Original Lord´s Prayer – Part VI

Once established the reflections on the Lord´s Prayer, digging into its Hebrew and Aramaic roots from the Greek translation, it could be recited as follows:

Our Father who dwells in the Love-Spirit and Mother Waters omnipresent

Hallowed be thy Name: I am, shall be Abba

May thy Kingdom-Sovereignty come
[and guide us, for we can´t go into it]

May thy Will be done on Earth as it is conceived in the Heavens 

Give us today the coming Wisdom [Jokmah] bread

Forgive our debts in so far as we forgive our debtors, who offend us

Dot not let us fall in the trials and strife
[to avoid generate attachments and celestial severity]

So deliver us from pride, resentment, anger, envy, fear...

For thine is the Kingdom, Power and Manifested Worlds 

Amen, [So it is, So it shall be]

Original Lord´s Prayer – Part V

For thine is the Kingdom (Malkut), the Power (Geburah) and the Glory (Hod), For Ever and Ever, Amen

We cannot deny there is a link between this statement attributed to Yeshua and another famous Kabbalistic formula contained in the Old Testament:

Thine, Oh YHUH (Totality) is the Greatness (Gedulah), and the Power (Geburah), and the Beauty (Tiferet), and the Victory (Netzach), and the Majesty (Hod): for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the Kingdom (Malkut), O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all –1 Chronicles 29:11 

Since Greatness (Gedulah) is also known as Goodness (Jesed), we can see this Biblical passage as a perfect reflection of the last seven spheres of the Tree of Life, which was mirrored by the Menorah of the Temple and also partially described at the beginning of the Book of Revelation, which refers to six candlesticks surrounding one in the middle (Tiferet)–in case anyone still doubts that the Nazarene teaching was Hebrew, or proto-kabbalistic in nature.

The formula appears with the following Greek terms: thine is the Kingdom [he Basileia], the Power [he Dynamis] and the Glory [he Doxa]. 

Curiosuly, the term used for Glory is Doxa, and doxa is the manifested world, the world of opinions –Plato would say. 

Precisely, in Hebrew Hod is the manifested world of thought and appearances in which science looks for truths without finding many.

Thus, the formula comes to say that the Eternal Beloved is Lord over all Kingdom, Power and Appearances. 

As for the the Glory (Kavod) of the Father and the Christ-Tiferet are invisible to the world of the senses.

With regard to Amen, it comes from the Hebrew Amn and means so be it (Num 5:22, Deut 27:15 ...). If we add a hei at the end we get the word amnh; emunah= faith, loyalty, persistence.

Amen indicates that the infallibility of reality is understood and one is therefore confident that the prayer will work, for it cannot be otherwise. Faith moves mountains and Lord´s help is always at  disposal for inner work.

There is still much to discover, since neither Christianity nor Judaism in general did ever understand their origins, what led to the degeneration of both religions. 

Gentile or infidel is he who does not sacrifice the inner beasts, and obviously, the situation of the world in terms of "religion conflict" shows the heart of "man" is still infidel, savage, untamed, gentile.

This prayer of Yeshua is precisely designed to prepare the mind and heart for such a task of transformation, which leads to Homo Human. A religion which does not heal the heart is simply destructive ideological fantasy, not religion at all, for religion comes from re-ligare, to re-unite what was previously united and broke off.

Original Lord´s Prayer – Part IV

Egyptian scene of the Weigthing of the Heart 

in the After Death Judgement of Truth

Forgive our debts in so far as forgive our debtors, who offend us

Do not let us fall in temptation
[to avoid attachment and severity]

And deliver us from pride, envy, resentment...

In the original Nazarene/Christian teaching the idea of debt (jub), was central. One must pay for everything one has been given in this world:

For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's –1 Corinthians 6:20

True love implies helping God repair all the damage caused by our ancestors, which we perpetuate in the world behaving like them, generating more debts (jubim). And nobody can do it for us.

