PASCAS FOUNDATION (Aust) Ltd Em: [email protected] ABN 23 133 271 593 Em: [email protected] Pascas Foundation is a not for profit organisation Queensland, Australia www.pascasworldcare.com www.pascashealth.com 2 Lamsa Bible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamsa_Bible The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts (commonly called the Lamsa Bible) was published by George M. Lamsa in 1933. It was derived, both Old and New Testaments, from the Syriac Peshitta, the Bible used by the Assyrian Church of the East and other Syriac Christian traditions. Lamsa, following the tradition of his church, claimed the originality of the Aramaic New Testament, against the academic mainstream opinion that the language of the New Testament was Greek, and thus claimed his translation was superior to texts based on later Greek manuscripts. Consequently, Lamsa claimed that the New Testament of his translation was based on older sources than other English Bibles, translated from Greek. The New Testament translators of the King James Version, for example, used an edition of Erasmus' Greek Textus Receptus. The Aramaic primacy of the New Testament text is considered by its proponents to be more accurate than the text used for the KJV of the Holy Bible. Dr George M. Lamsa (Syriac: ܐ(cid:233)(cid:227)(cid:223) (cid:234)(cid:217)ܓܪ(cid:205)(cid:217)ܓ) (August 5, 1892 – September 22, 1975) was an Assyrian author. He was born in Mar Bishu in what is now the extreme east of Turkey. A native Aramaic speaker, he translated the Aramaic Peshitta (literally "straight, simple") Old and New Testaments into English. Noohra Foundation: http://www.noohra.com/Index.pl?glamsabio Dr George M. Lamsa, Th.D., a native Assyrian, renowned scholar of the Scriptures, lecturer and author, F.R.S.A., was born August 5, 1892, in a civilization with customs, manners, and language almost identical to those in the time of Jesus. His native tongue was full of similar idioms and parables, untouched by the outside world in 1900. Until World War I, his people living in that part of ancient Biblical lands which today is known as Kurdistan, in the basin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, retained the simple nomadic life as in the days of the Patriarchs. Only at the beginning of the 20th century did this isolated segment of the once great Assyrian Empire learn of the discovery of America and the Reformation in Germany. Likewise, until that same time, this ancient culture of early Christians was unknown to the western world, and the Aramaic (Syriac) language was thought to be dead. But in this so-called "Cradle of Civilization," ancient Biblical customs and Semitic culture, cut off from the world, were preserved. Lamsa's primary training as a boy was to tend the lambs. But, as the first-born son in his family, while yet an infant he was dedicated to God by his devout mother. Years after her death, when Lamsa was 12, her vow was renewed by native tribesmen, an ox killed and its blood rubbed on his head. This vow to God, Lamsa claimed, had always been part of him. "God's Hand," he affirmed, "has been steadfastly on my shoulder, guiding me in His Work." 3 Lamsa's formal studies began under the priests and deacons of the ancient Church of the East. Later he graduated with the highest honours ever bestowed from the Archbishop of Canterbury's Colleges in Iran and in Turkey, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Lamsa never married, but dedicated his life to "God's Calling." At the beginning of World War I, when Turkey started invasions, Lamsa was forced to flee the Imperial University at Constantinople, where he was studying, and went to South America. Living was hard during those years; he knew but three words in Spanish – water, work and bread. As best he could he existed – in the British Merchant Marine for a time, then working on railroads, in mines, and later in printing shops, a trade he had learned in college. After arriving in the United States, in his early 20's, Lamsa by day worked as a printer, and by night went to school. He later studied at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, and at Dropsie College in Philadelphia. It was through his struggles with the idioms of English, during these years, that Lamsa gradually launched into his "life's work" of translating the Scriptures from Aramaic into English. Yet many years were to pass before the world received his translations. First as a lecturer in churches and seminaries, in halls and auditoriums, before statesmen, theologians, groups of artists, actors and others, Lamsa received recognition as a poet-philosopher, and as an authority on all phases of Eastern civilization. It was his own inner compulsion and the urging of hundreds who heard him, that drove him forward, and brought about, after 30 years of labour, research and study, his translation of The Holy Bible from a branch of the ancient Aramaic language, used by Christians from earliest times. It is a known fact that Jesus and his followers