![]() Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, the Siddha Yoga Guru, composed the words and music of Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho on the occasion of Mahashivaratri, “the great night of Lord Shiva,” in 1988. ![]() The image that arises in my heart is that of Shiva Nataraj-the dancing Shiva, the one who dispels the illusions of the mind and the duality of creation. ![]() Because the musical scale of this chant goes up and down in serpentine and spiraling intervals, I experience a blissful freedom of movement that is my idea of the state of Lord Shiva. This sensation becomes so ecstatic that I simply must celebrate God’s presence through the power of sound. When this namasankirtana begins, I feel as though the Lord himself is dancing on my fingertips along the harmonium keys, and I soon forget I am playing. As a Siddha Yoga musician, anytime I am playing harmonium for Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho, I experience pure joy and reverence for God’s boundless nature.
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