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The Three Jewels of Buddhism...

Something is trying to get our attention,

trying to tell us something.

the Hindu Trimurti...

We see it going back very, very far

into the earliest aspects of human history.

and the Holy Trinity of Christianity.

The number represents a portal, a gateway, into another realm.

Throughout human history, the number three has

always had a unique significance.

But why?

No matter what ancient culture you look at, the highest ones always

came as threes.

What is it about the number three

that makes it play such a big role in

religion, architecture and even the occult?

And could there be an extraterrestrial connection?

Once we understand this power of three,

we ourselves will become like our creators, the gods.

Millions of people around the world believe we

have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings.

What if it were true? Did ancient aliens really help

to shape our history? And if so, might the secrets of

the universe be revealed by examining the incredible power

of three?

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Newgrange, Ireland.

The walls of this 5,000-year-old

passage tomb are decorated with mysterious designs made up of

three connected spirals.

Yunnan Province, China.

Three 1,100-year-old Buddhist temples known as the Three

Pagodas form a triangle thought to protect the population from

natural disasters.

Ancient Greece.

According to myth, the destiny of gods and men is controlled by

all-powerful beings known as the Three Fates.

Various cultures across the world have long shared a belief

that the number three represents something sacred, mystical,

even divine.

All human beings understand numbers.

All of us live in a physical universe where things come in

different numbers, and so different cultures will

highlight different numbers as particularly important,

ritualize them and make them culturally important.

We see widespread use of the number three in European

traditions, but also we see it in selected traditions around

the world, too. These number traditions can

become very, very powerful and connect cultures together.

The unique reverence for the number three

dates back thousands of years, and can still be found today

in art, architecture, mythology, literature, science, and religion.

But why?

What is it about this number that has continued to hold such

significance for mankind?

If you think of our lives, we have a past, a present, and a future.

Our story falls neatly into three.

Throughout folklore and mythology, we find the number three.

Something about three is trying

to get our attention, trying to tell us something.

The number three comes up many, many times

in Judeo-Christian scriptures. Jonah is in the belly of the

whale for three days. In Genesis, the waters are

separated from the earth after three days.

In the New Testament, Jesus in the tomb for three days.

There's just a special significance there.

We see the number three in sacred texts.

And why is that? Is there something within us

that is hardwired to understand that three is a sacred number?

And where does this come from?

The Giza Plateau, Egypt.

Three Great Pyramids line the desert just outside of Cairo.

Constructed more than 4,000 years ago, this unique trio of

monuments is arguably the most recognizable in all the world.

The pyramids also employ the most magnificent use of

triangles in architecture.

You had in ancient Egypt what we might think of

as a masonic tradition. There were the builders

themselves, who embodied the knowledge of geometry, the

knowledge of tool-making, and how to put buildings together,

and especially how to create buildings that were themselves

vehicles for initiating or inducing higher consciousness.

The Giza pyramids are very interesting in

that you have three major pyramids.

Their sides are triangles. Think of the triangle.

The simplest, most perfect geometric form.

The ancients were certainly intrigued by geometry,

indeed sacred geometry. And certainly a triangle is one

of those basic archetypal shapes that perhaps is hardwired into

the human consciousness, and this may find expression in

monuments such as the pyramids.

You've got that progress towards perfection, towards the top of

the triangle. It's a very upward-directed,

higher-directed shape, and I think we kind of get that on

a subconscious level.

So there is a sense in which the number

three... in the form of the triangle, in the form of the

apex of the pyramid... represents a portal, a gateway into

another realm. You might say it's a "realm of the gods."

Do the three pyramids of Giza really represent some sort of portal

to a divine realm? Perhaps more clues about the

sacred nature of the triangle can be found by examining the

work of one of the most celebrated mathematicians of all time.

Samos, Greece.

Sixth century BC. Greek mathematician and

philosopher Pythagoras introduces his famous theorem:

A squared + B squared = C squared.

The formula explains the mathematical relationship

between the three sides of right triangles, and some believe it

was originally based on the design of the Egyptian pyramids.

Pythagoras lived 2,500 years ago.

It is said that he studied with the great teachers of Egypt.

