Chapter 6
{6:1} Take heed that ye do not Do not perform actions to remain
your alms before men, to be seen consistent with your past decisions
of them: otherwise ye have no or habitual action, but to be consistent
reward of your Father which is in with the universal law that is within
heaven. you.
{6:2} Therefore when thou doest If you act to please your outward
[thine] alms, do not sound a self-image, you will not develop any
trumpet before thee, as the further understanding. This leads to
hypocrites do in the synagogues distraction from your spiritual nature
and in the streets, that they may and from your purpose. This temporary
have glory of men. Verily I say self-satisfaction has no depth to it.
unto you, They have their reward.
{6:3} But when thou doest alms, Do not confuse your purpose in receiving
let not thy left hand know what with your purpose in giving.
thy right hand doeth:
{6:4} That thine alms may be in So that you can release your attention
secret: and thy Father which seeth from your conscious self and use the
in secret himself shall reward law completely and without restricition.
thee openly.
{6:5} And when thou prayest, thou You must take your attention out of
shalt not be as the hypocrites the physical mind to be able to
[are]: for they love to pray realize the divine or spiritual
standing in the synagogues and in purpose for each decision that you
the corners of the streets, that are faced with.
they may be seen of men. Verily I
say unto you, They have their
reward.
{6:6} But thou, when thou prayest, Look within your mind for the key
enter into thy closet, and when to understanding universal law. Do
thou hast shut thy door, pray to not look to any other person or any
thy Father which is in secret; and outward event to make decisions for
thy Father which seeth in secret you. The inner self is the pathway
shall reward thee openly. from God.
{6:7} But when ye pray, use not Situations cannot control you, they
vain repetitions, as the heathen have no mind of their own. You do not
[do]: for they think that they create oneness of mind by what you
shall be heard for their much express, but by your recognition of
speaking. who you are.
{6:8} Be not ye therefore like All desire comes from inner desire,
unto them: for your Father knoweth all purpose comes from inner purpose.
what things ye have need of, Your mind is one total entity under
before ye ask him. spiritual law.
{6:9} After this manner therefore There are seven spiritual centers,
pray ye: Our Father which art in called chakras in Eastern philosophy,
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. the churches in Asia of Revelation.
Christ gives you this prayer as an encouragement to balanced growth through
giving attention to all parts of your mind, without over-emphasizing or
neglecting any one part.
The seven churches or spiritual centers are each a transformer of the energy
given by the corresponding day of creation mentioned in Genesis. Becoming
familiar with these energies is a part of the responsibility of becoming a
creator.
It would be helpful for you to compare each petition of the Lord's Prayer
to the corresponding day of Genesis. Christ came to fulfill the law.
"Our Father which art in heaven" is the crown chakra, which represents
Light expressing thru I Am. This is the quality of being. The chakra is
localized with the pineal gland.
"Hallowed be thy name" is the brow chakra, which represents being expressing
into receptivity, creating balance. This is the quality of control. The
chakra is associated with the pituitary gland.
{6:10} Thy kingdom come. Thy will This is the dome, separating the
be done in earth, as [it is] in waters (superconscious from the
heaven. rest of mind).
The beginning of the subconscious is the third, or throat chakra, which
represents divine purpose moving outward into mental activity. This is
the quality of will, associated with the thyroid gland.
{6:11} Give us this day our daily The mental activity is dedicated to
bread. expressing physical activity, the
seventh or root chakra. This represents physical creativity, and is associated
with the gonads. This is the seventh, outermost chakra. By going from the third
to the seventh, we emphasize that the soul is completely committed to the
physical body and life. (Everything hidden shall be made plain.)
{6:12} And forgive us our debts, The solar plexus ties the physical to
as we forgive our debtors. the inner soul. It represents commitment
and involvement. The free use of this
energy requires willingness to forgive.
{6:13} And lead us not into Temptation refers to the sixth or
temptation, spleen chakra. This represents the
personal identity. The quality is
respect for the self and others.
but deliver us from The last center mentioned is the
evil: fourth or heart center, which
represents the courage to love ourselves
unconditionally. The quality is
acceptance. You can accept that your
personal will, as a channel for the will
of God, creates your reality.
For thine is the kingdom, Your physical, mental, and spiritual
and the power, and the glory, for selves are united as one being. Thank
ever. Amen. you, I Am. (Amen is the Omega, the
physical reflection of the I Am
principle.
{6:14} For if ye forgive men their If you accept your consequences in
trespasses, your heavenly Father physical reality, you will be able to
will also forgive you: learn the lesson needed from the situa-
tion, and this new understanding becomes
your sacrifice to the spiritual self.
{6:15} But if ye forgive not men But if you don't do this, you will
their trespasses, neither will have to repeat the lesson until you
your Father forgive your do.
trespasses.
The spiritual revolution begun by Jesus Christ is defined and transmitted by
the Lord's Prayer. It expresses and reinforces the state of oneness with
God the Father - not for a man named Jesus alone, but for each of us as
an individual, and for every aspect of our being.