Jesus/Yeshua stressed a view reminiscent of the Indian Karma Yoga: conscious love service can mitigate the consequences of our mistakes and even wash away our moral debts, that is, it burns negative karma (action) away. 

We see this in the forgiveness of the sinful woman who washes Yeshua´s feet with her tears and dries them up with the hair, anointing him afterwards –all clear signs of conscious work (Luke 7:40 )

But Yeshua´s view on paying moral debt did not stop there. He also stressed the teachings on conscious forgiveness, salaj, which in Hebrew also means to let go, to release. 

Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. Give, and it will be given to you...For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return –Luke 6:37

To illustrate this, in Matthew 18:21-27, Yeshua tells an amazing story of a servant who owed ten thousand talents to a King, and when he was brought in front of him, the King demanded him to be sold together with his wife and sons to pay the debt. Yet the servant fell to his knees, promising to pay the debt in worshipping attitude. The King, moved by compassion, forgave him the debt. 

However, the first thing the miserable servant did after being released was to grab by the neck one of his own servants, who owed him a little money. And of course, when the news reached the King, the wicked servant was delivered to the tormentors till he paid. 

In other words, the debt had not disappeared with the "forgiveness" issued by the King, but it was meant to be paid with the forgiveness and conscious love of the servant. 

Paul stressed the the gospel idea according to which says Jesus the Christ paid all debt after becoming the sacrificed Lamb that takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). However, he added an incredibly confusing thought that can only be understood in context:

That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved–Romans 10:9

Paul was addressing people who were persecuted and thrown into the lions in Rome, just for confessing their Christian faith. In other words, to live as a Christian, one had to have a pair of attributes, or two.

Unfortunately, in later times such idea of "belief in redeeming Christ" was misinterpreted by indolent minds and hearts that saw in it a pretext to do and eat whatever they wanted.

Yet the genuine and obvious teaching was that in the Light of Christ, everyone is safe and redeemed –spiritually speaking–, always provided one finds such Light inside first, and gives the first step to truly live from it. 

Something impossible when saying barbarities such as: "outside this church there is no salvation".

Blind belief cannot wash away "moral faults". We receive at least as much as we give. 

The Teaching of the Way handed down by the prophets makes clear that when the spiritual soul-mind called neshemah does not attain full birth before the body dies,  it goes back to Light (Ecclesiastes 12) and then returns in another body-soul complex to finish the process and aspire to receive a glorified body of resurrection.

This type of reincarnation was called Gilgal, wheel within wheel, constantly mentioned in the Scripture for those who can see.

This idea was clearly  known by Jesus and the Aspostles, as seen in passages like John 9: 

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Why would they ask such a thing if the notion of pre-existent sin was not implied?

Origens, the Doctor of the Church, wrote about the idea of pre-existence and reincarnation of the soul as well. Although his view was forbidden at request of Theodora, wife of Justinian, since it undermined Rome´s power. 

Yet they forgot Paul´s words:

Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7)

Therefore, spiritual work is not just a matter of belief, but conscious purification to pay debt, and starts with the resistance and impeccability before any painful or annoying test. 

The Greek word translated as temptation in the prayer is peirasmon, which also means test or trial, and was surely used to translate the Hebrew term masah. 

And he called the name of the place Masah (temptation), and Meribah (strife), because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?  (Exodus 17:7)

All selfish and proud impulse become a source of temptation, which gets stronger when the person feeds it with daydreaming, negative thinking, lust and gluttony, all of which generate addiction. 

Blind habit fragments the light of consciousness, which gets trapped in shells (qlipoths in Hebrew), and thus, these come to acquire certain annoying autonomy. Otherwise they die of starvation or dissolve. 

Jakob ha Tzadik, aka. James the Just, wrote the following in the Chapter 1:13 of his Epistle: 

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.

This seems to be in plain contradiction with the Greek translation in Matthew 6:13: mê esenenkês hêmas eis peirasmon, which literally means do not lead us into temptation. In Latin it was actually translated as such: ne nos inducas in tentationem.

