Ase vs Amin/Amen

I believe every Yoruba person carries a power we ourselves do not fully understand.
There is Ase in our tongue.
There is divine authority in our language.

When Yoruba people pray, we don’t end with “Amen” or “Amin.”
We say Ase. This single word carries an entire universe inside it.

In the post-colonial era, we say ‘Amin Ase’ like two-factor authentication.

Step One: Amin, this is like the first verification.
“Password accepted. Your request has been received.” But the system is not yet satisfied.

Step Two: Ase, this is the final confirmation.
“Power granted. Command activated. Manifestation in progress.”

It is giving “Enter OTP to complete your prayer.” 

Let’s be very clear, Amin/Amen and Ase are not the same. Not spiritually, not linguistically, not energetically.

Amen / Amin, means “so be it.” It expresses hope.

Ase is a command, an activation, a release of spiritual authority.

Ase is not passive acceptance; Ase is energetic execution. Where “Amen” agrees, Ase activates.

Where “Amen” consents, Ase commands.

They are not equal, not similar, and not interchangeable.

In Yoruba cosmology, Olodumare (God) placed ase inside everything that exists. The earth, the sky, the rivers, the Orisa, the elders, and even spoken words.

Ase is the breath of God inside creation.
Ase is the engine behind manifestation.
Ase is divine electricity.

This is why Yoruba prayers, proverbs, blessings, incantations, and Oriki end with ASE because the word releases spiritual force that makes the spoken intention move.

ASE means let the power within all things align to make this reality.

You are not begging heaven. You are activating heaven.

Colonial religions taught people to pray as petitioners, kneeling, pleading, waiting.

Yoruba spirituality teaches you to pray as a partner,
speaking, aligning, activating.

Ase positions the human being as part of God’s creative process. You are not separate from divine power; you are a carrier of it.

This is why Yoruba people can say with confidence.

“Oro ti aba so, a se.”
“The word we speak accomplishes.”

Many Yoruba people think they are ordinary.
They do not know the spiritual technology encoded in their language. They do not know the authority behind their words. They do not know that Olodumare put power inside their tongue.

That is why even our casual blessings carry weight.
“Oun gbogbo a rorun fun e, ono a si fun e, wa ri ba ti se, wa ri ono gbegba”

Our ancestors didn’t say “Amen”; they used our own word, the one calibrated to our own cosmology,
the one empowered by our own God.

When you use ASE consciously, you stand in the fullness of who you are, a child of Oduduwa, creation of Olodumare, a vessel of Ase.

Embrace your culture. Embrace your heritage.
There is power within you, the power that activates when you remember who you are.

Ire o.