HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE is the development of perspective, policies, plans, programs and their implementation; for individual and global blossoming. HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE is bound to manifest; through the life struggle irrespective of whether we support it or oppose!

1. HOLISTIC
RENAISSANCE
AND
NAMASMARAN
DR
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE AND NAMASMARAN
HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE is the development of perspective, policies, plans,
programs and their implementation; for individual and global blossoming.
HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE is bound to manifest; through the life struggle
irrespective of whether we support it or oppose!
Appropriate care and nurturing of all the components and their subservience to
absolute consciousness would be evolved and inbuilt; in the machines,
industries, institutions, organizations, state machineries, nations, and universe;
and of course; in the individual life; in coming future.
The instincts such as physical activity, locomotion, urination, defecation,
cleanliness, hunger, thirst, safety, sexual desire, parental care, breast feeding;
and emotional needs such as friendship, dialogue, expression of conscience
through art and literature would be fulfilled in an appropriate manner
culminating in the imminent process of individual and universal blossoming!
Some examples of how this would manifest are;
The education policy would be evolved into holistic education policy nurturing
creative, productive, psychomotor, affective and cognitive domains. It would
ensure promotion of self empowerment, self sufficiency and self esteem and
freedom from the need and dependence on certificates.
The indiscriminate killing of animals for taste, sacrifice and/or other vested
interests; would be stopped; spontaneously as well as by law. Abundant
availability of healthy vegetarian food would be ensured by different
agencies/organizations/governments.
There would be evolution of voluntary efforts and laws, which would promote
the practitioners of different disciplines of medicine; to grow into holistic
healers and make it easy for the patients to get holistic advice and treatment for
holistic health promotion and healing.

3. The divisions such as spiritual, material, theist, atheist, superstitious, rationalist
etc would begin to dissolve in common pursuit of HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE
through the common minimum program of NAMASMARAN.
BENEFITS OF NAMASMARAN
In day to day life; we usually consider loss and gain to make our priorities and
take decisions.
But the tangible losses and gains compressible by our intelligence have
limitations and hence usually prove inadequate and insufficient to satisfy and
fulfill us fully!
The spirituality (DHARMA) in true sense is not at all contraposed to the day to
day material life.
Actually it is the expedition of progressive perfection in using everything in life
and the life itself; to blossom and culminate in ultimate, objective, immortal and
cosmic romance.
NAMASMARAN is core of spirituality and various techniques in spirituality.
Let us understand that when it is said that NAMASMARAN should be
practiced for the sake of itself; it is because practice of NAMASMARAN may
not serve and comply our petty ego, ideas, illusions, desires, and expectations
and so on. As a result we may get disheartened and feel that NAMASMARAN is
impotent and sterile.
But NAMASMARAN is NOT impotent and sterile; but the omnipotent
benevolence of NAMASMARAN is infinite and beyond the comprehension of
ego oriented petty ideas, perspectives, desires, and expectations and so on!
It is best to start NAMASMARAN and grow with it into objective SELF; while
in the process; gradually shedding off the ego (and our personal whims an
fancies); and enjoy the universal benevolence of NAMASMARAN.

4. CONVERSIONS AND NAMASMARAN
While the instincts of not merely survival, but racial, religious, ideological,
cultural, economic and political supremacy are natural and understandable;
they are undoubtedly the obstacles in individual and global blossoming. The
rabid propaganda and the indiscriminate violence for one’s racial, religious,
ideological, cultural, economic and political supremacy are counterproductive
and self defeating.
But this statement is not new. It is written and spoken by almost every alternate
person.
But the question is how to evolve ourselves out of our basal instincts and free
ourselves from the shackles of barbarism?
We have to realize that our devotion and dedication to our religions is marred
by our basal, barbaric, fanatic and frantic efforts to convert others to our
religions. In fact by imposing certain way of life and code of conduct on others,
we are insulting the spirit of our religions and the motto of global welfare of our
religions.
We have to admit and confess to ourselves that conversions per se; whether by
force, deceit or temptation are nothing but promotion and/or imposition of our
pettiness, superficiality, whims, fancies, names and titles.
Furthermore; the conversion (whether by force, temptations or deceit) to
certain names, titles, certain dress, certain arbitrary rules and regulations; is
the greatest insult to an individual; and greatest violence against his/her
freedom.
Let us therefore; as world citizens abstain from conversions and oppose them;
morally, legally and in every benevolent way possible at individual and global
levels.

