2. NAMASMARAN & NEUROSIS
Indulgence and asceticism, atheism and theism, romance
and renunciation; and such variety of apparently
conflicting phenomena render completion to life. If you
try to take away anyone of these, the life appears
incomplete.
In fact even as I was convinced intellectually about the
value of NAMSMARAN in life and wrote books on it
right from 1992, one of the major hurdles in appreciating
and experiencing the cosmic benevolence of
NAMASMARAN was its depiction (or my erroneous
perception of the depiction) as an activity of elderly,
neurotic, inactive, pessimists, escapists and failed
individuals. Even the books, movies, and dramas on
saints and bhakti sangeet (devotional music) made
saintly life and the practice of NAMASMARAN appear
miserable and pathetic. I never thought this was the A
grade happiness, implied in spiritualism or self
realization.
Partly because of this and partly because of the social
justice and freedom implied in the atheism, which I
cherish even today, I could not be involved completely in
any particular theist tradition of NAMASMARAN.
But even as I, due to my repulsion for the pathetic life
style (as depicted or interpreted by me) felt material
pleasures could not be amputated arbitrarily from one’s
3. life if one were to evolve healthily, I was not at ease even
in the “best” of petty pleasures, which could at best give
B grade pleasure, not A grade happiness, which is
implied in (though often ignored) and must be integral
part of global justice.
Thus neither could I identify myself with the ascetics nor
with the materialists. I kept on vacillating from one side
to another like a pendulum.
But now it is more than clear, that NAMASMARAN is a
panacea, it is an objective phenomenon and it can not be
the monopoly of any one camp such as ascetic, indulgent,
theist, atheist, scientific, religious and so on.
It is an objective phenomenon with cosmic benevolence
for blossoming of one and all. It is as objective and as
vital for human blossoming, as the oxygen is for human
life.
It is beyond science, religion and philosophy. It is beyond
human thought. It is a matter of practice and experience,
not belief, feeling or imagination.
NAMASMARAN connects you to the center of life,
time and cosmic consciousness, i.e. with your true
self. NAMASMARAN (according to one’s tradition)
is the privileged express highway to realize
maximum potentials in every possible way, for one
and all!
4. NAMASMARAN, A MAHAYOG, A
MEGAFUSION,
EK MAHASAMANVAY
I feel that
NAMASMARAN means remembering the name of God,
i.e. one’s innate and true self and thus helps to blossom
from petty self into cosmic self in the course of time!
Namasmaran links all the faculties in an individual and
helps him evolve integrity between thoughts, feelings,
instincts and actions.
Namasmaran cements the generation gap with
consideration and love.
Namasmaran helps to rise above petty whims and fancies
and enjoy sublime bonds of love amongst family
members, relatives and friends.
Namasmaran wields the bonds of understanding
amongst people of different professions and of different
strata.
Namasmaran builds lasting bonds amongst people of
different regions.
Namasmaran builds the bridges of acceptance and love
amongst different religions.
5. Namasmaran helps in uniting different races.
Namasmaran helps in nurturing love between people of
different nationalities.
Namasmaran brings the actual spiritualism in day today
life in every walk of life i.e. actually catalyzes the
reunification of spiritualism and materialism.
Namasmaran therefore is MAHAYOG, MEGAFUSION
OR MAHASAMANVAY
I would be obliged if the practitioners of
NAMASMARAN comment whether these views from
their point of view; are realistic or are infatuations
and/or utopia.
NAMASMARAN THE GOLDEN CHANCE
The life begins with separation of petty self from true
self.
The geniuses, seers and prophets have almost
complete awareness of true self.
The others are variably aware of petty self and
6. true self.
The life manifests as a result of conflicting
awareness of a true and petty self.
NAMASMARAN
is
a
GOLDEN CHANCE
for increasing awareness of the true self.
This awareness is usually associated with
increase in braveness, buoyancy and
benevolence in all the walks of life in different forms!
The other features of this awareness are
perspective, policies, plans and actions
for
evolving awareness of true self universally .
NAMASMARAN WHEN & WHY?
