Om namo ari hantanam, Om namo Siddhanam
”I bow to the conquerors of their inner enemies, I bow to the Realized Souls.”
This mantra is acknowledging the process of spiritual evolution. It is acknowledging that we want to attain a higher, more complete, state of awareness. It is also acknowledging our humility, or willingness to learn and accept guidance. It acknowledges that there are those have gone before us. The Realized Souls are the ones who have built the bridges that help us go from this worldly life into our Wholistic nature.
Om namo ari hantanam is our acknowledgement that there are others who are conquering their inner enemies and going beyond their samskaras, just as we wish to do. This gives us a peer group, a sangha of fellow travelers. They may not be our coworkers, or even our biological family. The very acknowledgement of this mantra gives us a sangha.
Om namo Siddhanam acknowledges that the journey is possible, faith that the attainment of the goal is possible, and that others have attained. This new peer group of people or spirits is whom we wish to associate with. They have conquered their inner enemies or samskaras, and have attained their goal of realizing their Divine nature. Om namo siddhanam acknowledges our Inner Guru, our own state of Christ/Krishna Consciousness, acknowledging and reinforcing that aspect of our eternal nature that calls out for, and strives to attain, our Wholistic nature.
It is easy to get lost in the feelings of aloneness and loneliness when we feel we cannot relate to life around us. Most of humanity is not seeking their Wholistic nature. Most people are like children playing in creation, and are satisfied with playing with the creation, and are satisfied with their attachments to their ideas of incompleteness or separateness. They may be dissatisfied with the results they are getting, but they are not yet willing to go beyond their limited beliefs and ideas. There will be times we feel we are all alone. I wrote a poem about these times…
it is better
to call out to Divine Mother
in your aloneness
than to seek shelter
in the arms
of someone else
I was not referring to Divine Mother who was away from me, but was calling out to the Divine vibration, the Om, the Word, God both manifested and unmanifested, of which I was a part. I found more comfort in feeling that vibration then I did in the arms of others, whether it was friends, coworkers, lovers, or people still caught up in choosing the idea of separateness and incompleteness. There was a period of transition where I didn’t feel connected to the whole, where I felt lonely or separate. During this transitional period, I chose which peer group I was going to associate with. I chose God and the Holy Ones… Om namo ari hantanam, Om namo siddhanam.
This calling out is part of the inward journey. There is also the outward journey of touching and perfecting the outer journey. This is about feeling the connection with the biological family, friends, coworkers, humanity, and even those who are not seeking the inner life. This connection can be experienced at the heart chakra with the Satyam. If you can look into the heart of every man, you can see the face of God, because everyone’s heart chakra is where their Soul is. This is the Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram nature. Ideas, beliefs, interests, and samskaras are all just clothing that the Soul wears, which is part of the diversity of life/God. This is learning to appreciate the diversity.
