"Om Namah Shivaya"
Mantra Raja (King of Mantras)
"Om Namah Shivaya" means literally translated, "I bow to Shiva", "I bow to the Inner Self".
The idea is that the repetition of the syllables of the Mantra gradually purifies each of the elements in our body. The Mantra has the power to grant worldly fulfillment and spiritual realization. Shiva denotes divine Consciousness, the Inner Self.
To further breakdown the elements:
OM consists of five elements:
* aah - oow - umm (three syllables)
* bindu (Blue Pearl)
* nada (the resonance that bathes the bindu)
NAMAH SHIVAYA consists of five elements:
* na (prthivi: earth, solidity)
* mah (ap: liquidity of water)
*shi (tejas: burning fierceness of fire)
*va (vayu: the air we inhale which nourishes us)
*ya (akasa: space, the dimensionality within which all can take place)
FIVE ACTS OF LORD SHIVA:
* to create
* to maintain
* to destroy
* to conceal
* to gracefully reveal
FIVE FACES OF LORD SHIVA:
Na: Indra, the Eastern face (color is yellow)
Ma: Rudra, the Southern face (color is black)
Shi: Vishnu, the Western face (color is smoky)
Va: Lord Brahma, the Northern face (color is golden)
Ya: Skanda, the upward face (color is red)
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