And he brought the wisdom of Egypt back to Greece.

That, in effect, was the birth of Greek philosophy.

For Pythagoras, and for a lot of

ancient philosophers, mathematics was a kind of more

precise description of the supernatural.

They're coming to terms with man's place on this earth and

one of the ways you do that is by measurements, and

measurements have to develop, and when they develop, they

develop more complex mathematics.

And Pythagoras is one of the very early philosophers

to really develop this stuff.

Pythagoras taught that everything in the universe

has a three-part structure.

And every problem in the universe can be reduced

diagrammatically to a triangle. To Pythagoras and his followers,

the triangle represented ascension, and the triangle

itself, and number three, was the key to all hidden mysteries.

In Carnac, France

there are thousands of megalithic standing stones that

are over 6,000 years old, and many of them are in the form of

a right triangle, or a Pythagorean triangle.

And they were built many thousands of years before Pythagoras.

These same geometric

relationships of the right triangle have also been found

at Avebury and Stonehenge, and you have to ask yourself, does

the Pythagorean triangle represent some kind of special

extraterrestrial geometry? A geometry of threes?

The bottom line is that "A" squared plus "B"

squared equals "C" squared" applies to the entire universe.

And so, for Pythagoras to come up with this, of course, is

extraordinary, but he was not the first.

We know that Pythagoras got this information

from ancient Egypt. And the ancient Egyptians

themselves say that this was knowledge from the gods.

So what we have is a situation whereby the ancient Egyptians

got this information from a non-human intelligence, from an

extraterrestrial source, preserved it in secret for

thousands of years. And Pythagoras is really the

first one to take it outside of Egypt, and, basically, begin to

speak to the world about what it is, what the ancient Egyptians

knew about this divine information.

Did Pythagoras really get his knowledge of

geometry and its profound connection to the universe

from an otherworldly source?

Pythagorean triangle may contain wisdom that we still haven't understood in

terms of how physical, terrestrial geometry connects to

extraterrestrial domains that may coexist with our own.

Did extraterrestrial visitors

provide early humans with advanced mathematical

information? Information that would help them

unlock the secrets of the universe?

And if so, why? And what is the secret of the

number three? Is it a code?

Or could it be a gateway to communication with mankind's

alien ancestors? Ancient astronaut theorists

believe further evidence can be found by examining a mysterious

artifact, one that could very well change the world.

Cambridge University, England.

Here in the library of this 800-year-old institution are the

research papers of Sir Isaac Newton.

One of the most influential scientists of the 17th century,

Newton introduced what became the basis of all modern physics:

the three laws of motion.

One of the things I think we often forget

about people like Newton... he was also very much into alchemy,

and he was very much a mystic himself.

In mystical circles and in alchemy, three is considered a

powerful number. So, it was natural for people

to try and write things in threes and break it down into

threes and use that principal to communicate information.

Alchemy was a hope of early magicians or chemists.

The idea was that maybe if they

could just figure out how to combine different materials

together, they could wind up with something precious.

There was a longstanding interest in it, and a lot of

sort of early scientific developments and even ideas of

chemistry came from this practice.

Included among Newton's writings on philosophy,

astronomy and mathematics is a cryptic translation of an

ancient document that has fascinated alchemists for

centuries... an emerald tablet. Carved on green crystal, the

tablet is believed to be one of several that contained, not

only information on the practice of alchemy, but the secrets of

the universe. But although it is referenced by

Newton and written about in numerous other ancient texts,

the existence of the so-called emerald tablets is largely

thought to be a myth.

The emerald tablet or tablets contained,

perhaps, the most fundamental ancient wisdom.

The ancient wisdom of transmutation.

The secrets of longevity, the secrets of the cosmos.

And there are many different legends about this tablet or tablets.

Some people say that they were

found in the Great Pyramid thousands of years ago.

The so-called emerald tablet had the secrets

of alchemy. And alchemy itself wasn't just

about the transmutation of base matter into a pure state, into gold.

But it was about the knowledge

of the secrets of the universe, about how we, ourselves, could

transform ourself, and become at one with the universe as a whole.