7. If there is a thorn inside, then it hurts badly and the child
cries. But if you try to remove it, then it resists and cries
more. A sick child refuses to take injection because it is
apprehensive about the pain it produces. The list of such
instances can be very long in fact unending. The point is
simple. If you do not know the cause and nature of your
problem and the efficiency of its solutions, then you tend
to despise and reject the solutions.
Today, most of the people are complaining of one thing
or another. Some people are not complaining but the
others are complaining about them! This is especially
important because “normal” people are suffering! There
is no clinical disease and yet they are suffering or at least
they say so!
The suffering is largely because of immature or maturing
perception, feelings and actions. The solution is to
development and maturation of these. This requires
consciousness that emerges triumphantly out of the
biologically dominated perceptions, feelings and actions.
This is actually the freedom of your soul or your
conscience!
This requires NAMASMARAN in every place you go
and in situation face. This is why you need
NAMASMARAN.
But it is most important to realize that NAMASMARAN
is a supreme option open to you and is a golden
8. opportunity. You are privileged to know about and
practice NAMASMARAN.
The answer to “when” NAMASMARAN is; from the
moment you come to know about it and always! The
answer to “why?” is, because it is an accurate and
radical solution to the problems, for which you seek a
solution!
WHAT IS NAMASMARAN?
Namasmaran means; remembering the name of God,
Guru, great souls; such as prophets and holy 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
9. 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 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”!
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
10. 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.
NAMASMARAN is an ocean of bliss. Its true meaning is
beyond description in words and has to b experienced,
most preferably, by billions!
WHY NAMASMARAN?
Some said that poverty is due to exploitation. Some said
that the misery is due to invaders. Some said the malady
is due to imperialists. Some said the strife is due to
religious fanaticism. Some said the stress is due to social
oppression and injustice. Some said that the stress is due
to deprivation of biological instincts.
These are not completely wrong, but not entirely
accurate also. Such partial understanding usually breeds
indiscriminate hatred and violence, towards others.
11. On the other hand there are many theories basically
indicating the root of the distress in individual frailty.
These are also not completely wrong but not totally
accurate either. They usually lead to self abnegation and
indiscriminate violence towards oneself.
There is one simple and practical process that has
benevolent and emancipating impact on individual and
the environment. This process is called NAMASMARAN
i.e. remembering the God i.e. your true self.
Billions of people of the world actually are engaged in it
without using this terminology. If billions more get
engaged in it, the blossoming of the individuals and the
world are absolutely inevitable.
There is no proof for this; so; one need not believe in this,
but as the idea of proof itself has its limitations one need
not disbelieve also! Unprecedented events have no proofs.
They are realized only after they happen!
YOGA KARMA & NAMASMARAN
One of the enigmas of Geeta (Gita) philosophy is
NISHKAMA KARMA, which means action without
expectation of a particular result.
How can you perhaps do anything without expectation of
a result, when you see that everything is associated with
result?
12. Excepting perhaps involuntary actions and activities
during sleep, every action and its planning are associated
with anticipation or projection of its result.
It is understandable that if you focus on; or get obsessed
by a particular result or start day dreaming about it,
then it can distract you from the procedural skills and
concentration. But how can you completely forget or get
rid of the thought or idea of the result?
It is also true that you should not get involved in the
result, because it can disappoint you if you don’t get the
expected result. This is also fair and pragmatic. It can
protect you from imminent reactive depression or
psychiatric maniacal elation.
But still, how can you totally dissociate the vision about
the result from the action?
While thinking about these questions; suddenly I realized
that even as most actions are associated with results, all
the actions and their results i.e. cause and effect
relationship; do not follow the same logic. This is
especially true of subtle actions; for example, my
thinking or feelings are not describable in terms of their
physicochemical details and hence their cause and effect
relationship/s with their results and the nature of their
also can not be defined!
13. It is true that actions are roughly and in general;
associated with successes and failures.
But the human civilization is evolution of actions
(including the thoughts and feelings and the vision). As
they evolve further; they become subtler and cosmic.
