We don’t repeat it (the Names) to anyone else. And only in the sacred chamber, any chamber that is chosen for initiation. That is the sacred and secret, confidential chamber. And only you and the high priest will know the Names at that time.
“Perhaps this has the origin from the Israeli people, at the foot of Mount Sinai when it has been revealed to Moses. Although, we could still find them in some of the old ancestry Bibles, holy books.”
“In this,” oh, it’s so difficult, my God. I think I give up from the first story already. When I read it, it’s easy. It’s just when I translate simultaneously… Because it’s about religious doctrine and some of the terminology of religions.
So, “In this book, the Catholic terms are comprised of three religions; the Jewish religion, the Catholic religion,” means Christian religion, “and the Islam religion. Allah is also a name that the Islam people use to address the God of Abraham, also their own God,” the Islam people. “Islam and the Jewish, they both commemorate Abraham as their own forefather.” Perhaps because in the course of history, some Jewish people would wander around, and then would marry some of the Muslim believers, and thus or maybe one of their kings… probably in other stories they would tell you more. And they would marry in some other religious communities or country. Then the children were born. Thus, they both worship Abraham as their own ancestor father. The one father of two nations, or many nations.
“Many people argue about the meaning of the name, Yahweh.” Yahweh is written here, “Y-A-H-W-E-H.” “Generally, it should be understood like the One who makes everything exist. The One who grants existence to whatever that exists. It’s also meaning the One who already exists. The One exists and I exist.” “I” means the God. I exist. “I am thus, or I am that.” It could be translated like that. “To be generally understood that God, the mysterious Spirit, doesn’t want to pronounce Hirmself. Hes only says, ‘I am, thus I am.’ So, they have written ‘Y-H-W-H,’ cannot pronounce it. It is pronounced like a tetragrammaton,” something like that.
So, “These four letters are very, very, very sacred to the Jewish people. Only the highest priest should be able to pronounce this God’s name in a very sacred, secret room, in the temple, in the holiest temple of Jerusalem.” Only, and then only on the day of how to say “đền tội” (atonement) in English? Why are you looking at each other? Thank you very much. (Looking for Aulacese (Vietnamese.)) What’s the use? Ah, never mind. “Meaning the day that you atone for your sin.” That’s what it is. The atonement day of sin. That’s correct. It’s just how to shorten it to make it more like simple and more professional. You have to listen to your Master. Just when I translate, it’s very difficult. The atonement day. Imagine that, the high priest, the highest priest appointed at that time, that area can pronounce the Names of God, for atoning your sin, cleaning your sin. Imagine? What day is that?
(Initiation day.) Initiation day. See, we don’t repeat the God’s name everyday loudly, but quietly. And only the appointed, my representative, my monk or my nun, will tell you the Names at the time of initiation. Remember now? (Yes, Master.) We don’t repeat it (the Names) to anyone else. And only in the sacred chamber, any chamber that is chosen for initiation. That is the sacred and secret, confidential chamber. And only you and the high priest will know the Names at that time. You see? (Yes, Master.) Got that? Isn’t that clear to you? (Yes, Master.)
Thank you. One moment. I need to go to find my furniture for a napkin, for a tissue. OK. No problem. Can you still see me? (Yes, Master. Yes.) All right. Are you still all right? Sleepy? (No, Master. We’re OK.) Good, good. I drank some tea before, so don't try to overrun me. I'm wide awake.
I was very tired this afternoon somehow, suddenly, and sadness overcame me for a moment, some moment only. But then meditation dissolved it. I did not have time to check out why. There must be a reason. When I often have sudden things happening, sudden fever, sudden cold, made me cold to the bone, with no reason, in a warm room, no wind, with a heater and all that. Still cold, like you are in the Arctic without any warm clothes. Sometimes like that, or sometimes fever, or sometimes sudden sadness, sometimes sorrow, sometimes pain. These are just temporary, just like our lives, temporary. Every day I remember well, our life is very ephemeral, very temporary. All right. Where are we?
