Mamsanī Jamīmf
Shūm-Tyēīf Meditation for the Month of February
Shūm, kanīf, ūū», makaif»—these four concepts comprise this important mamsanī. The meditation this month should make us feel content and complete within ourselves, open and alive, basking in the knowledge that we have an inner language that names our dearest, closest feelings and thoughts and interrelated concepts, which no other language on the Earth can adequately convey. This is why kanīf is sometimes known as a religion by those who have no religion until they convert to or adopt Śaivism for an even greater fulfillment, balancing out the makaif» perspective of the inner path of enlightenment. Inner areas of the mind seem to be frail to external consciousness when they cannot be named or identified. Just suppose we had no word for the emotion we have named by the word fear. We could not convey what we were feeling, nor release ourselves from that feeling by speaking with others about it. It would be difficult for someone to console us if we had no word to identify the emotion called fear. And so it is with all other words in our vocabulary. They are but tools, in the many different languages, which identify states of mind, emotion and physical objects. Our meditation—Shūm, kanīf ūū» makaif»—tells us that now we have a path to follow, which no words on Earth can describe, except those given by Lord Śiva to help us on the path to His holy feet. Note: In this mamsanī illustration, makaif» is written in the stylized form, not the formal spelling.§
18.11.411) Name of Shūm-Tyēīf language; 2) a Nātha mystical language of meditation revealed in Switzerland in 1968 by Śivaya Subramuniyaswami; 3) it is often known simply as Shūm and may be signified by the character 
with a dot above it, as in the mamsanī mural for this month.§
kanīf 
07.43§
1) The religious lifestyle found within the structure and the vocabulary of the Shūm language; 2) the perspective of a religious, contemplative way of life that brings a feeling of being at the center of the universe; 3) essentially, kanīf names a religious feeling or need; 4) the area of the mind where this need is fulfilled; 5) the way of conducting one’s life, or the way of directing life’s activities, in homes and in the shrine, so that shūmīf is a constant experience for the devotee; 6) the governing laws of being in constant remembrance of the path to the holy feet of Lord Śiva; 7) the learning of the Shūm language has a molding effect upon the nature of the devotee, bringing him into his religious life; 8) the language that is a religious experience; by learning Shūm, the learning of the Śaivite religion is an indelible experience.§
ūū» 
14.14.148§
1) Connect together, join or bind; 2) in this area of the mind things or concepts are connected, joined or bound together; 3) the focus of individual awareness is simultaneously upon two or more areas of the mind at the same time.§
makaif» 
29.72.148§
1) The philosophy of the inner path of enlightenment found within the vocabulary and structure of the Shūm language; 2) Shūm and Tyēīf delineate the inner path to the absolute reality, Paraśiva; 3) the collage makaif» opens the area of the mind that makes the Shūm language easy to learn by drawing forth insights from the superconscious.§