5. Let us wake up from our slumber and revitalize ourselves from the inertia and
lethargy to realize that we are blessed to rededicate to the true spirit of our
religions and participate (and hence right from now; must participate) in the
real and most urgent expedition of conquering our basal nature.
The success in rededicating to the motto and spirit of our religions and
conquering our basal nature ensues when we begin NAMASMARAN, as per our
beliefs and traditions. It is the simplest and universal way to individual and
global blossoming.
Practicing, preaching, writing, publishing, broadcasting, sponsoring, talking,
sharing; in fact; doing whatever we can to promote NAMASMARAN (and other
activities and programs in respective fields conducive to NAMASMARAN and
self realization); ensures and ensues individual and global blossoming; the motto
and spirit of all religions.
DEFAMATION STRESS & NAMASMARAN
It is a common experience that the accolades and admonitions from our parents,
teachers, relatives, friends and even our followers and fans (if we are a
celebrity); determine our happiness and sadness.
But why is this so?
This is because in our mind there is always a process of self evaluation on the
basis of what we need, what we want, what we feel and what others need, want
and feel; about us. Sometimes we give more importance to our views and at
other times to those of others!
But amidst this conflict, there are occasions when we tend to agree with the
opinions of others but can not comply with them. For example, we may agree
with the public opinion that speaking truth is great; but we may not be able to
follow it and then we may develop guilt, lowliness and self hatred.

6. If we do not give enough importance to our own perceptions and experiences
and do not assert our conscience adequately, we may get bogged down by the
opinions of the others and develop good or bad self image! In such a situation,
we can be totally devastated if public opinion about us; is spoiled.
The stress of bad public opinion or defamation is there with us for millennia!
It is because, we are unable to negotiate with public opinion; that the public
opinion becomes dangerously important, and we then try to hide our so called
vices from the society! This forms the basis of our hypocrisy on the one hand
and our black mailing by others on the other!
But even as we try to hide our “vices” from the society; since we agree with
these opinions about our “vices”; in the heart of heart; these bad opinions keep
reverberating in our person’s mind and make us miserable by guilt complex,
which can lead even to violence towards ourselves (suicide) or others (murder)!
So the black mailing, suicides, murders and other crimes related to defamation
can be prevented if we understand; “it is human to err but it is divine to
forgive!” We have to learn to forgive ourselves and others! But this is easier said
than practiced!
Not the defamation itself; but even the idea, thought and apprehension about
defamation is so severe, that it can be destabilizing and devastating and ruin our
life! We can get several examples in day to day life one of which is daughter’s
marriage and related issues in sections of India.
As we have already seen, the defamation is a result of our thinking about
ourselves and the peoples’ thinking about us. It is important to know ourselves
(and the others) better, through NAMASMARAN and assert ourselves, which is
what is done in Total Stress Management.
DOUBTS ABOUT NAMASMARAN
Do I have doubts about NAMSMARAN?

