Words and menings of the Aramaic Jesus.

1. The Lords Prayer
O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos
Focus your light within us--make it useful
Create your reign of unity now
Your one desire then acts with ours, as in all light, so in all forms
Grant what we need each day in bread and insight
Loose the cords of mistakes binding us,
as we release the strands we hold of others' guilt.
Don't let us enter forgetfulness But free us from unripeness
From you is born all ruling will, the power and the life to do,
the song that beautifies all, from age to age it renews.
Ameyn.

2. Meanings and the Vibrational
Qualities of
The Aramaic Words of Jesus
Working with the the translations
of
Neil Douglas-Klotz

3. The Papacy and Me I
The blessing of church for me was my grandfather. He was a quiet man who carried more
than he would ever speak of. He was an every Sunday Catholic and if I were visiting, I
would be at his side.
The few things he would occasionally say about the church would always speak to a hunger
I felt, a sense deep within that somehow there was more. More to Jesus, more to love more
to the brotherhood of man.
When I was twelve my Grandparents took me to Italy. There we visited the Vatican. I can
remember pleading with my grandfather to let me visit the treasure room. A soft but firm no
would be his answer every time.
Finely he said I have a room to show you. I got very excited about this as we walked
through a side door and down a hall to a room with a glass wall. Beyond the glass the room
packed with all sorts of crutches, canes, splints and wheelchairs.
For my Grandfather the healing miracles of faith were the true treasure of the church. In
2000, the Jubilee year, I visited the Vatican again. At 40 with both my grandparents now
gone, I chose to defy my grandfather. I paid my 1,300 lira and visited the forbidden treasure
room. Descending the steps under the Papal Altar, I found gold candle sticks taller than I,
fully encrusted with magnificent stones. I walked through the chambers frozen. Walking
back up the stairs with tears falling from my eyes and a nauseous cry from the pit of my gut.
A friend back home had been doing a lot of fund raising for Heifer International, All that
kept running through my heart and mind was, how many Goats could be bought? how many
families fed? How any communities made sustainable?

4. The Papacy and Me II.
It was during this time that I had stopped going to church all together. I had gotten
to the point when I would hear some of the passages in the reading and an intense
pain would flair up at the base of my spine. I would have the same pain if I would
watch a particularly graphic film involving domestic violence.
In Italy I could go to church and enjoy the ritual of it wile having no clue as to
what was said. When I first read the translation of The Lords Prayer by Neil
Douglas-Klotz It was as if a gentle rain began to fall on a parched parts of my heart
mind and soul. My questioning childhood glances were all answered with the
sweet music of truth.
So I started my journey with the work of Neil Douglas-Klotz. For many years my
experience was limited to Cassettes, books and CD’s until three and a half years
ago when I signed up to be a part of The Abwoon Interspiritual Leadership
Program.
Working directly with Klotz, chanting in dance with 20 to a hundred people,
feeling the sacred words of Jesus resonating in my body, to this day I have no
words for my experience. Only goose bumps tears, and a profound sense of
blessing.

5. Background of
Neil Douglas-Klotz
Family Culture:
•Raised protestant Christian.
•Parents studied in the Edgar Casey school.
•English, German, Russian, and Yiddish were spoken at home.
•As a Chiropractor his father emphasized the connection between
spirituality and health, taught that the body was holy not evil.
•His parents were heavily influenced by the writing of Rachael
Carson.

6. Adult Life:
•With his childhood influences, Klotz found a home in the Sufi
tradition, which has roots reaching back before Egyptian times and
embraces the rich fabric of Middle Eastern Spirituality.
•Working as an editor Klotz was asked to compile a stack of letters
by Samuel Lewis into a book. In one letter, Lewis states that he
would like to do two things before he dies. One is to establish the
Dances of Universal Peace. The second is to chant The Lords
Prayer in Aramaic. Reading the latter resonated deeply with Klotz
and set him in search of an Aramaic version of the prayer.
•Through his chanting of The Lords Prayer, melodies and
movements came to him that he then brought to the community of
circle dances begun by Lewis.
•Klotz earned a diegree in Semantic Psychology
•Working with Mathew Fox, Klotz was asked to bridge his
personal and shared experience of The Lords Prayer with a
scholarly study of the Aramaic language, a pursuit that has lasted
well over 20 years.