Their nature and results; can not be qualified or
quantified by routine gauging and assessment. Further,
neither the actions nor the results remain personal or
subjective and hence their “Ownership” or “Credit”
ceases completely! So we no longer remain attached to it.
This is NISHKAMA KARMA!
Geeta (Gita) inspires us for evolution of our actions from
crudity, tight attachment to or insistence on cause and
effect relationships, arbitrariness and subjectivity; to;
subtlety where subjectivity and objectivity and the
procedure and the results conceptually merge and the
ownership ceases!!
One such absolutely evolved action is NAMASMARAN
i.e. remembering God or one’s true self! Billions are
already practicing it in different religions and billions
more are most likely to practice it and emancipate
themselves and others!
One can ponder over these explanations and decide
about the option of NAMASMARAN!
YOGA, STRESS & NAMASMARAN
14. YOGA is integration of right and left parietal (cerebral)
cortex i.e. right and left brain.
Inability to realize the unity of universe, inability to
realize unity of different ‘pathies’ in medicine and
inability to understand the interrelationship,
interactivity, interdependence and complementarity in
various fields of transactions such as agriculture, science,
technology, industry, trade, culture, politics; is due to
deficient development and disintegration between right
and left brain.
This inability leads to mismanagement of stress and
sectarian prejudices and fanatic bigotry, prevalence of
injustice, exploitation, hatred and crimes in different
forms.
Even if a person is intelligent in terms of memory,
analytical thinking, and innovation and so on, i.e. (left
cerebral development) he/she can be vicious, perverted
and antisocial if not balanced and integrated with right
brain.
Conversely; a person with excellent development of right
brain but without integration with left brain is likely to
be artist or a saintly individual but oblivious to social
reality.
15. Can NAMASMARAN be useful to integrate left and
right brain and enhance stress management and blossom
individual and global life?
PHYSIOLOGY & NAMASMARAN
Meru is a golden mountain that supports the heaven,
earth and hell. It supports the three levels of
consciousness. It also means Tartar range of mountains
north of Himalaya. This golden mountain is analogous to
the brain, which supports all the aspects of individual
life. One of the meanings of the word Meru (Sanskrit)
seems to be brain. Hence the vertebral column is called
Meru danda (Column or Rod).
Meru-mani means a big bead, in the japamala i.e. rosary.
It is said that while reciting or remembering the name of
God; and counting it on the japamala, i.e. while
practicing namasmaran; you are not supposed to cross
the meru-mani.
What could be the reason for this?
According to me, the penance of any kind; including
namasmaran; is aimed at reaching the controlling center
of the inner and outer universe.
Physiologically it is clear that there is a continuous flow
of impulses to and fro the cerebral cortex on either side.
16. Impulses flow from right brain to the left body and from
left body to right brain.
When you start counting the name of God, you tend to
replicate the above process and go from meru-mani to
the japamala and back. This is like going from left brain
and coming back. The next counting is begun by
reversing the position of the meru-mani as if starting
from right brain to the body and coming back.
One can tally this explanation with one’s experience.
POSITIVE THINKING AND
NAMASMARAN
Most of the times it is said advised by most of the people
to most of the people to think positively!
But most of the times it is forgotten that a person does
not think negatively by choice and does not have any
conscious plan; of not thinking positively either!
However most of the times this advice of positive
thinking is given and taken passively and superstitiously
as if there is no other option!
It has to be appreciated that a person in depression or
frustration may have negative thoughts which are
destructive and need to be shunned. But the strength for
this is what is utterly lacking at the point of depression or
17. frustration. Hence in this point of depression the positive
thoughts are countered by equally powerful and far more
convincing negative thoughts by that person. Sometimes
the positive thoughts sermonized by the others become
irritating as they appear too unrealistic and utopian to
the person in depression and frustration; and hence can
be counterproductive.
The utter weakness of depression or frustration can be
overcome by NAMSMARAN which revitalizes and
rejuvenates the person.
It is in fact the best preventive and curative measure
against depression and frustration.
