The God Code: The Secret of Our Past, the Promise of Our Future

by Gregg Braden

“One of our great visionaries.” —Dr. Wayne W. Dyer“A rare blend of scientist, visionary, and scholar.” —Deepak ChopraA scholar and New York Times–bestselling author shares his shocking theory of an ancient language—found in the decoded elements of our DNA—that shines new light on the mysteries of existence.What would it mean to discover an ancient language—a literal message—hidden within the DNA of life itself? What we once believed of our past is about to change. A coded message has been found within the molecules of life, deep within the DNA in each cell of our bodies. Through a remarkable discovery linking Biblical alphabets to our genetic code, the “language of life” may now be read as the ancient letters of a timeless message. Regardless of race, religion, heritage, or lifestyle, the message is the same in each cell of every woman, child, and man, past and present. Sharing all-new, fascinating research, Gregg Braden discusses the life-changing discovery that led him from a successful career in the aerospace and defense industries to an extensive 12-year study of the most sacred and honored traditions of humankind.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, Science, New Age, Philosophy, Religion, Metaphysics

317 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

New York Times best selling author Gregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. Following a successful career as a Computer Geologist for Phillips Petroleum during the 1970s energy crisis, he became a Senior Computer Systems Designer for Martin Marietta Defense Systems during the last year of the Cold War. In 1991 he was appointed the first Technical Operations Manager for Cisco Systems where he led the development of the global support team that assures the reliability of today’s Internet. For more than 22 years, Gregg has searched high mountain villages, remote monasteries, and forgotten texts to uncover their timeless secrets. To date, his work has led to such paradigm-shattering books as The Isaiah Effect, The God Code, The Divine Matrix and his 2008 release, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits. Gregg’s work is now published in 17 languages and 27 countries and shows us beyond any reasonable doubt that the key to our future lies in the wisdom of our past.

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 1 out of 5]

His methodology is arbitrary, unscientific, and gimmicky. Google the book and you'll see what I mean. Books like this give Christians a bad name.

On page 16, he says "Pioneer 10 [the satellite] was almost 11 light years away, so it took 11 hours to send the signal and another 11 for it to be returned," which is obviously ludicrous to anyone who knows what a light year is.

[Xabier Cid · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is completely erroneous, in the best scenario. Probably, is just a big lie. That's why:

1. The common believe is science
"Population statistics from the 2000 are believed to be the most accurate in history, indicating that we share our world with approximately 6.2 billion of our kind. Of that number, nearly 95 percent, or 5.9 billion people, believe in the existence of a higher power or Supreme Being of some description. More than half of those people refer to this power as 'God'. These and similar statistics suggest that the question of our day may be less about whether or not we believe that God exists, and more about precisely what such a presence means in our lives" (p.43).
Then God exists because 95% of humans believe in it. This is the starting point of the book: we already know that God exists, and we are trying to demonstrate how It exists, not whether It exists or not.
The comment about the exact number of people around the world will be treated on the point number 10.

2. Actually, everything is science
"Of the many ways that we may define 'science' today, the American Heritage Dictionary suggests that 'any methodological, activity, discipline or study' is a science. Through this widely accepted definition..." (p. 95). It is hard to say what's the quality of the American Heritage for defining science upon it (not to mention that this is not its main definition, but the second one (http://dictionary.reference.com/brows...)), but clearly that definition of science as everything is not a widely accepted one.

3. There are no coincidences, but a deep and hidden explanation
"How could the members of the Nicean Council have known that the book they would produce would eventually become the basis for one of the great religions of the world [...:]?" (p. 49). Well, they actually do. They probably don't know that Christianity will be the most important religion around the world fifteen centuries later, but they know that they were creating its basis. But the point is what Braden tries to insinuate with his comment. That old members of the Nicea Council had the power to forecast the future? It seems so.

4. And when there is a simple explanation... there are coincidences who bring us to another deep and hidden explanation.
"The message within our DNA reads precisely the same in both the Arabic and Hebrew languages" (p. 232). The relation between the Arabic and the Hebrew alphabets is clear, simple, and historically proved. But there is no mention to it, but an insinuation of a hidden link between Arabic and Hebrew builded on Cabbala's numbers, showing precisely which Braden wants to show (even if this link can demonstrate whatever else).

5. There is something hidden, something that we have not seen yet, even if it always was there.
"Through our advancement as a civilization from wood-burning fires to microwave ovens, is it possible that we could have left something behind?" (p. 67), states Braden clearly. "Even today, the details of the [alchemy:] remain hidden to all except those who are directly involved with the tradition, to prevent the misuse of its power" (p. 75).

