or does Jesus represent meditation and the temple is your mind and the money changers thoughts about money?
It's not as crazy as it sounded at first is it? "Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, but and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch." Look up "gopher wood" ... it doesn't exist. Why would God tell you to make a boat out of a wood that doesn't exist? Maybe God means that the ark is not physical? Does "within" mean going within one's self in meditation? I think it does. And why is the verse placed at 6:14? What happens at 6:14? Did you know that that 6:14 is the average time of the sunrise and sunset in the northern hemisphere? Therefore allegorically I am being told in the story of Noah's ark that I am to build a shelter within my mind through meditation, and to focus my mind on quietly chant OM, sealing my ark within with pitch. There I'll be given the knowledge to defeat the flood of problems that I face in life, and that the times of day that I should meditate is at sunrise and at sunset. I go into my ship, my ark and I passover to the right bank, the right side.
It's not always easy to uncover the hidden meaning of a word, but if you meditate on it, it will come. Sometime I'll dwell on certain words or concepts for weeks on end without getting the hidden meaning. Such was the case with the words silver and gold. The word gold is mentioned everywhere in the bible, especially frequently when it comes to the construction of "the house", or "the tabernacle" or "the altar". Everything is covered in gold.Eventually it came to me that gold represents "sun light". A few weeks later I figured out if gold meant sunlight then silver represents moonlight. So now when I read that this or that is "covered in gold" it means exposed to the sun.
In Numbers 10:2 I was stuck on the word silver for the longest time: "Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that..." What is silver? I asked myself over and over again until I realized that if gold meant the sun, then silver must mean the moon! I know that the word trumpet meant chanting OM. So two trumpets means chant Om twice. Then I got stuck on "of a whole piece of silver thou shalt make them". And then is dawned on me that a whole piece of silver must mean "the full moon"! So now Numbers 10:2 says: "Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that...", but it means, "chant OM twice per day during the full moon". Every bible verse has a hidden meaning when you plug in the second or third possible definition of the words that are used.
And as your list of hidden meanings of words grows you will start to see a picture emerge. You'll realize that every bible story has the same basic meaning and it's that you are to go within yourself in meditation and kill your enemies, the dragons, the beasts, whatever you want to call it, and when you do you will passover from the left hemisphere of your brain, the 10%, to the right hemisphere, the 90% and that's where the garden of eden is planted, that's the land that flows with milk and honey. That's the reason the bible says to give 10%. It doesn't mean money!!! It means give up the 10% of your brain, desire, greed, fear, etc, and passover to the part where God resides, the "right" side. When the bible says "beasts" it doesn't mean a physical animal, it means the beast "within" you. When the bible says a temple, it doesn't mean a physical temple, it means your mind. Understanding allegory is the key to the kingdom of heaven!
In the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", author Robert Frost wrote that he has "miles to go before I sleep." The literal meaning of that sentence is that he will travel miles down the road, and then go to bed. The allegorical meaning is quite different. "Miles to go" means years to live, and "before I sleep" means before I die. The hidden meaning is that Frost is saying that he has a lot of life left in him before he dies, while the literal meaning is that he's going to bed. As you can see, the allegorical meaning yields a much different result than the literal.
Wikipedia.com defines allegory as folows: "As a literary device, an allegory in its most general sense is an extended metaphor. Allegory has been used widely throughout the histories of all forms of art, largely because it readily illustrates complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible to its viewers, readers, or listeners. Allegories are typically used as literary devices or rhetorical devices that convey hidden meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, and/or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey."
It is the premise of this book that the bible is an allegorical book and not a history book and that there is a second meaning, a "hidden meaning" behind each word, verse and chapter that produces a radically different understanding of what the bible tells us, about the world we live in and about God.
Here are a few bible passages that state point blank that the bible is allegorical and not literal. The selected Bible verses are in Bold type.
2 Corinthians 3:6 "Who also has made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter kills but the spirit gives life."
When Jesus speaks of the spirit of the law, he is speaking of the "intent" of the passage and not the literal meaning of it. Jesus goes as far as to say that taking the bible literally is so bad that is "kills" and also that if understood spiritually it will give you life. He doesn't mean that you will kill, he is implying that's it's very, very bad. That's the allegorical intent of the word kill.
