1 of 37. "Attracted to Love"
illustrates a discussion on music and
reincarnation between Ajainin; a 'Spiritual Master' and Jeshua.
From: The Way Gospel, Chapter 37: 9-19.
2 of 37. "Love and Angels"
Illustrates two unique stories of love and angels
from the Gutenberg Project Apocrypha Collection - The Wisdom of
Solomon 16: 20-21 and a love story from Esther 15: 8-14.
3 of 37. "Every Morning"
illustrates a Cree Native American
Indian wisdom saying about having a perfect day.
4 of 37. "He went to the Mountain to Pray"
illustrates an enlightening
Introduction to ACIM - A Course In Miracles - Metaphysics.
[This teaching could change the entire world as we know it, for the
better; by redefining 'reality'; with love. -Ed. note.]
5 of 37.
"The Awakening at Heaven's Gate"
illustrates beautiful poetic sonnets and explanatory treatise on how
the Sufis' 'Mystery School'
treats 'Divine love' and describes Heaven.
6 of 37.
"Welcome to Heaven's Gate."
illustrates three descriptions of
Heaven from the Khabouris Codex Manuscript and the
Way Gospel.
7 of 37.
"Where the Waters Sing Your Name"
illustrates an eloquent description of a mystic's
"Dark Night of the Soul";
on the anguish and angst of spiritual love.
See the definatory footnote.
[From: "Odyssey of an American Mystic" by: jlfdd]
8 of 37. "Divine Love"
illustrates the first detailed instance found of
Jeshuas' personal female "love" interest.
9 of 37. "Ah - The Dance!"
illustrates a treatise on
Sufi Origins.
10 of 37. "Winter"
illustrates a spiritual and personal loneliness example.
Why are they One?[From: "Odyssey of an American Mystic" by: jlfdd]
11 of 37. "The Lord's Prayer"
Translated from the Aramaic
by Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz;
Sufi Academecian.
12 of 37. "The Lady Guinevere"
illustrates "Turn me not aside, Beloved";
A love story from a 4th Century Sufi.
13 of 37. 'The Speaker'
observes "The Tao" from 4th Century China.
14 of 37. "The Kingdom of God"
Jeshua describes His Father's Kingdom to an Egyptian Princess.
Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Thomas, a 'Disciple' -
from Codex II -
The Nag Hammadi Gnostic Library.
15 of 37. "The Miracle".
A personal commentary about miracles.
16 of 37. "Life is a river."
Kabbala medical lore.
17 of 37. "The Vision"
of a "Native American Shaman."
A vision of the "Trail of Tears."
18 of 37. "The Zen Way."
Affirming Faith In Mind
Many truths lie within your mind.
Southwest Chogye International Zen Academeia
19 of 37. "The Phoenician"
illustrates "Your whole body shall be full of Light".
A clarification from the 'Book of Matthew'.
20 of 37. "The Might of Daniel"
illustrates "Bel and the Dragon".
From: The Apocrypha.
21 of 37. "History of the Khabouris Manuscript"
The "Old" Syrian Bible
From the Holy See of
the Eastern Church.
22 of 37. "A Summary On Soul and Self."
A Discourse on Aramaic Translation
From the Peshitta Collection.
Participate in the teaching commentaries between the
psychological and spiritual views of Jesus' "Naphsha"; and the
integration of both into One. Two gifted teachers.
23 of 37. "Wisdom"
Notable wisdom gained during Student studies.
Teacher and Student favorites taken from a wide variety of
sources.
24 of 37. "Miracles are for Children."
Three stories of "Miracles" by a spiritual teacher.
From: "The Odyssey". By: jlfdd. This is an excerpt from a future book
which will be featured by The Searcher Publishing Home.
25 of 37. "Woman at the Well"
Chapter 81 - from the Gospel of The Way
Jeshua's teaching and the story of the
'Woman at the Well'.
26 of 37.
A PREFACE TO LEARNING THE ARAMAIC LANGUAGE
OF JESUS
From the Office of the President of The Aramaic Bible
Society, Inc.
27 of 37. "Freedom in The Way"
Definition of Freedom in The Way -
An old Mystery is solved.
