Translating as ‘my salutations to Shiva, the auspicious one’, Om Namah Shivaya is a beautiful mantra. Alternately, the phrase is sometimes translated as ‘universal consciousness is one’. As you speak or mentally meditate on these words, you are proclaiming to the Divine and connecting directly with the Universal Soul. The truth of the matter is that this is a sacred, strong connection on which we may call.