7. Yes! I have doubts even today! I am certainly not completely satisfied with
NAMASMARAN, which is the fundamental and universal solution (other
solutions being adjuvant) for the perceptible transition from individual and
universal problems to individual and universal blossoming.
I am in doubts because; I can not be oblivious, indifferent, passive, inert and
‘happy’ with the sectarian and/or piecemeal approaches and policies revolving
around petty perspectives, thoughts and interests in political, social, economic,
medical, industrial, and agricultural, educational and other fields.
I can not think of and can not be happy with any liberation or mukti or
Nirvana; without the universally beneficial policies and their actual
implementation in all such fields of life.
Someone may object and say that NAMASMARAN is meant for self realization
and not for social revolution.
My answer to this is, “Merging in NAMASMARAN completely; is being cosmic
self, the reflection of which is the universe and society. Hence there can not be
any liberation without the actual reflection in personal and social life. The
feeling of liberation in absence of such changes (the details of which may vary) is
only an illusion and self deception.
All the ideas and pursuits of “personal” liberation (without tangible change in
reality) are actually petty and actually counterproductive.
I get agonies when I see the burning problems of people at global to local levels,
just as I get disturbed by my own physical pain, financial crisis, humiliation in
personal life etc.
That is why I try to propagate not merely NAMASMARAN, but also its the
inseparable aspects viz. globally beneficial perspective, policies, plans and
programs, to be evolved by the leaders in different fields, and their meticulous
implementation by the masses; and thereby; the successful individual and
universal blossoming in actual day to day life!

8. What is the solution to the doubts?
The solution to the doubts is; to continue to practice NAMASMARAN
victoriously with confidence! We can; then blissfully “see” the cosmic
consciousness manifesting (beyond subjective consciousness, conceptual
framework and time frame) in personal and the social life from time
immemorial!
EXPERIENCE OF NAMASMARAN
NAMASMARAN is apparently a simple activity. But actually it is such a deep
process; that it churns the entire interior of us. It brings out to surface the
subconscious instincts and emotions to such an extent that we are afraid of our
own selves. It can shake us from within and even shatter our conviction in
NAMASMARAN.
NAMASMARAN is apparently a passive and least exciting activity. It does not
create infatuation as that for patriotism, philanthropy, business, stardom etc.
We can therefore feel let down in the glamour, glitter respectability and
accolades received by the celebrities and feel that because of NAMASMARAN;
we have become defunct, redundant and dejected!
The humiliation of NAMASMARAN (as a too simple a process and also least
exciting one) by many; is because of our passivity and indolent practice of
NAMASMARAN. We practice NAMASMARAN to escape from the search of
truth and its expression! We practice NAMASMARAN mechanically and
parasitically to subserve our petty interests (and often get frustrated). We keep
on running away from the roots of the day to day problems of individuals and
the universe prove ourselves to be morons in front of the critics of
NAMASMARAN.
To avoid this; the practice of NAMASMARAN ought to be; coupled with
internalization and propagation of holistic perspective, thinking, emotions and
actions. In absence of this we ourselves; though unknowingly; become the slaves
and victims of barbaric instincts, fanatic emotions and petty intellect; and

9. unknowingly harbor soft corner for these! Naturally; therefore we keep on
subserving and nurturing these barbaric instincts, fanatic emotions and petty
intellect inside us and in the society and keep on actually facilitating the threat
to individual and global blossoming!
We must buttress our NAMASMARAN with practice and propagation of
holistic perspective, thinking, emotions and actions; for successfully overcoming
the traps of barbarism and pettiness; and to reach the fulfilling and ultimate
experience of individual and universal blossoming; through NAMASMARAN.
GHOSTS AND NAMASMARAN
The words such as ghosts, spirits (and synonyms such as bhoot, pishaccha,
hadal, devachar, sammandha, mrutatma, pretatma; in Indian languages)
indicate inexplicable, intangible phenomena; often written off as
“psychological”; while hardly knowing mind!!
When a common man thinks of various problems unexplainable on physical,
chemical or any other basis, he or she tends to attribute the problems to the
entities mentioned above.
The modern medical experts, who laugh/ridicule at these terms, must introspect
and admit to themselves that they do not know anything about physiological
location, extent, dimensions and chemical/physical characteristics of mind, to
which they attribute all these phenomena.
Let us not take pride on our semantics! Let us not fight over the semantics. Let
us not hide our ignorance and boost our self destructive arrogance with the
crutches of so called modern or traditional terms; such as idiopathic,
schizophrenia, hysteria and ghosts, spirits etc. respectively!
Let us understand that whether we conceive the inexplicable phenomena in
terms of modern terms or traditional terms, what matters is, whether we can
conquer them, and if so how!

