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00:00:06,895 --> 00:00:09,820 (Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche) Spirituality
00:00:10,911 --> 00:00:16,347 is a particular term, which actually means
00:00:17,391 --> 00:00:21,433 a dealing with intuition.
00:00:24,092 --> 00:00:26,850 In the theistic tradition
00:00:27,565 --> 00:00:32,450 there is a notion of clinging into a word.
00:00:34,165 --> 00:00:37,725 A certain act is regarded as
00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:42,150 displeasing to our divine principles.
00:00:42,623 --> 00:00:47,811 A certain act is regarded as pleasing for the divine [or] whatever.
00:00:50,136 --> 00:00:53,277 In the tradition of non-theism, however
00:00:53,417 --> 00:00:56,161 it is very direct
00:00:56,301 --> 00:00:59,810 that the case history is not particularly important.
00:01:00,140 --> 00:01:04,566 What is actually important is here and now.
00:01:06,174 --> 00:01:08,950 Now is definitely now.
00:01:09,364 --> 00:01:14,776 We try to experience what is available there, on the spot.
00:01:17,515 --> 00:01:21,886 There's no point in thinking that a past did exist
00:01:22,026 --> 00:01:24,663 that we could have now.
00:01:25,950 --> 00:01:28,330 This is now.
00:01:28,470 --> 00:01:30,836 This very moment.
00:01:30,976 --> 00:01:35,450 Nothing mystical, just now, very simple, straight forward.
00:01:36,282 --> 00:01:38,979 And from that nowness, however
00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:43,924 arises a sense of intelligence, always
00:01:44,662 --> 00:01:49,008 that you are constantly interacting with the reality
00:01:49,148 --> 00:01:53,313 one by one, spot by spot, constantly.
00:01:53,453 --> 00:01:58,520 We actually experience fantastic precision, always.
00:02:00,379 --> 00:02:02,810 But we are threatened by the now
00:02:02,950 --> 00:02:07,420 so we jump to the past or the future.
00:02:09,626 --> 00:02:14,997 Paying attention to the materials that exist in our life
00:02:15,882 --> 00:02:19,401 all these choices take place all the time
00:02:19,767 --> 00:02:23,891 but none of them are regarded as bad or good per se.
00:02:24,031 --> 00:02:27,698 Everything we experience, our unconditional experience
00:02:27,838 --> 00:02:30,373 they don't come along with a label by saying
00:02:30,513 --> 00:02:34,085 "This is regarded as bad" or "This is good".
00:02:34,895 --> 00:02:39,820 We experience them but we don't actually pay heed to them properly.
00:02:40,561 --> 00:02:44,374 We don't actually regard that as we are going somewhere
00:02:44,514 --> 00:02:46,869 we regard that as hassle
00:02:47,009 --> 00:02:49,377 waiting to be dead.
00:02:50,312 --> 00:02:54,500 [Echoed: waiting to be dead]
00:03:03,951 --> 00:03:09,352 That's the problem. And that is not trusting the nowness properly
00:03:09,492 --> 00:03:12,311 that what is actually experienced now
00:03:12,451 --> 00:03:16,346 possesses a lot of powerful things.
00:03:17,561 --> 00:03:20,393 It is so powerful
00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:22,900 that we can't face it.
00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:28,225 Therefore, we have to borrow from the past, invite the future, all the time
00:03:29,950 --> 00:03:33,370 and maybe that's why we seek religion.
00:03:34,171 --> 00:03:38,350 Maybe that's why we march in the street.
00:03:39,129 --> 00:03:43,450 Maybe that's why we complain to society.
00:03:44,250 --> 00:03:48,950 Maybe that's why we vote for the presidents.
00:03:50,994 --> 00:03:55,120 It is quite ironical and very funny, indeed.
00:08:43,451 --> 00:08:47,727 ZEITGEIST
00:09:08,467 --> 00:09:12,148 (J. Maxwell) The more you begin to investigate
00:09:12,288 --> 00:09:15,462 what we think we understand, where we came from
00:09:15,602 --> 00:09:18,090 what we think we're doing
00:09:18,230 --> 00:09:21,690 the more you begin to see we've been lied to.
00:09:21,830 --> 00:09:24,959 We've been lied to by every institution. What makes you think
00:09:25,099 --> 00:09:28,034 for one minute, that the religious institution
00:09:28,174 --> 00:09:30,811 is the only one that's never been touched?
00:09:30,951 --> 00:09:36,559 The religious institutions of this world are at the bottom of the dirt.
00:09:38,023 --> 00:09:42,362 The religious institutions in this world are put there
00:09:42,502 --> 00:09:46,572 by the same people who gave you your government, your corrupt education
00:09:46,712 --> 00:09:50,540 who set up your international banking cartels.
00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:55,081 We have been misled away from the true and divine presence
00:09:55,221 --> 00:09:58,122 in the universe that men have called God.
00:09:58,262 --> 00:10:01,605 I don't know what God is but I know what He isn't.
00:10:01,745 --> 00:10:06,572 And unless and until you are prepared to look at the whole truth
00:10:06,712 --> 00:10:10,476 wherever it may go, whoever it may lead to
00:10:10,616 --> 00:10:13,192 the more you educate yourself, the more you understand
00:10:13,332 --> 00:10:16,196 where things come from, the more obvious things become
00:10:16,336 --> 00:10:19,986 and you begin to see lies everywhere. You have to know the truth
00:10:20,126 --> 00:10:22,885 and seek the truth and the truth will set you free.
00:10:23,487 --> 00:10:27,268 They must find it difficult...
00:10:27,408 --> 00:10:31,950 Those who have taken authority as the truth
00:10:32,090 --> 00:10:35,701 rather than truth as the authority.
