The Forbidden Secrets of the Church
Pao L. Chang – Religion is one of the most powerful tools to use for enslaving our minds and souls, because it manipulates us to think that we are weak and powerless, and need to rely on a savior to save us.
Search Results for Jesus Christ
Non-Duality and the Meaning of Religion
Hans Meijer – The challenge is to dive deep into your mind and to become aware of those aspects of your life where your self interest is contrary to the spiritual laws which sustain life.
The Agenda to Promote the Dark Side – The Music Industry Exposed
David Gardner – When we start to look deeper into the popular music industry we can begin to see an undercurrent opposed to the values of spirituality and inner development…
Rudolph the Red Nosed Dream Slayer
Ethan ‘Indigo’ Smith – Rudolph relates an inescapable archetype that has been depicted in fairy tales and films alike, from The Ugly Duckling to any number of Hollywood films…
Ten Surprising Twists in the History of Hallucinogens
Keri Blakinger – LSD lore may have peaked in the ’60s, but hallucinogenic compounds have taken humans—from our prehistoric ancestors to Cary Grant—on a far longer trip.
The Music Industry Exposed – Misuse and Abuse of Esoteric Symbols
David Gardner – Does the increasing use of the all-seeing eye in the music industry reflect an increasing control that the elite members of society have over performers?
Why Is The Pope’s Mitre Shaped Like A Fish?
Gregg Prescott, In5D Guest Waking Times Did you ever wonder why the Pope’s mitre looks like the head of a fish? What are the origins of this ceremonial hat and what does it truly represent? What is the origin of the Pope’s hat? Dagon, the fish-god of the Philistines and Babylonians, wore a fish hat …
7 Ways Our Children Are Being Brainwashed
Gregg Prescott, M.S., In5D Guest Waking Times From birth, virtually all of us have been brainwashed through various outlets that encourage materialism, ego, subservience, control and conformity. But where do the origins of mind control begin and what can we do about it? 1. Religion As children, the brainwashing begins in the church when we …
Thinking Is Dangerous
Osho Waking Times Thoughts are always subversive. Only people who do not think are not subversive. Thinking is a crime. Jesus is crucified, Socrates is poisoned, Gautam Buddha is stoned. These people have not harmed anybody. They were the most loving, most compassionate human beings possible — but they committed a crime, and the crime’s …
The Alchemy of Time: Understanding the Great Year & the Cycles of Existence
Jay Weidner, New Dawn Waking Times The age of iron has no other seal than that of Death. Its hieroglyph is the skeleton, bearing the attributes of Saturn: the empty hourglass, symbol of time run out… – Fulcanelli The inspiration for this article comes from my almost nineteen years of research into the Great Cross …
Was 2012 an Epic Fail?
Marc Oromaner, Contributor Waking Times For years leading up to 2012, spiritual-types who were sick of the way the world was heading could take comfort in the promise of a new era that was predicted to begin on December 21 of that year. The Mayans, known for their astronomical expertise had supposedly predicted it. In …
The Hermetic Universe
Michael Hayes, New Dawn Waking Times Ever since my formative years, when I first began to think in concepts, I have always been confounded by the mystery of human existence. By and large we all tend to take this consciousness of ours for granted, but for me it has always been a source of wonder. …
Rescuing the Bible from Literalism
Richard Smoley, New Dawn Waking Times “The world,” wrote the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, “is the totality of facts, not of things.” So it is, but facts take many forms. The hard-edged events of ordinary reality are only one form, and not always the most important. This insight can be hard to accept in the positivist …
Religion, Atheism and Dogmatic Thinking
Andy Dilks, Guest Waking Times Someone recently asked: “Should the oppressive content of monotheistic religions be respected and left alone or challenged and questioned?” It’s a loaded question which, needless to say, provoked a lively debate on the nature of religion as a force for oppression and negativity in the world today. As one person …
Mysteries Of The Pineal Gland
Dr. Swami Karmananda Saraswati, MB, BS (Syd), YogaMag Waking Times Scientists have been mystified by the pineal gland for centuries. As the brain and central nervous and endocrine systems were progressively unravelled by the anatomists, physiologists and biochemists, the pineal gland resolutely refused to yield up its secrets. Until recently the scientific community regarded it …
From Immaculate Conception to Genetic Deception
Julian Rose, Contributing Writer Waking Times The Christ consciousness with which humanity is endowed, and which took physical form in Jesus Christ some 2,000 years ago, is a revolutionary gift. It has the power to transform, to heal and to penetrate the darkness with light. However, it is a gift which still remains largely sealed …
Acts of God – A Revolution of the Heart
Sharon Brown, Sacred Fire Contributing Writer Waking Times We’re calling for a revolution. Like 200,000,000 other people in the world, I saw Avatar. Watching the film in 3-D was a magical immersion. While the storyline often felt predictable, I had a visceral longing to be part of the alien world, Pandora. The film offered a …
Physicalism: A False View of the World
Physicalism is the philosophical claim that only what is physical is real, where physical means: To be found or inferred by measurement and reason as existing in the world observable by the outer senses (mainly sight, hearing and touch). Physicalism is distinct from physics. Physics is (a) an activity based upon observing the world (by means of the outer senses), theorizing, experimenting and testing and (b) a body of knowledge which consists of truths established by this activity.
Reuniting the Spiritual and the Practical Through Activism
One of the most significant hurdles to our development as ‘whole’ human beings is our attachment to the false separation made between what is considered ‘practical’ and what is considered ‘spiritual’.
They Offer us Darkness – That We May Shine Brighter
Linda George – There is a very dark force in our midst – and it is showing its hand.