The emerald tablets

have a very interesting phrase. "Three is the great mystery,

come from the great one." It says that three is the great

mystery that unifies the universe.

It says that power, wisdom, awareness all arises from this

interplay of three.

What we're being

confronted with in the emerald tablets is basically this notion

that if we take two substances, we can make a third substance

out of this. Three, as such, is always the

power of transformation. It is the end result for the

alchemist, basically saying, I took certain things, and I

created something new, and that is represented by the third element.

The information was written down which basically detailed

that if anybody were to possess this knowledge, he would become

a master of life, a master over death, an almost supernatural

being who could do anything at will.

Were early scientists like Isaac Newton

seeking extraterrestrial knowledge?

And was that knowledge based, in part, on a unique power inherent

in the number three?

Perhaps answers can be found by taking a closer look at the man

many believe to be the author of the emerald tablets... Hermes

Trismegistus.

Starting in the fourth century B.C., a character

develops called Hermes Trismegistus.

His name just means "Hermes thrice great."

So, Hermes Trismegistus is the Hellenistic Egyptian version of

the Greek Hermes, and he's associated with the Egyptian

god, Thoth. And so, for that reason,

primarily, he becomes associated with his magical practices of

theurgy, which is doing the works of the gods, influencing the world.

And at some point,

as the Greeks moved into Egypt, and the Romans moved into

Egypt, there was an endeavor to correlate the Egyptian

traditions with the Greek and Roman traditions.

And so, you had this connection between Thoth and Hermes.

And the idea in both cases is, this is the deity that is the

messenger, or the link, between our human realm, and the higher

realm of the gods.

According to some legends,

he was a reincarnation of Thoth, the ancient scribe of Egypt.

The scribe of the gods.

He was an individual who brought knowledge, who brought wisdom.

He was considered thrice-great, three times great.

Hermes descended from the sky in what was

considered to be a flying ship. And we have the exact same story

in Ancient Egypt with Thoth, also having descended from the

sky, and his whole premise was to teach the people in

scientific disciplines.

Was Hermes Trismegistus really the

reincarnation of the Egyptian God Thoth?

And, if so, did he serve as a messenger between man and the

Gods, as the ancient Greeks believed? Or might he have been,

as ancient astronaut theorists contend, an extraterrestrial being?

One who brought mankind the

knowledge of the universe in the form of emerald tablets?

The emerald tablets are a fascinating body of

knowledge. It gives rise to the idea that

many different systems... whether we're dealing with physics

systems, or systems of consciousness, systems of

philosophy, systems of religion... will always be

underlined by this prevalence of the number three.

So, you have to ask yourself, is the emerald

tablet some kind of extraterrestrial knowledge

that's been handed down to us? So, maybe the key to immortality

is written in the emerald tablet in a code of threes.

Did extraterrestrial messengers

really give mankind the secrets of the universe, as ancient

astronaut theorists suggest? And is one of the keys to

rediscovering that knowledge related to the number three?

Perhaps another clue can be found by examining a mysterious

gland... inside the human brain.

Washington, D.C. April, 2013.

We have a chance to improve the lives of,

not just millions, but billions of people on this planet through

the research that's done.

U.S. President Barack Obama unveils an ambitious government-funded

research project designed to map the human brain.

Titled, the "BRAIN" Initiative, the program promises to shed new

light on how human beings learn, think, remember and create.

So there are many things that science still

does not understand about how the human brain works.

There's a hundred billion neurons in the brain, and then,

there's about a hundred thousand trillion connections possible.

If we can understand that, if we can crack the neural code, it'll

unlock a lot of answers to understanding things like

disease and how to cure them. And it really is the final

frontier of human anatomy.

Just how the human brain functions has remained a

mystery that has puzzled mankind for thousands of years.

But according to many ancient cultures and religions,

the workings of the brain are not the mere workings of a human

organ, but are linked to something much more profound,

something of extraterrestrial origin.

Lidder Valley, Northern India. Here on a snow-covered mountain

in the heart of the Himalayas, lies the Amarnath Cave.

Every summer, thousands of Hindus make the treacherous

journey through the steep terrain to witness the formation

of a massive vertical ice stalagmite thought to represent

Lord Shiva, one of the most powerful gods of Hinduism.