00:10:35,841 --> 00:10:38,950 G. Massey, Egyptologist
00:11:16,895 --> 00:11:21,335 (G. Carlin)... because I have to tell you the truth, folks.
00:11:23,067 --> 00:11:25,651 When it comes to bullshit
00:11:26,017 --> 00:11:29,372 big time, major league bullshit
00:11:29,866 --> 00:11:34,447 you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises
00:11:34,587 --> 00:11:38,002 and exaggerated claims: religion!
00:11:40,291 --> 00:11:44,925 Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people
00:11:45,065 --> 00:11:49,443 that there's an invisible man living in the sky
00:11:49,583 --> 00:11:53,180 who watches everything you do, every minute of every day.
00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,897 And the invisible man has a special list of ten things
00:11:57,037 --> 00:11:59,586 he does not want you to do.
00:11:59,726 --> 00:12:03,262 And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place
00:12:03,402 --> 00:12:06,950 full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish
00:12:07,090 --> 00:12:10,266 where He will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke
00:12:10,406 --> 00:12:13,996 and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time!
00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,799 But He loves you.
00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:22,896 [Laughter and applause]
00:12:25,692 --> 00:12:27,950 He loves you.
00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:33,740 He loves you and He needs money!
00:12:34,868 --> 00:12:37,332 He always needs money!
00:12:37,472 --> 00:12:40,202 He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise;
00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:43,950 somehow, just can't handle money!
00:12:45,310 --> 00:12:48,258 Religion takes in billions of dollars
00:12:48,398 --> 00:12:52,421 they pay no taxes and they always need a little more.
00:12:52,561 --> 00:12:55,779 Now, you talk about a good bullshit story
00:12:55,919 --> 00:12:58,184 holy shit!
00:13:05,479 --> 00:13:07,813 PART I:
00:13:09,018 --> 00:13:12,618 The Greatest Story Ever Told
00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,151 (P. Joseph) This is the sun.
00:13:41,291 --> 00:13:43,484 As far back as 10.000 BC
00:13:43,624 --> 00:13:47,433 history is abundant with carvings and writings reflecting people's respect
00:13:47,573 --> 00:13:50,502 and adoration for this object.
00:13:50,642 --> 00:13:53,039 And it is simple to understand why, as every morning
00:13:53,179 --> 00:13:56,064 the sun would rise, bringing vision, warmth and security
00:13:56,204 --> 00:14:00,867 saving man from the cold, blind, predator-filled darkness of night.
00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:04,028 Without it, the cultures understood, the crops would not grow
00:14:04,168 --> 00:14:07,026 and life on the planet would not survive.
00:14:07,166 --> 00:14:11,861 These realities made the sun the most adored object of all time.
00:14:13,736 --> 00:14:17,181 Likewise, they were also very aware of the stars.
00:14:17,321 --> 00:14:20,740 The tracking of the stars allowed them to recognize and anticipate events
00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,236 which occurred over long periods of time
00:14:23,376 --> 00:14:25,744 such as eclipses and full moons.
00:14:25,884 --> 00:14:27,733 They in turn cataloged celestial groups
00:14:27,873 --> 00:14:30,950 into what we know today as constellations.
00:14:33,714 --> 00:14:35,526 This is the cross of the Zodiac
00:14:35,666 --> 00:14:38,950 one of the oldest conceptual images in human history.
00:14:39,323 --> 00:14:41,855 It reflects the sun as it figuratively passes
00:14:41,995 --> 00:14:46,070 through the 12 major constellations over the course of a year.
00:14:46,358 --> 00:14:49,633 It also reflects the 12 months of the year, the four seasons
00:14:49,773 --> 00:14:52,809 and the solstices and equinoxes.
00:14:52,949 --> 00:14:55,833 The term Zodiac relates to the fact that constellations
00:14:55,973 --> 00:15:00,954 were anthropomorphized or personified as figures or animals.
00:15:01,782 --> 00:15:05,421 In other words, the early civilizations did not just follow the sun and stars
00:15:05,561 --> 00:15:07,801 they personified them with elaborate myths
00:15:07,941 --> 00:15:11,106 involving their movements and relationships.
00:15:11,246 --> 00:15:13,946 The sun, with its life-giving and saving qualities
00:15:14,086 --> 00:15:18,360 was personified as a representative of the unseen creator or God.
00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,949 God's Sun: the Light of the world, the Savior of human kind.
00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:27,220 Likewise, the 12 constellations represented places of travel for God's Sun
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,545 and were identified by names, usually representing elements of nature
00:15:30,685 --> 00:15:32,810 that happened during that period of time.
00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:37,950 For example, Aquarius the water bearer, who brings the spring rains.
00:15:42,204 --> 00:15:46,874 This is Horus. He is the Sun God of Egypt of around 3000 BC.
00:15:47,374 --> 00:15:49,883 He is the sun, anthropomorphized and his life
00:15:50,023 --> 00:15:54,110 is a series of allegorical myths involving the sun's movement in the sky.
00:15:54,250 --> 00:15:56,539 From the ancient hieroglyphics in Egypt
00:15:56,679 --> 00:15:58,810 we know much about this solar messiah.
00:15:58,950 --> 00:16:01,458 For instance, Horus, being the sun, or the light
00:16:01,598 --> 00:16:05,228 had an enemy known as Set who was the personification
00:16:05,368 --> 00:16:07,683 of the darkness or night.
00:16:07,823 --> 00:16:10,120 And, metaphorically speaking, every morning
00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:13,783 Horus would win the battle against Set, while in the evening
00:16:13,923 --> 00:16:18,239 Set would conquer Horus and send him into the underworld.
00:16:19,295 --> 00:16:22,782 It is important to note that "dark vs. light" or "good vs. evil"
00:16:22,922 --> 00:16:26,921 is one of the most ubiquitous mythological dualities ever known
00:16:27,061 --> 00:16:30,780 and is still expressed on many levels to this day.