VALUE EDUCATION AND NAMASMARAN
Many people related to the field of education keep
talking about VALUE BASED EDUCATION as a
panacea to all the problems in the world.
The idea of value based education is probably well
intended in case of some of the proponents, but ….
1. The influence of value system of the society (now global
values) (which does not come in the purview of any
formal education) influences ideas and behavior of the
students and every one connected with education
tremendously.
2. Common men follow the celebrities in different fields, in
the world. The celebrity status is decided by the global
18. value system and the media hype in accordance with it!
Today, all of us in the world are suffering with the
disease of “individualism, superficiality and pettiness”.
Interestingly, it is disguised in glamour, glitter, hype and
glorification! We have become caricature of ourselves.
We are unable to think and behave conducive to our
happiness and that of others.
3. The value system (enlightenment and inclusiveness or
otherwise) of the constituent assemblies decide the
contents and drafting of the laws.
4. The laws (whether they represent the noble aspirations of
the millions or not) and the legal system (whether it
provides any kind of assurance, support or solace against
being subjected to injustice and/or crimes) influences
common man’s (and hence of every one related to the
field of education) beliefs and interactions.
5. Our listlessness and emaciation to rise above
individualism, pettiness and superficiality and our
sectarian and fragmented perspective and thinking (the
cause of global problems) are because of getting
disconnected from our powerhouse (our true self)!
NAMASMARAN can reconnect us with our powerhouse.
In other words, this is like watering our roots!
6. In absence of NAMASMARAN, arbitrary teaching of
some arbitrary values, become pitiable and utterly
ineffective in serving the purpose viz. providing any kind
of solution to global or individual problems.
7. One need not believe in this, but think over the issue and
verify the empowering and rejuvenating experience of
cosmic benevolence of NAMSMARAN and its
byproducts.
19. TOP PRIORITY AND NAMASMARAN
For all those; who believe that all the human efforts
should culminate in individual and universal blossoming,
the holistic perspective and activities in tune with it;
form the only way of success!
If you believe in realizing and manifesting the universal
unity and harmony, then the simple way is
NAMASMARAN. Through NAMASMARAN you begin
to blossom and realize universal unity and harmony and
ironically, land up in magnificent bliss and infallible
conviction (some may call it obsession) of
NAMASMARAN!
It is through such conviction, that you realize the need
for top priority to training of children (and also adults)
in first aid, nursing, home remedies, cooking, farming,
gardening, stitching, carpentry and various such
household skills and crafts, power sports, gymnastics,
athletics, martial arts and everything related to physical
and mental fitness, which have to be aimed at
empowering the individuals to streamline the resources
in problem solving; and achieve individual and global
prosperity and profundity.
SPIRITUALISM, MATERIAISM AND NAMASMARAN
20. In the district of Satara in Maharashtra state there is a
place called Gondavle (Budruk).
I first visited this place; where there is a samadhi
mandir (shrine) of Sadguru Shri Brahmachaitanya
Gondavlekar Maharaj; about thirty years ago. I have
also visited the place called Shirdi where there is a
shrine of Shri Saibaba and Shegaon; where there is the
shrine of Shri Gajanan Maharaj.
These are the places where millions of devotees visit
with reverence; every year. I respect their feelings.
However the questions that used to gnawing me were;
“Why are these places full of activities responsible for
the downfall of mankind? Why can’t these (and other)
spiritual masters change these (and other respective)
places for better; through their devotees, local
administrative heads and/or the political leaders? Why
are these places immune to spiritual rejuvenation and
or revitalization? Why do we come across the
socioeconomic and political misery? Why do we find
people in pitiable life conditions in most respects?”
The answer to all these questions; is the development of
the split or chasm; between the spiritualism and
materialism!
The saints and their shrines provide the enlightenment
and empowerment; but we are intoxicated by petty
selfishness to such an extent that we visit these and
21. other places of pilgrimage in a parasitic mindset. We
visit these shrines and temples with beggarly mentality.
We approach these abodes merely for trivial gains for
our own selves or our families. All this is because we
have forgotten our DHARMA, which is different from
the concept of religion.