According to mythology, it was in this cave that Shiva revealed

the secrets of creation to his goddess wife Parvati.

There are three great divine energies in

the Hindu imagination involved in the creation story.

Brahma actually creates things. This is the great god, Brahma,

brings things into being. Vishnu maintains reality, and

Shiva destroys. Now Shiva is just as important

as the other two divine energies.

In fact, the trinity would not exist without the destruction.

You cannot have renewal, you cannot have continued growth

without the destructive energy.

In Hinduism, Shiva

is often pictured with a trident, the prongs representing

will, action and knowledge.

He is also often illustrated as having a third eye in the middle

of his forehead. But why?

In the iconography, he is clearly

depicted with a vertical third eye right in the middle of his forehead.

With that eye, he can see things. He has clairvoyance.

When his eye opens, it also radiates a lot of energy through

that eye. And then when that is opened up,

then everything becomes clear. And then, of course,

the universe is yours, because then you are able to communicate with

everyone else, because then you are in par with the cosmic frequency.

In the spiritual beliefs of many

cultures, including ancient India, including many parts of

Asia, there is a third eye that is located in the middle of the

forehead, generally right between the two eyes.

And that is a center of spiritual power.

And in some cases, it is thought to have supernatural powers.

In the principles of Freemasonry, there is a

consistent and recurring notion that two sides or pillars can

only find balance by the addition of a third, center

structure. This center structure is often

represented as a mystical or third eye.

But why? Is it meant to represent that of

an all-seeing God? Or does it suggest something

quite different? Something, perhaps, that can

even be found within the human brain?

You see this represented in many mystical

traditions that this is somehow the mystical eye.

There have been many different theories about this, but one of

the more interesting ones is that...

Some people said it refers to the pineal gland, which is a

light-sensitive organ that is actually somewhere in here.

Part of the endocrine system, the pineal

gland is no larger than a grain of rice, and is shaped like a pinecone.

Though it is located deep in the

center of the brain between the two hemispheres, it appears to

share some characteristics with the human eye.

The function of the pineal gland is mainly to

release a hormone called melatonin, which controls the

sleep-wake cycles. So, because it's

light-sensitive, it's sometimes called the third eye.

And it's had some mystical implications, as well, because

it's this asymmetrical structure that's right in the center of the brain.

Is it possible that

ancient man was aware of the existence of the pineal gland?

And if so, were they also aware of its special function within the brain?

From the earliest

stages in human history, across a broad spectrum of

cultures, this idea of the pineal gland being a mystery

gland that is somehow related to enlightenment or a mystical

experience is something that we see widely.

Our two eyes, our bodily eyes, allow us to see around us.

But the third eye allows us to see beyond that.

It allows us to see things that we would not normally see.

Is it possible that a so-called "third eye" really exists?

A part of the human brain that allows human beings

to connect directly to something beyond themselves...

even beyond this planet?

Throughout history, the third eye has also

been attributed for allowing you to travel to different

dimensions, or astral traveling, and all those different things.

So now my question is, how did these stories begin?

Is it possible to astral travel? Is it possible to go places with

your mind alone?

The concept of the third eye

is supposedly our doorway to connecting with not

only our higher selves but other higher spirits and possibly even

to otherworldly entities... like extraterrestrial entities.

The pineal gland acts as a hyper-dimensional

gateway. It is a functioning stargate

within your brain. The pineal gland appears to

create some type of bridge or wormhole inside your head.

Extraterrestrials may already understand this.

It's a basic aspect of human physiology.

We have a stargate built in.

And you have to wonder then,

if we were created possibly by extraterrestrials

and they know that we have this third eye, that part of their

mission is to influence us and cultivate us to the point where

we are able to utilize this third eye that we've been given.

Could an actual part of the human brain really

help to explain why mankind functions so differently from

other life forms on our planet? Could this tiny gland offer a

key to understanding why human beings create art...

music... and literature?

Why we bury our dead and devote time to contemplating our own existence?

Perhaps the answers can be found

in the stories of divine figures appearing across the ancient

world in powerful groups of three.

Henan Province, Central China.