00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,311 Broadly speaking, the story of Horus is as follows:
00:16:34,903 --> 00:16:39,409 Horus was born on December 25th of the virgin Isis - Mary
00:16:39,549 --> 00:16:42,512 His birth was accompanied by a star in the east
00:16:42,652 --> 00:16:46,386 and upon his birth he was adored by three kings.
00:16:46,842 --> 00:16:49,430 At the age of 12, he was a prodigal child teacher.
00:16:49,570 --> 00:16:52,674 At the age of 30 he was baptized by a figure known as Anup
00:16:52,814 --> 00:16:56,926 and thus began his ministry. Horus had 12 disciples he traveled about with
00:16:57,066 --> 00:17:00,504 performing miracles such as healing the sick and walking on water.
00:17:00,644 --> 00:17:03,634 Horus was known by many gestural names such as The Truth
00:17:03,774 --> 00:17:06,682 The Light, God's Anointed Son, The Good Shepherd
00:17:06,822 --> 00:17:09,431 The Lamb of God and many others.
00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:12,825 After being betrayed by Typhon, Horus was crucified
00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:16,540 buried for 3 days and thus, resurrected.
00:17:18,859 --> 00:17:21,503 These attributes of Horus, whether original or not
00:17:21,643 --> 00:17:24,766 seem to permeate many cultures of the world for many other gods
00:17:24,906 --> 00:17:28,449 are found to have the same general mythological structure.
00:17:28,649 --> 00:17:32,093 Attis of Phrygia. Born of the virgin Nana on December 25th
00:17:32,233 --> 00:17:36,372 crucified, placed in a tomb and after three days, was resurrected.
00:17:37,504 --> 00:17:40,184 Krishna of India, born of the virgin Devaki
00:17:40,324 --> 00:17:42,970 with a star in the east signaling his coming.
00:17:43,110 --> 00:17:46,742 He performed miracles with his disciples and upon his death
00:17:46,882 --> 00:17:48,980 was resurrected.
00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,053 Dionysus of Greece. Born of a virgin on December 25th
00:17:54,193 --> 00:17:58,110 was a traveling teacher who performed miracles such as turning water into wine.
00:17:58,250 --> 00:18:01,400 He was referred to as The King of Kings, God's only begotten son
00:18:01,540 --> 00:18:04,864 the Alpha and Omega and many others. And upon his death
00:18:05,004 --> 00:18:07,102 he was resurrected.
00:18:07,242 --> 00:18:10,690 Mithra of Persia, born of a virgin on December 25th
00:18:10,830 --> 00:18:13,241 he had 12 disciples and performed miracles, and
00:18:13,381 --> 00:18:16,940 upon his death was buried for 3 days and thus resurrected.
00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,308 He was also referred to as the truth, the light and many others.
00:18:20,448 --> 00:18:24,905 Interestingly, the sacred day of worship of Mithra was Sunday.
00:18:27,416 --> 00:18:29,904 The fact of the matter is there are numerous saviors
00:18:30,044 --> 00:18:32,498 from different periods from all over the world
00:18:32,638 --> 00:18:35,919 which subscribe to these general characteristics.
00:18:36,059 --> 00:18:39,143 The question remains: why these attributes?
00:18:39,283 --> 00:18:41,564 Why the virgin birth on December 25th?
00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,183 Why dead for 3 days and the inevitable resurrection?
00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:46,964 Why 12 disciples or followers?
00:18:47,104 --> 00:18:51,567 To find out, let's examine the most recent of the solar messiahs.
00:18:54,292 --> 00:18:57,600 Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary on December 25th in Bethlehem.
00:18:57,740 --> 00:19:00,730 His birth was announced by a star in the east which Three Kings or Magi
00:19:00,870 --> 00:19:03,229 followed to locate and adorn the new savior.
00:19:03,369 --> 00:19:05,975 He was a child teacher at 12, at the age of 30 he was baptized
00:19:06,115 --> 00:19:09,911 by John the Baptist and thus began his ministry.
00:19:10,051 --> 00:19:12,775 Jesus had 12 disciples which he traveled about with performing miracles
00:19:12,915 --> 00:19:15,794 such as healing the sick, walking on water, raising the dead.
00:19:15,934 --> 00:19:18,886 He was also known as the King of Kings, the Son of God, the Light of the World
00:19:19,026 --> 00:19:21,416 the Alpha and Omega, the Lamb of God and many others.
00:19:21,556 --> 00:19:23,844 After being betrayed by his disciple Judas and sold
00:19:23,984 --> 00:19:26,620 for 30 pieces of silver, he was crucified, placed in a tomb
00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,350 and after 3 days was resurrected and ascended into heaven.
00:19:35,301 --> 00:19:40,140 First of all, the birth sequence is completely astrological.
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,503 The star in the east is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky
00:19:43,643 --> 00:19:48,867 which on December 24th aligns with the 3 brightest stars in Orion's belt.
00:19:49,007 --> 00:19:51,760 These 3 bright stars in the Orion's belt are called today
00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:55,997 what they were called in ancient times "The Three Kings".
00:19:56,137 --> 00:19:59,196 And the Three Kings and the brightest star, Sirius
00:19:59,336 --> 00:20:03,634 all point to the place of the sunrise on December 25th.
00:20:03,774 --> 00:20:07,553 This is why the Three Kings follow the star in the east
00:20:07,693 --> 00:20:11,975 in order to locate the sunrise, the birth of the Sun.
00:20:17,567 --> 00:20:21,827 The Virgin Mary is the constellation Virgo also known as Virgo the Virgin.
00:20:21,967 --> 00:20:24,895 Virgo in Latin means Virgin.