spoke Aramaic. There were times when he was temporarily stopped in his translations, when the idioms in the manuscripts could not be given correct English meaning. Lamsa related, "Often I would lie on the bed with the script before my eyes (he had a photographic memory which retained chapter after chapter of Biblical passages), and suddenly the translation would come, the English words would fall into place. I discovered that the words in the Bible contain power, that they are charged with the Holy Spirit. Everything comes and passes away, but God's Truth endures forever." It was Lamsa's firm belief that his translation would bring people nearer to the true Word of God, and would facilitate understanding between East and West. The last 10 years of his life, Dr George M. Lamsa tutored and prepared Dr Rocco A. Errico to continue with the Aramaic work. He died on September 22, 1975 in Turlock, California where he is interred. 4 FORWARD: Dr George Lamsa’s presentation of the New Testament, particularly Matthew’s Book, is considered, through kinesiology muscle testing investigations by Dr David R Hawkins, as the most reliable representation of the teachings by Jesus of Nazareth as originally recorded. Matthew had taken notes in some form, whereas much of the other writings are recollections written long after the events. As of all these ancient records, they are copies of copies, of copies, with the imposition of scribes having inserted their own interpretations. Then we have the issue of translation from one language to another. Then the politics of those involved are imposed upon the objectives for which further copying and translation unfolds. The Nicaean Council of AD 325 was one such political event. The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. This ecumenical council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all Christendom. What follows is potentially the most reliable set of writings on these subjects possible. We have the comments of Lamsa’s work. The James Padgett’s Messages are publications directly from the 19,000 pages of hand written writings of his that are now in safe storage, in water and acid proof sleeves in fire resistant cabinets in USA. With these are also Dr Daniel Samuels’ writings. The balance of reference material is directly from those who are accredited with them. There are no changes to their original materials. Similarly for The Urantia Book references. What has not been understood is that Jesus of Nazareth and Mary of Magdalene came to Earth not to be noticed! Neither left any records of their teachings. Neither had any children. Neither left their bodies in tact – Jesus dissolved his body in his burial chamber and Mary’s body was cremated in Egypt. Their lives on Earth were necessary for them to achieve full co-regency of our local universe of Nebadon. This enabled the arrest of System Sovereign of Satania and he with his soul partner now reside in a spirit world prison. Mary and Jesus’s presence on Earth brought about the availability of Divine Love for all of the humanities of their local universe of Nebadon – all 3,840,101 humanities – Earth is just one! Lucifer’s arrest is a major step in the ending of the Rebellion and Default. Jesus opened the Divine Love healing spirit Mansion Worlds, 3, 5 and 7. Jesus also opened the Celestial Heaven spheres, 1, 2 and 3. As people from Earth healed themselves of what they had taken on of the Rebellion and Default, they have progressed in numbers sufficiently now to administer Earth’s humanity from within the Celestial Heavens. This administration is a first for all of the humanities. What is to be widely recorded and published is the bestowal of the Avonal Pair now on Earth, like Jesus and Mary, being from Paradise. As the Avonals had progressed with their mission, the rebelling Caligastia and Daligastia high level spirits have also been spirit world imprisoned – early 1990s. The world is now to be introduced as to how to heal themselves of their Rebellion and Default. On 22 March 2017, interference by mind Mansion World spirits has been blocked by higher level Celestial Spirits. On 31 January 2018 the Rebellion and Default of Earth was formally ended. Prior to these events, spirit writings had to conform to the restrictions of the Universal Contract governing the Rebellion and Default – that is why the Padgett Messages and The Urantia Book only reference the male. They both can be read while considering male refers to both male and female. The New Testament is now directly addressed by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Judas, and both Mary Magdalene and Jesus – co-regents of Nebadon. John Doel, the Typist. 