More on Amen

2002-8-8 05:51:00

It has been suggested that we have three different lists instead of merely The Keys.

I am associated with one other list where those who are in harmony with the teachings I give out gather to serve. If any on the Keys are interested in being of further service they are welcome to contact me.

I am not giving out hidden or deeper teachings to any group outside of the Keys. However a third group will eventually be created around the principles of the Molecular Relationship.

Anyone who believes the current list does not fill their needs should be able to see an opportunity to create one that does. To see a need and fill it without infringing on free will is the principle behind initiation.

The meaning of the word "Amen" has been brought up. The word as it appears in the Bible comes from the Greek AMEN, which is the same as the Hebrew AMEN. It is interesting that the word has been basically unaltered since the Old Testament was compiled. Because of this, it is said that this word is the most universal word in the world, being pronounced and spelled basically the same in many languages.

"Phi Ratio" makes an interesting observation about the word:

"Amen is from the ancient Egyptian and was associated with the names of the God-Pharaohs: as in, Amen-hotep and Tutunk-Amen. Many scholars believe it is actually a derivative of 'AUM'."

Djwhal Khul (DK) verifies this and does tell us that Amen is a corruption of the original AUM.

So where did the AUM come from? It is said to be a Sanskrit word and the first historical reference to it is in the Vedas of India. The Tibetans translate it as HUM which may be the reason Eckankar uses the sound HU.

For some in the Middle East it evolved into AMIN and then as AMEN in the West and in Israel.

It is interesting that in Egypt this word was used in reference to the name of their Gods and among the ancient Hindus it was associated with the invisible creative God.

Do we have a similar meaning inferred in the Christian scriptures? Verily, yes.

The AUM represents God in creation or the word being made flesh or into form.

John wrote:

"In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word WAS GOD. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men." (John 1:1-4)

This sounds confusing. God is identified with men, the God of this earth, the creator of all the heavens, and now as the man Jesus who created all things. What really did create all things? A more correct translation will help here. The Concordant Version does the best job in rendering the original Greek in John 1:1-4:

"In the beginning was the word, and the word was toward God, and God was the word. This is in the beginning toward God. All came into being through IT (not Him), and apart from IT not even one thing came into being which has come into being. In IT was life, and the life was the light of men."

God then is the Word, the AUM, or AMEN and all things came into being "through IT."

This is further verified by Isaiah who writes:

"That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God, AMEN (mistranslated as 'of truth'); and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God, AMEN; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind." (Isaiah 65:16-17)

The AUM is indeed the sound of God in creation. This is why the verse following the naming of God as AMEN (or AUM) is followed by, "I create new heavens and a new earth."

Christ is also identified by this name:

"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God." (Revelations 3:14)

Here we see that Christ is also called "the Amen." But notice that this reference is also followed by talk of creation again calling him "the beginning of the creation of God."

Christ, the Son of the Father represents the creative power of God which mediates between spirit and matter. The Word of God, the great AMEN thus takes the voice of silence (Spirit) and creates vibration (Sound, the Word) which is the beginning of the creation of God in the worlds of form.