00:20:25,035 --> 00:20:28,275 Virgo was also referred to as the House of Bread
00:20:28,415 --> 00:20:31,931 and the representation of Virgo is a virgin holding a sheaf of wheat.
00:20:32,071 --> 00:20:34,479 This house of bread and its symbol of wheat
00:20:34,619 --> 00:20:37,427 represents August and September, the time of harvest.
00:20:37,567 --> 00:20:42,524 In turn, Bethlehem in fact literally translates to "house of bread".
00:20:42,664 --> 00:20:45,866 Bethlehem is thus a reference to the constellation Virgo
00:20:46,006 --> 00:20:49,130 a place in the sky, not on earth.
00:20:49,363 --> 00:20:51,260 There's another very interesting phenomenon
00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,594 that occurs around December 25th or the winter solstice.
00:20:54,734 --> 00:20:56,903 From the summer solstice to the winter solstice
00:20:57,043 --> 00:20:58,920 the days become shorter and colder.
00:20:59,060 --> 00:21:01,274 And from the perspective of the northern hemisphere
00:21:01,414 --> 00:21:04,714 the Sun appears to move south and gets smaller and more scarce.
00:21:04,854 --> 00:21:07,629 The shortening of the days and expiration of the crops
00:21:07,769 --> 00:21:11,099 when approaching the winter solstice symbolized the process of death
00:21:11,239 --> 00:21:15,018 to the ancients. It was the death of the Sun.
00:21:17,850 --> 00:21:21,477 And by December 22nd the Sun's demise was fully realized.
00:21:21,617 --> 00:21:24,865 For the Sun having moved south continually for six months
00:21:25,005 --> 00:21:28,209 makes it to its lowest point in the sky.
00:21:28,349 --> 00:21:30,492 Here a curious thing occurs:
00:21:30,632 --> 00:21:36,038 the Sun stops moving south, at least perceivably, for three days.
00:21:36,178 --> 00:21:39,604 And during this three day pause, the Sun resides in the vicinity
00:21:39,744 --> 00:21:44,104 of the Southern Cross, or Crux constellation.
00:21:44,244 --> 00:21:46,832 And after this time on December 25th
00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:50,580 the Sun moves one degree, this time north
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,732 foreshadowing longer days, warmth and spring.
00:21:54,872 --> 00:21:59,084 And thus it was said: the Son died on a cross
00:21:59,224 --> 00:22:03,774 was dead for three days, only to be resurrected or born again.
00:22:04,556 --> 00:22:07,419 This is why Jesus and numerous other Sun gods
00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:12,542 share the crucifixion, three day death and resurrection concept.
00:22:12,682 --> 00:22:16,531 It is the Sun's transition period before it shifts its direction back
00:22:16,671 --> 00:22:21,430 into the northern hemisphere, bringing spring and thus salvation.
00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:24,185 However, they did not celebrate the resurrection of the Sun
00:22:24,325 --> 00:22:27,503 until the spring equinox or Easter.
00:22:27,643 --> 00:22:31,528 This is because at the spring equinox, the Sun officially overpowers
00:22:31,668 --> 00:22:35,921 the evil darkness as daytime thereafter becomes longer in duration
00:22:36,061 --> 00:22:41,224 than the night and the revitalizing conditions of spring emerge.
00:22:41,364 --> 00:22:44,585 Now, probably the most obvious of all the astrological symbolism
00:22:44,725 --> 00:22:47,800 around Jesus regards the 12 disciples.
00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:50,678 They are simply the 12 constellations of the zodiac
00:22:50,818 --> 00:22:54,706 which Jesus, being the Sun, travels about with.
00:22:58,153 --> 00:23:02,570 In fact, the number 12 is replete throughout the Bible.
00:23:06,297 --> 00:23:11,360 Coming back to the cross of the zodiac, the figurative life of the Sun
00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:13,878 this was not just an artistic expression
00:23:14,018 --> 00:23:16,794 or tool to track the Sun's movement.
00:23:16,934 --> 00:23:20,094 It was also a pagan spiritual symbol
00:23:20,234 --> 00:23:23,700 the shorthand of which looked like this.
00:23:25,092 --> 00:23:27,943 This is not a symbol of Christianity.
00:23:28,083 --> 00:23:32,268 It is a pagan adaptation of the cross of the zodiac.
00:23:43,575 --> 00:23:46,413 This is why Jesus in earlier cult art is always shown
00:23:46,553 --> 00:23:50,501 with his head on the cross for Jesus is the Sun.
00:23:51,045 --> 00:23:55,532 The Son of God, the Light of the world, the risen Savior
00:23:55,672 --> 00:23:59,276 who will come again as it does every morning.
00:23:59,416 --> 00:24:04,194 The glory of God, who defends against the works of darkness
00:24:04,334 --> 00:24:07,356 as he is born again every morning
00:24:07,496 --> 00:24:10,720 and can be seen coming in the clouds
00:24:10,860 --> 00:24:12,845 up in heaven
00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:17,731 with his crown of thorns or sun rays.
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:28,603 Now, of the many astrological/astronomical metaphors in the Bible
00:24:28,743 --> 00:24:32,228 one of the most important has to do with the ages.
00:24:32,368 --> 00:24:36,499 Throughout the scriptures, there are numerous references to the age.
00:24:36,639 --> 00:24:39,783 In order to understand this, we need to be familiar with the phenomenon
00:24:39,923 --> 00:24:43,221 known as the precession of the equinoxes.
00:24:43,361 --> 00:24:46,409 The ancient Egyptians, along with cultures long before them
00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:49,747 recognized that approximately every 2150 years
00:24:49,887 --> 00:24:52,220 the sunrise on the morning of the spring equinox
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:56,176 would occur at a different sign of the zodiac.
00:24:56,316 --> 00:24:58,642 This has to do with a slow angular wobble
00:24:58,782 --> 00:25:02,220 that the Earth maintains as it rotates on its axis.