7. Why Aramaic?
•Aramaic had been the spoken language in the region of Judea for nearly
500 years.
•Sound itself is creative. “The holy one spoke all of creation into
existence”.
•It is impossible to separate the meaning of the words from the vibrational
and cultural influences in which it was formed.
•Chanting the words of Jesus, we recreate the “sound vibration” of
his words in our own lives. Thus we connect with the sound or vibration
of creation.
•In the culture and the history of the Judean people, body mind and soul
and spirit are not separate. They are an indistinguishable whole.
•Inviting the vibrational qualities of these words into our bodies grounds
their meaning in our biology so we can than carry them into our outer
lives.

8. Midrash / Taweel
•FabreD’Olivet (1815) wrote in The Hebranic Tongue Restored, the tragedy of
biblical translation has been that expressions meant to resonate many levels of
meaning – at least intellectual , metaphorical, and universal – have been whittled
down to become “wholly gross in [their] nature… restricted to material and
particular expressions .”
•“This tendency to divide and overliteralize was reflected in the whole
Newtonian era: a period that repressed mystical cosmology and was also ill at
ease with mystical translation. An unnatural division between God, nature and
humanity, unknown to people who lived close to the earth, crept into our
language with the advent of modern civilization.” We live in a time where words
and their meaning are constrained into the narrowest meanings that they can
hold.
•The tradition of Midrash & Taweel embody the opposite of such. In these
traditions, one line or word can hold many meanings. An inherent
improvisational freedom to experience creation through the context of our
personal experience of life is the very foundation of this spiritual tradition.

9. The roots of Christianity,
The extraction of Christianity from the Middle East, separated
it from its native earth, language and mysticism, freeing it to
become the fuel for Western culture.
Leaving behind the native roots of Christianity has
impoverished the heart of western culture by abandoning the
true roots of the man we call Jesus.
Jesus' spiritual roots are in feelings, images, dream life, in
sensation, and vibration. His personal legacy of interpretation
and translation is based in personal practice.
The teachings of Jesus are not beyond his students they are
within them.

10. Journey from Mystic to Icon
Diversity to Singularity I
•Up until the Roman Emperor Constantine I (who showed favor to a certain form
of Christianity) Issued the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D. which proclaimed religious
tolerance of Christians throughout the empire. Up until that time certain sects of
Christians had endured a cyclical pattern of persecution by the Romans. Than in
325 Constantine ordered the Christian bishops to convene in Nicaea in Bathvnia
(present-day Iznik in Turkey), for the first Council of Nicaea. With the Edict of
Milan in his back pocket Constantine held the counsel to achieve a construct of
Christianity that would be amenable to the running of the Roman Empire.
•Some actions of The Council of Nicaea:
•The calibration of the birth of Jesus was placed near the major Roman
festival of Saturnalia, honoring Saturn (God of war). Prior to this there
was no holiday associated with the birth of Christ.
•The Roman day that honored the sun god (Sunday) was made a
Christian holy day.
•The calculation for the calibration of Easter was also set at this time.

11. Journey from Mystic to Icon
Diversity to Singularity II
•Actions of The Council of Nicaea Continued:
•The texts of the canon and creeds would be set in Greek and Latin.
Languages that were as divisive as Aramaic was inclusive.
•Creeds would be agreed upon and adopted that would specifically outline
a very narrow definition of what it meant to be Christian. According to
historians of the time many in attendance put the goal of adoption by the
Roman Government over the finer points and meanings.
•Four books, out of the hundreds and wisdom text that existed, were
chosen to be included in the canon. All that were not included were
forbidden and would be kept at a great risk to the keeper.
The actions taken at Nicaea was the transition point. Jesus as a wisdom teacher who
offered tools for informing the lives of his followers from within was shifted
through language and doctrine into an external Icon. A separate and judgmental
Messiah.