Some scholars translated it as do not let us fall into temptation, which is better, although given the information we have concerning this point, the original Hebrew phrase must have meant do not let us fall in the trials and strivings, in reference to Exodus 17:7.

It´s a demand for Light and strength to avoid creating attachment and celestial severity. Every time someone falls into temptation, a negative reaction is triggered in invisible spheres. One receives from above what one gives below. Not as punishment, but as a natural law:

Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven –Matthew 18:18

As above, so below (Hermetic saying)

On the contrary, to transform lower impulses leads to a beneficial response from our our divine nature, I am (Ahaya), what opens the door to a higher guidance.

Moreover, as we saw in the last month article, spiritual traditions also refer to intelligent energies whose function is to oppose the inner work. They were always known as "adversary", satan in Hebrew, shaitan in Arabic, or even diabolos, which in Greek means accuser, defamer, since every victory is for it as an accusation before the Angels: "You see?, I told you these humans are just a bunch of monkeys."

The highest the spiritual level of a soul, the hardest the tests, although the spiritual power is also greater. Cosmic law prevents a soul from being tested beyond her capabilities. 

If the attitude is correct, there can never be temptation, only trials to increase the force, as someone working with the muscles. The wise man gets his strength from the weaknesses of his animal. 

As for the phrase: deliver as from evil,  it is even more explicit, yet a bit ambiguous, what generates debate about what "evil" means. The Greek word that appears is ponerou, which can mean either hardship/trouble or the Satan and impure spirits. 

Now, trouble is intrinsic to life on earth, and no spiritual warrior should be afraid of it. Therefore, it must refer to the latter, and since the Satan and impure spirits can only govern through the negative heart impulses, starting with pride, this is the key. 

The teaching concerning the heart already appears in Genesis 2, when Adam is formed. The word "to form" is yetzer, which in that passage appears as yyetzer, with two Yods, referring to the two impulses that appeared on Adam´s heart when he was formed: the Yetzer ha Ra or negative impulse and the Yetzer ha Tov or positive impulse. 

This polarization is inevitable as long as Adam remains in an animal hominid body. Precisely, feeding  negative impulses makes the internal Satan stronger especially pride. 

Only oneself is the enemy of oneself  (Bagavad Gita).

It is thus irresponsible and childish to blame an external entity for the falls of humanity. The only cause is to be found inside and depends entirely on what is the object of proud love. 

So deliver us from pride and all negative impulses of the heart.

In the next part we will deal with the famous ending of the prayer, which points again to the Tree of Life, as other passages of the gospels, being a perfect continuation of the Hebrew tradition. 

Original Lord´s Prayer - Part III

May thy Kingdom/sovereignty come

Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven

Give us the Wisdom bread of the morrow

Yeshua taught in Aramaic and Hebrew. Actually the gospels derive from Hebrew sources that were later translated into Greek, as Saint Jerome and other Doctors of the Church  clarified [1]. 

Therefore the original word for Kingdom must have been Malkut (Hebrew), or in any case Malkuta, its feminine Aramaic form.

Malkut can be translated both as kingdom and sovereignty, but in Biblical references malkut usually means the latter when it goes associated with God, specially in the Psalms [2]. 

The Kingdom or Realm of Higher Rulership has already been established and it is so some degree accesible to those who really work to dominate/have sovereignity over their lower nature:

The Kingdom of God is at hand; transform your mind [metanoeite] and have faith on the good news –Mark 1:15

What has to come or enter each servant is the divine rulership over the animal side, expanding the Kingdom, inside and outside:

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:20-21)

In the logion 3 of Thomas Gospel we even read:...the Kingdom is within you and it is outside of you.

And in the logion 113:

His disciples said to him, "When is the kingdom  going to come?"

"It is not by being waited for that it is going to come. They are not going to say, 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out over the earth, and people do not see it.