10. Just as we can not define and demonstrate ghost, so also, we can not define and
demonstrate subconscious, unconscious and other phenomena attributed to and
described in relation to mind in psychology and psychiatry. They are only ideas,
experienced or agreed upon by some.
In my experience, self empowerment is the most important and common answer
irrespective of semantics.
According to me, various problems including mental problems begin to get
minimized and milder, in the process of practice of NAMASMARAN; in
accordance with one’s tradition. The various means and techniques for
empowerment and enlightenment such as medicaments, yogasana, pranayama,
and various other remedies can work as adjuvant measures. But they require
suitability of certain physical circumstances, and these suitable circumstances
also keep getting evolved around the transtemporal cosmic consciousness (which
we merge with through NAMASMARAN).
It is said that, NAMASMARAN enables us to conquer (and even emancipate)
ghosts; categorized as unexplainable or partially explainable psychosomatic and
other individual and social problems. NAMASMARAN is the hallmark and also
the core of individual and cosmic blossoming!
As and when the majority would begin to practice NAMAMSRAN the disputes
created by and based on semantics would begin to get dissolved because of the
commonality of the sublime experience!
One can verify this, but not merely for oneself, but by sharing this conviction
with maximum people.
GIZMO AND NAMASMARAN
Gizmo; our beautiful Labrador dog came in our house and commanded love
and pampering as well! He did not articulate his emotions in words.

11. But his presence was extraordinarily cheerful, vitalizing and elating. His every
gesture exuded immense love and involvement in us. His looking, His licking, his
rubbing, his asking for food, his asking for going out and everything had a
subtle power to exalt us beyond our frail linguistic framework.
I could never pin point the element that captivated us in his love and care. He
became the most important “person” of attention and adoring of all of us!
When Gizmo was transferred to kennel everyone felt as if a lump of his/her flesh
was lost!
Tears gathered in my eyes, with deep sense of loss!
Gradually and with great difficulty I articulated my own feelings and dialogued
with myself. I tried to decipher my relationship with Gizmo.
I re-explored the genuine, innocent and spontaneous love to which the deep shelf
of my heart had become deserted.
I realized the petty subjectivity, vanity and mediocrity, of my indifference to
animals and their trivialization in my mind.
In Gizmo I could now breathe the unspoken and hidden love in my heart for
universe.
Verily my interactions with Gizmo restored the capacity to love, love
unconditionally and unhesitatingly.
This treasure of my life is really precious. In my craving to do something for
near and dear Gizmo; I began to remember the name of God for universal
justice and welfare; and especially all the living beings that can not speak and
express themselves in words!
GOD STRESS DHARMA ADHARMA AND NAMASMARAN

12. The misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the aphorism or
MAHAVAKYA “I am Brahma” and concept of “God” are responsible for the
indolence, indifference, false self contentment, self righteousness, parasitic
helplessness, inaction or fanatic actions and STRESS.
It is high time; we realize for our own blossoming, that God is an experience of
self realization and not a matter of paranoid beliefs and delusions, with respect
to His role in day to day individual gains and losses; as clearly stated in the 5th
chapter of Gita. God is a phenomenon to be explored and experienced; that is
all. It is like the freshness one experiences after bath. We do not believe or
preach the others to believe in the experience of freshness!
GOD is indescribable; because; the word existence itself; is actually very deep
and infinite!
Existence of a stone, existence of electricity, existence of laser rays, existence of
space, existence of time, existence of a bird, existence of a boy, existence of mind,
existence of feeling, existence of thoughts all are described by a single word
“existence”!
As a result of ignoring the meanings of the word “existence”, the followers of so
called atheism and theism amongst us; go on arguing endlessly and the truth i.e.
the sense of satisfaction, unity, fearlessness, joy keep on eluding us.
Let us understand that The God does not exist and does not “NON” exist! The
God experience is beyond the routine, crude and restrictive meaning of the word
“exist”!
GOD is indescribable by qualitative or quantitative languages due to
innumerable attributes; and hence just termed GOD. One of the attributes of
GOD is that; it forms the innate bond between us and others. But, since this
bond is concealed within our subjectivity, ego, or individualism, we are ignorant
of GOD.

