# Shibai (Shivai) > Shibai names bold, deliberate conviction in action from Bashar's ancient language, representing a way of life that can still include honest questioning. - Canonical: https://sassani.app/topic/shibai # Shibai (Shivai) Shibai (also rendered Shivai or Shiva in Bashar's ancient vocal language) is a remnant word from a civilization that is now mostly telepathic. It is presented as a salute, a whole principle, and historically a whole way of life organized around boldness, deliberateness, and conviction in action. The teaching draws on two sessions: one that defines the word's core meaning and ties it to the place of honest questioning within conviction, and one that gives the fuller historical ritual of the "energy meal" and explains why the word is now simply a salute in Bashar's society. ## What the word actually means The definition is direct. Shibai is a statement in Bashar's ancient language uttered by an individual who has such intention, focus, conviction, and commitment that everyone simply stands aside and lets them on the straightest path to their own understanding of self. Bashar notes, with some humor, that in the ancient language "Shiva" means literally "get out of my way" — though many who use it as a greeting take it as a more general salutation. The same core meaning is restated in the closing session: Shibai is the statement that refers to an individual in a state where they proceed directly ahead with something and everyone gets out of their way because they know they mean business; it means you have a vision and are applauded for going ahead with it because it is representative of what is uniquely you. ## Conviction can include honest questioning The teaching immediately refuses a common misreading. Conviction does not require suppressing your questions. You can always question, and if you do, then own the fact that you are questioning. The balance is to allow the questions while remembering that they give you an opportunity to recall that you always have choice — that is how to use the questions if they arise. So Shibai is not a stance of forced certainty; it is a stance of owned attention in which questioning is permitted but choice is never forgotten. This connects directly to Bashar's broader theme that acting on your highest excitement must be paired with zero expectation: at every moment, choose the thing that has the highest excitement in it, with zero expectation that it must come to any kind of logical fruition, because you do not necessarily always know why your excitement is luring you to do that thing. Conviction and openness are paired, not opposed. ## The historical energy meal The fuller session describes the principle as a custom from when Bashar's civilization still used a vocal language. Shivai was an entire ritual unto itself that represented boldness and deliberate action with regard to any phase of life. When an individual decided to walk a path of deliberate creation, they would have what was called an energy meal, done in three phases, each phase blending another level of the power of the spirit and the emotion and the body. After each phase, the individual would lock in that particular expression with the word Shibai, spoken with conviction, and go on to the next phase, all three times. The social consequence was concrete. Once an individual was on that path, the culture allowed it. All the other individuals gave them room, gave them space, to feel their way through that conviction, to support and nurture them in shooting for a straight idea, going for the goal all the way to the start. All an individual had to do at any point in the society — moving through something, even walking through a crowd — was say Shibai, and everyone stepped aside and allowed them through to express and experience themselves in true, spontaneous action. They were cherished and nurtured in this way. ## Now simply a salute The same session explains why the word now functions as a salute. Shivai was a whole way of life, a whole principle, and now is a whole way of life for all of Bashar's people all the time, so they do not have to say it any more, because no one lives any differently in that society. Shibai is the way of their life, and now simply means that. The salute, in other words, points at a state that has become continuous rather than episodic; the utterance is a reminder of a baseline rather than a request for passage. The closing session uses Shibai as its final word, sending the gathering off with "a hearty Shivai" alongside the reminder that the interactions are weaning humanity toward self-reliance, that the whole key is applying the teaching with deliberateness and conviction. The salute and the instruction are the same move. ## Practical implications Let conviction include honest questioning. Own your questions when they arise, and use them as an opportunity to remember that you always have choice; do not force yourself to suppress them in the name of conviction. Act on your highest excitement with zero expectation that it must unfold in any particular way. Conviction and openness are paired, not opposed. Before a deliberate course of action, take a moment to lock in your intention — the energy meal is one culture's model for blending spirit, emotion, and body behind a chosen path. The form is yours to choose; the principle is to commit yourself fully before you walk. Honor the conviction you see in others. In Bashar's framing, the collective supports the individual on a deliberate path by giving them room and nurturing them through it, while still allowing for slip-ups within the overall frame. Treat the word as a salute to going for your goals and living your dreams — its function now, in Bashar's framing, is to point at a state of continuous alignment rather than a one-time ritual. Preserve the distinction between Bashar's account of his ancient society and verifiable history. The energy-meal ritual is presented as mythological-cultural framing from an off-world civilization, not as documented human anthropology. ## Representative passages The idea of Shivai is a statement in our ancient language uttered by an individual who has such intention and focus and conviction and commitment that everyone simply stands aside and lets them on the straightest path to their own understanding of self. That is what it actually means.— Bashar, Comet Commitment Conviction (comet-commitment-conviction#qa-1) You can always question. And if you do, then own the fact that you are questioning. [...] allow the questions, but always remember that the questions give you an opportunity to remember. You always have choice.— Bashar, Comet Commitment Conviction (comet-commitment-conviction#qa-1) When an individual decided to walk the path of sheep [deliberate creation], They would have what could be called an energy meal [...] done in three phases, and each phase would blend another level of the power of the spirit and the emotion and the body. And after each phase, the individual would lock in that particular expression with that word, with that conviction, Shibai, and would go on to the next phase, all three times.— Bashar, The Cleansing Flame (the-cleansing-flame#text) All an individual had to do at any point in the society [...] was say, Shibai, and everyone stepped aside. And allowed them through to express and experience themselves in true, spontaneous action within the society. And they were cherished and nurtured in this way.— Bashar, The Cleansing Flame (the-cleansing-flame#text) ## Related - [Self-Empowerment](https://sassani.app/topic/self-empowerment) - [Excitement](https://sassani.app/topic/excitement) - [Integrity](https://sassani.app/topic/integrity) - [The Formula](https://sassani.app/topic/the-formula) - [Conviction](https://sassani.app/topic/conviction) Markdown twin of https://sassani.app/topic/shibai. The HTML page is the source of truth.