“Aum Namah Shivaya” is one of the oldest recorded mantras, written in the Yajurveda and sometimes known as “the five syllable mantra”.
Breaking down the mantra, it begins with “Aum”, the primordial sound, a formula for the creation, sustenance and destruction of the universe. Then the remaining five syllables present salutations to Lord Shiva. To many, Shiva represents divine consciousness, the root of observation, awareness and mindfulness that exists in all of us.
What might it mean, to bow down to our own purest consciousness, and the consciousness of others?
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