6. There is something hidden... against us.
The conspiracy for banning some of the old Bible books was intended (p. 49) for a determinate purpose, what we don't know (even Braden doesn't venture it either; in this case it is more powerful the insinuation than the revelation). Obviously, we don't have evidences of that hidden purpose.

7. In this hidden world, every hidden truth supports our hidden truth
Among the vague and scarce structure of this book, there are here and there some secondary lines of research presented for given support to the Braden's main thesis, even if they are not related in any way. The purpose is blurring the borders of knowledge and transform the world in a mysterious space where everything is possible. This is the case of quoting the Russian archaeologist A. Gorbovsky (don't google his name, it's worthless - http://www.ufoinfo.com/news/sovietfil...), who allegedly created a theory of a nuclear war happened in India in the Old Age. Let's be crazy and reckless, and let's believe in it: what that matters for this book about God and genetics?

8. Quotation is not needed
"s science confirms the ancient models, revealing that the alchemical elements of Fire, Air and Water actually represent three of the most abundant elements of our bodies: hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, respectively" (p. 85). Through pages 81-83 this derivation is developed without any quotation nor references. The first of these pairs (air-nitrogen) is demonstrated with this sentence: "is it possible that [the ancient alchemist:] were saying to us, in the language of their day, that nitrogen was the substance they were referencing? For the purpose of this discussion, we will assume this is the case" (p. 82). This assumption is the basis of the rest of the book, with any further proof or reference.
"The majority of scholarly opinion holds that, in the days of Moses, YHVH was pronounced 'Yah-Weigh'". Not to mention that we don't know which time was the Moses' time, there are no solid theories about how Moses spoke Hebrew... if he spoke Hebrew. We are not paying attention now to the very peculiar way to notate the pronounce.

9. But quotation is needed for referencing unrelated things.
"In addition to preserve the oldest and most mysterious works of the Kabbalah, the Sepher Yetzirah is undoubtedly the most controversial" (p. 58). Undoubtedly for whom? Apparently for the prestigious historian of religions Karen Armstrong, quoted in the next sentence of this paragraph. What if Armstrong quote doesn't support that? Who cares? When some known scientists are quoted by Braden, the quotation doesn't support what Braden wants to. The names of Carl Sagan (p. 179) or Einstein (p. 231) are used in this way.

10. Maths are presented to support us... even if they don't.
"There is the slim probability of .00042 percent that the letters YHVG would arrange themselves purely by chance". Yes, this is true. There is the same probability for four Hebraic letters will be chosen for forming a word. It's the same probability of 'corn' or 'blow' in English (actually, this is even more difficult because there are more letters in English language than in the Hebraic alphabet), and we don't consider corn a miracle or something exceptional. This is a complete non-sense, because letters don't combine in any language just randomly: we can't use probability for explaining language.
The aim of this false probability is support the assumption that YHVG (the allegedly Hebraic letters for 'humanity'), are an equivalent for hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. But following the Cabbala's method proposed by Braden, there are not 22 letters playing this game, but ten: "probability" is dropped dramatically, even more when we know that it is not possible repeat any letter and that the position of these letters is irrelevant. The equivalence element-number is based on the atomic mass, for he considers it "of the 17 characteristics that define [the elements:] only one matches precisely with the hidden number values of the Hebrew language" (p. 112). There are no more reasons for taking into account the atomic mass apart precisely that this is the only what matches. But even this is not true: the atomic mass for hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon are 1.0, 14.0, 15.9, and 12.0, respectively. 14 is transformed in 5 (1+4), 12 is transformed in 3 (1+2), 1.0 is transformed in 10 (no reason for that, apart that 1 doesn't match Braden's theory) and 15.9 is transformed first in 15 (not in 16, as expected) and then in 6 (1+5). This should be enough to dismount the main purpose for the book. The name of the humanity is a combination of four elements, like, for instance, B-N-O-C or Zr-S-Sm-K. There are actually hundreds of those possible combinations, but not the Braden's one.

11. More scientific tenets: if a correlation is right, there is a Big cause behind.
Following a study stating that patients who were prayed for did better in heart diseases (p. 80), the next step is to believe that God was involved in it. The institution who carried the study on, the Saint Luke's Health System, states on its web site's definition (first line): "The Saint Luke's Health System is a faith-based [...:] health system...". This worthless sentence is not taken into account in the Braden's book, nor the huge amount of critics on methodology and bias of the research published by eminent doctors in Archives of Internal Medicine. Let's remember the important bit: science has proved the existence of God.