12. Persia:
Watershed of early Christian spiritual Practice I
Sufism's roots predates Orthodox Islam and according to some scholars reaches back
to pre Egyptian Mystical traditions and carries with it many practices of early
Aramaic Christianity.
In the Karon Jesus is given a very honored place. He is mentioned, more often than
any other prophet, and always in a very positive context. His gift of a Gospel is also
mentioned.
The karon states, all people at all times have had prophets and saints, we make no
distinction amongst them. The Karon recommends that all Sufi's and Muslims read
the holy books of all the prophets, saints and messengers who went before. Thus
proving that there is only one being as the Karon says.
Persons in Judea identifying themselves from the time of Christ would most likely
use the term Son of Abraham or Son of Moses, The three branches of Middle
Eastern Mysticism sprang from a common well, dug deep in the culture, language,
and soul of the Regan.

13. Persia:
Watershed of early Christian spiritual Practice II
During the time of Christian persecution in the Roman Empire, the Persians, who
were great enemies of Rome welcomed Christians with open arms. Many “Jewish
Christians” migrated to Persia during this time. There they were free to practice
Jewish Christianity reading, speaking and worshiping in Aramaic, Followers of
Christ were free from the persecution and book burnings that plagued their brothers
in Rome before 313 or the restrictions set down by the narrow view of the Council
of Nicaea.
To an Aramaic speaking Christian Jew it was all very simple, love God with all you
heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as your self. This was the only creed
that was inherited directly from Jesus.
This tradition of Aramaic Christianity continued unbroken and uninterrupted until
the last part of the of the 19th
century in what is now Eastern Turkey, Northern
Syera, and Northern Iraq. During this time a vibrant community existed that
supported Monasteries and schools.
Unlike the west, the penalties of death for holding copies of scriptures never were
held against Aramaic Christians.

14. Living the Path of the Aramaic Jesus
•On this path there is no difference between our inner reality and
the outer world around us.
•The things we see outside of our selves that we love or hate are
but the reflections of our beliefs about our self.
•I had an experience of this with road rage, There was a time
when I would get very upset with other drivers doing what I
thought were stupid things. It was suggested that when this
happens I remember a time when I did the exact same thing. This
shifted my anger into laughter.
•The Prodigal Son, The farther says, when his son questions the
feast given in the name of his returning brother, Don’t I really
know what's right, is it not mine to give what is right, what is
just? This story is about an inner sense of justice, Not about what
may be externally fair.

15. Body Prayer
• When we chant or speak the words of a Middle Eastern Mystic we can come
directly into their atmosphere or vibration. By intoning the words of Jesus in the
prayer that he gave, we have the opportunity to come directly into his
consciousness, which is far beyond what any translation or explanation can give.
•According to Middle Eastern Mysticism sound not only has meaning, it has the
power to move us, we can feel sound vibrating inside of us, changing the cells of
our bodies.
•From a Middle Eastern point of view, we are not separate from Sacred Unity.
Body prayers offer a means of reaffirming that reality in our lives.
•Most importantly, body prayers can help one become aware of ones physical
self, here and now. It is not a way of getting out of your body, but rather a way to
feel your body as a part of Sacred Unity.
•Body Prayers can include and incorporate guided visualization, chanting,
intoning, movement, and awareness of breath.

16. Body Prayer Preparation
•Approach Body Prayers in a relaxed state of mind, without outer distractions.
•Wear loose comfortable clothing sitting or standing in a comfortable position.
•To begin, take several slow, deep breaths. Bring your awareness to the sensation of
your breath entering and leaving your body.
•It is essential to feel the sound in your body as a bridge between your experience
and the meaning of the words. In Aramaic (as in Hebrew), each letter-each sound of
a word-is like a living being within, not an object or concept outside of you.
•At the close of each prayer give thanks for whatever you have received-if only a
few moments of peace and quiet.
•End by invoking a final blessing with the word ameyn: “May this be the ground
from which my new growth comes”.
•Afterwards feel the meanings of the words you have chanted as deeply as possible.
Take the time to notice what feelings, sensations, colors, or images arose.
•Note that it is in nature that Jesus meditated and prayed it is also where he shares
food and does his healing work.