13. This ignorance, which is actually the lack of realization or experience; secedes
all of us from the universe and one another, causing STRESS and rendering us
isolated, lonely, weak or violent within our core.
Reorienting to this GOD through NAMASMARAN (which is the rationale and
core of Total Stress Management) is the most fulfilling culmination of human
life. Total Stress Management in turn, constitutes all the activities (perspective,
policies, programs, plans and administration); to facilitate such culmination, by
blossoming of one and all!
In other words; Total Stress Management involves; blossoming of individual
and universal consciousness and behavior so as to create living conditions to
accelerate this process of reorienting to GOD.
Total stress Management is DHARMA.
Opposition to this process of unified blossoming; in thoughts, feelings and
actions is ADHARMA.
NAMASMARAN consolidates our position in GOD and is DHARMA.
The perception of harmony and unity of universe is one of the indications of
realization of GOD.
The behavior in all walks of life (such as politics, economics, agriculture and
nutrition etc.) to enhance this perception is DHARMA.
Actions against this are ADHARMA.
NAMASMARAN reorients us to GOD and is DHARMA.
The unconditioned acceptance, love and respect for the innate; blossoming
consciousness in universe in general and in every heart in particular; are
symptoms of realization of GOD.

14. The steps taken to nurture this are DHARMA. The endeavor to jeopardize this;
is ADHARMA.
NAMASMARAN reestablishes us in GOD and is DHARMA.
The deep respect and commitment for motherhood, brotherhood, friendship
and such sublime selfless relations is one of the features of realization GOD.
The conduct in tune with and to promote this respect and commitment is
DHARMA.
The tendencies to go against this constitute ADHARMA.
NAMASMARAN rejuvenates us in GOD and is DHARMA.
The process of blossoming of objective consciousness and love; conquering petty
considerations and vested interests; indicates realization of GOD.
The way of life to nurture this feeling in all walks of life; is DHARMA.
The impulses, urges and cravings and their pursuits in opposite direction
constitute ADHARMA.
NAMASMARAN empowers us to realize GOD and is DHARMA.
The process of growing from subjectivity, pettiness, inertia, fear, insecurity,
loneliness, hatred, jealousy, contempt, arrogance, vindictiveness, melancholy,
frustration, defeatism, cynicism, escapism; to objectivity and unifying the core
of all beings is the process of orienting to GOD.
The actual involvement in this process and its strengthening in all walks of life is
DHARMA.
Conspiracy to oppose this process is ADHARMA.
NAMASMARAN reinforces our conviction in GOD and is DHARMA.

15. GOD and DHARMA are present ubiquitously. They keep blossoming with
various proportions in different individuals and at different times and in
different places, irrespective of whether a person calls himself or herself; a theist
or an atheist and of one religion or another.
NAMASMARAN is a way (that we are more familiar with and accessible to
every one at literally no cost); of realizing GOD and DHARMA within and
outside. While enjoying this golden opportunity of NAMASMARAN to the best
of our capacity, we can see and participate in Total Stress Management i.e.
DHARMA; which is imminent, inevitable and irresistible.
NAMASMARAN empowers us; to be participate in Total Stress Management
embodying holistic perspective, policy making, plans, programs and their
implementation, in personal and social life (DHARMA); and conquer
STRESSORS and STRESS (ADHARMA); and to meet or merge (YOGA) with
our true self (GOD)!
NAMASMARAN also frees us from fanatic and regimentalized paradigms
(ADHARMA) and we begin to appreciate that; the needs (normal and
physiological i.e. conducive to self realization) of individuals and societies; vary
at different stages; and in different circumstances of life; and also as per
individual variations; thus; beliefs, struggles, protests, philanthropy,
reservations, escapism etc. have a temporary place in an individual and a
society, as per the degree of evolution.
Neither the believers nor the disbelievers are free from STRESS.
The conflict between belief and disbelief; petty self and universal self, inside (the
needs, instincts, feelings and thoughts) and outside (personal and social
behavior); and the resultant stress; continue to trouble till the believers and
nonbelievers are trapped in petty self.
However, when the believers and nonbelievers evolve into selfless, independent
and universal self, through “freedom” from petty self, the stress inside (needs,