The "letter" means literal as in "letter of the law". Wikipedia describes the difference between letter and spirit in the following: The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the "letter") of the law, but not the intent of those who wrote the law. Conversely, when one obeys the spirit of the law but not the letter, one is doing what the authors of the law intended, though not necessarily adhering to the literal wording."
Matthew 13:34-35 "All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables and without a parable he didn't speak to them." Like "the letter vs the spirit", a parable is an entire story who's intent is to impart a lesson rather than just make a statement". "You reap what you sow" has nothing to do with gardening. It means you will get out of something exactly what you put into it. Saint Matthew is clearly saying that everything that Jesus said in the Bible is a parable, not literal. "All these things" means just what is says ... everything, every word of the Bible is allegory.
Mark 10 "And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?" Being without is the opposite of going within, and going within is a metaphor for meditation. If you are not in meditation you are without. If you do not go within to meditate, you will take the bible literally. It's not what you physically see, it's the perception, and not what you physically hear, it's what you understand. It's about perception and understanding. It's allegory.
Mark 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them." Taking the bible literally is the one and only sin. Your sins are "forgiven" when the sunrises. September 21 through March 20 is Sin.
Psalm 78:2 "I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:"
The lord will speak to you when you understand allegory!
Psalm 11:1-4 "In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? "
Yet religion has a literal answer for everything. "For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
But know this: "The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
If you meditate, if you go within, you will see God face to face, you will be given the knowledge of the kingdom of heaven.
Allegory makes reading the bible fun. If you understand allegory your understanding of the kingdom of heaven will grow also. Mark 4:20 "And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred." 30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: 32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it."
I know that silver is moonlight and gold is sunlight and since mother and father are where you came from, sons and daughters mean where your going and Egypt is the bad guys I understood the following: Exodus “3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.”
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Chapter One - What is God?
The beginning 5 verses of 1John 1 may be the single most powerful piece of information every revealed to mankind.
What is "the light of the world, if not the sun?
Even if you never read the bible, just remember 1John 1.
1John 1:1 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
1John 1: 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."
John is most emphatic in his first verse of his first book on whom he has witnessed as is the creator. He has heard it, and he has seen it and he has touched it. God is light and all light comes from the sun. The son of God is the "Sun" of God.
Psalm 19:4-5 "Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. "
Matthew 24:27 "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Once again it is clear that the Son of man is light (lightning) and thus God is light. This exact passage is repeated in Luke 17:24. It is interesting to note that it's the coming of Jesus into your life will be quick, like lightning.
"Matthew 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:" . The sun is the only light source that shines "white light". Interesting to note is in the song Stairway to heaven, a verse goes, "who shines white light and wants to show, how everything still turns to gold".
Revelation 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God."
Lightning
God is light, lightning.
Matthew 24: 23-28
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 17:20-37
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other- part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in mar- riage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brim- stone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 10: 18-24
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
The word "east" is the second most important word in the bible as it is the place of the sunrise. The motif of east and west as well as sunrise and sunset are part of the central allegory in the bible. God is light, God is the Sun and it rises in the east to give life and dies in the west when it sets. The Egyptian Gods Horus and Set symbolized this duality in the earliest of recorded history. Horus represented the rising sun while Set represented the slaying of Horus and the Sun dying or "setting". Of course the sun will "rise again" in 12 hours. From the word Horus we get hour so that when we ask what time it is we're asking "where's horus" and it's obvious the sun setting comes from Set.
John 8:12 "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." What is "the light of the world, if not the sun? The son of God is the SUN of God. Take away the sun and all life on earth would die. The sun's gravity keeps the earth spinning and in our orbit. The spinning gives us night and day and the orbit gives us our seasons. The SUN being God is the central message of the Bible around which all the stories revolve.
Chapter Two - What is Heaven?
Billions of Christians believe heaven is a place you go when you die as a result of your behavior on earth. The bible however has a much different message. The allegorical meaning, the hidden meaning of the concept of heaven, or synonomously, the kingdom of God, completetly debunks the religious definition. The Bible states clearly that heaven isn't a place in the sky or on a cloud, heaven is a place within your own mind.
