Truth vs Falsehood (59 page)

Of obvious practical value is the application of the calibration of the levels of consciousness, especially to the differences between the calibration levels of an avatar, a saint, or a sage and their alleged scriptures or canonized holy books. If there is a wide discrepancy between the teachers and the available teachings, this is indicative of error, meaning that much was lost in translation, in transmission, or in misinterpretation. This can be observed most strikingly in dissimilar quotations of Christ’s words on the cross between the King James and the Lamsa versions of the Bible, i.e., it makes a world of difference whether Jesus said, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (King James Version) versus “My God, my God, for this I was spared.” (Lamsa Translation). Upon reflection, the incongruence of the first quotation is indicated by the fact that an incarnated, fully Enlightened Master who is united with the Oneness of Divinity would unlikely feel deserted by the very source of that Realization within.

Highly interesting data and important information are provided in the brilliantly clear exposition in the first few pages of the Introduction in the Lamsa Bible, which is a translation from the original Aramaic Peshitta manuscripts that were taken to Constantinople and that constitute the foundation of the scripture of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Lamsa Bible’s Introduction, comparison is made to the King James Version, which came from the Greek (and calibrates lower).

If all of the Books that calibrate below the credible level of truth at 200 are removed from either the King James or Lamsa versions of the Bible, the overall calibration level increases markedly. This is even more pronounced if the Old Testament, with the exception of Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs, is removed, along with the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.

It would take detailed historical analysis to ‘explain why’ erroneous writings were inadvertently included in canonized scripture, but the obvious explanation is that the overall level of consciousness of the cultures of Biblical times was at 90 to 100, and the great teachers were long dead and unavailable for guidance. Also, there was no means of accurately accessing levels of truth or determining the qualifications of experts.

To recapitulate, the Old Testament calibrates overall at 190, with the exception of Genesis (660), Psalms (650), and Proverbs (350). The Lamsa Bible (from the Aramaic) calibrates twenty points higher than the King James Version (from the Greek). Understanding the sources of error in the Old Testament requires detailed knowledge of ancient Hebrew culture and its history, which involved relapses into idolatry, division of the tribal kingdoms, conflict among the priesthoods, and inclusion of local cultural myths and legends, especially anthropomorphic depictions of God with egoistic human feelings of jealousy, anger, favoritism, revenge, pride, etc. (e.g., Freud’s projections from the unconscious).

Revenge, anger, and other negative human emotional traits are linear limitations that are not concordant with the nonlinear parity of Divinity. They are more depictive of other non-celestial realms.

Although the Books of the Old Testament (with the exception of Psalms, Proverbs, and Genesis) calibrate below 200, many individual verses do calibrate quite high:

Calibration of Verses of the Old Testament

A more detailed analysis would be an interesting project but is beyond the parameters of this chapter and space limitations.

In the New Testament, the Book of Revelation (cal. 70) by John (cal. 70) is starkly discordant. Its origin (as described previously) is from the lower astral realms into which many visionaries have been enticed over the centuries. The depictions are that of a particular lower astral level (cal. 70) and therefore not of some level of actual truth, which would thereby calibrate at least over 200. Followers of the Book of Revelation often go into fearful proselytizing about the coming ‘end times’ and form reclusive survival groups, complete with bunkers, food storage, etc. Unfortunately, because of their prior reputation or persuasiveness, such leaders impact vulnerable followers. In extreme cases, this fearfulness has led to group suicides or paranoid delusional systems. It is important to know that such visions of lower astral origin are recurrent and described similarly in different generations, right up to the present times, with earthquakes, floods, California’s falling into the ocean, and pillaging hordes. This does not originate from heavenly realms, which calibrate at high levels, but just from a specific lower astral location (cal. 70). All visitors to that realm in astral states of consciousness report experiencing its life-like pseudoreality. (One such ‘teacher’ was well known by the author. The fall into the astral trance state was disastrous and brought down his level of consciousness from high to low. (See later in this chapter.)

At the highest level of understanding, it is obvious that no confrontation between truth and nontruth is possible inasmuch as falsity is the absence of truth and not its opposite. That which is fallacious can obscure truth by impressive persuasion because the human mind is innately unable to discern truth from falsehood and is easily programmed when further weakened by fear.

From research, it is concluded that the highest version of the Bible is the Lamsa translation, with deletion of the Book of Revelation from the New Testament, plus deletion of the Old Testament, with the exception of Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs. The overall effect is to raise the calibration of the level of truth of the Bible from 475 to 880, which then puts it on the level represented by the great mystics of history.

It is important to recognize that Jesus Christ did not write the New Testament, but instead, it was written by followers who, by word of mouth over many generations, repeated what they thought Christ said or meant. As any spiritual teacher knows from experience, there can be a wide disparity between what was actually said and what a listener thought they heard. When one considers the historical process over the centuries by which the Books of the Bible finally became assembled, it is truly impressive that it calibrates as high as it does. This does lend credence that Divine inspiration was available to the scholars involved in its final versions.