00:25:02,381 --> 00:25:05,361 It is called a precession, because the constellations go backwards
00:25:05,501 --> 00:25:07,861 rather than through the normal yearly cycle.
00:25:08,001 --> 00:25:11,213 The amount of time it takes for the precession to go through all 12 signs
00:25:11,353 --> 00:25:14,819 is roughly 25.765 years.
00:25:15,294 --> 00:25:17,875 This is also called the great year
00:25:18,015 --> 00:25:20,715 and ancient societies were very aware of this
00:25:20,855 --> 00:25:25,944 and they referred to each 2150 year period as an age.
00:25:27,414 --> 00:25:32,273 From 4300 BC - 2150 BC, it was the age of Taurus, the Bull.
00:25:32,413 --> 00:25:37,102 From 2150 BC - 1 AD, it was the age of Aries, the Ram.
00:25:37,242 --> 00:25:41,244 And from 1 AD - 2150 AD, it is the age of Pisces
00:25:41,384 --> 00:25:44,435 the age we are still in to this day.
00:25:45,147 --> 00:25:48,476 And in and around 2150 we will enter the new age
00:25:48,616 --> 00:25:51,488 the age of Aquarius.
00:25:52,474 --> 00:25:55,973 Now, the Bible reflects broadly speaking a symbolic movement
00:25:56,113 --> 00:25:59,972 through three ages while foreshadowing a fourth.
00:26:00,112 --> 00:26:02,831 In the Old Testament when Moses comes down Mount Sinai
00:26:02,971 --> 00:26:05,215 with the Ten Commandments, he is very upset
00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:09,277 to see his people worshiping a golden bull calf.
00:26:09,417 --> 00:26:12,680 In fact, he shattered the stone tablets and instructed his people
00:26:12,820 --> 00:26:16,012 to kill each other in order to purify themselves.
00:26:16,152 --> 00:26:20,288 Most biblical scholars will attribute this anger to the fact that the Israelites
00:26:20,428 --> 00:26:23,490 were worshiping a false idol or something of that effect.
00:26:23,630 --> 00:26:27,288 The reality is, the golden bull is Taurus the Bull
00:26:27,428 --> 00:26:31,086 and Moses, represents the new age of Aries the Ram.
00:26:31,226 --> 00:26:34,578 This is why Jews even today still blow the ram's horn.
00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:37,838 Moses represents the new age of Aries
00:26:37,978 --> 00:26:42,220 and upon the new age everyone must shed the old age.
00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:45,849 Other deities mark these transitions as well such as Mithra
00:26:45,989 --> 00:26:50,647 a pre-Christian god who kills the bull in the same symbology.
00:26:51,335 --> 00:26:55,198 Now, Jesus is the figure who ushers in the age following Aries
00:26:55,338 --> 00:26:58,597 the Age of Pisces or the two fish.
00:26:59,498 --> 00:27:02,412 Fish symbolism is very abundant in the New Testament.
00:27:02,552 --> 00:27:07,173 Jesus feeds 5000 people with bread and two fish.
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,053 When he begins his ministry walking along Galilee
00:27:11,193 --> 00:27:14,876 he befriends two "fishermen" who follow him.
00:27:15,016 --> 00:27:18,848 And I think we have all seen the "Jesus fish" on the back of people's cars.
00:27:18,988 --> 00:27:22,158 Little do they know what it actually means.
00:27:22,298 --> 00:27:25,233 It is a pagan astrological symbolism
00:27:25,373 --> 00:27:29,666 for the Sun's kingdom during the age of Pisces.
00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:35,500 Also, Jesus' assumed birth date is essentially the start of this age.
00:27:37,354 --> 00:27:40,768 At Luke 22:10 when Jesus is asked by his disciples
00:27:40,908 --> 00:27:43,324 where the last Passover would be
00:27:43,464 --> 00:27:48,036 Jesus replies "Behold, when ye are entered into the city
00:27:48,176 --> 00:27:51,775 there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water
00:27:51,915 --> 00:27:55,500 follow him into the house where he entereth in."
00:27:55,688 --> 00:27:58,093 This scripture is by far one of the most revealing
00:27:58,233 --> 00:28:00,914 of all the astrological references.
00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:03,792 The man bearing a pitcher of water is Aquarius
00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:06,976 the water-bearer, who is always pictured as a man
00:28:07,116 --> 00:28:09,594 pouring out a pitcher of water.
00:28:09,734 --> 00:28:12,200 He represents the age after Pisces
00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:16,804 and when the Sun (God's Sun) leaves the Age of Pisces (Jesus)
00:28:16,944 --> 00:28:20,309 it will go into the House of Aquarius, as Aquarius follows Pisces
00:28:20,449 --> 00:28:22,273 in the precession of the equinoxes.
00:28:22,413 --> 00:28:25,500 All Jesus is saying is that after the Age of Pisces
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,537 will come the Age of Aquarius.
00:28:32,687 --> 00:28:37,602 Now, we have all heard about the "End Times" and the end of the world.
00:28:37,742 --> 00:28:40,896 The cartoonish depictions in the Book of Revelation aside
00:28:41,036 --> 00:28:44,984 the main source of this idea comes from Matthew 28:20
00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:49,802 where Jesus says "I will be with you even to the end of the world."
00:28:49,942 --> 00:28:53,869 However, in the King James Version, "world" is a mistranslation
00:28:54,009 --> 00:28:56,617 among many mistranslations.
00:28:56,757 --> 00:29:01,483 The actual word being used is "aeon", which means "age".
00:29:02,227 --> 00:29:05,350 "I will be with you even to the end of the age."
00:29:05,490 --> 00:29:09,976 which is true, as Jesus' Solar Piscean personification will end
00:29:10,116 --> 00:29:12,758 when the sun enters the Age of Aquarius.
