Of course we are all aware about bringing up the topic of religion or politics as taboo in conversations at social gatherings and I never brought up religion on my ET Yoga BBS radio show; as I didn't want to turn the show into heated religious debate. Even though my intent is not to totally invalidate the bible or some of the concepts in organized religion, I want to share why in my belief system it is more productive to my spiritual growth to avoid any organized religion. The only church that I would still claim connection to is Self Realization Fellowship Church; which was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda. First of all, many people are cluing into the fact that your beliefs, definitions, emotions and intentions create the outer experience. What Gregg Bradden has said, and the Andromedans, is that Belief is of utmost importance and it is important to analyze your beliefs and find out why you have them. Shocking but true, is the fact that most beliefs exist because somebody else told you they were true. This information comes from downloading initial caregiver beliefs from the time we are born, to authority figures like the school system, church, government, respected friends and family members. Part of our journey in 3D involves what Beliefs we buy in to. Just because these sources say something is true, does not mean that objectively it is. It is true that all beliefs are equally valid. For example, if you believe the Earth is flat and I believe it is round, then your belief is valid for you. However, when objectively a belief is false it gives the believer a more  limited  experience of All That Is. Bashar (multi-dimensional being from the Essassani civilization as channeled by Darryl Anka) has said that almost every single concept that Jesus taught has been distorted. If you do some research you will find that in about 325 A.D. the Romans basically invented the Christianity that we know today ( see Caesar Constantine and the First Council of Nicaea was established to state what Christianity would be); as a method to control the population. Even Yogananda has said that the concept of reincarnation used to be part of early Christian belief; but was removed. From 'Autobiography of a Yogi' " The early Christian church accepted the doctrine of reincarnation, which was expounded by the Gnostics and by numerous church fathers, including Clement of Alexandria, the celebrated Origen (both 3rd century) and St. Jerome (5th century). The doctrine was first declared a heresy in A.D. 553 by the Second Council of Constantinople." The biggest areas of concern for me with orthodox religion comes from the general concept that first we are born in sin. I totally disagree with this concept. We are spiritual beings who are having an earthy incarnation and there is no original sin. This universe was created with unconditional love, period. In pre-Sumerian times the word sin actually meant genetic defect. That definition I can agree with; as the human race was genetically modified and why we do not function with full brain capacity and most only utilize two of the 12 strands of DNA that we were originally created to use. Yes, we are all genetic defects. However, we all have the possibility to attain higher consciousness and a oneness with that Spiritual energy. This is the true baptism. It is when we first realize the existence of Higher Consciousness and realize we have the potential to attain a oneness with that energy. Christ was not the only being to attain these levels and never claimed to be the only one to attain them. He was showing us what was possible. How would it be possible to attain the higher levels if you don't even have the concept that it is possible?  According to Bashar, "Many times the terminology you choose reflects how you go about relating to the ideas you Think you believe in. And in this case you are saying that by following someone, you are separating yourself  from, and making yourself less than, rather than being equal to--which is what he wanted you to know. That all of you are Christ consciousness like he is. The idea of following "the way" was not a matter of being subservient, but of being equal and reflective." I totally reject the concept that if we follow the dictates of the church, after death, we go to heaven or hell. We are creating our own heaven or hell right here and now and it is our own beliefs that will determine the after death experience. (See at this ET Yoga blog the article ''Reincarnation and What Happens After Death') I also reject the concept of being afraid of God's judgment. In my opinion God has no intention of judging us. The biblical quote, judge not lest ye be judged, really means, as you judge you really judge yourself, not that you are  being judged from the outside.  When you invalidate something you bring your energy to that level. Why would God want to bring his energy to our level? Certainly, there is the law of cause and effect and consequences for our actions. Anything to do with fear and you can count me out.All fear is illusory and is not in alignment with your Higher Self. Furthermore no one can Die to Absolve you of your so called Sins. There is some truth in the statement that the only way to God is through Christ Consciousness. Christ Consciousness is a state of consciousness not a human form. It is analogous to opening your sixth chakra or ajna center or fully opened pineal gland. Humanity is soon to be shocked that most of what we have been taught is a total fabrication. This will be proven by the discovery of the Hall of Records; which will give humanity some perspective of its true history going back about 50,000 years and our extra-terrestrial origins. (I refer the reader to the BBS ET Yoga blog article entitled, 'Secrets of Our Extra-terrestrial Heritage'). According to Bashar, some discoveries