The Kingdom can be felt when the heart is subject to divine sovereignty by influence of the loving consciousness or Holy Spirt.

Inner work increases the sensitivity and leads to perceive the dominion of the Eternal One in the most unsuspected places.

There should not be room for anxiety, fear, hatred . Nothing escapes or will escape supreme sovereignity.

Thus it is said Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, which parallels the Hermetic formula As Above so Below. 

According to these traditions, everything that happens on earth, is a reflection or response of what happens in inner worlds above, such as the mind and the heart.

So, in order to change something below, it´s necessary to act deeper and affect something above: changing the mindset and way of feeling. 

Nothing in our lives can change if we do not get into contact with our higher dimension or Holy Spirit.

In the Zohar we read:

The beings who live down here say God is up above, whereas the angels in heaven say God is on Earth.[3]

The central idea is that the Earth becomes a perfect reflection of the higher kingdom of the Abba (Father).

  In fact, the Kingdom is a Celestial Earth, higher than Paradise, future residence of truly restored humans.

Yet, living on this fallen earth is the only chance to gain understanding. There are many aspects that cannot be understood in the realms of Light; light beings know very little about suffering, compassion and true love. Hence they come to learn in this cosmic university called Earth, as it is the case of human souls. 

The physical universe must become a reflection of Heaven, governed with the help of all who obey the Will of the Source, even with processes of Severity (Geburah), necessary to establish balance. 

This is not possible with the "selfish passivity" characteristic of those who believe all will be done by a super powerful Savior.

To reach the degree of "human being" implies at least to know oneself like a Buddha, and thus be part of Light Christ, mature Son of the Eternal One.

A hard task and reason why we need Wisdom bread.

The Greek expression Ton árton ton epiousíon, literally means bread (árton) of superior (epi) essence (ousía). 

This was formerly understood by those who prayed in Latin saying: panis supersubstantialis. 

Saint Jerome wrote the following in his Commentary on Matthew:

In the gospel called According to the Hebrews, instead of supernatural bread I found moar, which means "tomorrow's"...[4]

In other words, to ask for the bread of tomorrow is to ask for an anticipation of the Wisdom food enjoyed by true humanity in the Olam ha Ba or World to come, the Paradise and the Kingdom, which is already accessible from the physical body to some degree, in the form of gifts.

Without this higher connection, nothing can be done in this mad world and all would remains dry. 

What remains now is the removal of the inner barriers that keep us from downloading the gifts to actualize the highest human potential. This will be the theme of the last parts of the prayer, which we will see soon.

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[1] In the Gospel used by the Nazarenes and Ebionites, which we recently translated into Greek from the Hebrew language –and which many call the authentic Matthew...–The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition By James R. Edwards, p.84

It has been claimed that the Syriac version of the Our Father prayer, contained in the Peshitta Bible (VI century A.D), is the original one; but that is not  necessarily the case. In fact such version is a copy of the Greek one, but written in Aramaic. 

Yet we don´t need to go very far to know what the original meaning of the prayer was. The Greek version alone is enough, with the help of Hebrew and Aramaic conversions and explanatory texts from the tradition.

[2] "The Hebrew word malkuth [...] refers first to a reign, dominion, or rule and only secondarily to the realm over which a reign is exercised. [...] When malkuth is used of God, it almost always refers to his authority or to his rule as the heavenly King."^[9] The "enthronement psalms" (Psalms 45, 93, 96, 97-99) provide a background for this view with the exclamation "The Lord is King".^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God

[3] El Zohar en la España Musulmana y Cristiana.  Dr.Bension

[4] The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition By James R. Edwards, p.84

Original Lord´s Prayer – Part II

Tetragramaton in Paleo-Hebrew script

in Aramaic script

Hallowed

Be

Thy

Name

 First of all, the Supreme has no name in the habitual sense of the word. This is not like saying John or Matthew. To name something is to limit it, and the Supreme has no limits:

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built? (1 Kings 8:27).
 

