AMEN OM CATS

AMEN and OM.

The Sounds of Creation.

Sefer yetsira purported to have been written by Abraham the Father of the 3 western religions said the "God created the Universe with 3 books, 3 sepharim, and a hint to the Table of the sephirot and the secret but obvious meaning of the methods of communication of sounds. One of the 3 books (sepharim) is the book (sepher) of communication and includes the book sippur (spelt the same as Sippur in Hebrew) of communication or telling a story. The following notes illustrate an aspect of communication, and that is of the universal sounds we make.

There is an interesting similarity in the ‘sounds’ of the Hindu ‘Om’, the Jewish ‘Omayn’, the Christian ‘Amen’, the Muslim ‘Amin’ and a baby’s first sounds and the ‘alphabets’.

Similarly, the Hindu, Jewish and Christian scriptures all say that God created the world with the ‘sound’ of words. ‘Boruch Shemar’, the Jewish morning prayer, says, “Blessed is He who spoke and the world came into being”, which is almost identical to the words from the Upanishads, the Hindu bible; “The divine spoke and the world fell from his lips”. Christianity says, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made” - The Gospel of St John.

In the Five Books of Moses, (Genesis 25 :6). it explains that Abraham’s children went to the pagan East bearing gifts of knowledge, of monotheism and, possibly, ‘sounds’. It is not therefore difficult to see why many people believe that this is why there are so many religious overlaps. But, as there is only one creator it is not surprising that righteous men would describe their mystical experience of God in similar terms.

Hindus believe that the sound of Creation reflected in a human being, begins with the soft AAA sound similar to the soft or silent Hebrew ‘Aleph’. It is a pure sound made with the open throat, through an open mouth, with minimum effort, without interference from tongue or lips, a simple, effortless, sound. A sound also made when experiencing intense pleasure or pain. As the breath runs out the sound is terminated by bringing the lips slowly together, sounding ’OOOOO’ and finally when the lips lightly touch, the sound of “MMMM” is created. The result is ‘Aom’ commonly known as ‘Om’ because the AAA is so quiet.

OMAYN

In Judaism we make exactly the same sequence of sound positions when we say ‘OMAYN’, with the small addition of ‘N’ at the end. In exactly the same way the breath passes the silent “A” followed by the “O” to the “MMMM”. After the lips have sounded the “M”, they part slightly, for the sound to be stopped by the tongue tip contacting the cutting edge of the upper front teeth.

In the Christian “Amen”, the difference is that the initial A is sounded strongly.

Further sounds arise when the tongue is bought into play in its additional 3 positions. “EEEE” tongue to the middle of palate, the “D” position, tip of the tongue just behind the upper front teeth and finally the tip of the tongue to the “T” position touching the edge of the upper front teeth. These 3 positions added to the lips and throat makes the same Five sound positions, which can be seen in diagrams of the Hindu, Sanskrit and Jewish alphabets (Sefer Yetsira, page 102 2:3 Aryeh Kaplan) and in diagrams of the modern science of Speech.

In most languages, a baby’s first sounds are AAAAA. The baby starts the sound with open throat AAAA and when its breath runs out, closes lips to sound MMMM. Alternating the sounds AAMMAAAMMAAAMA, we hear ‘mama’.

Similarly, Father is said AABAAABAAABAB, ‘abba’, where the BBBB is in the same position as MMM, i.e. the lips opening and closing. PAAPAAPAA is another variation of the closing lips. The constant AAA vibration comes from the vocal cords of the larynx modified by the shape of the mouth.

Interestingly the Masculine part of the Hebrew alphabet starts with Bet and diminishes in masculinity up to Mem, the middle of the alphabet, which is the maximum feminine letter. (Rabbi Akiva Tatz, Or Samayach, London))

Is it any wonder that the first letter of so many alphabets begins with AAA and that the second letter is BBB, or that the Greeks end at OM-ega. The very words omnipotent- infinite power , omniscience- infinite knowledge, omnipresent – infinitely present, suggest the infinite divine. We might well consider the infinite next time we say ‘Omayn’.