00:29:12,898 --> 00:29:15,859 The entire concept of End Times and the end of the world
00:29:15,999 --> 00:29:19,311 is a misinterpreted astrological allegory.
00:29:19,451 --> 00:29:23,985 Let's tell that to the approximately 100 million people in America
00:29:24,125 --> 00:29:27,779 who believe the end of the world is coming.
00:29:27,919 --> 00:29:30,718 Furthermore, the character of Jesus being a literary
00:29:30,858 --> 00:29:35,272 and astrological hybrid is most explicitly a plagiarization
00:29:35,412 --> 00:29:38,128 of the Egyptian Sun-god Horus.
00:29:38,268 --> 00:29:42,024 For example, inscribed about 3500 years ago
00:29:42,164 --> 00:29:45,141 upon the walls of the Temple of Luxor in Egypt
00:29:45,281 --> 00:29:47,754 are images of the enunciation
00:29:47,894 --> 00:29:50,531 the miracle conception, the birth
00:29:50,671 --> 00:29:53,500 and the adoration of Horus.
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,522 The images begin with Thoth announcing to the virgin Isis
00:29:56,662 --> 00:29:58,474 that she will conceive Horus
00:29:58,614 --> 00:30:02,479 then Kneph, the holy ghost, impregnating the virgin
00:30:02,619 --> 00:30:06,410 and then the virgin birth and the adoration.
00:30:06,550 --> 00:30:10,584 This is exactly the story of Jesus' miracle conception.
00:30:11,441 --> 00:30:15,115 In fact, the literary similarities between the Egyptian religion
00:30:15,255 --> 00:30:18,709 and the Christian religion are staggering.
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,105 And the plagiarism is continuous.
00:30:31,245 --> 00:30:35,492 The story of Noah and Noah's Arc is taken directly from tradition.
00:30:35,632 --> 00:30:38,983 The concept of The Great Flood is ubiquitous throughout the ancient world
00:30:39,123 --> 00:30:42,615 with over 200 different cited claims in different periods and times.
00:30:42,755 --> 00:30:46,267 However, one need look no further for a pre-Christian source
00:30:46,407 --> 00:30:50,307 than the Epic of Gilgamesh, written in 2600 BC.
00:30:51,323 --> 00:30:55,162 This story talks of a great flood commanded by God
00:30:55,302 --> 00:30:58,662 an ark with saved animals upon it and even the release
00:30:58,802 --> 00:31:03,411 and return of a dove, all held in common with the biblical story
00:31:03,551 --> 00:31:06,681 among many other similarities.
00:31:08,213 --> 00:31:10,882 And then there is the plagiarized story of Moses.
00:31:11,022 --> 00:31:14,663 Upon Moses' birth, it is said that he was placed in a reed basket
00:31:14,803 --> 00:31:19,116 and set adrift in a river in order to avoid infanticide.
00:31:19,256 --> 00:31:23,644 He was later rescued by a daughter of royalty and raised by her as a Prince.
00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:27,421 This baby in a basket story was lifted directly
00:31:27,561 --> 00:31:32,306 from the myth of Sargon of Akkad of around 2250 BC.
00:31:32,894 --> 00:31:37,244 Sargon was born, placed in a reed basket in order to avoid infanticide
00:31:37,384 --> 00:31:39,591 and set adrift in a river.
00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:43,720 He was in turn rescued and raised by Akki, a royal mid-wife.
00:31:44,361 --> 00:31:46,994 Furthermore, Moses is known as the Law Giver
00:31:47,134 --> 00:31:49,819 the giver of the Ten Commandments, the Mosaic Law.
00:31:49,959 --> 00:31:53,411 However, the idea of a Law being passed from God to a prophet
00:31:53,551 --> 00:31:56,921 up on a mountain is also a very old motif.
00:31:57,061 --> 00:31:59,947 Moses is just another law giver in a long line of law givers
00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:01,823 in mythological history.
00:32:01,963 --> 00:32:04,501 In India, Manou was the great law giver.
00:32:04,641 --> 00:32:06,908 In Crete, Minos ascended Mount Dicta
00:32:07,048 --> 00:32:09,079 where Zeus gave him the sacred laws.
00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:12,329 While in Egypt there was Mises, who carried stone tablets
00:32:12,469 --> 00:32:16,011 and upon them the laws of God were written.
00:32:16,151 --> 00:32:20,056 Manou. Minos. Mises. Moses.
00:32:21,331 --> 00:32:24,087 And as far as the Ten Commandments, they are taken outright
00:32:24,227 --> 00:32:27,212 from Spell 125 in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
00:32:27,352 --> 00:32:31,540 What the Book of the Dead phrased "I have not stolen" became "Thou shall not steal".
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,570 "I have not killed" became "Thou shall not kill"
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:38,211 "I have not told lies" became "Thou shall not bear false witness"
00:32:38,351 --> 00:32:39,905 and so forth.
00:32:40,045 --> 00:32:44,700 In fact, the Egyptian religion is likely the primary foundational basis
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,156 for the Judeo-Christian theology.
00:32:47,296 --> 00:32:51,514 Baptism, afterlife, final judgment, virgin birth
00:32:51,654 --> 00:32:55,091 death and resurrection, crucifixion, the ark of the covenant
00:32:55,231 --> 00:32:58,486 circumcision, saviors, holy communion
00:32:58,626 --> 00:33:02,275 Great Flood, Easter, Christmas, Passover
00:33:02,415 --> 00:33:06,593 and many more, are all attributes of Egyptian ideas
00:33:06,733 --> 00:33:09,586 long pre-dating Christianity and Judaism.