We have forgotten the concepts of pitru dharma, matru
dharma, putra dharma, acharya dharma, kula dharma,
raja dharma etc. (duties or privileges assigned to father,
mother, son, teacher, pedigree, ruler etc. respectively
for individual and global blossoming).
As a result; we are being dragged by petty, narrow,
superficial, glamorous, and individualistic
considerations born out of disrespect (for our ancestral
traditions; wherever we belong to); and leading to;
hollowness on the one hand; and we are being
compelled by our insecurity to visit shrines and temples
out of helplessness and meekness on the other!
The split between the spiritualism and materialism is
evident today in the form of lopsided materialism
associated with the cancerous growth of mercenary
vested interests on the one hand and lopsided
spiritualism associated with unjustifiably glorified
pathetic escapism on the other!
22. Namasmaran is the solution, which follows the answer
to our questions!
Namasmaran empowers, enlivens and enables us to get
reoriented to and explore the dharma concept and
reestablish the dynamic harmony and justice within
ourselves and the society; ensuring individual and
global blossoming!
In nutshell, with namasmaran; we begin to understand
and get inspired to rectify individual and social
conditions so as to achieve individual and global
blossoming (including the places of worship). Further, it
is to be noted that namasmaran lifts us up conceptually;
above the dehumanizing and shackling concepts of
development prevalent in socialistic and/or capitalistic
ideologies and societies. With namasmaran we evolve
holistic intellectual, emotional, instinctual and physical
responses in the form of perspective, policy making,
planning and implementation; in all the walks of life.
Namasmaran helps us to live holistically; and neither
lopsidedly spiritually nor lopsidedly materially!
MIND MANAGEMENT AND NAMASMARAN
The physical needs, passions, emotions; at different ages; are
governed by physiological principles.
23. We need a society and laws; in which these are neither
suppressed, nor unleashed, because both are
counterproductive!
Gita, Dasbodh and such light houses guide us in developing
such a society, in which the physiological needs are neither
condemned nor glorified. They guide us to sublimate our
needs smoothly into individual and global blossoming!
But as it may not be possible for every one to study these and
interpret them, as it was in my case and many like me.
Hence I have written a book SUPERLIVING describing some
simple tips (the most important being NAMASMARAN) for
people from every possible field; but especially children, so
that empowerment and enlightenment rejuvenate the society
(which in turn would revitalize me and many like me)!
YOGA MANAGEMENT AND NAMASMARAN
I think yoga has been discussed by many scholars with more
or less common perspectives, which lead to drifting of yoga
from the mainstream life of vast majority of common persons.
Thus; either yoga is left for the privilege of ascetics, or it is
practiced in the form of physical exercises, posture and
breathing exercises.
24. Yoga is an art of learning to ride and manage the horse that
life is!
Due to the dominating influence of barbaric forces of
regimentalization in the past several centuries and crudely
individualistic and/or socialistic ideologies, in the modern
times, the Indian fabric of society was terribly damaged.
It is important and urgent to salvage the Indian and the world
society by beginning to re-explore the wisdom from the
scriptures.
But that requires a simultaneous practice of yoga, which is
the art of reorienting yourself to the concept of simultaneous
blossoming of individual and the universe. This; in other
words is purification.
There are many ways for this. But the simplest and most
feasible way, which can revitalize and rejuvenate the
mainstream life style, is NAMASMARAN.
COW BEEF AND HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Once; someone ridiculed the idea of consuming cow urine; as
a therapeutic agent.
I had not studied Ayurveda in those days and was not sure
whether the cow products such as ghee, curd, milk, urine and
dung, of cow are really beneficial for health and if so in what
way and how. So I argued that it was not fair to ridicule the
25. ideas without proper study and research, merely on the basis
of some unfounded prejudices and delusions. Cow and many
other animal products can be useful medicinally.
Having said that; it must be realized; that mere utilitarian
view point can be counter productive. It is important to
acquire and practice holistic perspective and holistic
rectification of our concepts and our actions in every field,
which is possible only through the individual and global
blossoming, through NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering your
true self. (You can get more explanation about
NAMASMARAN in my articles and books).
Presently we are being governed by superficiality, pettiness,
dullness, lassitude, parasitism, ethnocentricity, individualistic
obsessions, and many perverted elements (which we justify
and feel proud of) at the cost of other living and nonliving
elements in the nature, hence we come across such statements.
At that time I was not in retaliatory mood, so I did not point
out that every person who consumes meat in one form or
another actually consumes dead bodies of animals (can be
called some kind of necrophagia) and also consumes the urine
and the dung of that animal (can be called some kind of
urophagia and coprophagia)!
Even as we uphold the principle of nonviolence we are slaves
of our cruel obsession to keep on practicing not merely
violence per se, but viciously perverted violence in killing and
eating dead animals and glorifying and glamorizing it as if it
is the ultimate pleasure in life! The shameless hype of all this
26. leads to perpetuation of the perversion into the next
generations far and wide in the world!
I do not want to blame any one but only to appeal to find out
if we are in inner harmony through all this or we are simply
delirious!
Such introspection is possible through universally acceptable
and practical process of NAMASMARAN! NAMASMARAN
is like a process of oxygenation of the dying organism! We
urgently need it!
More explanation about NAMASMARAN is given in my
articles and books, uploaded for free download (like this
article)!
COW OR MOTHER?
Once; someone ridiculed the idea of consuming cow urine; as a
therapeutic agent.
I had not studied Ayurveda in those days and was not sure
whether the cow products such as ghee, curd, milk, urine and
dung, of cow are really beneficial for health and if so in what
way and how. So I argued that it was not fair to ridicule the
ideas without proper study and research, merely on the basis
of some unfounded prejudices and delusions. Cow and many
other animal products can be useful medicinally.
Having said that; it must be realized; that mere utilitarian view
point can be counter productive. It is important to acquire
27. and practice holistic perspective and holistic rectification of
our concepts and our actions in every field, which is possible
only through the individual and global blossoming, through
NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering your true self. (You can
get more explanation about NAMASMARAN in my articles
and books).
Presently we are being governed by superficiality, pettiness,
dullness, lassitude, parasitism, ethnocentricity, individualistic
obsessions, and many perverted elements (which we justify
and feel proud of) at the cost of other living and nonliving
elements in the nature, hence we come across such statements.
At that time I was not in retaliatory mood, so I did not point out
that every person who consumes meat in one form or another
actually consumes dead bodies of animals (can be called some
kind of necrophagia) and also consumes the urine and the
dung of that animal (can be called some kind of urophagia
and coprophagia)!
Even as we uphold the principle of nonviolence we are slaves of
our cruel obsession to keep on practicing not merely violence
per se, but viciously perverted violence in killing and eating
dead animals and glorifying and glamorizing it as if it is the
ultimate pleasure in life! The shameless hype of all this leads
to perpetuation of the perversion into the next generations far
and wide in the world!
I do not want to blame any one but only to appeal to find out if
we are in inner harmony through all this or we are simply
delirious!
28. Such introspection is possible through universally acceptable
and practical process of NAMASMARAN! NAMASMARAN
is like a process of oxygenation of the dying organism! We
urgently need it!
Through such introspection what I have realized is, eating
animals is a matter of slavery to one’s own cravings, which
are aggravated by media hype, promotion, glamorization,
glorification of such slavish trends; upheld by many slaves in
the positions of leadership (political, economic, cultural,
scientific etc.)!
I have begun to understand that:
1. Considering cow as a mother is far more evolved and
cultured than killing and eating her.
2. Considering rivers as mothers is far more evolved and
cultured than simply treating them as utility of life.
3. Treating plants as goddesses such as holy basil i.e. ocimum
sanctum and ceremoniously worshipping them, is far more
evolved and cultured than treating it is as a living element
low in the scale of evolution.
4. This applies to the earth also. Considering earth as mother
viz. DHARANI MATA is far more evolved and cultured than
treating it as obvious element on which we live!
