Most people have said this word thousands of times and never once used it.

Amen closes prayers across the Christian and Jewish traditions, and in the esoteric teaching Master Choa Kok Sui drew on it is understood as a sacred sound in its own right, the Western counterpart of Om rather than a full stop at the end of a sentence. This recording treats it that way: recited steadily and at length, as a mantra to sit with.

Practitioners use it as a foreground practice, reciting along with the recording, or leave it playing quietly through a room to keep the space feeling settled.

It suits people from a Christian background who would like a mantra practice that belongs to their own tradition, Arhatic Yoga practitioners, and anyone curious about what a familiar word turns into when you give it proper attention.

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