108

A poem by Nivedh Govil

Few numbers are omnipresent,
north and south, east and west.
just like 1.618,
but an integer which is in the heart of many.

Sacred to Hindus,
is the number 108, summing to 9,
symbolizing the universe,
and our very own existence.

The number of Upanishads, beads in a Japa, names of lord Shiva and Vishnu
and stitches in an official MLB baseball,
are all 108 in number.

Also unique is 768,
when overlapped, mirror-imaged
and written in Hindi, gives birth to
Om, the condensed sound of all 9 chakras.

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