Luke 17:21 "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
John 14, 17-20 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
1 Kings 6: 7 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." Here we are introduced to the concept that you are building a house when you build your understanding of the allegory of Jesus in the Bible.
Acts 7:48 The most high dwells not in temples made with hands. The Kingdom of God, Heaven, the house of God that you build, The Temple, all refer to the same place. Who amongst us does not, having read these passages, realize that the kingdom of God i.e., heaven, is within us? Why do you think they call the sides of your head between your ears and your eyes your "temples"?
Exodus 20:25
And if thou wilt make me an altarof stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
And heaven is not a place you go after you die. Psalms 6:4 "Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?"
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
Now that you understand that the bible is written in allegory, that God is Light, and that heaven resides within you, you'll realize that heaven is not a place in the sky. Now you'll can start to understand the hidden meanings of much more of the bible.
One of my favorite bible passages pertaining to how heaven is a place in your mind is one that everyone has heard of or read. It's the parable about Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple.
Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Knowing as we do that the temple of God is within us, and not a physical building, we can also deduce that the money changers are not real people either. Money changers represents the thoughts about money that we have that consume our mind. When you sit down to meditate it is inevitable that thoughts like losing your job, paying the bills, saving for the future will pop into your head. In meditation you can call on Jesus to throw those thoughts out of your temple and resume your dwellings on God and all his statutes. You must constantly strive to keep your temple clean. Focusing on the works of God in the bible keeps your temple clean. When a though about money, or sex or something else in life pops into your head in meditation, go back to thinking about the basics, that God is Light, that the kingdom of heaven is withing you. That God's name is "I AM" . When you meditate, work on the bible allegories in your mind. Think about the hidden meanings of different words. Focus on the allegory of the bible and you will keep your temple clean and pure. When worries about money, thoughts about sex, fears about your health come into your mind during meditation, you have to shut them down. You have to kill them. This passage will help you to overcome these thoughts:
25 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?
26 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?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Seek first the kingdom of God, meditation is seeking the kingdom of God. And all your earthly desires will come automatically.
Chapter Three, Book One: How does Jesus tell us to pray?
Meditating on the word's to "The Our Father" is essential as is meditating on all of God's messages and statutes. Your interaction with God is one of receiving God's message not in prayer. God doesn't need to hear from you. He placed a billion universes in the sky, he probably knows what you want for your birthday. Do the trees talk to the sun?
The following passages deal with prayer and going to church. It is clear me that the Bible is telling us that prayer is not something to be done publicly. Nor is prayer to be done in such a way as we all were taught by the church. Giving Alms and Prayer are combined because Alms is charity and is done at a church as is prayer. The bible says that giving Alms and saying prayers should not be done to enhance your reputation as a good person, they are things that you do privately and only between you and God. In addition the bible does away with the notion of repetitive prayers i.e. "say ten hail mary's" of Christianity and replaces it with a quiet simple mantra in chanting OM in a meditative state.
Matthew 4: "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly."
Matthew 5 "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corner of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."
Rather than go to church to be seen by others, enter into yourself in meditation.
Matthew 6 "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." This does not mean a literal closet, it means to go within yourself, privately, where there is darkness and no sound, and meditate.
Matthew 7: "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." Catholics go to "confession" and are told by a priest to "say 10 hail marys, or 5 Our fathers", and to make an act of contrition. Have they not read the bible they hold in their hand? When you pray, do not say the prayers that you have learned in church and in school, and never listen to or obey a priest.
Isaiah 1:10 "Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Instead, sit quietly in meditation and listen while God talks to you.
Matthew 8: "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." Know that God, the creator of everything, knows what you want. God knows everything you think even before you think it. You don't have to ask!
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Hypocrit: pretender, dissembler, deceiver, liar, pietist, sanctimonious person, plaster saint; phony, fraud, sham, fake
Vain: producing no result; useless
Chapter Four, Book One - There's only one prayer
There is only one prayer that comes directly from Jesus and is not made up by man. And don't say it, meditate upon God's intent.
Matthew 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
When Jesus is admonishing people not to give alms and pray in churches and synagogues, but instead to enter into one's own mind in meditation, he tells us that the only prayer you should think about and meditate on is the Lord's prayer above. So much hidden meaning is packed into these words.