16. instincts, feelings and thoughts) and outside (personal and social behavior)
begins to disappear!
To ascertain and experience this; we should give top priority to practice and
propagation; of NAMASMARAN, amidst rest of the hustle and bustle of life.
GUILT STRESS AND NAMASMARAN
We need to recall the anecdote of people punishing a woman for having
committed sin and a prophet admonishing the crowd that; only the person, who
never committed any sin, could punish the lady!
Today, while making hue and cry about crimes and blunders; we have to
introspect and see how much we are free from crimes and blunders; which
might have escaped the attention of society and law. Aren’t we all; contributing
to and hence responsible for the dismal state of affairs in the world; to a greater
or lesser extent?
It requires enormous courage to accept this.
Generally we do not show such courage because we are afraid of falling in our
own eyes. We are shuddered by the thought of being humiliated by the society
besides being punished. In addition we have several (though lame) excuses and
even justifications; for having committed the crimes or blunders.
However, after certain stage of development we realize that we are intricately
interconnected and influence one another, through our deeds.
This is why lately; increasing number of people has begun to understand that
present arbitrary ways of deterrent punishment can not solve the global
problem of crimes, corruption and blunders.
What is urgently required; is; a global expedition of purification of heart and
holistic rejuvenation and revitalization of our core. NAMASMARAN, which
cures and prevents criminal and corrupt mentality and tendency to commit

17. blunders; would help in blossoming from within and in evolving constructive
and holistic solutions for healthier and happier global life.
In view of the global upheavals going on in many countries; and in view of the
impending danger of uncontrolled unleashing of blazing passions and emotions;
culminating in indiscriminate violence, crimes, blunders; NAMASMARAN has
become all the more important .
HEALTH GEETA AND NAMASMARAN
HEALTH is development of perspective, policies, plans, programs and
implementation of for individual and global blossoming. This may be called
HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE. The message of Geeta is; such HOLISTIC
RENAISSANCE is bound to manifest; irrespective of whether we involve in this
process (DHARMA YUDDHA) or not.
Appropriate care and nurturing of all the components and their subservience to
absolute consciousness would be evolved and inbuilt; in the machines,
industries, institutions, organizations, state machineries, nations, and universe;
and of course; in the individual life; in coming future.
The instincts such as physical activity, locomotion, urination, defecation,
cleanliness, hunger, thirst, safety, sexual desire, parental care, breast feeding;
and emotional needs such as friendship, dialogue, expression of conscience
through art and literature would be fulfilled in an appropriate manner
culminating in the imminent process of individual and universal blossoming!
Some examples of how this would manifest are;
The education policy would be evolved into holistic education policy nurturing
creative, productive, psychomotor, affective and cognitive domains. It would
ensure promotion of self empowerment, self sufficiency and self esteem and
freedom from the need and dependence on certificates.
The indiscriminate killing of animals for taste, sacrifice and/or other vested
interests; would be stopped; spontaneously as well as by law. Abundant
availability of healthy vegetarian food would be ensured by different
agencies/organizations/governments.

