![]() ![]() The five elements are not literal elements like those of the periodic table, but fundamental ways that we and the world are structured. The different syllables of the chant are said to purify the five elements of our being and the chakras, or centers of subtle energies. ![]() Our five senses of smelling, tasting, seeing, feeling, and hearing are also purified and refined. This mantra purifies our actions and behaviors tuning them to the pure actions of Shiva, of the source. ![]() Shiva is said to have five actions, to create, to maintain, to destroy, to conceal, and to gracefully reveal. Five toes, fingers, senses, elements, acts etc. In exploring the manifestations of the absolute the number five comes up. ![]() The mantra is said to be the five syllable mantra, na ma si va ya. The sound vibration of the mantra is said to be a very pure expression of our deepest nature. Shiva was said to dwell in the heart and be the size of a thumb and be the whole universe! When we chant this mantra we are allowing the sound vibration tune into our true self, which is a manifestation of the universal energy field condensed into the unique and precious mystery of ourselves. Through deep meditation they experienced the universe as Shiva, and themselves as Shiva. Since the ancient Siddhas did not have the language and metaphors of modern physics they represented the unified field of energy of the cosmos through the metaphors they could grasp, metaphors which allowed them to experience this vast field of conscious energy of which we are an interconnected part of. The intelligent field of conscious energy of which the universe is made, and concentrates into the dense form we know of as matter, is represented by the god Shiva. In the Siddha yoga lineage (from which this chant comes) it is considered to be the king of all mantras. In this song we recognize that we are the source, like a hologram, a piece of god that also represents the whole. A love song we sing to our own deepest inner nature. The chant Om Namah Shivaya is a love song, to ourselves. ![]()
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