(Translated by the Yonan Codex Foundation)
Our Eternal Creator, parent to us all, who is in the realms of the unmanifest, make a space in us for wholeness that we may be taught to honor, worship and serve You.
Let Your counsel, Your wisdom and Your Love come alive in us, let Your Light penetrate us... Attune us to and empower us to conceive of and understand that Will which You have already created for us. Teach us so that we may give birth to Your fruit.
That You renew and feed us daily with the presence of Your Love, the Love of each other and the food we receive is a gift we gratefully accept! Thank You for restoring us to abundance, teaching us gratitude and how to give as you give and presence Love as you are the Presence of Love, for both the just and the unjust.
That You forgive from us those realities we have engaged in that do us harm and do not belong in our humanness is another of Your blessings we appreciate... we commit to responsibility and forgiving as to those painful realities others trigger in us. When we are tempted or lost in materialism or fall out of harmony with Your Love, that You are there with us - Being the space of Love, that Your Love is always Present no matter how far we fall - no matter where we go, is a blessing we gratefully accept.
That, with your grace, You deliver us from our errors and through Your light part us from darkness is another blessing that flows from Your Presence. We receive each of these gifts with gratitude and praise.
Sealed in Trust, Faith and Truth, AMEN
(Translated by the Yonan Codex Foundation)
Touveyhoun, the first word in Aramaic of each Be-Attitude, is historically interpreted as a bestowed "Blessing." Jesus' words spoke of an earned reward. He delivered simple and practical teachings in His native tongue, Aramaic. In the sixth century, all known Aramaic bibles were burned and many foreign ideas, unsupported by His actual words, were put into His mouth. As Jesus' teachings passed from Aramaic to Greek, Latin, Old English and finally to modern English, increasing numbers of distortions occurred.
The following explanation of the Be-Attitudes is based on Aramaic and is as faithful as possible to the actual words of Jesus. It shows that the Be-Attitudes are in truth instructions and methods for evaluating progress and supporting us in achieving an exciting, reachable goal. Here Jesus provided the "how to's" for living the "Greatest" and "Second" Commandments_ the keys to peace and life and health. His objective was so urgent that He used the word Touveyhoun repeatedly in this, His first public teaching!
This statement before each Be-Attitude more accurately carries the lost meaning of Jesus' word -
TOUVEYHOUN: God implanted in your mind neural structures which will guide you when they are active. If they are active, you who follow these instructions will come into conscious possession of and be able to use this latent guidance system, designed to make available thoughts and actions that will increase your happiness and well-being:
You who have a maskenii (home) in Ruhka (the active forces from God), yours is a malkoota d'shmeya (heavenly estate).
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
You abili (who love Truth and profess your errors and the errors of your society), you shall be nitbeyoon (freed of mental stress).
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are those mourning their wrongs, they will be comforted.
You who have makikh (humility - the mental quality of perceiving and cooperating with the good desires of others), you shall nartoun (gain the earth).
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are the meek, they shall inherit the earth.
You who hunger for kenoota (the mind structure underlying the attitude, judgment and behavior described as just or fair behavior between people), you shall attain it.
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, they shall be filled.
You who have rakhma (pure love, encompassing judgment and behavior), you will therefore receive rakhma (pure love).
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are the merciful, they shall obtain mercy.
You who have dadcean (a completely purified mind,) you will mikhazoun (comprehend) Alaha (the Invisible Source of Creation).
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are the pure in heart, they shall see God.
You who abdey (through service, work effectively to produce) shlama (the peace and understanding under and in accord with God's Will), you will be called the children of God.
Historically interpreted as - Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called the children of God.
The "Greatest" and "Second" Commandments: "You shall tidrakhim (maintain the condition of pure love) for Alaha (the Invisible Source of Creation) in your entire mind and with your whole naphshak (true self) in all your actions and in all your thoughts. This is the greatest commandment and takes precedence over all. The second, which is like unto it, you shall tidrakhim (maintain pure love) for karebak (neighbor_anyone near or thought about) as your naphshak (true self). Upon these two Commandments hang the Law and its prophets.