5 KINESIOLOGY INVESTIGATION into SPIRITUAL WRITINGS: The importance of Dr George Lamsa’s work is reaffirmed by kinesiology muscle testing undertaken by Dr David Hawkins who developed the Map of Consciousness table: SCRIPTURES and SPIRITUAL WRITINGS P.366 Truth vs Falsehood by David R Hawkins Some of the calibrations as determined by Dr David Hawkins Bhagavad-Gita 910 Book of Mormon 405 Book of Revelation (New Testament) 70 Dead Sea Scrolls 260 Dhammapada 840 Diamond Sutra 700 Genesis (Lamsa Bible) 660 Gnostic Gospels 400 Gospel of St Luke 699 Gospel of St Thomas 660 Heart Sutra 780 Huang-Po Teachings 960 Kabbalah 605 King James Bible (from the Greek) 475 Koran 700 Lamsa Bible (from the Aramaic) 495 Lamsa Bible (minus the Old Testament and Book of Revelation, but including Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs) 880 New Testament (King James Version after deletion of the Book of Revelation) 790 New Testament (King James Version from the Greek) 640 Psalms (Lamsa Bible) 650 Proverbs (Lamsa Bible) 350 Rig Veda 705 Talmud 595 Tibetan Book of the Dead 575 Torah 550 Upanishads 970 Vedanta 595 Vedas 970 Zohar 905 Note: The following calibrations were done by others: Divine Love based truths calibrate over 1,000 Book of Truths (containing the Padgett Messages) 1,492.4 First Revelation True Gospel Revealed anew by Jesus (Padgett Messages) 1,492.4 Divine Love The Rejected Ones – the Feminine Aspect of God 1,490 Second Revelation Messages from Mary and Jesus 1,490 Feeling Healing Mary Magdalene and Jesus' comments on Padgett Messages 1,495 with Divine Love Mary Magdalene comments on Revelation from Bible KJV 1,485 Speaking with Mary Magdalene and Jesus 1,490 Revelations via Dr Daniel Samuels 1,490 Secondary 6 Judas of Kerioth 1,482.1 and supportive The Divine Universe 1,494.7 writings Family Reunion Afterlife Contact 1,486 Divine Love was taught and understood by early Christianity up until the Nicene Council of 325 AD/CE: Christianity – Early calibrations by David Hawkins First Century – “The Way” (Divine Love was understood) 980 The Apostles 905 – 990 Gnostics 510 Prior to Council of Nicaea 840 After Council of Nicaea (325 AD) Constantine took control 485 (Divine Love teachings are now all but lost) Roman Catholic Papacy 570 College of Cardinals 490 Faith and Liturgy 535 Clergy 490 Jesuit Order 440 Church (worldwide) 450 Roman Catholicism – calibrations of current position As an institution in year 1900 460 As an institution in year 2004 305 Position on contraception 180 (Contraception itself calibrates at 205) Theological Theory of Contraception 180 Position on Clergy Paedophilia 125 (Paedophilia itself calibrates at 135) Advanced spiritual students value all sources of truth and often study combinations of them. Thus, the study of Christian mystics clarifies the truths revealed by the Vedas, and, in turn, the Vedas clarify Buddhist teachings that then clarify the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Spirituality unites, whereas, unfortunately, the downside of religion is that it divides. Of obvious practical value is comparing the calibration of the levels of consciousness, between an avatar, a saint, or a sage and their alleged scriptures or canonized holy books. If there is a wide discrepancy between the teachers and the available teachings, this is indicative of error, meaning that much was lost in translation, transmission, or misinterpretation (or all of these). Highly interesting data and important information are provided in the brilliantly clear exposition in the first few pages of the Introduction in the Lamsa Bible. This is a translation from the original Aramaic Peshitta manuscripts that were taken to Constantinople and now constitute the foundation of the scripture of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Lamsa Bible’s Introduction, a comparison is made to the King James Version, which came from the Greek (and calibrates lower). If all of the Books that calibrate below the credible level of truth at 200 are removed from either the King James or Lamsa versions of the Bible, the overall calibration level increases markedly. This is 7 even more pronounced if the Old Testament, with the exception of Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs, is removed, along with the Book of Revelation of the New Testament. It would take a detailed historical analysis to “explain why” erroneous writings were inadvertently included in canonized scripture, but the obvious explanation is that the overall level of consciousness of the cultures of Biblical times was at 90 to 100, and the great teachers were long dead and unavailable for guidance. Also, there was no means of accurately accessing levels of truth or determining the qualifications of experts. In the New Testament, the Book of Revelation (cal. 70) by John is starkly discordant. Its origin is from the lower astral realms into which many visionaries have been enticed over the centuries. To recapitulate, the Old Testament calibrates overall at 190, with the exception of Genesis (660), Psalms (650), and Proverbs (350). The Lamsa Bible (from the Aramaic) calibrates twenty points higher on the Map of Consciousness than the King James Version (from the Greek). The Map of Consciousness (MoC) table is based on the common log of 10. It is not a numeric table. A calibration increase of 1 point is in fact a 10 fold increase in