Here, along the shores of the Yi River, are 1,352 ancient caves

known as the Longmen Grottoes. Dating back to 493 AD, they

contain the most spectacular collection of Buddhist cave art

in the world. One of the largest of the over

100,000 stone statues at the site is of the Amitabha Buddha,

or the Buddha of Infinite Light. He is flanked on either side by

his two assistants, and collectively they are known as

the Three Saints of the West.

For some reason, the sacred mysteries are often

presented as threefold.

In Mahayana Buddhism, the three guides are Amitabha, the Buddha

of Infinite Light, and his two companions, one representing

wisdom and one compassion. It is significant that

throughout the ancient world gods and leaders would often

appear in threesomes. For some reason, the triad shows

up as a divine powerful principle.

Something about three is telling us, um, some important

information about wholeness.

Triads... trios... trinities.

Why have cultures all over the world envisioned their divine

leaders and mythic heroes in power structures of three?

Perhaps an answer can be found by examining the stories of the

Three Saints and the celestial realm of the Amitabha Buddha

known as the Western Pure Land

In a former life, Amitabha Buddha was

believed to have been a king who renounced his kingdom through a

series of vows.

And these vows were, uh, vows to create a pure Buddha land.

The Western Pure Land was thought to be actually real and

to exist outside of the normal confines of time and space.

Amitabha Buddha will come to your death bed and

personally escort you to this western paradise.

The Buddha Amitabha have two assistants, two bodhisattvas.

The idea is that if you see three, it gives you a feeling

that there is plenty of help coming.

The last moments of life are very important in this

form of Buddhism. These guiding figures are prime

examples of the power of three manifesting in a sacred

teaching, helping one to a greater level of consciousness.

Is the Western Pure Land really "a state of

enlightenment," as mainstream scholars believe?

Or might these Three Saints be guiding the deceased to a

divine, perhaps even extraterrestrial, realm?

Ancient astronaut theorists believe the answers can be found

in the descriptions of this spiritual paradise.

The Amitabha Buddha believed that this was a literal

place peopled with gods and goddesses that would give you

knowledge and information. And in this place, everyone

appears to be golden, and you have the ability to see anything

in the universe, the ability to travel anywhere on Earth that

you want. Is this really just a myth?

Or is the Amitabha Buddha an example of an extraterrestrial

who visited Earth and was able to achieve some higher grade of

evolution while he was here and then help others achieve that as well?

Might the Amitabha Buddha actually have been an

otherworldly visitor? And if so, might the Three

Saints of Pure Land Buddhism not just guide the dead to an

afterlife but physically change them into higher functioning

beings, beings with extraterrestrial capabilities?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and believe further proof

can be found in the story of another mythic trio, one that

undertook an epic journey not to a divine land after death but

towards a divine life here on planet Earth.

Cologne, Germany.

For centuries, a steady stream

of visitors have gathered inside this gothic cathedral to view a

golden sarcophagus thought to contain the bones of the

biblical Magi, also known as the Three Wise Men.

While the journey of the Three Wise Men is one of the most

popular and best known of the stories concerning the birth of

Jesus Christ, little is actually known about these mysterious figures.

According to the Gospels,

the Three Kings, or the Three Wise Men, came from the east.

At the time that the Gospels were being written, that was an

area of the world, which for Westerners was considered to be

the source of all magic and mysticism.

The Magi were the ancient priesthood of

Persia... or Iran as we tend to call it now... and they go way

back to 2000 or 3000 B.C. probably or even more.

The Magi were particularly interested in the stars.

They were looking at the different influences that these

different stars and planets had at given times, and that was

part and parcel of their tradition.

The three wise men traveled thousands of miles to

what we call the Holy Land. They found Bethlehem apparently

without a map. They were astronomers.

It says they followed a star.

But did the three

wise men actually exist, or did the story of their journey to

visit the infant Jesus have other... even more otherworldly... origins?

The star, we are told,

leads them, so the star is moving and it's flying and it's

intelligently guided because it's leading them

to a destination and it hovers over the manger where Jesus is laid.

It shines a light down to illuminate the manger where

Jesus is laid.

