I have always wondered what the name of a person meant. We know that a person may change their names. However, it seemed to me that here is a person, and this person is now labeled. And then all persons carrying this “label” are acting in the same way, having some mannerism in common.
I also noticed that some persons loved their name. They associated things they thought they personally meant to be. And because of that, some others hated their names.
Anyway, I noticed people were particularly interested that their name or names were pronounced correctly; especially if their name was uncommon. Later, I discovered how important it was to have your name pronounced correctly.
It made such a difference to the person carrying that name. It was as if the whole family history was connected to how that name was pronounced. And it made a difference.
Especially for those that carry a “historical” name, a name made famous in some way.
We know that earlier immigrants coming to USA had their names changed (for them.) The whole family destiny changed. Was it because they came to America? Was it because they changed their names? Was it because of both?
All we know is that they, for whatever reasons, wanted to start a-new. And when changing their names, their intention was to leave the old identity behind them.
Those immigrants, however, who kept their names, consciously or subconsciously intended to keep the old family tradition alive. And, of course, they did; the “good” and the “bad!”
Please note, I do not consider myself to have the right to judge what is “good” or “bad.” On the other hand, we all have the intelligence to realize if something “works” or if something is “disturbed”. We are always considering that issue for whatever aspirations we hold; for ourselves, towards the others inside and outside our communities, and towards the Master of the Universe.
Yet, besides the historical facts of their names, to what messages were the people listening to? What messages were hidden in the sound of a name? As it has only been a few centuries that most people could read and write, they had to be listening to stories of their family handed down through the generations.
We all know the stories about the fish that got away. Some stories grew and some stories shrank, depending on the fame or shame issues. So the telling wasn’t everything!
We know that ancient history, and way passed the Middle Ages, was written in Latin and in ancient Greek. However, Hebrew an even older language has been revived for every day use today, To then discover that there exists an ancient tradition, “since the Beginning of Time”, of deciphering sounds and letters, made my search all the more fascinating. How were we able to get to those hidden messages, which would turn out to be Blessings, ciphered in our names?
The “tool” which we could use, is called Gematria, a part of the Kabbalah. The word “Kabbalah” has as its root the Hebrew word KBL (kibel), meaning to “receive.” The Kabbalah itself is an esoteric doctrine handed down orally from generation to generation dealing with the age-old tradition of “receiving.”
The Kabbalah is a philosophical and theosophical system, originally designed to answer mankind’s eternal questions about the substantiality of G’d and the universe, and ultimately, about the Destiny of Mankind.
For example, “What does it mean to be human?” and “How do we live with this knowledge so that we can make a difference in our own lives and in the lives of our fellow human beings?” Its practical use arises from the many connections between the different aspects of human life and the all-encompassing Laws.
Thus, didn’t the Word, spoken by the Master of the Universe create the world? (1st. Moses, 1, 3/4; and John 1, 1-3.) And was it not the sound of those words she/he spoke decisive for everything that came into being? And thus, isn’t it of great importance to know what messages are contained in the sound of names, anagrams and allegories?
Don’t these messages influence our lives, our professions, and every decision with which we are confronted?