energy. A calibration increase of 10 points is in fact a 10,000,000,000 fold increase in energy. Thus the energy differentials are in fact enormous! From research, it can be concluded that the highest version of the Bible is the Lamsa translation, with deletion of the Book of Revelation from the New Testament, plus deletion of the Old Testament with the exception of Genesis, Psalms and Proverbs. The overall effect is to raise the calibration of the level of truth of the Bible from 475 to 880, which then puts it on the level represented by the great mystics of history. It is important to recognise that Jesus of Nazareth did not write the New Testament. Instead, it was written by followers who, by word of mouth over many generations, repeated what they thought Jesus said or meant. As any spiritual teacher knows from experience, there can be a wide disparity between what was actually said and what a listener thought they heard. When one considers the historical process over the centuries by which the Books of the Bible finally became assembled, it is truly impressive that it calibrates as high as it does. This does lend credence to Divine inspiration being available to the scholars involved in its final versions. Notes from Truth vs Falsehood by Dr David R Hawkins 8 LET THERE BE LIGHT – The SEVEN KEYS: by Dr Rocco A. Errico Aramaic and Hebrew are cognate (sister) languages. Around the 8th century BCE, Aramaic, as a Semitic tongue, was the language of three powerful imperial nations: Assyria, Babylon (Chaldea), and Persia (known today as Iran). Aramaic was also the spoken tongue of Palestine during the life of Jesus. It remained the religious and commercial language throughout the Near East until the 7th century, CE. Then Arabic began replacing Aramaic as the lingua franca of the Near East. Aramaic is far from a dead language. To this very day, Aramaic is spoken in various parts of the world. There are many Assyrian and Chaldean Aramaic-speaking communities, large and small, throughout the United State, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sweden and Australia. It is claimed by some that the entire New Testament was originally in Aramaic before it appeared in the Greek language. This may not be so. The purpose of the works of Dr Lamsa and Dr Errico is to focus on the Semitic, Aramaic tongue, and its influence on and importance to New Testament studies. St Augustine says that many of the teachings of the Bible cannot be relied upon. P.139 True Gospel Revealed anew by Jesus Vol II by Geoff Cutler Received by James Padgett 7 August 1915 Also Book of Truths by Joseph Babinsky I am here, [Saint] Augustine – I merely want to say that I am the Augustine who lived after the death of Jesus and was well acquainted with his teachings as they were preserved by the church. At that time I never knew exactly what became of the manuscripts that were in existence when I lived, but the ones that are supposed to furnish the origin of many of the Biblical writings were not the ones that I was acquainted with. Those that I used were all written in Greek and were written by the disciples of Jesus, and by those of his followers to whom the disciples had communicated the teachings of the Master; and they were the genuine ones and were written from the actual communications of the disciples. Of course, the teachings of Jesus were never recorded at the time of his teachings, but were merely the recollections possessed by the disciples of what they thought he really said, and consequently, as you may realize, they were imperfect and could not be relied on implicitly. I know that great controversies have arisen in the church as to what portions of these writings should be accepted as genuine, and many needless disputes have caused the officials of that church to differ as to what were really the writings of the disciples, and what were not. When on Earth, I joined in these disputes, and maintained that certain of these writings were genuine and certain were not, but I was as likely to be mistaken as any of the others. But even the ones that I thought genuine were more or less flavoured by the spiritual knowledge and beliefs of those who wrote them. So I tell you that you cannot depend on these writings as a whole to learn what the Master actually did teach. He is now in condition to give you the genuine truths, and whenever what he may say conflicts with what is contained in the Bible, you must consider what he now writes as the truth and discard the Bible account as unreliable. I tell you this, because I am interested in having the world learn the truths which he came on Earth to declare. I am a spirit of the Celestial spheres and am a follower of the Master, and am trying to help in having these truths come to the world again. I did not always believe, as I do now in many particulars, and my comments on the Bible should not always be taken as correct. So if you will pardon my intrusion I will repeat, pay attention to what Jesus may say now, and do not let the Bible statements, which