The Lord's Prayer is Jesus' mustard seed, and it totally transformed the
world.
You may find it helpful to repeat this prayer at the beginning of your
meditation or prayer period, or anytime you want to just stop and think
about things.
{6:16} Moreover when ye fast, be When you control your thoughts, do not
not, as the hypocrites, of a sad place all your attention on your outer
countenance: for they disfigure identity or how you look to yourself,
their faces, that they may appear because you will not gain understanding
unto men to fast. Verily I say of the process of thought.
unto you, They have their reward.
{6:17} But thou, when thou Seek wisdom and to express your true
fastest, anoint thine head, and identity, which is as a spiritual being,
wash thy face; when you practice meditation or prayer.
{6:18} That thou appear not unto So that you are not self-conscious,
men to fast, but unto thy Father but actually placing your attention
which is in secret: and thy on the spiritual self, and opening to
Father, which seeth in secret, that energy within yourself.
shall reward thee openly.
{6:19} Lay not up for yourselves Don't base your self-value on the facts
treasures upon earth, where moth that you know, because facts become out-
and rust doth corrupt, and where of-date, and you will always be open to
thieves break through and steal: doubt.
{6:20} But lay up for yourselves But recognize that by learning to
treasures in heaven, where neither express your own unique value through
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and the qualities of mind, you create true
where thieves do not break through understandings that you can use in new
nor steal: situations, and doubt does not affect
them, because they are a permanent part
of your spiritual mind.
{6:21} For where your treasure is, And this will give you the courage to
there will your heart be also. act on your belief.
{6:22} The light of the body is If you decide to perceive your life
the eye: if therefore thine eye be through the principle of your oneness
single, thy whole body shall be with God, then everything in your life
full of light. will have spiritual meaning to you.
{6:23} But if thine eye be evil, But if you believe in random chance
thy whole body shall be full of or that spiritual law operates inter-
darkness. If therefore the light mittenly, then your life will never
that is in thee be darkness, how make sense, and you have no hope of
great [is] that darkness! it ever making sense.
{6:24} No man can serve two You must choose your point of reference
masters: for either he will hate and decision - outer consciousness, or
the one, and love the other; or inner consciousness. Are your basic
else he will hold to the one, and values in the I Am or in the ego.
despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.
{6:25} Therefore I say unto you, Don't worry about whether this is the
Take no thought for your life, right thing for you to be learning, or
what ye shall eat, or what ye whether you are doing the what you are
shall drink; nor yet for your "supposed" to be doing in life. The
body, what ye shall put on. Is not meaning of your life is not in a
the life more than meat, and the particular thought or action, but that
body than raiment? you as an individual are conscious,
aware, and responsible.
{6:26} Behold the fowls of the Your mental thoughts come and go,
air: for they sow not, neither do yet they depend on the I Am awareness
they reap, nor gather into barns; for their origin. Your identity is more
yet your heavenly Father feedeth than just your thoughts.
them. Are ye not much better than
they?
{6:27} Which of you by taking Hesitation will not lead to greater
thought can add one cubit unto his understanding. ("Taking thought" is
stature? the translators' phrase for "Being
careful".
{6:28} And why take ye thought for Don't be concerned how you express
raiment? Consider the lilies of yourself. Your natural expression
the field, how they grow; they of your subconscious or soul growth
toil not, neither do they spin: is more beautiful than any reasoned
expression of intellectual wisdom.
{6:29} And yet I say unto you,
That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.
{6:30} Wherefore, if God so clothe Your true identity is of greater
the grass of the field, which to worth than your lessons and
day is, and to morrow is cast into circumstances.
the oven, [shall he] not much more
[clothe] you, O ye of little
faith?
{6:31} Therefore take no thought, Take your attention off your mental,
saying, What shall we eat? or, emotional, and physical expression.
What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
{6:32} (For after all these things Because this is based on outer values
do the Gentiles seek:) for your and rationalizations. Return your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye attention to the I Am principle.
have need of all these things.
{6:33} But seek ye first the Look for the spiritual law operating
kingdom of God, and his in all circumstances, and seek to
righteousness; and all these express your desires through the laws,
things shall be added unto you. and your mind will accomplish those
desires for you.
{6:34} Take therefore no thought Mind already operates correctly. You
for the morrow: for the morrow do not preserve that operation through
shall take thought for the things excessive caution or ritual. Don't
of itself. Sufficient unto the day place limitations on what your spiritual
[is] the evil thereof. identity can express.
From a physical point of view, Jesus tells a people that identifies itself by
rituals of proper food, clothing, and drink, that all this is meaningless to
God, and gets in the way of having a spiritual relationship with the Father.
From a spiritual point of view, the Christ within you is saying to let go of
all the rationalizations, the self-condemnation or worry or if-onlies. Don't
try to make a bargain with God by thinking the right thoughts or doing the
correct acts. Instead, take responsibility for your situation, look for the
inner meaning of your life circumstances, and seek to discover and use
spiritual or universal law. You are not God's victim: you are his agent in
your world.
"Here is a thought to make you wise: you are an angel in disguise."