So you have to to wonder whether possibly the three Magi themselves were

extraterrestrial gods or perhaps the star of Bethlehem itself was

some kind of extraterrestrial spaceship that was guiding the

three Magi.

Were the three wise men astral travelers guided by

otherworldly technology? Or is their presence in the

story of Jesus really some sort of code... one intended to

connect Jesus with other mythic stories and religions in which

the number three has profound significance?

There are those who believe that an answer can be found by

examining the three gifts that each of the Magi reportedly

brought to the Son of God. Gold, representing the physical

and material needs of the child during his lifetime.

Frankincense... an ancient aromatic resin which, when

burned, is thought to be effective in mind expansion and

enlightenment. And myrrh... an oil often

associated with death and embalming... representing the afterlife.

But why three gifts and why only those three?

Perhaps the answers can be found

written into the ancient biological language that is as

old as life itself...a language containing a code of threes.

There is a theory that the key to unlocking the

power of the number three lies in the mystery of the Holy

Trinity, that the notion of three divine persons in one god

refers to the three states of being.

God the Father... the intellectual or ethical self.

God the Son... the physical and actual self.

And God the Holy Spirit... the emotional or aspirational self.

Past, present, and future. God and man as one.

Qasr el Yahud, Israel.

Here tens of thousands of Christians

make their way to what is believed to be the site

of Christ's baptism in the River Jordan.

It was also here that, according to scripture, God revealed

himself as being made up of three divine persons...

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, otherwise known as

the Holy Trinity.

In the story of Jesus' baptism,

Jesus is standing in the Jordan River, and we're told that the heavens

open up and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove descends upon Jesus.

And the voice of God booms out of Heaven and says,

"This is my son whom I love and in whom I am well pleased."

So, in that scene, all three

parts of the Trinity are represented there...

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

What makes it a

mathematical conundrum is, how can you be one and three?

So it is a mystery, and some people don't even question it

because it is a matter of faith, and so, made in that image, we

could make the argument that there's a trinity within each

and every one of us.

Could the triune nature of God, as described in

the New Testament, also exist in all of mankind?

And if so, does this suggest that the power of three might

somehow connect humanity with divine or, as some would

believe, extraterrestrial forces?

Ancient astronaut theorists believe the answers can be found

not only in the Bible but encoded within the genetic

blueprint of the human body.

Huntington, New York, 1966.

Scientists announce one of the

greatest breakthroughs of modern science.

They have successfully deciphered the genetic code.

After years of research, they discover that the universal

structure of DNA consists of a series of three molecule

combinations known as codons or triplets.

You had this DNA sequence, and it codes for

ultimately the proteins in your body.

And the question was, how does it code for that?

Does each individual base pair represent something?

Is it two at a time that represents something?

Is it a sequence of ten? And it turns out that it's very

clear, it comes in clusters of three.

Essentially the number three is the key to our

DNA language. And this was revolutionary for

its time because the ancient alien theory has always

suggested that the ultimate proof of extraterrestrial

tampering in our past will not come in the form of a crashed

spaceship or some type of tools, but the actual proof will come

from within our own DNA.

This may, in fact, be

a universal manifestation of the power of three.

In time I believe we will find out that DNA is written into the

background of the universe itself, it is assembled by the

basic laws of quantum physics, and the underlying power of

three is an essential tool in seeing the hand of the divine

architect at work in making us who we are today.

The number three is the key to unlocking the ancient mysteries.

We see threes everywhere,

and as a possible pointer to the idea that three is the guiding

principle of the universe, it manifests even in our DNA.

So we can see here how this power of three is

pervasive all through the universe, including in our own

DNA, and is it possible that it's extraterrestrials who have

encoded this within us and that, once we understand this power of

three, we ourselves will become like our creators... the gods.

Does the physical expression of a power of three...

found within our own DNA... really prove an extraterrestrial

design for mankind?

A design whose meaning we are

only just beginning to comprehend?

Or could the answer lie in a combination of all the trios

and trinities embedded throughout the mythical and

religious world?

Perhaps the answer will lead us

back to mankind's place of origin... and the ultimate proof

that our origins lie not on Earth but out of this world.

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