do not agree 9 with what he may write you, disturb you or cause you to doubt what you may receive. Sometime I shall come and give you my ideas on some of these spiritual truths, and how necessary it is that men should know them. I certainly believe in the new birth, and I want most emphatically to say that it is one of the most important truths of the spiritual world. It has not heretofore been very often understood, and its exact meaning is somewhat in doubt by even the best students of the Bible. I will not write more tonight, but will say that you are my brother in the good work of showing to mankind the truths that are so important to their future happiness and salvation. So with a love that is in Christ, I am your brother – Augustine The Seven Keys as outlined by Dr Rocco Errico: Many differences between the Lamsa version of the Bible and others can be observed by focusing on the following seven keys: 1. The Aramaic Language 2. The Idioms in the Bible 3. The Mysticism of the Near East 4. The Semitic Culture of the Near East 5. The Psychology of the Near East 6. The Symbolism of the Near East 7. Near Eastern Amplification. Aramaic Language Early Jewish Christianity and Islam have their roots in the teachings of the Hebrew patriarchs and prophets, which sprang from a group of Semitic tribes in the desert. The oldest complete Aramaic New Testament dates back to the 6th or 7th centuries CE. Scholars debate the dates for the Aramaic texts of the Tanakh (Old Testament). Some biblical authorities suggest the 5th century CE. Dr George Lamsa translated from ancient Aramaic manuscripts beginning with Genesis and finishing with Revelation. He claims there are approximately 10,000 to 12,000 vital and major differences between his English rendering of the Bible and the King James Version. Aramaic would be the original language in which the New Testament documents were created as Jesus did not speak Greek. Idioms in the Bible An idiom is a peculiar expression of speech that says one thing but means something else. There are over a thousand idioms in the Bible. They were translated faithfully and accurately, but literally. Therefore, their true meanings are misconstrued. 75% of the time, the New Testament uses the term “devil” to refer to someone as “crazy” or “insane” and not to a supernatural creature. 10 In Aramaic the term “gospel” as the title for each account means the “preaching”, “message”, or “declaration” of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. Further, Egyptian magicians tutored Moses. Moses had studied the wisdom and esoteric teachings of the Assyrians, Chaldeans (Babylonians), and Egyptians. Mysticism Over forty percent (40%) of the Bible is based on mysticism. The spectrum of mysticism encompasses dreams, visions, revelations, voices, acts of healing, clairaudience (inner hearing), clairvoyance (inner sight), and bi-location (out of body experiences). The astounding appearances of God and angels (messengers) usually occurred in the minds of the Hebrew people while they were sleeping or in a trance. All biblical prophets received spiritual ideas and illumination through dreams and visions. Whenever God and men, angels and men, or God and angels are holding a conversation, we may safely interpret the incident as a dream, vision, or revelation. We need to understand that a theophany (God’s appearance) comes through an altered state of consciousness – a vision. According to the gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary. The same Gabriel came to Daniel and then later to Muhammad. “Gabriel” in Aramaic means “man of God”. “Angel” means “counsellor”, “messenger”, or metaphorically “God’s thought”. An angel is the presence of God counselling an individual who may be receiving a dream or vision. In the New Testament, the last book known as The Revelation or The Apocalypse is a series of dreams and visions. (The book no longer has relevance and this inaccurate record should be removed.) To sum up, the expansion program of the early Christian Church grew out of a spiritual movement of inner impressions, inner voices, dreams, visions, and revelations. Semitic Culture of the Near East An example is the Wedding at Cana: John in his gospel reports a wedding feast that he attended with his master at Cana in Galilee. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was also attending with her son and a few of his disciples. “And when the wine ran low, his mother said to Jesus, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said to her, ‘What is it to me and to you, woman, my turn has not yet come.’ His mother said to the helpers, ‘Whatever he tells, you, do it.’ (Jn 2:3-5) The King James Version reads differently. It says: “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come.” It appears as if Jesus had rebuked his mother, but this was not true. Jesus spoke to his mother in a very mild manner. Calling her “woman” is a typical Aramaic Semitic expression of politeness. Attha, ‘woman’, is similar to our respectful English term “ma’am”.