"You shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free."
International Spirituality.
We humbly devote this section to
The Last Day of 'Jeshua, the Christus';
Our Brother who led us to 'The Way'.
Taken from: The Gospel of The Way of Jesus the Christ.
This is very possibly the 'Original Gospel'.
Please take note of the incomparable detail
not found in any other One source.
{The original copies held no quotation marks, nor commentaries.
Those have been added here per the expectations of western readers.
The commentaries are present in both editions.
Students will find chapter commentaries and study assignments
located at the end or bottom of each chapter.
Copies of the entire gospel have been left in their original state as text
files for Researchers and Students. -Ed. jlfdd.}
28 of 37. "Gethsemane"
Chapter 163 - Illustrated by the portrait of Jeshua
'Praying in the Garden of Gethsemane'.
29 of 37. "The Arrest"
Chapter 164 - Jeshua arrested.
Illustrated by 'Greeting Roman Soldiers'.
30 of 37. "The Trial"
Chapter 165 - The Trial before the Sanhedrin -
Illustrated by 'Pontius Pilate'.
31 of 37. "Sanhedrin"
Chapter 166 - Detail of Jeshua before the Sanhedrin -
Illustrated by 'David Reaching toward God';
a relief from the Sistine Chapel.
32 of 37. "Before Pilate"
Chapter 167 - Detail of Jeshua judged before Pilate -
and found innocent.
Illustrated by 'The Cross of Man'.
33 of 37. "Pilate Fails"
Chapter 168 - Pilate's final effort to release Jeshua fails.
Illustrated by 'The Passion Cross.'
34 of 37. "Sorrow of Judas"
Chapter 169 - *Judas is filled with remorse.
Read new information on Judas' involvement
in the death of Jeshua.
Illustrated by 'The Universal Cross'. A near 3D experience.
35 of 37. "The Crucifixtion"
Chapter 170 - The Crucifixion. Jeshua prays for his murderers. Pilate puts an inscription above the
cross. Jesus speaks words of encouragement to the penitent thief. Commits to John
the care of his mother and Miriam. The soldiers divide his garments among themselves.
36 of 37. "I AM the Alpha"
Chapter 171 - Concluding scenes of the crucifixion *.
What did Jesus say in his last few moments?
New evidence.
37 of 37. "He Lives!"
Here is our proof. He is still teaching us. The message
remains the same, except it's geared to modern problems. This
selection is dedicated to all the students killing each other in their
schools, and those modern Disciples trying to help them.
Preface and Commentary.
Welcome to "The Way" Project.
Down through the ages, those on the fringes of early civilizations
passed a verbal tradition; a perception - a knowledge of who they
were. These were "Ways of Wisdom" which defined their civilization.
Eventually, "The Way" became written language first
scratched on clay tablets, branded on leather, then
quilled on parchment; finally by pen and ink on paper,
now electronically.
I was commissioned to make an
electronic archive of "The Way", as closely as it could be gathered
across eons of differing languages and cultures.
Early on in the Project; we found a perceptual conundrum:
Our modernized, technical 'Western' Civilization has largely
dismissed these 'Wisdom' artifacts as 'antiquarian' and 'outmoded'
for present day needs.
For instance - words mean something rather
profound. Their meaning is derived from perceptual usage; not the
original definition[s].
Those definitions are often misinterpreted through
the disparities of language. Many of these writings were in Aramaic;
the language of early Middle Eastern peoples.
This language appears to have no known root. It is a tonal, relational language. Each word
has a minimum of four related meanings. Many concepts cannot be
translated; even directly. They must be 'intuited', rather than
analyzed. The exercise of logic gains nothing for the translation.
Most of what we have from the Aramaic has been translated
into Greek, which has no known coefficients in meaning. This same
material was translated into Latin; with further disparities. 'The
Way' was further confused by translating from Latin into all languages
of the known world; including English.
For instance; let us take for illustration; the English word 'Mystic'. In the original,
this concept can only be described as: 'He who walks with God.';
or - 'He who knows what is hidden'; and are only two possible
meanings of the four or more. In present day parlance, the definitions
of 'Mystic' are: 'Magician', 'Charlatan', or 'Occultist'; which can be seen
as markedly different from the original.
