1. APPEARANCE
AND
REALITY
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. The glamour and glitter of the
world tempts one and all, with
some exceptions which prove the
rule! But even as it is well known
that all that glitters is not gold and
all that does not glitter is not NON
gold, we tend to fall prey to and are
completely deceived by glamour
and appearances!
In fact we are deceived by
appearances in both ways; one by
getting tempted by glitter and
getting repelled by non-glamour!

3. Our education and hence the
education of subsequent
generations is full of such deceit!
The so called acculturation is also
full of such deceit!
This is why in general; we are
attracted by the royalty and repelled
by poverty. We are tempted by
riches and repelled by ashes. We
are depressed by suppression and
excited by indulgence.
But it is also true that our idols and
ideals are determined by our

4. constitutions, moods and even
whims and fancies! Hence our idols
and ideals can be contradictory!
They are violent (war heroes),
nonviolent (Buddha, Gandhi,
Mahavir, Jesus Christ),
economically rich (Bill Gates),
economically poor (Vinoba Bhave),
physically strong (Mohammed Ali,
Dara Singh), physically weak
(Srinivas Ramanujam, Stephen
Hawking) and so on, without any
clarity about why this is so!

5. If we carefully introspect, then we
would realize that depiction of
saints is usually deceptively
sympathogenic (one that generates
sympathy in your mind) and also
one that triggers pity in your mind!
On the contrary, the photographs of
the film stars and the political
leaders are deceptively euphoria-
genic (one that leads to euphoria
and pleasant and grandiose
excitement)!
The seekers of truth are never
pitiable. They are always the

6. guiding light houses. We should
seek the truth irrespective of
whether we belong to science, arts,
philosophy or technology and not
get swayed or dictated by any
appearances, which are deceptive!
Is this possible?
Yes!
Through the practice of
NAMASMARAN billions can help
billions in majestically seeking
truth and merging victoriously with
it!

7. DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR