The meaning of the word "Namaste`"

In India, when we meet and part

we often say "Namaste`,"

which means I honor the place in you 

where the entire universe resides.

I honor the place in you

of love, of light, of truth, of peace.

I honor the place within you where,

if you are in that place in you

and I am in that place in me,

then there is only one of us.

~Ram Dass