Om Namah Shivaya

Aum Num-ha Shi-why

Om Namah Shivaya is known as the great redeeming mantra also known as five-syllable mantra

Namaḥ Śivāya is the most holy name of God Śiva, recorded at the very center of the Vedas and
elaborated in the Śaiva Agamas.
Na is the Lord's concealing grace, Ma is the world, Śi stands for Śiva, Va is His revealing grace,
Ya is the soul. The five elements, too, are embodied in this ancient formula for invocation. Na is
earth, Ma is water, Śi is fire, Vā is air, and Ya is ether. Many are its meanings.
Namaḥ Śivaya has such power, that mere intonation of these syllables reaps its own reward in salvaging
the soul from bondage of the treacherous instinctive mind and the steel bands of a perfected externalized
intellect. Namaḥ Śivāya quells the instinct, cuts through the steel bands and turns this intellect within and
on itself, to face itself and see its ignorance. Sages declare that mantra is life, that mantra is action, that
mantra is love and that the repetition of mantra, japa, bursts forth wisdom from within.
It means "I bow to Shiva." Shiva is the supreme reality, the inner Self. It is the name given to
consciousness that dwells in all. Shiva is the name of your true identity- your self.
According to Hindu mythology there are three Gods who run this creation. The Brahma - who creates the
universe, the Vishnu - who preserves the Universe and the Shiva- who in the end destroys the universe.
Among the three deities, Shiva, though considered as destroyer, also symbolize the - the inner self which
remains intact even after everything ends.
In this mantra the chanter (one who repeats the mantra) bow to Shiva- his true self.
Sit in a comfortable and peaceful place and position. Start repeating the mantra in your mind or loudly with the
same speed as you talk:
Om Namah Shivay (Aum Num-ha Shi-why)

Repeat 'Om Namah Shivay', with the feeling that you are bowing to Shiva - your true inner self. Repeat
this mantra with respect. The inner self is the form of God in you. So as you say ' Om Namah Shivay' i.e.
"I bow to Shiva'; you are actually bowing to God - The great almighty. The repetition of the name of God
is equivalent to be merged in his very being. When you repeat God's name in your mouth, in one way,
you experience the God itself. Just repeat this mantra with faith and it's powerful phonetic vibrations will
start doing miracle for you.

Om Namah Shivay