The document discusses festivals and the practice of Namasmaran. It states that festivals exemplify human cooperation and reflect our innate desire for perfection. However, without understanding their deeper meaning, festivals can become mechanical. The document then explains that Namasmaran, remembering the name of God, enables one to appreciate subtler realities like the regenerating spirit in festivals. It describes Namasmaran as reorienting one's being to their true self through symbols. Namasmaran is said to be the culmination of all yoga practices and a means to realize cosmic consciousness. It is presented as an ocean of bliss beyond description.
2. The life is not only inseparable
from activities, but the activities
are further associated with
coordination, aggregation,
synchronization, periodicity and so
on!
For example the festivals in the
society repeat with great grandeur
and enthusiasm from generations
to generations. They exemplify the
vibrant cohesiveness and
harmonious cooperation amongst
millions of people!
3. The manifestation of festivals
reflects the innate urge of the
human genius to reach the pinnacle
of perfection!
This essence of festivals therefore
should be understood so that we
can see with greater clarity; the
great treasure of beauty and
magnanimity within us!
In absence of this the festivals
begin to become mechanical and
arbitrary! They become redundant
wasteful activities. We begin to
look at them with increasing
4. cynicism! We begin to evaluate
festivals on the basis of trivial and
material profit and loss and
overlook the regenerating,
revitalizing and rejuvenating spirit
and the emancipating element in
them.
Practice of NAMASMARAN
enables us to appreciate such
subtler realities in our life!
BUT
WHAT IS
NAMASMARAN?
Namasmaran means; remembering the name of
God, Guru, great souls; such as prophets and holy
5. objects such as planets and stars. It may be
remembered silently, loudly, along with music,
dance, along with breathing, in group or alone,
either with counting by rosary (called SMARANI
or JAPAMALA) or without counting. The
traditions vary from region to region and from
religion to religion.
However the universal principle underlying
NAMASMARAN is to reorient your
physiological being with your true self. In
fact while reorienting with true self you aim
to establish and strengthen the bond or
connection; between; your physiological
being; with your true self. You aim at
reunification with yourself!
Since remembering your true self is the
pinnacle of or culmination of individual
consciousness, and individual consciousness
is the culmination of every activity in life,
remembering any name of God or Guru (any
symbol of your true self) is equivalent to
6. opening the final common pathway for the
individual consciousness associated with
every possible activity to get funneled into or
unified with objective or cosmic
consciousness.
Thus NAMASMARAN is in fact the
YOGA of YOGA in the sense that it is the
culmination of consciousness associated with
every possible procedure and technique in
the yoga that you are familiar with. It is the
YOGA of YOGA because it is the
culmination of consciousness associated with
all the activities in the universe, which it
encompasses as well! It is YOGA of YOGA
because everybody in the world irrespective
of his/her tradition and the beliefs; would
eventually, ultimately and naturally reach it
it; in the process of liberation. Even so called
non believers also would not “miss” the
“benefit of remembering the true self
through one symbol or another”!
7. Just as NAMASMARAN is YOGA of YOGA
it is meditation of meditation also! It is the
natural and ultimate climax of every form of
meditation.
These facts however have to be realized with
persistent practice of NAMSMARAN and
not blindly believed or blindly disbelieved
with casual approach!
In short NAMSMARAN is super-bounty of
cosmic consciousness for every individual to
realize it (cosmic consciousness)! This is truly
a super-bounty because a person who
experiences it, rises above mercenary,
commercial and even professional and
charity planes and manifest super-
transactions in his or her life!
These are just few observations to give rough
idea about what is NAMASMARAN.
8. NAMASMARAN is an ocean of bliss. Its true
meaning is beyond description in words and
has to b experienced, most preferably, by
billions!
References:
Namasmaran: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
Sahasranetra: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
Holistic Medicine: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
Stress: Understanding and Management: Dr.
Shriniwas Kashalikar
Conceptual Stress: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
All available for free download on
www.superliving.net
DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
