This is a controversial yet inspirational book - a provacative comparison of the teachings of Jesus to traditional Christianity, with an emphasis on the afterlife. Through a re-evaluation of the ancient records, Christianity's afterlife alternative of heaven or hell is exposed as a contradiction to the teachings of Jesus. This book documents how the early Christian movement altered the teachings of Jesus into a convoluted mix of some of His authentic teachings and Roman-Greco based mythology. People that recognize Jesus as an enlightened teacher but either question or reject the traditional Christian model of Jesus (as the mythological Son of God) will welcome the new insights into the advanced teachings of the Enlightened One. Jesus did not start a new religion. He taught an enlightened lifestyle based on universal principles, which included the Golden Rule and the karmic law of cause and effect ("As you sow so shall you reap"). The Enlightened One also taught His inner circle that we evolve gradually via reincarnation and the many benefits of remembering our prior lives (consistent with contemporary past life regression). Because our biggest challenges often originate with unresolved prior life events, Jesus taught that remembering our prior lives provide a shortcut to understanding and resolving our most agonizing problems. While providing new information on the advanced teachings of the Enlightened Jesus, this book dispels many of the primitive beliefs that have been projected onto Him. Rather than the mythological Son of God, Jesus is elevated to the status of a truly enlightened being. His goal was to teach us a model lifestyle based on a highly evolved blend of science and spirituality, which is aimed at accelerating the pace of human evolution. To evolve into an enlightened state, Jesus encouraged humanity to follow the lifestyle model (scientific spirituality) the He communicated. The Christian establishment will allege that Jesus vs Christianity taints their most sacred beliefs. I respectfully submit that they have the facts backwards. It is the Christian establishment that has distorted the life and teachings of Jesus for two millennia by perpetuating their Son of God mythology. A new Jesus era of re-evaluation, insight and disclosure is upon us. It is only now in the 21st century that humanity can comprehend, disseminate and benefit from the model lifestyle that Jesus taught 2,000 years ago. The goal of this book is to play some small role in this ongoing process. - Back cover.