00:33:09,726 --> 00:33:15,165 Justin Martyr, one of the first Christian historians and defenders, wrote:
00:33:16,010 --> 00:33:19,036 "When we say that he, Jesus Christ, our teacher
00:33:19,176 --> 00:33:22,292 was produced without sexual union, was crucified and died
00:33:22,432 --> 00:33:25,065 and rose again, and ascended into Heaven
00:33:25,205 --> 00:33:28,243 we propound nothing different from what you believe
00:33:28,383 --> 00:33:32,291 regarding those who you esteem Sons of Jupiter."
00:33:32,431 --> 00:33:34,772 In a different writing, Justin Martyr said:
00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:37,555 "He was born of a virgin, accept this in common
00:33:37,695 --> 00:33:40,755 with what you believe of Perseus."
00:33:40,895 --> 00:33:43,253 It's obvious that Justin and other early Christians
00:33:43,393 --> 00:33:47,255 knew how similar Christianity was to the Pagan religions.
00:33:47,395 --> 00:33:50,101 However, Justin had a solution.
00:33:50,241 --> 00:33:54,227 As far as he was concerned, the Devil did it.
00:33:54,367 --> 00:33:57,118 The Devil had the foresight to come before Christ
00:33:57,258 --> 00:34:01,095 and create his characteristics in the Pagan world.
00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:06,052 (B. Hicks) Fundamentalist Christianity, fascinating!
00:34:06,192 --> 00:34:10,755 These people actually believe the world is 12.000 years old.
00:34:13,648 --> 00:34:17,665 I actually asked one of these guys "OK, dinosaur fossils?"
00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:20,493 He says "Dinosaur fossils?
00:34:20,633 --> 00:34:23,876 God put those here to test our faith!"
00:34:24,016 --> 00:34:26,345 [Laughter]
00:34:29,171 --> 00:34:33,038 "I think God put you here to test my faith, dude!"
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,660 (P. Joseph) The Bible is nothing more than an astro-theological
00:34:39,810 --> 00:34:43,907 literary hybrid, just like nearly all religious myths before it.
00:34:44,047 --> 00:34:47,897 In fact, the aspect of transference of one character's attributes
00:34:48,037 --> 00:34:51,340 to a new character can be found within the book itself.
00:34:51,499 --> 00:34:54,364 In the Old Testament there's the story of Joseph.
00:34:54,504 --> 00:34:57,600 Joseph was a prototype for Jesus.
00:34:58,168 --> 00:35:02,474 Joseph was born of a miracle birth, Jesus was born of a miracle birth.
00:35:02,614 --> 00:35:06,372 Joseph was of 12 brothers, Jesus had 12 disciples.
00:35:06,512 --> 00:35:08,459 Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver
00:35:08,599 --> 00:35:10,656 Jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver.
00:35:10,796 --> 00:35:14,156 Brother "Judah" suggests the sale of Joseph
00:35:14,296 --> 00:35:18,429 disciple "Judas" suggests the sale of Jesus.
00:35:18,569 --> 00:35:20,779 Joseph began his work at the age of 30
00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:22,996 Jesus began his work at the age of 30.
00:35:23,136 --> 00:35:25,757 The parallels go on and on.
00:35:25,897 --> 00:35:30,430 Furthermore, is there any non-Biblical historical evidence of any person
00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:32,850 living with the name Jesus, the Son of Mary
00:35:32,990 --> 00:35:36,344 who traveled about with 12 followers, healing people and the like?
00:35:36,484 --> 00:35:39,936 There are numerous historians who lived in and around the Mediterranean
00:35:40,076 --> 00:35:44,088 either during or soon after the assumed life of Jesus.
00:35:44,228 --> 00:35:48,565 How many of these historians document this figure? Not one.
00:35:49,569 --> 00:35:52,158 However, to be fair, that doesn't mean defenders
00:35:52,298 --> 00:35:55,359 of the Historical Jesus haven't claimed the contrary.
00:35:55,499 --> 00:35:59,094 Four historians are typically referenced to justify Jesus' existence.
00:35:59,234 --> 00:36:02,863 Pliny the younger, Suetonius and Tacitus are the first three.
00:36:03,003 --> 00:36:06,680 Each one of their entries consists of only a few sentences at best
00:36:06,820 --> 00:36:10,650 and only refer to "Christus" or the Christ, which in fact is not a name
00:36:10,790 --> 00:36:13,674 but a title - it means "The Anointed" one.
00:36:13,814 --> 00:36:16,791 The fourth source is Josephus and this source
00:36:16,931 --> 00:36:20,449 has been proven to be a forgery for hundreds of years.
00:36:20,589 --> 00:36:23,331 Sadly, it is still cited as truth.
00:36:26,274 --> 00:36:28,762 You would think that a guy who rose from the dead
00:36:28,902 --> 00:36:31,404 and ascended into Heaven for all eyes to see
00:36:31,544 --> 00:36:34,328 and performed the wealth of miracles acclaimed to him
00:36:34,468 --> 00:36:36,700 would have made it into the historical record.
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,535 It didn't because once the evidence is weighed
00:36:39,675 --> 00:36:42,853 there are very high odds that the figure known as Jesus
00:36:42,993 --> 00:36:45,215 did not even exist.
00:36:45,355 --> 00:36:48,954 "The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun
00:36:49,094 --> 00:36:52,279 in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun
00:36:52,419 --> 00:36:55,570 pay him the adoration originally paid to the sun."
00:36:55,710 --> 00:36:58,136 Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
00:36:58,276 --> 00:37:00,134 (J. Maxwell) We don't want to be unkind
00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:02,000 but we want to be factual.
00:37:02,574 --> 00:37:05,557 We don't want to cause hurt feelings
00:37:05,697 --> 00:37:07,881 but we want to be academically correct
00:37:08,021 --> 00:37:10,898 in what we understand and know to be true.
00:37:11,038 --> 00:37:14,760 Christianity just is not based on truth.