The 'Occultist' original meaning was: 'He who practices
what is hidden'. Thus, 'Mystic' and 'Occultist' became synonyms.
It does not take a great leap in understanding human nature
to define the 'definers' as: 'We who do not want [you] to know.'; since
the Priestly class defined 'Knowledge' to the scholarship uneducated
persons of that time.
We call your attention to the superlative work of Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz;
Sufi Academic; for his translation of the Lord's Prayer from Aramaic to
English; with comparisons to the King James Version; the 'standard'
Bible for Western Civilization.
Many original Aramaic language Bibles have been discovered
within the past decade; including the Peshitta and Khabouris. This
material has the potential for further enlightening us into the 'wisdom'
understandings of this region; the 'birthplace' of Christianity.
With the advent of Scrolls being publicly translated from the caves
near the Qumran Essene Community area, we have some comparisons
possible with existing, 'accepted' materials. Similarities as well as
differences have become strikingly apparent. It would seem many
more 'Apocrypha' are existent than have been 'officially' recognized.
{Historians and Archaeologists are historically loathe to change their
perceptions. The positions of 'Religious Authorities' shows no marked
differences in this policy. The unofficial stance seems to be: 'Don't try
to change my mind with the facts.'}
This apparent posture is further exagerated by the real perceptual
conundrum: Spiritual Teachers agree spiritual material cannot be
perceived with the intellect.
Perception is said to be gained by beginning with an underpinning
of 'belief' or 'faith' as a given postulate.
[See
ACIM for their definition of 'Perception'.]
With that, one begins to view the conundrum for themselves.
Apparently, the issue is a 'metaphysical' one.
So be it. The purpose of this collection is not to 'convert' those who
base understanding on definitions which carry this level of apparent
emotional undercurrents.
'Prosetelizing' is not our purpose. We will leave the general public
with the ability to decide their level of 'faith' and/or 'belief' for
themselves. We are educators, not theologians.
A special section is enclosed for the final day of Jesus The Christ;
or 'Jeshua'; in Aramaic and old Hebrew. It is the most complete
narration yet found of the occurances that day.
Many details may surprise you. The detail is taken from The
Way Gospel of Jesus, the Christ. We recommend the individual
perform their personal research and cross - references with the
Apocrypha, Peshitta, Khabouris, KJV and any other source they may
encounter.
From many sources - Sufi, Aramaen, American Indian, American
Mystic; etal; we have encountered something which nearly surprised
this editor: although these examples will rival any tome on "love";
that is - physical love; it is nearly impossible to perceive 'perceptual'
differences in the love of lover and the love of God.
They are truly "One" in the Holy Spirit or Breath of God; as are we.
We perceive this phenomenon as Confirmation and Affirmation of
the 'Physical' manifesting from the 'Spiritual'.
Is this what the Spanish Philosopher De Chardin meant when he
said:
"When we have discovered God, we shall; once more in the
history of the world; have discovered fire"?
Is this the true meaning behind the Bible's constant message
of "fire": love, not condemnation?
Amor, Amor. Tre Bien Amor. Preferable.
The Archives resulting from "The Way" Project will reside with The Searcher
Publishing Home; for Ministerial Student study resources, and a copy will be
submitted to the National Archival Depository for future generations.
Found within are the highpoints from the effort, set
against -by special permission- the incomparable art of
Jonathan Earle Bowers, and other sources in the public
domain. Go to here to view his Collection on the Internet.
www.jonathanart.com.
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We have received commentaries on the "content" of the art so
represented here. Some consider it "prurient" and "lustful" in content.
May I say that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". From an
artistic view; Mr. Bowers work is a celebration of the beauty found
in the human form, as is Michaelangelo's "David" from the frescoe
on the walls of the Sistine Chapel.
From a spiritual view; who among us can say the human form is
not "good", when God said in Genesis; at the beginning of the world;
that "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good"?
{Gen. 1:31}.
I refuse to label something which God labeled "good" into
something else. I would suggest you do the same.