"Our father who art in heaven". Now we know where heaven is, the kingdom of heaven is within you! and it's within me and it's within everyone. Go within, which is meditation and remember, you are asking to be let into the kingdom of heaven
"Hallowed be thy name". What is "thy name". The name that God told Moses to tell the Israelites in Exodus 3:14 "I AM THAT I AM". God is within you! also - Luke 17:21
"Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done." What is the will of God? Exodus 16:16 This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
On Earth as it is in Heaven.
"Give us this day our daily bread", What is "our daily bread"? Exodus 16:15 "And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. John 6: 58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever." Manna is our daily bread. It's in the morning at the moment at sunrise. This is when you should meditate.
Chapter Five, Book One - Meditate
In the following passages you'll see that meditation is the actual method of communication between us and God, not prayer like religion has taught. I'm We have already seen what Jesus thinks of prayer. He dispises it! Don't you think God already knows everything you need and want?
Psalm 46: 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalm 1 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Mark 20: 39 "And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm."
Psalm 4 "Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah."
Be still and sit still in meditation.
At Sunrise
Psalm 5 "Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Genesis 32: 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Luke 11:52 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.
Be still, make your eye single, chant Om and activate the Pineal gland, and entering within yourself.
Chapter Six: What should you pray for?
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. The "Single Eye" is the pineal gland of the brain.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 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?
26 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?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Chapter Seven: What is God's Name?
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
So the next time someone asks you who God is, just tell them exactly what God told Moses in Exodus 16:14, tell them "I AM"! "this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations."
Chapter Eight: God's will is for you to meditate
Psalm 46: 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Genesis 32: 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Luke 11:52 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.
Chanting "OM" while meditating
"Blowing the Ram's Horn" make a certain distinguishable long sound and is a central motif in the Old Testament of the Bible. 4000-2000 bc, when the sun and solar system resided in the sign of Aires the Ram, blowing the ram's horn is the method of calling in God. The new testament was written to correspond to our solar system moving into Pisces "the two fishes" and with that Blowing the Ram's horn was replaced with the Jesus fish".
Blowing the Ram's horn makes the same sound as chanting "OM" in meditation. If you examine Bible verses that containg "blowing the Ram's horn" and "sounding the trumpet" you'll find they correspond to rising up and entering into the kingdom of heaven. There are over 100 verses in the Old Testament that prominently mention "Blowing the Trumpet", or "Blowing the Ram's horn" and they all deal with overcoming, and defeating your enemies. Allegorically your enemies are the thoughts which keep you grounded in the material world, fear, greed, anger, jealousy, lonliness etc. Those are the enemies you fight and will defeat in meditation by blowing the Ram's horn, by chanting OM.
Exodus 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Numbers 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Joshua 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him
Joshua 6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord.
Meditate in the morning at sunrise. God is light. On the third day you rise to meet God. The trumpet is loud meaning God hears it.
Exodus 19:16-20 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Going "Within"
Luke 11:52 "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"
Mark10 "And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Chapter Ten: The RIGHT Side!
The metaphor of east and west continues with the concepts of right and left. Right is the east and left is the west. Right, the east, the sunrise and left, the west, and sunset.
Cast your net to the right side and you will catch fish, plant the garden eastward in Eden. In meditation you passover from the 10%, left brain to the 90% right side where the kingdom of heaven resides.
John 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Matthew 25:34 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:
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Chapter 11 - The Commandment Matthew 22:36-40 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Genesis 2:8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
Chapter 11: The Stairway to Heaven
The lyrics to Stairway to Heaven contain profound allegorical truth. It's the allegorical interpretation of scriptures, i.e. bible, that reveals the way to the kingdom of heaven which lies within your own mind. "Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings?" That's allegory. Don't assume you know the meanings of words in the bible … look them up in the dictionary. You'll find that they have a quite different meaning when interpreted allegorically and not taken literally. The way to get to heaven, the "stairway" is a story told by a lady we all know, who is sure all that glitters is gold. Gold is a metaphor for sunlight. The stairway to heaven is a message from the sun. Only the sun "shines white light". "Your head is humming and you won't go …" is a metaphor for meditating and chanting OM. How else would your head hum? "The Piper's calling you to join him" is a reference to Hare Krishna who is portrayed with a flute. "Yes there are two paths that you can go by" is a common scriptural motif for separating from human thought and the material world. And this is the allegorical message of the bible, "Sit and meditate at sunrise every day, separate from human thought by chanting OM. The result will be that your DNA will change and you will absorb the message of God through sunlight. And as a result, everything will turn to gold! I'll leave it to you to figure out who "the lady we all know" is.