12. And if a series is right, every element in it is right
For the purpose of proving that we have to consider the Bible as a historical book telling us the truth, Braden shows how other allegedly legendary books have told us some truth: the Iliad and the discovery of Troy, the discovery of Machu Picchu, and the discovery of the Noah's Ark (p. 46). Is the Noah's Ark not discovered yet? What it matters, if the rest of the series is right, and most importantly, if we want to convey that the Bible is truth?

[Dan Pfeiffer · Rating 4 out of 5]

What drew me to this book was the memory of a story published in one of the mainstream science publications in which geneticists described recent discoveries within DNA as being "language-like." Enter this book, which was written in the mid-Aughts. The author was already researching this concept and here are his findings. I am neither geneticist or scientist but clearly there is more to the linguistic attributes of DNA than what our previous research indicated. I found the book well researched, play along with the footnotes as you read and the author's assumptions become more logical. None of the negative reviews here are specific. They just outright denounce the work as bunk but offer no specific refute of the conclusions asserted by Braden, who is a former technical professional in various industries. Hence, I found the material fascinating to absorb and ponder.

[B.J. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Total bull. It makes me sad that people actually believe this crap. It's more of a testament to a lack of critical thinking skills on the part of a large amount of people than anything about God. I know his goal was to create common ground between all people. Maybe he was successful because everyone who actually read this book has to be dumber because of it. I know I am.

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author makes an interesting mapping of Hebrew characters to the elements (because Hebrew characters are also used as numbers). What he found is the message 'God is within you' in all carbon-based life. I got lost in some of his technical explanations...mostly because he uses the Sepher Yetzirah (an ancient Kabbalah text) as his basis. And the other assumption that I question is the premise that God's language is Hebrew.

I very much appreciated his message that because all humanity shares a common creator we should find ways to bridge our cultural/racial/religious gaps. We should be able to find commonality because we all contain the Divine.

He had a lot of great scientific information that defends a 'Creationist' argument. He also referenced a lot of ancient texts--Jewish, Christian and Eastern, which was interesting.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book awhile back and had just got around to reading it. I was not sure what to expect from this book, I had not read reviews, only heard that it is a book everyone should read.

The premise that something greater binds us all and it is encoded in each of us; and the code deciphered in Hebrew, is the name of god or the divine in Hebrew is interesting but not profound. There was something missing her for me. My gut did not ring this as true.

I like Braden's writing and he supports his work. He provided the reader key takeaways he thought to be most important. A good synopsis chapter by chapter.

I found the message of this book inspiring. We are all made of the same stuff and appear to have the markings of the same creator, we are all the same and should be kinder and more cooperative for a better world.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If the science, religious texts, and information alone aren't enough to blow your mind, his conclusions ought to do the trick. Be it a titch preachy, it's breathtaking in its simplicity and sincerity. Have you ever heard the theory that war is a necessary part of progression? That every war in history has provided us with unforeseen opportunity to develop new technologies and to unite as a people more fervently? "The God Code" asks, is there no other experience or event that could bring about the same results without all the bloodshed? Carl Sagan suggests that discovering there is higher intelligence somewhere else in the universe could have this effect on mankind. Braden suggests that discovering the existence of God's signature in our very DNA could also have the same effect. Then he shows you that signature. Beautiful.

[Oliver]

This book is beyond words. This is one book that you must pick up if you have any interest in getting a deeper understanding of what it means to be a person who understands or want to understand God.

There is no simple way to put it. This writer has taken a question and turned it into a formula that simply took me out of my seat once I was done reading it.

I simply say you should own this book. Reading it once will not be enough.

[Maryann Castellanos]

I really like Gregg and his books. He is technical yet builds the mind up gradually so the consciousness can hold the concepts.

[Noella · Rating 5 out of 5]

in bezit

[Anne Hamilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was given this book as a gift and asked to comment on the contents. It's taken longer than I expected. There was too much Kabbalah for me; and way too much reductionist mathematics on which the central premise is built.

By reductionist mathematics, I mean the following. Take, for example, the number 19. We can "reduce" that number to a single digit by the following process: 19 --> 1 + 9 = 10 --> 1 + 0 = 1. Thus 19 can be "reduced" to 1. Leaving aside the questionable legitimacy of the process as a foundation for the premise around the letters of God's name, this principle only works in base 10. Okay, yes, modern mathematics entirely uses base 10, but what about the possibility of base 5 or base 7 or base 3 - which give a different answer to the "reduced" value of 19.

