Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 "His feet are the letter Na. His navel is the letter Ma. His shoulders are the letter Shi. His mouth, the letter Va. His radiant cranial center aloft is Ya. Thus is the five-lettered form of Siva." Aum Namah Sivaya. -- Aum Namah Sivaya is such a precious mantra because it is the closest sound that one can make to emulate the sounds rushing out of the Self into the mind. Chanting it is profound because it is a sound channel which you can follow to get close to the Self of your self-- sort of like following a river upstream to yourself. Aum Namah Sivaya can be equated with Siva's drum of creation, called damaru. When "Aum Namah Sivaya" is repeated, we go through the chakras, Na- Ma Shi-Va-Ya Aum. The Aum is in the head chakra. Within Namah Sivaya is each of the elements--earth, water, fire, air and ether--which in the mind are transmuted into all-pervasive consciousness, and that is also transmuted, into the great chakra way above the head at the end of the Aum. In just the breath, the space of time between the next repetition of "Aum Namah SivayaÉAum Namah SivayaÉAum Namah Sivaya," the pranas, having reached Parasiva, fall back into the spiritual, mental, astral and physical worlds, blessing them all with new energy, new life and new understanding. "Namah Sivaya Aum, Namah Sivaya Aum, Namah Sivaya Aum, Namah Sivaya Aum" is the constant process of life. It is the essence of life itself. We must realize that at any given moment we are a complete Parasiva- Satchidananda jiva, only working on the "Maheshvara part"--on the jiva's becoming Siva. Parasiva is there. Satchidananda is there. The maturity of the purusha, of the jiva, the embodied soul, is not. Therefore, Aum Namah Sivaya takes us into the reality above and beyond the relatively real. To know it is to experience it, and to experience it is to become initiated. Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 -Very informative posting on om namah shivaya I have a curiosity.Some prople cannot sit down and do japa .It it Ok to do do mansic japa while driving, shopping or sitting in office ie I mean to say any time .The reason is i might not be able to use a rosary or close my eyes.Do you have to do start everytime with ganesh.surya vishnu shiv shakti and kartikaya namaskar or you directly go to mantra Nina -- In , "sanjaytechnology" <sanjaytechnology> wrote: > "His feet are the letter Na. His navel is the letter Ma. His > shoulders are the letter Shi. His mouth, the letter Va. His radiant > cranial center aloft is Ya. Thus is the five-lettered form of Siva." > Aum Namah Sivaya. > > -- > > Aum Namah Sivaya is such a precious mantra because it is the closest > sound that one can make to emulate the sounds rushing out of the > Self into the mind. Chanting it is profound because it is a sound > channel which you can follow to get close to the Self of your self- - > sort of like following a river upstream to yourself. Aum Namah > Sivaya can be equated with Siva's drum of creation, called damaru. > When "Aum Namah Sivaya" is repeated, we go through the chakras, Na- > Ma Shi-Va-Ya Aum. The Aum is in the head chakra. Within Namah Sivaya > is each of the elements--earth, water, fire, air and ether--which in > the mind are transmuted into all-pervasive consciousness, and that > is also transmuted, into the great chakra way above the head at the > end of the Aum. In just the breath, the space of time between the > next repetition of "Aum Namah SivayaÉum Namah SivayaÉum Namah > Sivaya," the pranas, having reached Parasiva, fall back into the > spiritual, mental, astral and physical worlds, blessing them all > with new energy, new life and new understanding. "Namah Sivaya Aum, > Namah Sivaya Aum, Namah Sivaya Aum, Namah Sivaya Aum" is the > constant process of life. It is the essence of life itself. We must > realize that at any given moment we are a complete Parasiva- > Satchidananda jiva, only working on the "Maheshvara part"--on the > jiva's becoming Siva. Parasiva is there. Satchidananda is there. The > maturity of the purusha, of the jiva, the embodied soul, is not. > Therefore, Aum Namah Sivaya takes us into the reality above and > beyond the relatively real. To know it is to experience it, and to > experience it is to become initiated. > > Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti. > > -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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