Prayers of the Cosmos
Meditations on the Aramaic words of Jesus
The
Aramaic is in Bold letters and The King James V version is in parenthesis.
Excerpts from The Beatitudes follow The Lord's Prayer.
There is so much more in this book than appears on this page.
1. Our Birth in Unity
Abwoon
d'bwashmaya
(King James
V version: Our Father which art in heaven)
O Birther!
Father-Mother of the Cosmos,
you create all that moves
in light.
O Thou! The
Breathing Life of all,
Creator of the Shimmering Sound that
touches us.
Respiration
of all worlds,
we hear you breathing--in and out--
in silence.
Source of
Sound: in the roar and the whisper,
in the breeze and the whirlwind, we
hear your Name.
Radiant One:
You shine within us,
outside us--even darkness shines--when
we remember.
Name of
names, our small identity
unravels in you, you give it back
as a lesson.
Wordless
Action, Silent Potency--
where ears and eyes awaken, there
heaven comes.
O
Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos!
2. Clearing Space for the Name to Live
Nethqadash
shmakh
(King James
V version: Hallowed be they name)
Focus your
light within us--make it useful:
as the rays of a beacon
show the way.
Help us
breathe one holy breath
feeling only you--this creates a shrine
inside, in wholeness.
Help us let
go, clear the space inside
of busy forgetfulness: so the
Name comes to live.
Your name,
your sound can move us
if we tune our hearts as instruments
for its tone.
Hear the one
Sound that created all others,
in this way the Name is hallowed
in silence.
In peace the
Name resides:
a "room of one's own," a holy of holies
open, giving light, to all.
We all look
elsewwhere for this light--
it draws us out of ourselves--but the Name
always lives within.
Focus your
light within us--make it useful!
3. The Creative Fire
Teytey
malkuthakh
(King James
V version: Thy kingdom come)
Create your
reign of unity now--
through our fiery hearts
and willing
hands.
Let your
counsel rule our lives,
clearing our intention
for co-creation.
Unite our
"I can" to yours, so that
we walk as kings and queens
with every creature.
Desire with
and through us
the rule of universal fruitfulness
onto the earth.
Your rule
springs into existence
as our arms reach out to
embrace all creation.
Come into
the bedroom of our hearts,
prepare us for the marriage of
power and beauty.
From this
divine union, let us birth
new images for a new world
of peace.
Create your
reign of unity now!
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4. Heaven Comes to Earth: Universal
Compassion
Nehwey
tzevyanach aykanna d'bwahmaya aph b'arha
(King James
V version: Thy Will be done in earth, as it is in heaven)
Your one
desire then acts with ours,
as in all light, so in
all forms.
Let all
wills move together
in your vortex, as stars and planets
swirl through the sky.
Help us love
beyond our ideals
and sprout acts of compassion
for all creatures.
As we find
your love in ours,
let heaven and nature form
a new creation.
Unite the
crowd within
in a vision of passionate purpose:
light mates with form.
Create in me
a divine cooperation--
from many selves, one voice,
one action.
Let your
heart's fervent desire
unite heaven and earth
through our harmony.
Your one
desire then acts with ours,
as in all light, so in
all forms.
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5. The Blessings of Earthiness: The Next Step
Hawvlan
lachma d'sunqanan yaomana
(King James
V version: Give us this day our daily bread)
Grant what
we need each day in bread and insight:
subsistence for the call of
growing life.
Give us the
food we need to grow
through each new day,
through each illumination of life's needs.
Let the
measure of our need be earthiness:
give all things simple, verdant,
passionate.
Produce in
us, for us, the possible:
each only-human step toward home
lit up.
Help us
fulfill what lies within
the circle of our lives: each day we ask
no more, no less.
Animate the
earth within us: we then
feel the Wisdom underneath
supporting all.
Generate
through us the bread of life:
we hold only what is asked to feed
the next mouth.
Grant what
we need each day in bread and insight.
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6. Letting Go, Heartbeat by Heartbeat
Wahboqlan
khaubayn (wakhtahayn) aykanna daph khnan shbwoqan
l'khayyabayn
(King James
V version: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors)
Loose the
cords of mistakes binding us,
as we release the strands we hold
of others' guilt.
Forgive our
hidden past, the secret shames,
as we consistently forgive
what others hide.
Lighten our
load of secret debts as
we relieve others of their
need to repay.
Erase the
inner marks our failures make,
just as we scrub our hearts
of others' faults.
Absorb our
frustrated hopes and dreams,
as we embrace those of others
with emptiness.
Untangle the
knots within
so that we can mend our hearts'
simple ties to others.