Since so much of the analysis depends on the underlying assumption of base 10 (which to me is a cultural choice, not an innately obvious one across the long historical sweep of mathematics - after all, the Babylonians would have instinctively gone for 6 or 60), I found myself constantly struggling with the ideas.

Nevertheless, there is considerable interesting incidental detail.
88.8 % of pure water is oxygen(p82)
The Torah is a single, continuous string of 304,805 characters with no punctuation or vowels. (p99)
When God tells Moses that YHVH will be His name forever, the word is spelled differently - without the traditional "vav" in the centre. This is considered to indicate there is something hidden. (p122)
Note: it is by no means the only instance of the missing "vav" - Genesis 3:22 (the first example of the word) is without it, as is Genesis 6:3, Exodus 15:18, 21:6, 31:17, 32:13, Leviticus 25:46, Deuteronomy 5:29, 32:40, 1 Kings 1:31, 2:33 and so on - all in addition to Exodus 3:15. All we can say is that this is a rarer form, however, the author gives the impression it is unique.

Rabbi Kaplan says God created the universe with text (sepher), number (sephar) and communication (sippur). (p128)

Legend states that when King Solomon built his holy temple in Jerusalem, an ancient ritual took place, preceding even the laying of the first stone. Preserved through the traditions of the Masons today, that ritual involved the orientation and laying of one stone, the cornerstone, to which all other stones of the massive complex would eventually be oriented. It is told that the king placed one sheet of parchment within this cornerstone upon which he himself had inscribed a single name. Symbolically, the name anchoring the cornerstone of Jerusalem's Holy Temple would also become the name upon which King Solomon would base the leadership of his people, the power of his nation , and become the basis for one third of the earth's organised religions. That single name was the tetragrammaton YHVH, the timeless name of God. (p138)

People do not fight because they are wicked...War is waged primarily for the sake of what is central... bread. Help the needy. Feed the starving. Assuage the pain of those who are hungry... It is the means of preventing war and securing the great blessing of peace. -Rabbi Benjamin Blech (p173)

In Berber and Bedouin communities, conflict resolution is followed by a ceremony called a sulha, a public ritual of forgiveness followed by celebration. Ideally it is undertaken only after both parties feel the situation is resolved, and by it the slate is "wiped clean" and the agreement becomes legally binding. (p235)

[Magdelanye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes the solutions to life's deepest mysteries are found in the most unlikely places. In hindsight...the most elusive answers were, in fact, present all along and simply not recognized. pxiii

When the answers reveal even more more mystery, it is compelling to follow their trail. I thought the focus of this book would be ethics. I assumed it might examine the ancient Hebrew code of law, and maybe delve into the various ways men have tried to codify decent behavior. Gregg Braden takes these conversations to a screeching halt while us mortals try to take in the claims he makes in this book.

Linking the biblical alphabets of Hebrew and Arabic to modern chemistry reveals that a lost code...has lived within us all along....Translated, the message reveals that God's ancient name is encoded as the genetic information in every cell, of every life. p xiv

The message reads: God/Eternal within the body
the meaning: Humankind is one family, united through a common heritage, and the result of an intentional act of creation. p xv

The odds that this has occurred by chance are 1 in 200,000 p xvii

This is the stunning pronouncement given in the introduction. The rest of the book is devoted to an account of how this discovery came about and the details of translation as well as the vast implications this discovery might have on human relations.

Will we survive another 100 years of unleashing the forces of nature as weapons and technology, without fully understanding the consequences of our doings? p204

[Gritcan Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Problemele semnificative cu care ne confruntăm în prezent nu pot fi rezolvate de la același nivel de gândire la care eram atunci când le-am creat

Recomand pentru cei care cred în Dumnezeu și în legătura omului cu Creatorul, celorlalți le sugerez să o evite :)

[Jack Mort · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book that I wish I could give ratings in multiple categories. The basic premise of the book I would give 5 stars. I respect Gregg Braden as a profound thinker. His writing style is good, and he does a good job explaining things.

However, I think a lot of the book is filler. One thing he mentions several times is the 20th century being the most blood soaked in history. Yet he fails to mention the fact that the leading cause of death was people being murdered by their own governments. He also does not mention, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. Marxist Communist mass murderers. So I don't know if he cherry picks his data, or is biased in favor of Marxists. I'd prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt. Even with the books flaws, I recommend reading it, and draw your own conclusions.

[Iona Stewart · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has an exciting message in that the author directly links the name of God in Hebrew letters to the DNA code in our cells.

"Replacing the four elements of our DNA by the letters represented by their ancient and number code reveals that the basis of all life is made of various combinations of God's ancient name, YH, meaning 'Eternal'."

