‘Namah’ means: na mama – this is to say: ‘Not mine! I am not mine, but Thine!’ ‘Namah: Bowing, bending, stooping, adoring, reverential salutation, respectful obesience. The act of bowing before God or Guru or holy person, or before image or idol or picture or object or other symbol of the Immanent - Transcendent Divine Principle, is called Namaskar or Namaste. It is called prostration also; for man has to give up his individuality, and deny himself, before he can win the joy of Grace. The ‘I’ must be cut, right across, and the individual must be crucified in that. (NNSG Vol.7, pp. 32-33)