00:37:16,281 --> 00:37:21,280 We find that Christianity was in fact nothing more than a Roman story
00:37:21,420 --> 00:37:24,104 developed politically.
00:37:25,604 --> 00:37:28,812 (P. Joseph) The reality is, Jesus was the Solar Deity
00:37:28,952 --> 00:37:31,840 of the Gnostic Christian sect
00:37:31,980 --> 00:37:35,955 and like all other Pagan gods, he was a mythical figure.
00:37:36,095 --> 00:37:39,697 It was the political establishment that sought to historize
00:37:39,837 --> 00:37:42,860 the Jesus figure for social control.
00:37:44,041 --> 00:37:49,571 In 325 AD in Rome, Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicea.
00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:52,568 It was during this meeting that the politically motivated
00:37:52,708 --> 00:37:55,420 Christian Doctrines were established
00:37:55,560 --> 00:38:00,694 and thus began a long history of religious bloodshed, and spiritual fraud.
00:38:00,834 --> 00:38:03,562 And for over the next 1000 years, the Vatican
00:38:03,702 --> 00:38:07,175 maintained a political stranglehold on all of Europe
00:38:07,315 --> 00:38:10,600 leading to such joyous periods as the Dark Ages
00:38:10,740 --> 00:38:15,435 along with enlightening events such as the Crusades, and the Inquisition.
00:38:19,049 --> 00:38:22,680 Christianity, along with all other related theologies
00:38:22,820 --> 00:38:25,130 is a historical fraud.
00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:29,074 These religions now serve to detach the species from the natural world
00:38:29,214 --> 00:38:31,192 and likewise, each other.
00:38:31,332 --> 00:38:34,097 They support blind submission to authority.
00:38:34,237 --> 00:38:36,665 They reduce human responsibility to the effect
00:38:36,805 --> 00:38:40,770 that "God" controls everything and in turn awful crimes
00:38:40,910 --> 00:38:44,668 can be justified in the name of a divine pursuit.
00:38:44,808 --> 00:38:49,735 And most critically, it empowers the political establishment
00:38:49,875 --> 00:38:54,711 who have been using the myth to manipulate and control societies.
00:38:55,468 --> 00:38:59,010 The religious myth is one of the most powerful devices ever created
00:38:59,150 --> 00:39:04,460 and serves as the psychological soil upon which other myths can flourish.
00:39:09,928 --> 00:39:15,319 (D. Griffin) A myth is an idea that, while widely believed, is false.
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,262 In a deeper sense, in the religious sense
00:39:22,378 --> 00:39:27,603 a myth serves as an orienting and mobilizing story for a people.
00:39:28,702 --> 00:39:33,877 The focus is not on the story's relation to reality but on its function.
00:39:34,677 --> 00:39:38,844 A story cannot function, unless it is believed to be true
00:39:38,984 --> 00:39:41,929 in the community or the nation.
00:39:42,366 --> 00:39:46,898 It is not a matter of debate if some people have the bad taste
00:39:47,038 --> 00:39:50,733 to raise the question of the truth of the sacred story
00:39:50,873 --> 00:39:54,351 the keepers of the faith do not enter into debate with them.
00:39:54,491 --> 00:39:57,601 They ignore them or denounce them as blasphemers.
00:39:57,741 --> 00:40:01,403 It is wrong, blasphemous and sinful for you to suggest, imply
00:40:01,543 --> 00:40:03,816 or help other people come to the conclusion
00:40:03,956 --> 00:40:08,251 that the U.S. government killed 3000 of its own citizens.
00:40:10,646 --> 00:40:13,264 Part II:
00:40:13,404 --> 00:40:17,006 All the world's a stage.
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,091 (Man on phone) As if a demolition team set off...
00:40:54,231 --> 00:40:56,151 when you see demolitions of these old buildings.
00:40:56,291 --> 00:40:58,542 (Series of 3 reporters) It looks like one of those scenes
00:40:58,682 --> 00:41:00,724 of an old building being purposely blown up.
00:41:00,864 --> 00:41:03,564 Anybody who's ever watched a building being demolished
00:41:03,704 --> 00:41:06,403 on purpose knows that if you're going to do this you have to get
00:41:06,543 --> 00:41:09,834 at the under-infrastructure of a building and bring it down.
00:41:09,974 --> 00:41:12,866 The way the structure is collapsing, this was the result
00:41:13,006 --> 00:41:16,028 of something that was planned. It's not accidental
00:41:16,168 --> 00:41:18,940 that the 1st tower just happened to collapse and then the 2nd tower
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,193 just happened to collapse in exactly the same way.
00:41:22,333 --> 00:41:24,774 How they accomplished this, we don't know.
00:41:24,914 --> 00:41:27,962 (Fireman Casaliggi) The building collapsed to dust.
00:41:28,102 --> 00:41:31,961 You don't find a desk, you don't find a chair
00:41:32,101 --> 00:41:34,909 you don't find a telephone or a computer.
00:41:35,049 --> 00:41:37,633 The biggest piece of a telephone I found
00:41:37,773 --> 00:41:41,180 was half of the keypad and it was about this big.
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,073 - What happened to the concrete? - The concrete was pulverized.
00:41:44,213 --> 00:41:48,366 From river to river there was dust powder, two or three inches thick.
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,540 The concrete was just pulverized!
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,406 (Man on phone)...reminiscent of those pictures we've all seen too much
00:41:54,546 --> 00:41:57,635 on TV before when a building was deliberately destroyed
00:41:57,775 --> 00:42:00,500 by well placed dynamite to knock it down.
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,256 - It's as if they had detonators... - Yes, detonators
00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:05,460 -...planned to take down the building, boom, boom...
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:07,220 I heard a 2nd explosion.
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,300 There was a heavy-duty explosion.
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