18. There would be evolution of voluntary efforts and laws, which would promote
the practitioners of different disciplines of medicine; to grow into holistic
healers and make it easy for the patients to get holistic advice and treatment for
holistic health promotion and healing.
The divisions such as spiritual, material, theist, atheist, superstitious, rationalist
etc would begin to dissolve in common pursuit of HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE
through the common minimum program of NAMASMARAN.
HOROSCOPE AND NAMASMARAN
While reading books by Mr. Ramachandra Krishna Kamat (who has edited
Shri Gurucharitra), about Namasmaran I found reference, which indicates that
the practice of NAMASMARAN goes on purifying the various 12 houses in the
horoscope.
I think further reference was made to Shri Tembe Swami i.e. Paramahansa
Parivrajakacharya Shri Vasudevananda Saraswati Maharaj who has endorsed
or upheld this conviction.
I also found that Shri Gondavalekar Maharaj i.e. Brahmachaitanya Maharaj
from Gndavale (Satara, Maharashtra) expressing a view that NAMASMARAN
takes you beyond the influence of planets.
He has also expressed the opinion that NAMASMARAN takes “you” beyond
time.
The readers can study and explore the purport of these views and share their
views with others.
IMPERIALISM AND NAMASMARAN
Imperialism is born out of the instincts of racial, religious, ideological, cultural,
economic and political supremacy on the one hand and helpless submission to

19. them on the other. These are natural and understandable; but at the same time;
undoubtedly retrogressive, exploitative, oppressive, coercive, brutal and
destructive and/or suicidal.
The racial, ideological, cultural, economic and political aggressions, invasions,
expansions are either deceptive, illusive, disguised, surreptious, concealed,
covert; or blatantly barbaric and coercive or both and have been taking place in
many parts of the world, for millennia. These have been usually associated with
corrupt distortion of historical facts of philosophy, religions, ideologies,
sociology, politics and even art and literature and science and gullible
submission to; and admission of; them.
If we introspect and try to understand and appreciate our own deepest
aspirations, then we would realize that the basic desire of ownership, and
possessions when multiplies cancerously; it culminates into all types of
imperialism and expansionism.
Through NAMASMARAN, the desires of ownership, possessions and “control”
are consumed into our inner growth enabling us to unite internally with the core
of the whole universe and appreciate, admire and enjoy everything; without
craving for ownership.
When the craze for ownership declines through NAMASMARAN; the rabid
competition and the indiscriminate violence for petty ownership and possession
also dwindles and the era of unity, cordiality and mutually fulfilling individual
and global blossoming dawns.
When billions of people begin to get immersed in NAMASMARAN and share
the ambrosia with billions others; the corrupt distortion of historical facts
begins to get reversed. All the ideologies, philosophies, religions, literature, art,
science and law; begin to get revitalized, rejuvenated, remodeled and
holisticized so as to become globally blossoming.
KINETICS OF PROACTIVITY AND NAMASMARAN

20. The problem with philosophy and spiritualism is that they are not objectively
tangible. They are not accessible to mathematical derivation or laboratory
verification. They are in the realm of experience; or in fact; beyond the
phenomenon of experience, object of experience and the experiencer.
One of the culminations of various philosophies and spiritual practices (though
the semantics vary) is; “the life beyond physiological existence or life beyond
dualities; referred to as STHITAPRADNYA in Geeta”.
But most of us are unable to conquer their passions, emotions and thoughts!
Even those, who spend decades together in practice of different types of
meditation and/or other ways of SADHANA including NAMASMARAN; fail to
conquer their passions, emotions and thoughts!
Why could this be so?
The answer is simple.
Our passions, emotions and thoughts are not STATIC objects. They are kinetic
entities. They are developed extremely quickly; from the deep realms of
unconscious and subconscious states. They are so rapid that we hardly notice
them before they already produced their impact. This is why we hardly get any
time to think and deal with them. Hence we have no control on them. We notice
them helplessly; only after they have already influenced us!
They are like lightening, thunder, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis
inside us, which can not be contained by relatively petty, casual, superficial and
slow efforts. We need far more precise anticipation and more accurate, quick,
strong tools to prevent and/or combat them.
Being casual, superficial and petty; makes us slow and inert. We keep on
indulging in blame games and get dragged in petty pains and pleasures in
individual and social life in different walks of life.