Compost our
inner, stolen fruit
as we forgive others the spoils of
their trespassing.
Loose the
cords of mistakes binding us,
as we release the strands we hold
of others' guilt.
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7. Remembrance: The Birth of New Creation and Liberty
Wela
tahlan l'nesyuna
Ela patzan min bisha
(King James
V version: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil)
Don't let
surface things delude us,
But free us from what holds us back
(from our true purpose).
Don't let us
enter forgetfulness,
the temptation of false
appearances.
(To the
fraud of inner vacillation--
like a flag tossed in the wind--
alert us.)
But break
the hold of unripeness,
the inner stagnation that
prevents good fruit.
(From the
evil of injustice--
the green fruit and the rotten--
grant us liberty.)
Deceived
neither by the outer
nor the inner--free us to
walk your path with joy.
Keep us from
hoarding false wealth,
and from the inner shame of
help not given in time.
Don't let
surface things delude us,
But free us from what holds us back.
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8. A Celebration of Cosmic Renewal
Metol
dilakhie malkutha wahayla wateshbukhta l'ahlam almin.
Ameyn.
(King James
V version: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.)
From you is
born all ruling will,
the power and life to do, the song that beautifies all--
from age to age it renews.
To you
belongs each fertile function:
ideals, energy, glorious harmony--
during every cosmic cycle.
Out of you,
the queen- and kingship--
ruling principles, the "I can"
of the cosmos...
Out of you,
the vital force
producing and sustaining all life,
every virtue...
Out of you,
the astonishing fire,
the birthing glory, returning light and sound
to the cosmos...
Again and
again, from each universal gathering--
of creatures, nations, planets, time, and space--
to the next.
Truly--power
to these statements--
may they be the ground from which all
my actions grow:
Sealed in trust and faith.
Amen.
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The Beatitudes
from Prayers of the Cosmos
by Neil Douglas-Klotz
Jesus said:
Tubwayhun
l'meskenaee b'rukh d'dilhounhie malkutha d'ashmaya.
(KJV
version: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.)
Happy and
aligned with the One are those who find their home in the breathing;
to them belong the inner kingdom and queendom of heaven.
Blessed are
those who are refined in breath; they shall find
their ruling principles and ideals guided by God's light.
Tuned to the
Source are those who live by breathing Unity;
their "I can!" is included in God's.
Healthy are
those who devotedly hold fast to the spirit of life;
holding them is the cosmic Ruler of all that shines and rises.
Resisting
corruption, possessing integrity are those whose
breath forms a luminous sphere; they hear the universal
Word and feel the earth's power to accomplish it through their own hands.
Healed are
those who devote themselves to the link of spirit;
the design of the universe is rendered through their form.
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Jesus said:
Tubwayhun
lawile d'hinnon netbayun.
(KJV
version: Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted..)
Blessed are
those in emotional turmoil; they shall be united
inside by love.
Healthy are
those weak and overextended for their purpose;
they shall feel their inner flow of strength return.
Healed are
those who weep for their frustrated desire; they
shall see the face of fulfillment in a new form.
Aligned with
the One are the mourners; they shall be comforted.
Tuned to the
Source are those feeling deeply confused by life;
they shall be returned from their wandering.
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Jesus said:
Tubwayhun
l'mskikhr d'hinnon nertun arha.
(KJV
version: Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.)
Blessed are
the gentle; they shall inherit the earth.
Healthy are
those who have softened what is rigid within;
they shall recieve physical vigor and strength from the universe.
Aligned with
the One are the humble, those submitted to
God's will; they shall be gifted with the productivity of the earth.
Healed are
those who have wept inwardly with the pain of
repressed desire; they shall be renewed in sympathy with nature.
Integrated,
resisting corruption are those who have dissolved
heavy morality within; they shall be open to receive the
splendor of the earth's fruits.
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Jesus said:
Tubwayhun
layleyn d'kaphneen watzheyn l'khenuta d'hinnon nishbhun.
(KJV
version: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall be filled.)
Blessed are
those who hunger and thirst for physical
justice--righteousness; they shall be surrounded by what is
needed to sustain their bodies.
Healthy are
those who turn their mouths to receive a new
birth of universal stability; they shall be encircled by the
birth of a new society.
Aligned with
the One are those who wait up at night,
weakened and dried out inside by the unnatural state of the
world; they shall receive satisfaction.
Healed are
those who persistently feel inside: "If only I
could find new strenth and a clear purpose on which to
base my life"; they shall be embraced by birthing power.
Integrated,
resisting delusion are those who long clearly for
a foundation of peace between the warring parts of themselves;
they shall find all around them the materials to build it.
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