After chanting, I was reflecting on the power of the mantra. It was the mantra that drew me to Gurumayi thirty years ago, and it is the mantra— the beautiful, powerful, life-giving mantra—that beats in my heart today.
What joy! What profound gratitude! I experience the mantra as alive with the
sankalpa and the
shakti of our beloved Guru.
New York, United States
Listening to the mantra takes me back to my first Shaktipat Intensive, an event that changed my life forever. It brings me profound peace.
London, United Kingdom
The sun was rising in the east when I clicked on the link to Gurumayi’s chanting
Om Namah Shivaya in the
Shuddha Bilaval raga. Immediately the birds who had been lightly chirping as they ate their morning breakfast from the tree outside my porch began to fly and dance around my porch, swooping up into the air and down again as if rejoicing in the sound of God filling the atmosphere. My heart leapt up in joy, and in the recognition that I was witnessing a very sacred moment in the presence of God through the voice of my Sadguru.
San Felipe, Mexico
Sitting here and chanting along with the audio clip, I felt that deep connection in my heart, like when one senses that movement of warmth and the presence of love as the result of just having had
darshan. This particular
raga has always been soothing and comforting to me. I feel so totally relaxed into myself—so content, safe, and centered, with no concern about the past or future.
Receiving the mantra
Om Namah Shivaya has been my life's greatest gift. I am eternally grateful to Gurumayi for bestowing her grace upon me.
Florida, United States
I am grateful to be able to participate in this chant in the
raga in which I chanted
Om Namah Shivaya just prior to receiving
shaktipat diksha, spiritual initiation, twenty-eight years ago. It was the greatest moment of this or any lifetime, conferred on me during my first-ever Siddha Yoga experience—the Shaktipat Intensive in honor of the tenth anniversary of Baba Muktananda's
mahasamadhi.
Arkansas, United States
For thirty years, chanting the mantra
Om Namah Shivaya has been an everlasting joy, an amazing strength, an ever-present help in time of need, a comfort, and then—in times of joy—a vehicle for praise.
Thank you, Gurumayi, for this inheritance and treasure.
California, United States
Listening to Gurumayi chanting the mantra brings me peace and clarity. Tranquility spreads throughout my being and expands to the surrounding area. I am grateful for being enveloped in this peace.
Modiin, Israel
This is the melody with which we chanted
Om Namah Shivaya with Gurumayi when I first came to the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Oakland in 1989. It still brings me deep inside to a feeling of great love and an awareness that I have come home.
California, United States
Some years ago, when I was offering
seva in Gurudev Siddha Peeth, I was walking through the courtyard to go to an office, while this
Om Namah Shivaya chant was being chanted outdoors. It was a dark-velvet, warm night, and to my surprise I was pulled into the chanting area by the power and sweetness of the chant. I realized that this was a perfect moment to chant. I sat down on the cool marble and started to sway and chant the mantra. Waves of bliss flowed through my heart and entire being. It is a moment that I will always remember.
Hawaii, United States
This beautiful chant with Gurumayi is my favorite. Hearing it on the Siddha Yoga path website is especially comforting. It brings me directly in touch with the grace flowing from the Siddha Yoga path. I feel love and blessings assisting me and flowing directly to a family member who is ill at this time.
I am thankful beyond expression for Shri Gurumayi's all-pervasive and unconditional love.
Mulgrave, Australia
As I listen to this recording of the mantra, I feel it vibrating in and around my heart and spreading throughout my being in a flood of bliss.
Thank you, Shri Gurumayi, for the divine experience of knowing that you are truly alive within me in the form of the mantra.
Perth, Australia
When I listen to this audio recording, I feel lot of love for Gurumayi ji. I experience deep connection within. I become more silent within and active on the outside.
Sometimes I listen to this audio recording while I offer
seva, and I notice that I become more focused and offer
seva with more speed and accuracy. I am able to communicate with clarity and brevity.
Nasik, India