Now, since there are several names associated with the Supreme, which one was Yeshua/ Jesus referring to? And what did he mean?
 

The most important is YHWH, known as the Tetragrammaton, because of its four letters.
 

YHWH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, sent me to you. This is my Name forever (Exodus 3:15)
 

For thousands of years it has been one of the biggest enigmas, and very few come to know it´s real meaning. But the Zohar brings light to its meaning:
 

Before He gave any shape to the world, before He produced any form, He was alone, without form and without resemblance to anything else. Who then can comprehend how He was before the Creation? Hence it is forbidden to lend Him any form or similitude, or even call Him by His sacred name, or to indicate Him by a single letter or a single point...But after He created the form of the Heavenly Man, He used him as a chariot wherein to descend, and He wishes to be called after his form, which is the sacred name YHWH (Zohar, Part II, Bo, 42b) [1]
 

So important this Sacred Tetragrammaton is that in the Dead Sea Scrolls it often appears written in paleo-Hebrew script, not in Aramaic letters, as most texts [2].
 

In ancient days it was probably pronounced and sung during special rituals. However, Jews do not to pronounce it and replaced it by Ha Shem (The Name) or Adonai (My Lord).
 

Nowadays many use Yahawah, Yaweh, Yahweh or Jehovah, which has always been very confusing, leading to misunderstandings, since this is not a "personal name":

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; I do this not for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes (Ezekiel 36:22-23).
 

The first letter of the Name is Yod and hints at the One Divine Essence, while hawa means existence.
Therefore, the Name can be read as Essence that originates Existence.
 

The Teachings show that by means of contraction the Absolute Essence, also known as Limiteless (Ayn Sof) opens a Mother Womb to enable creation, such a womb gets filled with a Trinitary Light: Father, Son-Word and the relation of both, which is the loving wisdom or Ruach ha Kodesh, the Holy Spirit.
 

This is something sublime and incomprehensible at one time.
 

Such Primordial Light contains as seed four worlds represented as YHWH and mentioned in this wonderful passage:
 

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Even everyone that is called by my Name [from the Emanation world]: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him (Isaiah 43:6 NKJV)
 

The world of divine emanation is Atzilut, the mental world of  creation is Beriah the emotional world of formation is Yetzirah, and the world of physical action is Assyah.
 

These four are displayed by the creative Word Vibration, manifiesting Light within creation: Let there be Light.
 

This step made possible shadows, ignorance, absence of light and thus the possibility of free choice between Light and Darkness.
 

Now we can understand why yahawist prophets such as as Isaiyah, Eliyah and Zacariyah had a non-dualistic view of reality:
 

I am YHWH, and no other; besides me there is no God (Elohim, invisible spirit). I will strengthen you, though you have not known me, that you may know from the rising of the sun to the going down, there is none besides me. Lord I am, and none else: forming the light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity, I am YHWH, which does all of this (Isaiah 45: 6-7)
 

Finite beings cannot know the Absolute in itself, but only through the creative energies of its Light, starting with the Word that gives Life:
 

In the beginning was the Word (John 1: 1)
 

God, having spoken many times and in many ways in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in these last times spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the ages; who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power (Hebrews 1:1)
 

The Light of the Son brings to Life the power of the Father, and is manifested through humans in the form of Holy Spirit, the loving consciousness that connects all back to the Son, and thus to the Father, in the Womb of the Mother.
 

Certain Dead Sea Scrolls known as Targums, paraphrase biblical texts in Aramaic, distinguishing between the Name as referred to the Supreme and the Name as referred to its Word:
 

And Elohym said to Moses: I am who I am (Exodus 3:14)
 

Targum of Yonatan: And the Word of Elohym said to Moses: I am who I am.
 

This should not be confusing, because there is only One Beloved.
 

Yet in man One shines as the loving intelligence known as Holy Spirit and eventually as Massiah/Christ, dissolving all selfish delusions of inner darkness.
 