5. In short, it is a far more advanced culture, in which the
nature around is worshipped with festive spirit and never
exploited.
6. The cruelty, exploitativeness, ungratefulness are (even if they
are glamorized, glorified, hyped and promoted as superior)
29. counterproductive and cast detrimental influence on others;
thus throttling, suffocating and thwarting the blossoming
process of individuals and universe!
ANIMAL SACRIFICE AND NAMASMARAN
In the process of evolution at some stage, the art, skill and
courage involved in hunting (RAJOGUNA) were vital in view
of the fact that the survival of the individuals and the societies
depended on hunting. In the process of protecting from the
predators, the animals were killed in as much as they were
killed to satisfy the need of food. The fishing and hunting
were practiced not only without any guilt, but in fact with
some kind of pride and dignity, because of their utility for the
society!
When the mankind began to sense the influence of unknown
and unseen deities, he began to offer his food (sacrificial
animal) to the deity.
To celebrate and cheer up; the yajnas were performed and
bravery was invoked, admired, promoted and celebrated!
This is probably the logical basis of the dignity that the
sacrificial killing (RAJOGUNA) enjoyed in yajnas.
The respect and honor for hunting and killing animals; was
logical also because cowardice (TAMOGUNA) in those
circumstances could have meant destruction of the individual
and the specie.
30. As and when the mankind evolved further, the tradition of
sacrificing animals in yajnas became redundant and did not
signify bravery (RAJOGUNA) but signified basal, carnal,
animalistic and cowardly behavior (TAMOGUNA); in view of
preferred vegetarian food being easily available; and hence
gradually declined to almost zero.
But I was once told that the practice of sacrificing animals as
offering to their deity still goes on!
Irrespective of the region or religion; this is not bravery
(RAJOGUNA) but cold blooded risk free cowardly cruelty;
worst than mere cowardice and hence worst than
TAMOGUNA.
In my view this is a perverted and brutal (and not brave)
hangover of the redundant traditions and customs belonging
to the primitive stage of the development of the society, which
belonged to RAJOGUNA and were much required in those
times. But those traditions are rendered retrogressive and
detrimental (TAMOGUNA) in the present context!
Once my friend asked, why don’t majority of the people offer
animals to the deities?
I did not have instant and satisfactory answer at that time
and thought that probably it could be blind following of the
egalitarian or god fearing tradition of offering vegetarian
food to deities.
31. But later I came to realize that unnecessary killing belongs; as
alluded to earlier; to worst form of TAMAS OR
TAMOGUNA (fanaticism) and those who evolve in the course
of evolution; rise from TAMOGUNA and RAJOGUNA to
SATVA GUNA and choose not to opt for brutal, cruel and
absolutely unnecessary killing of cows, bullocks, sheep, goats
and other animals or birds for any purpose; eating, offering
or any other luxury!
Through probably the practice of NAMASMARAN, I
realized that as the mankind evolves, the SATVA GUNA
becomes preponderant and hence he gradually does not need
to perversely assert his bravery by killing; especially when
absolutely not required for protection or feeding. A SATIVK
individual irrespective of his or her region or religion; does
not fancy killing harmless and in fact loving and serving
animals; ungratefully; for so called offering and/or eating but
prefers vegetarian food, for all offerings and celebrations.
IS
NAMASMARAN
USELESS
IN
STRESS MANAGEMENT?
When I used to be charged with physical needs, passions,
emotions, thoughts and ideas, I used to feel agitated with the
thought of similar plight of the people! The social circumstances
appeared extremely dark and annoying. The change, the revolution
32. appeared to be the only purpose of life, even as the exact program
of action and/or blue print of the revolution was far from ready!
The frenzy of all these complex feelings used to be so much, that
any proponent of God or NAMASMARAN used to appear as
unconcerned about peoples’ true needs, unbothered about real
issues such as poverty, injustice; and hence antisocial, hypocrite,
parasitic etc or at best; stupid or gullible!
The restlessness within; used to be so much that it used to propel
me towards addressing every problem that appeared in the news
paper or on TV, apart from those in my own personal life.
As a result, I used get engrossed in relevant physical work,
emotional expression in poetry, intellectual analysis, discussions,
public speeches, writing articles and books etc, which appeared to
be the methods of self assertion and solution to the problems!
Withdrawal from such activities was suffocating, unbearable and
killing!
Namasmaran appeared to me a despicable escapism from such
“very useful and urgent” activities. As regards it social importance,
it appeared to make the people facing problems; parasitic and
paranoid! It appeared to make people dependent and helpless. It
appeared to dissuade them from accepting the challenges of life in
personal and social life and facing them victoriously!
33. The fervor of my mind would never get calmed by the thought of
NAMASMARAN, though many a times I appreciated the honesty
and selflessness of the individuals advocating it.
Later in the course of reading about various arguments regarding
NAMASMARAN in books such as the biography of Shri
Brahmachaitanya Gondavlekar Maharaj, by Prof. K.V. Belsare;
and through my experiences with a variety of activities of service
and social struggle for justice; I began to get intellectually
convinced that NAMASMARAN can evolve and transform an
individual in terms of his/her perspective, vision, intellectual
framework, emotions and instincts; and evolve him/her into
objective or cosmic consciousness. I thought this; if happens in
every walk of life; then it could usher in; individual and global
blossoming, because; it could actualize globally benevolent
perspective and policies!
I wrote many books on NAMASMARAN and
VISHNUSAHASRANAM; in Hindi, Marathi and English and
besides getting them published, tried to sell or even distribute them
free of cost and spread the message of NAMASMARAN with my
perspective mentioned above, as far and wide as I could!
But at this juncture I would like to address some arguments against
NAMASMARAN!
1. What is the basis to prove that NAMASMARAN can lead to
global blossoming? NAMASMARAN does not seem to do
34. anything, if compared to for instance; scientific research or socio-
political manipulations! It does not seem to work and produce
results; even comparable to those produced by relatively simple
agricultural activities or other handicrafts!
2. If I say that NAMASMARAN evolves us into objective or
cosmic consciousness or imparts global perspective, then the
argument is, “Can you prove the cause and effect relationship?”
The answer obviously is “No”! I can not prove that
NAMASMARAN evolves us into objective or cosmic
consciousness or imparts global perspective!
Looking back; I realize that my opinions changed due to the
influence of factors beyond my comprehension constituting the
“field”, cosmic consciousness or God that encompasses and
influences not merely “me” but everything; including the people in
the universe! Whether the people in the world would also change
and begin to get associated with NAMASMARAN; would also
therefore be determined by the same “field” and hence I need not
feel restless about “this mission”!
3. What is the proof for existence of such a field?
Obviously; I have no proof!
4. Another argument is; NAMASMARAN has no influence on
individual or social life; practicing NAMASMARAN is wastage of
35. time! One may feel that NAMASMARAN has benevolent role,
because of erroneously attributing the good changes in him or her
to NAMASMARAN! Actually it could be the other way round;
that is good changes in him or her have lead to interest in
NAMASMARAN!
This argument also, can not be refuted. What can be said is that
cosmic consciusness or objective bliss is somehow associated with
NAMASMARAN.
5. But even this can not be proved. Neither can I show that some
one is linked (through NAMASMARAN) to cosmic consciousness,
nor can I can I prove that those; who are not practicing
NAMASMARAN; are dissociated from cosmic consciusness or
objective bliss!
All in all, practice of NAMASMARAN and the experience
associated with it are essentially personal and beyond linguistic
communication.
One may or may not believe in them; and may or may not
provisionally accept, study, experiment out and decide their
validity or otherwise!
It appears however, that soon; the individuals and the societies of
world; would get freedom from the conflicts generated from
fulfillment or otherwise; of their physical needs, instincts, feelings,
arguments, flights of imaginations, infatuations and restlessness,
and get the privilege of being associated with NAMASMARAN,
36. objective bliss, cosmic consciousness, globally beneficial
perspective and policies and their implementation; irrespective of
the nature of cause and effect relationship (which also incidentally;
is a product of human intellectual framework!)!