	AMEN and OM. The Sounds of Creation. Sefer yetsira purported to have been written by Abraham the Father of the 3 western religions said the "God created the Universe with 3 books, 3 sepharim, and a hint to the Table of the sephirot and the secret but obvious meaning of the methods of communication of sounds. One of the 3 books (sepharim) is the book (sepher) of communication and includes the book sippur (spelt the same as Sippur in Hebrew) of communication or telling a story. The following notes illustrate an aspect of communication, and that is of the universal sounds we make. There is an interesting similarity in the ‘sounds’ of the Hindu ‘Om’, the Jewish ‘Omayn’, the Christian ‘Amen’, the Muslim ‘Amin’ and a baby’s first sounds and the ‘alphabets’. Similarly, the Hindu, Jewish and Christian scriptures all say that God created the world with the ‘sound’ of words. ‘Boruch Shemar’, the Jewish morning prayer, says, “Blessed is He who spoke and the world came into being”, which is almost identical to the words from the Upanishads, the Hindu bible; “The divine spoke and the world fell from his lips”. Christianity says, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made” - The Gospel of St John. In the Five Books of Moses, (Genesis 25 :6). it explains that Abraham’s children went to the pagan East bearing gifts of knowledge, of monotheism and, possibly, ‘sounds’. It is not therefore difficult to see why many people believe that this is why there are so many religious overlaps. But, as there is only one creator it is not surprising that righteous men would describe their mystical experience of God in similar terms. Hindus believe that the sound of Creation reflected in a human being, begins with the soft AAA sound similar to the soft or silent Hebrew ‘Aleph’. It is a pure sound made with the open throat, through an open mouth, with minimum effort, without interference from tongue or lips, a simple, effortless, sound. A sound also made when experiencing intense pleasure or pain. As the breath runs out the sound is terminated by bringing the lips slowly together, sounding ’OOOOO’ and finally when the lips lightly touch, the sound of “MMMM” is created. The result is ‘Aom’ commonly known as ‘Om’ because the AAA is so quiet. OMAYN In Judaism we make exactly the same sequence of sound positions when we say ‘OMAYN’, with the small addition of ‘N’ at the end. In exactly the same way the breath passes the silent “A” followed by the “O” to the “MMMM”. After the lips have sounded the “M”, they part slightly, for the sound to be stopped by the tongue tip contacting the cutting edge of the upper front teeth. AMEN In the Christian “Amen”, the difference is that the initial A is sounded strongly. Further sounds arise when the tongue is bought into play in its additional 3 positions. “EEEE” tongue to the middle of palate, the “D” position, tip of the tongue just behind the upper front teeth and finally the tip of the tongue to the “T” position touching the edge of the upper front teeth. These 3 positions added to the lips and throat makes the same Five sound positions, which can be seen in diagrams of the Hindu, Sanskrit and Jewish alphabets (Sefer Yetsira, page 102 2:3 Aryeh Kaplan) and in diagrams of the modern science of Speech. BABY’S FIRST WORDS. In most languages, a baby’s first sounds are AAAAA. The baby starts the sound with open throat AAAA and when its breath runs out, closes lips to sound MMMM. Alternating the sounds AAMMAAAMMAAAMA, we hear ‘mama’. Similarly, Father is said AABAAABAAABAB, ‘abba’, where the BBBB is in the same position as MMM, i.e. the lips opening and closing. PAAPAAPAA is another variation of the closing lips. The constant AAA vibration comes from the vocal cords of the larynx modified by the shape of the mouth. Interestingly the Masculine part of the Hebrew alphabet starts with Bet and diminishes in masculinity up to Mem, the middle of the alphabet, which is the maximum feminine letter. (Rabbi Akiva Tatz, Or Samayach, London)) Is it any wonder that the first letter of so many alphabets begins with AAA and that the second letter is BBB, or that the Greeks end at OM-ega. The very words omnipotent- infinite power , omniscience- infinite knowledge, omnipresent – infinitely present, suggest the infinite divine. We might well consider the infinite next time we say ‘Omayn’.

		Cats Purring. The vocal cords in the larynx vibrate while the breath passes in and out carrying the sound No breath no sound. The frequency of the vibrations are more or less constant. The sound does not change much. It is like the robotic sound. The pitch of the sound in the robot or indeed in people with an artificial larynx after injury or malignancy is constant. Changes to the sound are made by a change in the mouth shape. Studies have shown that cats heal very quickly, hence the saying of the 9 lives. cccc


The particular frequency has been shown to promote bone healing. Veterinary surgeons confirm that bones knit with exceptional speed. Can we make a purring sound?? Yes. By sounding AAA with lips together which sounds MMMMM and then Nasalising the sound First appearance of Amen in chumash is in Numbers 5:22 about the sotah who had to respond Amen to the priests instructions