The human aim is to incarnate the Word in thought, heart and action, transcending the animal condition.
 

In so doing, the Beloved can actually feel "I am" inside each Son of Light.
 

In fact, the Word said to Moses: I will be who I will be, referring to a point in time when humans would evolve to carry the Name in themselves.
 

Hence the third commandment:
 

Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain (Exodus 20: 7)
 

Only the Supreme can really say I am and I love.
 

The name is sanctified when the will of the Father is expressed through humanity, forming the four levels of the true human being, image of the Creator: light body, pure feelings, pure mind and pure will.



Only then can humans become vessel for the unmanifested Lover.
 

This will allow us to understand the following parts of the Lord's Prayer, we leave for the next few days.


 

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[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Sof#cite_note-2


 

[2] Originally the oral Hebrew language was written using Paleo-Hebrew script, derived from the Phoenician, and it was used by the prophets and priests, at least from the 10th century B.C, until 6th century B.C, when Aramaic script was adopted.
 

However, some Qumran documents reveal the Essenes preserved the Name written in its original form, in texts with Aramaic script:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeto_paleohebreo#/media/File:The_Divine_Name_in_the_Hebrew_Scriptures.jpg

Meditating the Lord´s Prayer –Part I

The highest form of prayer is inner serene silence and Love for the One, born out of the Divine Presence (Shekina) in the body.

However, it´s a subtle state, difficult to sustain owing to physical and psychological knots, which cut the connection with deeper levels of being.

The human being is stagnated with repressed love, which turns into frustration, hate, envy, anxiety doubt, lack of self-esteem...

The wish to receive is greater than the wish to give because of a lack of inner connection and plenitude. But in order to give, one must receive first from higher levels of being.

Establoshing this such connection is precisely the aim of righteous meditation and prayer, essential to create a proper mental disposition that may help to clean and open the window of the heart.

Among these we have the famous Lord's Prayer, taught by Yeshua ha Netzari/Jesus the Nazarene  (Matthew 6:12); although it was probably known already by Essenes like John the Baptist. It was a good complement to the traditional Jewish prayer known as Shema, recited by Yeshua quoting Deuteronomy 6:4: 

Listen Israel, Yhwh Elohym is only one Yhwh (Verb-Word). You shall Love the Supreme with all your Heart, with all your Soul, with all your Strength, with all your Mind (Luke 10:27).

Unfortunately, very few seem to listen to the Master:

And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets... But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret [spirit/heaven within]; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly. But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking–Matthew 6:6-7

It is worthless to pray aloud and at high speed, as it is done in churches; it is not about vomiting words but tasting their meaning, which in this case comes from Hebrew. If one does not perceive the content of the prayer, it is better to stay quiet; inner silence will always be more productive.

For this reason, from now and during the coming days we present the Lord´s Prayer, summarizing its meaning, phrase by phrase, respecting its teaching:

1. Our Father who art in Heaven (Shamayim).

or more precisely: 

Our Father who dwells amidst the omnipresent Spirit Mother.

Yeshua referred to His Father as the only true God, known in Hebrew mysticism as Ayn Sof or Endless One. Yet, in this prayer he also refers to the Father who is in Heaven and Father who is in secret, which imply a more intimate connection that in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life is known exactly as Wisdom or Hochmah, whose personification is Abba, Father. 

Curiosuly, the term Abba appears as such in the Greek gospels, as a Hebrew clue for those who "have eyes and ears" [2].

Abba is often translated as Father, although the Hebrew speakers still call Abba not only to the father but the mother and other close relatives as well.

Therefore, Yeshua was referring to Abba in the sense of Father/Mother God (Elohim), as the Essenes did.