under the Sphinx are currently taking place and will be made public in the next few years . From what I hear, there is also similar records in Bucegi, Romania near a rock Sphinx there. Apparently, there is a Star Gate there as well. I was doing some research the other day into the early teachings of the Gnostics. I was trying to find out why some friends, who are Gnostics, were so much into and promoting the eating of red meat. What I found was that the early Gnostics were strict vegetarians. I also found a link from the Gnostics to the Essens and from there to Jesus, Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. There was a rift in the church after the Romans basically reinvented Christianity and no doubt, if I was alive at that time, being more of a Christian Mystic, I would probably have gravitated to the Gnostics. They could not find compatibility in the new Church. About 10 years ago I became aware of a channeling by Jeanne Hatch of Mother Mary. It contained information that is called the 'Ultimate Truths of Reality'. This information comes from the early Essen culture and has been kept in the Mystery Schools for nearly 2,000 years. You can find the list of 21 points at the College of Christ Consciousness on the internet. Not surprisingly these ultimate truths of reality are spiritual information. There were no churches at that time. This true spiritual information is all about BELIEF and how it functions in REALITY. It is all Self Empowering information. In fact on BBS ET Yoga, I did a show connecting the current teachings of the Pleiadians, this channeling by Jeanne Hatch from 2,000 years ago and the teachings of Bashar from 2,000 in our future and they are all saying the same things!!! (I refer the reader to www.etyoga.com BBS archived ET Yoga shows--the CD) You are not hearing about sin, being afraid of God's judgment, being born a sinner or anything even remotely close in the amazing list of the 'Ultimate Truths of Reality".  And furthermore, we don't require an intermediary between us and our Higher Selves or Prime Creator or God or whatever name you wish to use to define the infinite.Many extra-terrestrials find it hard to imagine how we lost connection with our Higher Selves in the first place. Apparently, this disconnection took place most recently after the fall of Atlantis. From 'Blueprint for Change' , Bashar says, " Recognize that the idea, as it has been translated into your language, is usually interpreted as Christ being the Son of God, whereas Jesus Christ actually referred to himself as the Son of Man. Look in your own Bible. He calls himself the Son of Man. Do understand that the writing of what was verbalized by Jesus of Nazareth were not even begun to be committed to paper until approximately 57 years after the death of the physical Jesus. Yes, every single written idea contains some misinterpretation where it regards placing ritual around the idea of what happened. Understand this as well: what you are calling your biblical literature contains less than 10% of what that individual ever said in his life, and what was even written down is very much misinterpreted, according to the understanding of when it was written. Recognize that your Bible was not written to record history ; it was written to convert. " So the question was asked, "Is the Bible not true?" Bashar says, " It is true for those individuals who wrote it, in the way they understood it. But recognize that there is still much misinterpretation of what was actually said." "How do you know that?" "We are sensing into the mass consciousness, your higher levels of consciousness. Now, we cannot expect you to take us at our word. It is up to you to believe what you want; as we have said; but we will discuss with you what we perceive to exist within your own higher consciousness, which knows itself to be equal to the idea of the Christ consciousness. We can talk to it, and so can you. We are simply here to let you know that you can talk to your own higher consciousness; and once you allow yourself to do so, you will find that it will tell you exactly what I am telling you now." From the perspective of the Alpha Draconians they have had a master plan to control this planet for thousands of years. Every so often there are huge cataclysmic events that virtually wipe out the population and driving it into almost a stone age. Then comes the planting of Draconian religion, Isis and Osiris in Egypt, Apollo and Athena in Greece and Jesus and Mary in the Middle East. All based on the two God Draconian concept. Eventually, as civilization progresses there is the invention of the banking system; which inevitably controls the planet. Wars are paid for behind the scenes to keep the population in fear and fighting among themselves. Of course this keep the obscurity of the real power secret. Extra-terrestrial heritage and even the concept of ETs is ridiculed even though everyone on this planet is from someplace else! And then one day in a neighborhood near you even a false flag Second Coming projecting some ET with super human abilities to make a one world government, religion and army. Then those close to the Power Behind the Scenes can eliminate those who helped them gain total control. Next I will share with you the Original Lord's Prayer as discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls: MY SPIRIT ALMIGHTY My Spirit who is allknowing, almighty and all loving in me, YOUR PRESENCE BE SANCTIFIED Your presence confirms to me your controlling power over all matters concerning myself, MAY YOUR WISDOM BECOME CONSCIOUS TO ME, May your power be extended in the consciousness of my thoughts in order to enable me to apply all truths, wisdom, and love, peace and freedom, given to and acquired by me and all mankind. MAY YOUR POWER BE EXTENDED IN ME, ON EARTH AS WELL AS IN HEAVEN May your