For me; NAMASMARAN is a straight forward and transcientific process of individual and universal blossoming, which may be termed simply as “holistic evolution” to distinguish it from “organic evolution”. Hence my Guru says that practice of NAMASMARAN is for the sake of NAMASMARAN only!

1. SATISFACTION
AND
NAMASMARAN
DR
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Student: Sir, in spite of years of practice of
NAMASMARAN; I am still not able to experience what is
described as satisfaction! What should I do?
Teacher: As far as I understand it, satisfaction is even
more difficult than achievement of extraordinary feats.
Student: What do you mean?
Teacher: Practice of NAMASMARAN is actually a training
of doing an activity where you do not get any “benefit”!
Being such a practice; NAMASMARAN does not impart
any benefit to us, but actually transforms us to our
original omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient state,
which is totally devoid of any desires! This is an immortal
state. But this may require not years and decades but
even more.
Student: I don’t understand!
Teacher: When we are told that don’t expect anything;
we think that we should not expect money, name, fame,
power etc. So we stop expecting those things and start
expecting satisfaction; because we think it is assured by
Guru! But this concept of “getting” itself traps us! We
mistakenly take the satisfaction referred to by our Guru,

3. to be some kind of gratification or complacence; and
keep waiting for it; and are eventually disappointed.
Student: So what to do?
Teacher: Just as we breathe oxygen to survive physically;
we ought to practice NAMASMARAN to be what we
actually are i.e. to be our self. As per our stage of
transformation our physical, emotional and intellectual
needs, desires and aspirations have to be unhesitatingly
and legitimately fulfilled through our efforts; in the light
of guidance and empowerment of inner voice i.e. our
Guru! Actually our needs and desires go on changing or
disappearing in the process of our transformation,
without any coercion or suppression. This buoyant life
style is called KRAMAYOGA.
Student: In short, we should not expect anything, even
happiness, peace, satisfaction from NAMASMARAN?
Teacher: It may appear strange. But it is true. When we
feel cold, we should use warm clothes. But how can we
expect warmth from a process which actually transforms
us to our original state of “fire”? Moreover once we

4. become fire, how can we experience the warmth of
warm clothes?
Hence NAMASMARAN is said to be for the sake of
NAMASMARAN only!
Student: Sir, this is quite different from the emotional
exuberance of millions of devotees!
Teacher: Actually, most of us are in need of some solace,
some peace; some escapism and so on. Hence we try to
cling to some tradition, some cult and feel secure in it.
Often we infatuate piety, devotion, surrender, blessings,
bounty, freedom from instincts; etc as these are our
emotional crutches. We seek some social acceptability,
social recognition and some social cohesiveness. There is
nothing objectionable in it. I do not wish to dissuade
them from what they feel and do.
For me; NAMASMARAN is a straight forward and
transcientific process of individual and universal
blossoming, which may be termed simply as “holistic
evolution” to distinguish it from “organic evolution”.
Hence my Guru says that practice of NAMASMARAN is
for the sake of NAMASMARAN only!