“When the Jewish people read the Bible, they will not read the four letters, but they replace it with the name Adonai, meaning Almighty God.” Almighty God, etc. Almighty God, God, Sacred God, Holy God. So now here. “Yahweh is also the God of the Catholics, of the Christians, including the Jewish.” Jewish, Catholic, and Islam, according to this book. “God is Almighty, omnipresent, etc., etc. So, it's just something, some abstract presence, holy presence so that we can know how to worship, we can have some presence, some holiness to worship.” I’m just reading the book, translating as much as I can, as correct as I can.
“Hes, the only God, only God... Supreme God, Almighty God, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscience, making, creating the universe. Hes is very, very benevolent, but Hes is also very, very strict, and is for us to feel fearful of Hirm.” So sometimes people say, “Fear God,” because Hes sees everything, Hes knows everything. You cannot do anything in darkness without God knowing it. So they say, “Fear God,” meaning don't do anything wrong. We have to do something that is just and virtuous and righteous, because God, the Omniscience, God sees everything. That was mine, sometimes the book, sometimes me. Doesn't matter, right? It's all right, it's all right, nothing wrong.
“Hes, God, always is sacred and wondrous, wonder, wonderful, very, very sacred, very holy for humans. Hes is always working in history,” meaning “Hiers presence, Hiers Holiness, Hiers omnipotence, omnipresence has always been….” Because sometimes it’s difficult to translate the Aulacese (Vietnamese) and the English. Though the same meaning, but they change it, something. So, “Hiers omnipresence, Hiers activities, Hiers presence has always been in the history of the Israeli people who Hes has chosen, and also in the history of humankind, so that all will look toward the same direction, together, same direction.” Meaning, have to always remember God and do the righteous thing.
So, “Through Abraham, Yahweh has the covenant with Israel.” Meaning, God has granted the covenance to humans. It’s not vice versa. It’s not like humans created covenance with God. “Because, if the Israeli people respect and fear Hirm, and worship Hirm as the one and only God and also keep all the rules, all the precepts that God has granted, then God has a covenant with them, thus. And then, here is what God said. ‘From me,’” from God, “‘From me, this is my covenant with you. You will be the father of countless races of humans.’” Means of many nations. That’s what they translated nowadays, “You will be the father of many nations.” “‘No one will call you, they will not call you Abram but Abraham.’” Oh, his name before was Abram. A-B-R-A-M. “‘And now people should call you Abraham.’” A-B-R-A-H-A-M. Just longer. Maybe more respectful, more dignified or more majestic something, because like a king. The king’s name is normally long. Sometimes they shorten it.
Nowadays, they don’t even call you king or queen, no, no. Mostly people nowadays, they don’t have this kind of respect for the monarchy or president or this and that. I feel very bad. Because to respect somebody as a president or a prince or a queen, it doesn’t humble you. On the contrary, it elevates you. It makes you look like an educated person, a very, very… not just polite, but it’s a very… What’s the character of this person? (Courtesy?) Think about it. No? Script team? (Cultured? Cultured?) Cultured, yes! Cultivated. Cultured and cultivated person. An educated person. Someone with high character, a good, good esteem. Because you respect someone else doesn’t mean you are lowly. No, it’s not like that.
Nowadays, I feel our generation lacks some of the etiquette. (Yes. Master.) Sometimes they don’t call the Queen “Her Majesty.” Maybe don’t have to all that long, but can say the Queen instead of just Elizabeth. No? President Trump or President Reagan instead of just Reagan this, Reagan that. And even call them names. Like I saw some on TV, not TV, but in my iPhone, there are some headlines, and some headlines have a long, long story with the headline, not too long, half of it.
I don’t read the whole thing most of time, just the headline and then some explanation underneath is enough for me to know the whole story. If I keep reading every news, the whole news, I will never have time to even sit here, talk to you even at midday, midnight. Or doing all the work that you shift to me through the computer, every day, books. It’s like books. You know what I am saying?
Not just documents, they are books, because so many, many. (Yes.) And some documents are very long. Remember when you printed it for me? One show about this big! You know? (Yes.) Big pages and this thick. And many, many of them! They’re all big, big! Oh, big pile of papers for me to sign, to look, to correct, to comment, or to sleep over, to sleep on top of it. Sometimes just too tired. The eyes are so tired. I told you many times already. (Yes.) Not that many times I sleep, but sometimes I do, I must confess. Maybe you sleep better than I, Because you’re hiding somewhere. You sleep, nobody sees.