A point Braden makes that particularly appeals to me is that God halted creation before it was complete and commanded humankind to "walk before Me and become perfect" (Genesis 1:17). That is, it is up to us now to spiritually develop ourselves and to become as Him.

Braden illustrates his main thesis by direct reference to the scientific evidence and includes this in the appendices.

He concludes his book by a chapter appealing to us as nations to settle our differences and unify to prevent future destruction. After all, the "signature" of God's name in our cells "offers an unprecendented common denominator".

The final part of the book is perhaps less interesting but all in all a book worth reading.

[cindy mohr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating look at DNA and our cellular link to God

In the breakdown of some of the original scriptures references to the original name of God, the spelling along with decoding those letters into numerical values, it is hard to argue that it is a coincidence that our DNA actually reflects God's name. I found this book so fascinating and it has given me a new way to look at my fellow humans.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

"god eternal within the body" the atomic weights of Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen translate into this truth.

[Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard to follow at times, though well written. The content is amazing to contemplate.

[Andee Marley · Rating 4 out of 5]

heavy

[Alena Gotz · Rating 1 out of 5]

The author really stretched the science to get the result he wanted. I kept reading through a half of it mainly because I've always wondered about the Kabbalah. Eventually I just could not take any more of it. It's so futile, two weeks later it's as if I did not read it at all. There's no logic to hold on to, it's true leap of faith.

Darwin's theory cannot be fully defended either since there are findings that directly contravene it, that are being covered up by the Darwinist faithful. It is their rigid adherence to their "faith" that is at fault crazy theories like this can see the light of day. Immanuel Velikovsky, for example, in the middle of the 20th century, published a theory of a series of world catastrophes caused by comets that caused cascading changes in the way the world, and the species, developed. His theory continues to be debated and mostly considered as controversial, but at least his books have the great value in pointing out serious unexplained gaps in Darwinism.

To me, faith in God is an individual matter. It makes a lot people very happy and content in this upsetting world of ours. Let us therefore let it be what it is: A FAITH. Let people who believe continue to believe, and not try to prove to the non-believers that God exists. After all, there are so many more believers than there are unbelievers, so why do the former have to have it all?

[Steven Hatfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Waiting for this book long time

Greetings Greg. I have been waiting to read this book for a long time. I did not know what the books name would be or who would write it , only that it would be written. As I write this it is May 16 2021 and I am in Israel and our neighbors in the South are unhappy and shooting rockets. I see you have written more books now I am going to read them. What you have written here about the creator being alive I our human cells just clicked something into place for me. Some of believe you know that the holy temple is being built right inside our own brain. We are who we become. I am one of those. Thank You for this book I will start on my second reading soon

Steven

[Duffy McMahon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finding GOD at last

In the almost 72 years that I have been on this planet I have searched for a spiritual aspect of God that included both the feminine and masculine nature in all humans rather than just the masculine, wrathful, vendictive, God of religions. Now we have the evidence that God is in all of us and like any creator, he signed his creation.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

How has this book been out almost 20 years, and I just now read it?! The topic of unity is relevant today & every day … I’ve always known we are one human family, but now I’m also completely amazed that the proof has always been right there in our DNA. The world needs to wake up and realize that we are all ONE, and all separation & divisions are an illusion 💞

[Elkaza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this, as it was another hot afternoon and was in my to read book box. It was O.K, with some very interestingi points in it, but always after these sort of books, I find myself with more questions than answers

[Corey Simples · Rating 5 out of 5]

Life Altering Information

I believe I will have to read this book again, as some the information presented makes it difficult to reject! This may be the most profound book I have ever read!

[Onur · Rating 2 out of 5]

bla bla.. interesting pages but if a reader asks about what he/she can do about her/his life after learning these, answer is nothing. Book doesnt contribute anything but communal praying. You would not lose anything, if you miss reading it.

[Jaleesa de Sousa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the overview of the many texts and the insight Gregg offers. There is SO much information and it is illustrated in a beautiful way. I love the realizations that follow. Thank you so much Gregg.

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scholar and visionary Gregg Braden discusses how prayer and prophecy can shift what is happening for individuals and for nations. I liked the philosophy of the book but found the science beyond me. Quantum physics, I think.

[James Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Greg Braden offers a fresh and yet very deep understanding of connections between God and his creations, and how those creations are manifested to us.

[Jean-Michel Desire · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the exact type of topic that could inspire another Professor Langdon adventure from Dan Brown. This stuff is simply mind-boggling and definitely not for the weak digestive system.