Also, let me add that there is no way that Led Zeppelin, in my opinion, wrote this song. How do you go from "squeeze my lemon til the juice runs down my let" to "cause you know sometimes words have two meanings"? It's much more likely that Atlantic records exec, Ahmet Ertegün , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Ertegün, introduced the band to these lyrics during a recording session. Ahmet had a history of seeding records with tracks he had been "saving" like the song "Mess Around" that he convinced Ray Charles to record. Ahmet, being of Turkish origin, probably clipped the lyrics from the Bhagavad Gita, but I can be bothered to look it up.
And finally don't think me religious. I despise all religions. Do you realize that Jesus never existed, nor was he ever intended to exist?The same holds true for Krishna, Mohammed, Mises, Amen Ra, Horus, Set, Zeus or any of the historical solar messiahs we know of. Their lives, words and actions as written allegorically in the bible, however, reveal profound spiritual truth that will show you the exact path to the kingdom of heaven, which by the way is a place on earth while you are alive not a place you go when you die. If I could give you one word to define, study and meditate upon it's "ALLEGORY". Understanding allegory is the key to the kingdom of heaven. Once you understand allegory, everything else will be revealed by reading the Bible. As Stairway to heaven states: "All will be revealed"!
Secondly, In a word meditate. Meditate at sunrise and sunset every day. Seek first the kingdom of heaven. Seek First!
Don't ever pray and certainly never ask Jesus for anything. Don't you think God already knows everything including your needs and wants? If as the bible says "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you" all God's intructions are in there too. You just have to find them and the only way is to "Let Your Eye be single and your body will fill with light". "God is Light"
Chapter One: What is God?
Chapter Two: Where is heaven?
Chapter Three: Should you go to a church?
Chapter Four: How do I pray?
Chapter Five: How should I pray?
Chapter Six: What should you pray for?
Chapter Seven: Did you ever wonder why God rests on the seventh day?
In the beginning of Genesis God creates the heavens and the earth and a whole lot more. He basically works for six days and then rests. He looks back at his work if six days and judges his work to be good. Those are not really six days. Six days represent the first six signs of the zodiac, Aries through Virgo. It is the same as the death sequence. When someone dies they are sad said to be judged. The judge is the seventh sign of the zodiac libra. The dying parallels the dying of the Sun on September 21 the autumn equinox or at Sunset each day.
What is God's Name?
Chapter Ten:
-Is heaven a place we go when we die or is it a place of consciousness while living?
Mark 12:27 "He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken.”
Matthew 6:
- How do I get to heaven?
Matthew 5:43-45
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them whic despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
How do I pray?
What is Bread?
Giving up the 10%
- When should I meditate?
Luke 22:
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
Sunrise is the morning star.
1. Nehemiah 4:21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of themorning till the stars appeared.
Nehemiah 4:20-22 (in Context) Nehemiah 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
2. Job 38:7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:6-8 (in Context) Job 38 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
3. Amos 5:8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
Amos 5:7-9 (in Context) Amos 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
4. Revelation 2:28And I will give him the morning star.
Revelation 2:27-29 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
5. Revelation 22:16I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Revelation 22:15-17 (in Context) Revelation 22 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
What does "In my Name" mean?
Psalm 143 -
You can do everything Jesus did and better! 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Dubuking the lies of religion
How to awaken the hidden spiritual giant within you.
Chapter one is the bible to be taken literally or is it allegorical?
Book 2 - Sometimes words have two meaning
Book 3 - Astrology and The Bible
confessing your sins is meditation
your sins are the beasts.
they are the money changers, the whoremongers
***The meaning of "The Our Father" our Lord's prayer