Questionable Scriptures: Notes on the Koran

The social impact of misinterpretations of the Koran was described in the previous chapter on Islam. Like the Old Testament, the Koran also includes errors that have serious consequences to mankind. Aside from its references to ‘the sword,’ as discussed previously, there are many verses that are incongruous with “Allah the All Merciful.” These verses recurrently speak of “beheading infidels” and condone slaughtering nonbelievers. The Koran calibrates overall at 700.

Calibration of the Verses of the Koran

30% calibrate below 200

25% calibrate below 150

14% calibrate below 100

If the verses below 200 are removed, then the Koran calibrates at 940. Inasmuch as “religious homicide” calibrates at 30, it would seem that contamination by falsity is the worst enemy of genuine, pure spirituality (calibrates as ‘true’).

Religious Mythology

To understand the limitations of scriptures, it is necessary to look into the role of religious mythology that is common to all early cultures. There are famous Greek, Roman, and Germanic mythologies, as well as that of the Viking, Native American, and all other primitive cultural and ethnic groups. In all of these, the anthropomorphic gods have human characteristics and fallibilities. The ‘gods’ are also blamed for catastrophes of nature, such as fire, volcanic eruptions, floods, and plagues whereby an angry god ‘smites’ the peoples of the region.

This led to the widespread prevalence of acts of sacrifice to appease the angry, human-like gods, as seen in Aztec, Incan, Canaanite, Mesopotamian, and Semitic histories. When succeeding revelations of much higher spiritual reality were revealed by the teachings of the really great avatars, often the old mythology persisted as belief systems and was incorporated in or tacked onto the newer teachings. While mythology is of historical interest, it is clearly devoid of the higher truths now available to mankind. These ancient myths and legends still have adherents for ethnic and emotional reasons, but they are also fallacious and misleading, as revealed by their low calibrations. They are also misleading distractions to the seekers of spiritual truth. The ethnic and cultural identifications of religious myths and legends also lend themselves to separatism and cultural clashes, including persecution and genocide.

In summary, it is important to differentiate religious mythology from verifiable spiritual reality; clarification is of obvious importance. Historic religious legends and fables can be classified as cultural treasures but they should not be confused with verifiable, higher Truth, which is independent of all cultures (calibrates as ‘true’).

Religious Error and False Teachings

The downside of religious error is demonstrated by history over the centuries of religiously justified genocide, homicide, cultural wars, torture, execution, witch trials, burning at the stake, the Inquisition, current Islamic terrorism, and Jihad (“Holy” War). It is represented in Christianity by the great fall of its level of truth that occurred at the time of the Council of Nicaea, the fall of Islam by Wahhabism, and the depictions of Divinity in the Old Testament, which are merely anthropomorphic projections of the human ego as characteristics of depicted Divinity (jealous, angry, etc.).

These serious departures from spiritual truth are grave in their consequences and represent the intrusion of the two great classical sources of spiritual error: the “Luciferic” (pride, power, control, distortion of truth) and the “Satanic” (torture, pain, killing, sexual lust). The Luciferic invasion of truth historically opens the door to the Satanic. First is the false justification by rhetoric and clever distortion of reality, which is the Trojan Horse that, once inside the gates, releases the blood lust of savagery (calibrates as ‘true’).

These distortions prey on the ignorance and naïveté that characterize the lower calibrated levels of consciousness. These negative energies have been depicted throughout history as ‘evil’ in that the term refers to
intention
(i.e., malice, hatred, and usurping of legitimate power for malevolent purposes and self-aggrandizement). These depictions characterize levels of consciousness that all calibrate below 200 and thus reveal themselves to be the matrix out of which all the sufferings of mankind originate.

The calibrated levels are also in complete accord with the principles of spiritual destiny, accountability (karma), and the fate of the soul after physical death. A common spiritual error is made by holding God as the author of human suffering, which is actually the collective negative impact of the ego itself. This understandable error often results in atheism, which refuses to believe in a God that is the source of evil. It is a mistake that is easily transcended by simply seeing that suffering is the consequence of the ego’s ignorance (falsehood) and misunderstanding of the true nature of Divinity. In other terminology, suffering is the consequence of linearity. Divinity is nonlinear and detectable as Universal Energy, the subjective essence of consciousness itself, and the primordial Source of existence.

From the above understanding, it becomes apparent why the mystics throughout history consistently calibrate higher than the religions themselves. This is because they transcend the linear domain wherein lies the source of religious error.

Spiritual Teachers

Following is a list of over 100 well-known, respected teachers from various schools. They all calibrate over 460 (Excellence), and their works have stood the test of time. The list, of course, is not complete and would include many others if space permitted.