power become effective in me, in all material as well a spiritual aspect. PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH ALL I NEED FOR LIVING EACH DAY. Please give me all I need for my material as well as my spiritual life and development, for you are almighty. SO THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE MY ERRORS. So that I may recognize my faults and eliminate them since they hinder me on my way of evolution. PLEASE DO NOT LEAD ME INTO TEMPTATION, BUT TO RIGHT DECISION. Please do not let me make error by material and wrong thinking or become dependent on dogma and will to believe. FOR YOU ARE IN ME AS POWER AND WISDOM FOR ETERNITY. May I become conscious of your almighty forces inside me all the time. And now from 'Conversations With God' , some direct quotes that pretty much sums it up and why Andromedan contactee Alex Collier has stated that from the Andromedan perspective religion outlived its usefulness centuries ago and is one of the major stumbling blocks in the current evolution of humanity. "Why do You say, forget religion? Because it is not good for you. Understand that in order for organized religion to succeed, it has to make people believe they need it. In order for people to put faith in something else, they must first lose faith in themselves. So the first task of organized religion is to make you lose faith in yourself. The second task is to make you see that it has the answers you do not. And the third and most important task is to make you accept its answers without question. If you question, you start to think! If you think, you start to go back to that Source Within. Religion can't have you do that, because you're liable to come up with an answer different from what it has contrived. So religion must make you doubt your Self; must make you doubt your own ability to think straight. The problem for religion is that very often this backfires--for if you cannot accept without doubt your own thoughts, how can you not doubt the new ideas about God which religion has given you? Pretty soon, you even doubt My existence--which, ironically, you never doubted before. When you were living by your intuitive knowing, you may not have had Me all figured out, but you definitely knew I was there! It is religion which has created agnostics.God, where once man rose up in joyful outreach. It is religion which has burdened man with worries about God's wrath, where once man sought God to lighten his burden! It is religion which told man to be ashamed of his body and its most natural functions, where once man celebrated those functions as the greatest gifts of life! It is religion which taught you that you must have an intermediary in order to reach God, where once you thought yourself to be reaching God by the simply living of your life in goodness and in truth. And it is religion which commanded humans to adore God, where once humans adored God because it was impossible not to! Everywhere religion has gone it has created disunity-which is the opposite of God. Religion has separated man from God, man from man, man from woman--some religions actually telling man that he is above woman, even as it claims God is above man--thus setting the stage for the greatest travesties ever foisted upon half the human race. I tell you this. God is not above man, and man is not above woman--that is not the "natural order of things"--but it is the way everyone who had power (namely, men) wished it was when they formed their male-worship religions, systematically editing out half the material from their final version of the "holy scriptures" and twisting the rest to fit the mold of their male model of the world. There are those who would make Me a jealous God; but who could be jealous when one has, and is Everything! There are those who would make Me a wrathful God; but what could cause Me to be angry when I can not be hurt or damaged in any way? There are those who would make Me a vengeful God; but on whom would I take vengeance, since all that exists is Me? And why would I punish Myself for simply creating? Or, if you must think of us as separate, why would I create you, give you the power to create, give you the freedom of choice to create what you wish to experience, then punish you forever for making the "wrong " choice? I tell you this: I would not do such a thing--and in that truth lies your freedom from the tyranny of God. In truth there is no tyranny--except in your imagination. You may come home whenever you wish. We can be together again whenever you want. The ecstasy of your union with Me is yours to know again. At the drop of a hat. At the feel of the wind on your face. At the sound of a cricket under diamond skies on a summer night. At the first sight of a rainbow and the first cry of a newborn babe. At the last ray of a spectacular sunset and the last breath in a spectacular life. I am with you always, even unto the end of time. Your union with Me is complete--it always was, always is, and always will be. You and I are One--both now and even forever-more. Go now, and make of your life a statement of this truth. Cause your days and nights to be reflections of the highest ideas within you. Allow your moments of Now to be filled with the spectacular ecstasy of God made manifest through you. Do it through the expression of your Love, eternal and unconditional, for all those whose lives you touch. BE a light unto the darkness, and curse it not. Be a bringer of the light. You are That So be it. " 'Conversations With God' by Neale Donald Walsch My sincere best towards your attainment of full consciousness, perfect health and abundance. Charles Maxwell Green (If the above article has made a difference in your life,you can help support the author by purchasing amazing spiritual products at www.etyoga.com or via donation by PayPal to green.etyoga@gmail.com.)