17. Amen=Ameyn: The underneathness of life, the ground of confidence, the
soil from which my new growth will spring. To begin and end prayers, a
blessing to use for every action we take!
Earliest for of this word is from the Egyptian word Ament.
This word was for the underneathness of things. The sacred
world or the ground to which the bones of their ancestors
went. The deity of the Ament was a form of the old Egyptan
goddess sometimes called the lady of the Ament, who was
known by various names. Ament than comes into Hebrew as a
word of power, as Amain, than into Aramaic. It is still used in
Arabic by Christians and Muslims as Ameen.
Alaha,the word Jesus used for God is very similar to the
Arabic Alla which also means sacred unity. Today like Amain
and Ameen, Alla is used by both Muslims and Arabic speaking
Christians for the name of God..

18. Wisdom Text found at Nagamati
Thunder (That which startles us) Perfect (complete) Mind
(Heart)
You can not fail to know me any where or any time. For I am both what
knows and what denies knowledge. Be aware in THIS moment. Do not
clam ignorance of this mind. For I am first and last, honored and
dishonored, prostitute and saint, I am the silence not grasped by the mind,
The image you can’t forget, the voice of every natural sound, the word that
always reapers, I am the intonation of my name, breath returning from and
to its source. Knowledge and ignorance, timed and bold, shamed and
shameless. I am strength, I am fear, I am war and peace. Listen to me I am
infamous and renowned. I am she who shacks in fear and shutters in all
your power, The one in you who is sick and the one who is completely
healthy. I am no sensation and I am the scene, the wisdom of all.

19. Aramaic: Within = Among
God=Abwoon: Aba=father, woon=mother/famine, nothing excluded, blessed
be he blessed be she, No one and nothing is excluded.
Heaven=Shmaya: The waves of sacred vibration, not heaven above: heaven
with us. Always present in the everyday realm.
Spirit=Ruha de Kucha : Breath, air, wind, atmosphere, spirit. We can never
be separate from it.
Good=Tubwayhun: Ripe, Right time, right place, Blessed, joyfull, integrated,
wholeness. An evil tree has evil fruit? A ripe tree has ripe fruit! An unripe
tree has unripe fruit.
Amen=Ameyn: The underneathness of life, the ground of confidence, the soil
from which my new growth will spring. To begin and end prayers, a blessing
to use for every action we take!
Open=Ef’fita: Be opened, open a door to healing, bring back into rhythm of
unity, the key to our purpose in life, Egyptian = Peta

20. Breath of Knowledge
•Sitting comfortably in a quiet place in nature if possible.
•Place one hand upon your heart.
•Breathing in deeply the word Tae Tae (come really come)
•Breath out with the word Malkuta (I am)
•As you find the rhythm of your breath bring an action to your mind.
•While holding the action in your thoughts track your breathing pattern.
•Than bring to your mind the alternate action.
•Again, track your breath as you now hold this action in your thoughts.
•Where is your breath deepest?
•The action envisioned that brings the deepest breath will be most in line with
Ruha.

21. Prayers of the Cosmos, Page 87
KJV John 16-24: “Whatsoever ye shall ask the father in my name, he will give it to you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:
0ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
All things that you ask straightly, directly, that you desire-
like an arrow to its mark,
like birds to their watering place-
From the Breathing life of all, Father-Mother of the Cosmos, With my shem (vibration)-
my experience, my light and sound, my atmosphere, my word:
From inside my name- You will be given.
So far you haven’t done this.
So ask without hidden motive and be surrounded by your answer-
be enveloped by what you desire-
that your gladness be full-
that the joy of goals met here may continue its story to perfection in unity-
that the animal life in you find its lover in the cosmos.