What the “Our Father” means to me

I have not altered the “Our Father” maliciously. If I had a realistic choice, I would not recite it, but I am part of a group where we pray this (no, not a parish), and for me it is not an option to stand out of it, so I had to come to my own understanding of when I pray to something or use the word “god”. My new understanding is New Age-like, but that is not my intention, so I do my best to not make a strong connection. I am trying to find my own way, and this mean utterly thinking outside of the box, though of course I have been influenced by the spiritual and religious practices I have used in the past. So, words like “divinity”, “higher self”, “service”, “consciousness”, and so on, are avoided, though they could easily be used.

Note: I believe that the “us” is scripturally inaccurate, because when Jesus teaches us this prayer, he says to recite this in private. I find this discrepancy to be another form of mass control, through indoctrination.

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Our Father who art in heaven

(My compass/intuition that is self-standing. It is this intuition that I address in this prayer)

Hallowed be thy name

(My name/being is truth, and cannot be defiled)

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

(The peace that will come when I recognize my Name)

On Earth as it is in heaven

(My truth will be realized in obtaining the perfection I was created to seek)

Give us this day our daily bread

(May I be fuelled each new day with foods that will sustain, nurture, me in strength and agility)

And forgive us our trespasses

(Let me forgive myself so that I may be free of shame and regret, and move on with what is important)

As we forgive those who trespass against us

(Allow myself to forgive others so that I may find the grace needed to focus and live meaningfully)

And lead us not into temptation

(Let me remember to avoid people and places that keep me from growth)

But deliver us from evil

(Let me have the strength to recognize what keeps me stagnant, and to leave any situation that does)