1. Our Father
2. which art in Heaven,
3. hallowed be Thy Name.
4. Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on Earth as it is
in Heaven.
5. Give us this day our daily bread.
6.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
7.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil.
Amen.
1.
Our Father:
These words describe God's nature and character and
summarize the truth of being. In this clause Jesus establishes once and for all
that the relationship between God and Man is that of Father and Son. Man
by being God's son becomes participant of his/her nature, "as the father, so the
son". And as God is Divine Spirit, so man too, independent of illusory
appearances on the contrary.
God is a merciful Father of humanity eliminating the
belief of the old theology of a vengeful and punishing God.
If we meditate in this fact
diseases in our lives and all that is apparently
negative
would start to lose meaning and power , since their
roots are based on fear. If we are conscious of these truths our existence
would be converted in a demonstration of our perfect spiritual condition.
By saying Our Father we are revealing the fact of
the brotherhood of men. This dissipates the illusion that men of a
particular race, nation or color be superior to others.
And when pronounced this prayer not only are we praying for ourselves but
for all humanity, "we are truly members of just one body".
2.
Which art in Heaven:
Jesus explains that God's nature is to be in Heaven
and man's to be on Earth, because God is cause and man effect or manifestation.
Here the word "Heaven" means Presence of God, and the word "Earth" means
manifestation.
The function of man is to express or manifest God,
express means take it out, take it to the light.
3.
Hallowed be Thy Name:
The name of a thing represents its essential nature
and character. Jesus says that the nature of God is "hallowed (sanctified)",
whose etymological origin means "holy", "whole", "to heal". In this manner
God's nature is revealed to us as perfect and eternally good.
An effect is always of the same nature as the cause
that produces it, as such all that comes from God cannot be less sanctified that
Him/Her. Your nature is essentially good, and you are creator of the perfect
good.
4.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on Earth as
it is in Heaven:
Man as manifestation of God has an unlimited
destiny. His work is to
consciously
express the abstract ideas that God supplies to
him. Man in himself is a individualized creating consciousness,
"there exist as many universes as individuals, which are conceived by the
only fact of thinking them".
"Thy Kingdom come" is our mission to manifest
God's ideas
in the material planes. If we just discover the
plan that He/She has
individually
outlined for us and accomplish it all doors would
open before us, all obstacles would vanish, and in consequence we would enjoy
happiness, success, money and all of the Father's virtues.
We must harmonize ourselves to
that end with God's Superior Will because in His/Her Will is our Peace.
5.
Give us this day our daily bread:
We are the children of a Father that loves us, and
we can naturally expect from Him/Her all we need as in a natural and spontaneous
manner children expect to receive from their parents. It is God's Will that our
lives be abundant. Our financial resources are not more than natural
channels through which come to us what the Eternal Source supplies. The
number of channels is infinite, but the source is one alone, God.
For that end we should put our mind beyond the
apparent material channels, changing our limited belief and placing our
consciousness in the only Infinite Source that is God. In this way
the belief of limitation and scarcity
will be dissipating and disappearing. "As you thought it, so it will be".
6.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors:
Sin is the sensation of being separated from God,
and the cause of all suffering, it comes of that feeling of separation. It
is the sensation of an
absolutely personal
existence, while the truth of Self is that
everything is One. Evil, selfishness and all suffering come form the
negation of not recognizing this idea, since what you do to other you are doing
to yourself. The purpose of forgiveness is to make disappear the illusion
of separateness, and with this to come closer to God and our neighbor
dissipating all blames that tie us to an unnecessary suffering. Forgiveness is
the escape of limitation and blame.
7.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil:
In this clause we ask to be freed of all
difficulties, remembering this sentence: "No plague will touch your dwelling, I
AM with you always, even unto the end of the world."
