Lords Prayer translated from Aramaic--Way More than a Father

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Thanks for sharing this translation with us, Chrism: it rings so much

more authentic than the version we are used to. And it makes a lot

more sense, too. As a former Christian, I have occasionally

incorporated the prayer into my meditation practice. However, I always

felt a degree of discomfort with the arbitrary practice of hailing the

Divine as a " Father. "

 

A very basic philosophical principle is that what is Absolute cannot

have limiting qualities. Hence, Divinity can only transcend gender. It

is Mother and Father, God and Goddess--and much more than that. The

inscription of gender unto the Divine is the exclusive result of

historical and sociological processes.

 

Sel