The spiritual power of ‘Amen’

Shabbat 119b, The Talmud “One who answers ‘Amen’ with all his strength, they open the gates of the Garden of Eden before him” In Jewish tradition, Amen is considered to be the affirmation of the truth of the statement, a spiritual word that connects the individual to God, it both seals as it also evokes. A word that is used at both the end of blessings and curses to bring forth the Word of God unto the statement and acts as an insignia, a sign of our faith that God's will shall give life to what comes before it. With this the book of Luke reminds us that it is through the good heart that man brings forth good treasures.

Isaiah 26:2 "Open ye gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in" Amen is a spiritual signature that puts into agreement not only the statement but the divine will of God, and therefore not a word to be taken lightly. Amen is the assurance of our faith, just as much as it is the call to induce God’s will.

Exodus 20:7

"You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name"

Amen is a verbal sacrament, a point of unity between the speaker and the divine.

Originating in Biblical Hebrew, Amen is a word that is shaped by its own construction. In Jewish tradition a letter is more than a means of pronunciation to construct a concept, each letter itself carries cosmic meaning that signifies the language of God's creation. In Kabbalah it is taught that each letter corresponds to spiritual aspects of God's interaction with the world, with the full 22 letter alphabet the building blocks of the language of creation, the ‘Holy Tongue’, the language that God used to speak forth the creation of this world. The word Amen is made up of three letters of the Hebrew alphabet: Aleph (א), Mem (מ) and Nun (ן). Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet that signifies oneness and the unity of the Creator. Its shape alone is a reflection of its symbolic reverence: a Yod, a line pointing upwards towards the higher echelons of the divine realm, and a second Yod that faces downwards into the depths of our fallen world. Connecting the two we find a Vav that acts as the bridge between these two realms. Aleph represents God's creation from nothing as well as the infinite potential of the divine will. Mem is the letter of water, more directly the waters of knowledge and The Torah. Mem symbolises the manifestation of wisdom and the soul's natural yearning for the living words of the creator, the waters of life.

John 4:13-14 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.” Nun symbolises faithfulness, the soul and emergence. It directly represents Neshama, the divine spark of God's light caught within the human body, the soul. Nun also reminds us to align with the Creator's will over ego, and illustrates the relationship that we experience between our eternal soul and the temporary body. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, with each one possessing inherent spiritual powers are believed to create a deeper connection when combined, thus creating the spiritual power of the language of God, through which all life was spoken into existence.  In Aramaic, the letter Nun also means fish and when paired with Mem can be seen as suggesting the soul swimming in the waters of divine wisdom. To combine all three letters into the word ‘Amen’ is to bridge the gap between God's divine power and man, it is to draw the waters of divine knowledge into our blessings. It evokes the creator's wisdom and calls it down into the earthly realm.

God's divine creative will, through the spiritual waters of knowledge, may it emerge within us, through faith, to our soul. Amen. Amen is a faithful affirmation of God's truth, a declaration of the divine flow of the Holy Spirit into the soul through faith. It is a call and a connection, a sacred moment when God's truth becomes reality in our waking world, and we in return, we offer our alignment to the greater workings and direction of God's eternal will

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen.