Stress and kuladevata dr. shriniwas kashalikar

STRESSANDKULADEVATADR.SHRINIWASKASHALIKARIn India; thousands of family groups worship differentkuladaivatas or kuladevatas. Kula means pedigree and

daivata or devata means deity. The temples of these deitiesare present in different villages and people assembleperiodically in these temples and worship the deities withdifferent customs and traditions. The yearly congregationsare called jatras and constitute a great event of culturalrejuvenation, unification and harmonization.In my view these kuladaivatas or kuladevatas are the divinedoors to the home of ultimate truth. They are divine branchesof the root embodying eternal truth. These are divinechannels or divine routes; to the abode of absolute truth.As I have discussed in my books such as Hitguj andShambhavi, the temples in general; constitute; the unendingsprings of vitality and rejuvenation. These are the placeswhere individuals can consume the sacred sap ofenlightenment and transcend above their petty ego, pettyaspirations and petty pursuits.NAMASKAR is prostrating in front of the idols. We may feelthat this is meekness or lowliness. But that is not so. In fact;just as a person with bamboo spine; cannot bend due toinability; similarly a person with mental rigidity andinflexible ego; is unable to prostrate or do NAMSKAR. It isegoistic arrogance and lack of humility. It is not a sign ofstrength but a sign of weakness and fragility. It is a sign ofapprehension and phobia of breaking; if one bends!

NAMASKAR or prostration; is an achievement in terms ofbeing able to surrender one’s ego, subjectivity or pettiness; atleast to some extent!Recently I visited and stayed in the temple of Shri DevNarayan (our kuladaivata); situated in a scenic place calledWalaval. Apart from the superlative rejuvenating experience,I also realized that we visit these places; only periodically andas a matter of custom and tradition. But otherwise we neglectthem. We get engrossed in trivialities of life; and lose the vitalcore of our life residing in these temples! These sources ofeternal empowerment and enlightenment are therefore;grossly “emaciated”, “weakened”, “paralyzed” and“helpless”!The holistic solution; which treats and heals the root of theproblem is NAMASMARAN. It heals the heart and soul ofuniverse. It inspires us; to worship these deities; not as amatter of mere tradition; but as a source of universalrejuvenation, unity and harmony! It gives several creativeand holistically benevolent ideas, plans and projects; in andaround all the temples and places of worship, which in turncan rejuvenate the mankind!

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