We should keep in mind that the Master taught from 
what he called Key of Knowledge:

Woe unto you, lawyers! for you have taken away the Key of Knowledge [kleis tes gnoseos]: you entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in, you hindered–Lucas 11:52

This Key is what Hebrew mystics, including Paul, used to call Hidden Wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:7-8) or Hochmah Nishtar, whose first two letters stand for Grace, Chen. The Hidden Wisdom, latter  known as Kabbalah, was revealed to Adam and the prophets, and became progressively hidden since the Fall of Man, specially when people worshiped their Golden Calf [religious beliefs], rejecting the spiritual Torah/Instruction, which was not written on stone but on Zaphire Tablets (Exodus 32:16). Thus humanity could only receive a Torah codified on stone (Exodus 34:1).

Under the light of the Key of Knowledge, the word Abba shines with its most revealing meaning:

In Hebrew Abba, is written as AB (Alef, Bet). Alef is the Light Intelligence that connects the world above and world below, while Bet is its House, with a feminine connotation. 

As for the word Heaven, Shamayim, it is composed of the letter Shin, meaning Fire of spiritual severity (Geburah), and Mayim, Waters of benevolence (Jesed).

The Language of the Torah shows that the Water of Jesed (Benevolence) balances the Fire of judgement and power (Geburah), giving as result a merciful Spirit (Ruach), which is the Holy Spirit, associated to the Mother and the Daughter, i.e the Human Soul, where the "seed" of the Son is seeded and born.

We hear about the Daughter Soul in Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her. For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and be delighted with the splendor of her glory”

The 19^th Ode of Solomon is even more clear: the Holy Spirit opened Her bosom, and mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father (Abba) [3]

Milk from the breasts of Abba. Suggestive metaphor, isn´t it?

The soul of the Torah, revealed in works as the Zohar, teaches that in order to create, the Limitless God or Ayn Sof,  conceals itself in contraction (tzimtzum), opening a Space-Womb where intelligent beings can be created and receive bliss in varying degrees.

This cosmic Womb becomes filled with Waters of Light substance, the splendor of Absolute Will.

And amidsr this Ocean of Light is concealed the Great Face of the Ancient of Days, the Father of the Father/Verb/Wisdom, represented as a dot amidst a circle, as shown above. 

In the  Tree of Life it is known as Kether, Crown, whereas the Pythagoreans called it Monad.

Therefore, the first phrase in the prayer simply means: Our Father who dwells in the all merciful Spirit.

Tomorrow we'll see what the next phrase means: Hallowed be thy Name, for it is important to understand that the Eternal One can only be known through its vibratory attributes, its Name-Word, the Tetragrammaton: YHWH.

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[1] Irenaeus, Eusebius and other Father of the Church wrote that the early gospels were written in Hebrew and Aramaic. Some of them even quoted fragments from which we know the original meaning of certain words, all of which was surprisingly ignored by mainstream Christianity.

Moreover, from some apostolic letters we also learn that the disciples close to Yeshua had good reasons for not delivering great knowledge to just anyone, and they just gave clues, keeping the original Nazarene gospels exclusively for some Jewish groups. Then alternative versions were made for the Gentiles, so that nobody tampered with the content, as it actually happened, specially in the process of translation from Hebrew and Aramaic into Greek.

The aim was to reach what Yeshua called “lost sheep of Israel”, that is to say, those hearts who seek and struggle to find the Beloved, despite living gentile lives.

[2] http://gnosis.org/library/odes.htm

[3] 'The Ancient of Days has three heads. He reveals himself in three archetypes, all three forming but one. He is thus symbolized by the number Three. They are revealed in one another: first, secret, hidden 'Wisdom' (Hochmah Nishtar); above that the Holy Ancient One; and above Him the Unknowable One [Ayn Sof]. No one knows what He contains; He is above all conception. He is therefore called for man 'Non-Existing' [Ayn]".(Zohar III, 288b)

Undoubtedly, this relates to the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity, which should be revised not to confuse the masses. We already talked about it in two articles:

http://cantoderealidad.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/desvelando-la-trinidad.html

http://themusicofwisdom.blogspot.com.es/2014/06/divine-awe.html