While watching General Conference, I noticed how often they said the word "Amen". In case you didn't know, Amen is the word that Jews, Muslims and Christians use after a prayer or sermon. It is a word of affirmation, dating back from the earliest texts of Judaism. It literally means "So be it", or "truly", with the connotation of "truth" itself. In addition, Jesus Christ himself is referred to as "the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation" in Revelation.
Now, before I make a connection, I want all of you to know that the following is pure speculation. It could be completely wrong and not based in truth at all. But here it is nonetheless:
The Sanskrit word Aum or Om holds much the same connotation. It literally means "yes", "it is" or "will be". It has the additional connotation of being a symbol for totality, wholeness and the divine. It is used as an object of concentration when meditating, allowing a person to focus their thoughts on its sounds so that their thoughts to subside. Its constituent sounds, A, U and M, are symbols for the three members of the Hindu trinity: A for Brahma, U for Vishnu and M for Mahadev (another name for Shiva). Incidentally, the A sound is formed in the back of the throat, U in the middle of the mouth, and M on the lips. In each case it symbolizes quite the idea of totality quite well, either in the context of divinity or of vocalization. As if to seal the deal, AUM is recited at the end of prayers.
I don't think I have to say any more to show you the immense similarity between the two words. They both symbolize the eternal, the whole and the truth. As if that weren't enough, they both indicate an acceptance and a peace with what is [Which gives me the idea that perhaps meditation is prayer without words. But I could be wrong, and it's beside the point]. But the connection isn't just limited to these two. Similar-sounding words indicating totality, wholeness, finality, etc. can be found all over the world: Amun (the Egyptian "god of gods"), words beginning with omni- (omniscience, omnivorous, omnipresence, etc.), omega (the last letter of the Greek alphabet).
As to how these similar-sounding words popped up all over the world, I have no idea. Perhaps, although unlikely, they spread from a single center to all of these places. Perhaps it is built into the human consciousness as an archetype (as Jung would tell us). Or perhaps, a little more orthodoxly, it is revelation given from God to all people.
Anyway, hope you have enjoyed this! Take it with a grain of salt.
AUMen
Wow... thats really cool... ya ive heard something similar, well, a person of enlightemment n Wisdom had said that it use to be Aumen too... dont know where they got that from, possibly older versions of tge bible, but the thought had come to my mind as well, maybe why it was revealed to me later, cause i wondered if it was a mantra word or what, as my Master says essentially we practice the same method of meditation Jesus did... and Christians are forever talking about "The Word" and in the beginning was "The Word" now we know that "The Word" is unspoken but if its anything like what we do eventually the word takes on more of a "vibration" than a word... like a sound... So I literally decided to try to google it... n well i used Duck duck go but this popped up n i knew it was along the lines what i was looking for. Thank you for posting this... its fascinating to think the world is created in a primordial sound, but all true religions state the same thing... fascinating, astounding, mindblowing, and just pure AWESOMENESS!!! 🙏😇❤️🥰❤️❤️💗💞💖✨️🙌🦋🫶
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