That’s really at the very heart of the amen effect. It cannot be mere coincidence that the words one would ask another on the sacred pilgrimage circle in the Temple Courtyard are, in Hebrew: ma lakh—tell me: What happened to you? What’s your story? And this is precisely the formula the angel asked Hagar, the day she was found weeping and wailing in the desert sun. Ma lakh Hagar—tell me about your pain, Hagar.