21. Theoretical understanding and convictions of philosophies and practices of
spiritualism (including NAMASMARAN); in the initial stages; are too feeble
and slow to reach the unconscious and subconscious strata of our beings and
influence our passions, emotions and thoughts.
Later however; through NAMASMARAN; we surely return from our slow and
slavish physiological existence into dynamic, proactive and free cosmic nature.
Our petty passions, emotions, thoughts and actions get transformed into
globally benevolent phenomena while they are being originated.
MARATHI, MAHATMA GANDHI AND NAMASMARAN
Political leaders and their intellectual advisors from different fields with
mistaken identity and petty frame of mind are trying to gratify themselves and
elate their bloated (though tiny) ego with jargons such as Marathi asmita(pride),
Marathi manoos (person), and Marathi Bhasha (language) prem (love); and so
on.
While this is happening on one hand; their sectarian opponents with petty
motives; are trying to disguise themselves as broad minded, large hearted; and
ultimate patriotic elements.
As a common Marathi or Non-Marathi man I tend to vacillate between the
illusory fear of loss of natural self respect and my livelihood being in peril on the
one hand; and soothing strength of humane and unifying attitude (with global-
prem) on the other.
What is the solution to my dilemma?
As a common man I must understand that this problem; is that of a self styled
leader generalizing his or her own subjective and illusory feeling of self
inadequacy or paranoid fear (of being dominated by the others); and
extrapolating it to the general population. This is the hallmark of the petty,
fanatic, selfish, maniacal and/or treacherous leaderships on both sides.

22. Even though the petty leaders on both sides are trying to sell their narrowness
and blame games; and many of us; find (deceptive) gratification in following
these ideas, (due to our own narrowness, pessimism, lethargy and viciousness),
soon we and our leaders would be disillusioned. Moreover; if we all and our
petty leaders do not rectify in time; we would degenerate and deteriorate
ourselves and inflict the others with such deterioration.
It is high time that these popular and populist leaders; and all of us tending to
get dragged after them; recognize the impending flood of universal
enlightenment and work in unison with the forces of nature ushering it; and
blossom together!
While everyone one of us is prone to get possessed by such infection of lowly
feeling; and fall prey to parochial chauvinism; the solution does not lie in such
vicious and barbaric reactions. We have to make efforts to rise and bravely
conquer the obstacles to growth; inside and outside; and blossom together!
Marathi manoos (as well as others) has gone far and wide and excelled in a
variety of fields and walks of life; such as art, sports, languages, trade, sciences,
finances, politics and spirituality; and all the fields for that matter, but not with
a narrow identity such as Marathi or Non-Marathi manoos.
In this respect the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi is a guiding light for the whole
mankind and all of us even today. In essence; Mahatma Gandhi tried to initiate
individual and global blossoming and self empowerment.
Charkha, khaadi, naturopathy, walking, moolodyog (productive element in
education); were all; essentially aimed at such individual and global blossoming
and self empowerment! Freedom; for him; meant freedom from within and
outside; and for India as well as; for all people of world!
For him, nonviolence meant “a state where lowly and petty reactivity in the
form of all kinds of brutality and indiscriminate inflictions; towards oneself and
the others”; would be unnecessary and redundant!

23. Mahatma Gandhi’s globally benevolent ideas articulated in his “inner voice”
had sprung from the enlightenment inside; which was often ridiculed as
inscientific. Wherefrom did this inner voice and enlightenment originate?
Undoubtedly; it originated from his practice of NAMASMARAN.
One can also argue that NAMASMARAN sprung from the enlightenment!
In any case; NAMASMARAN and enlightenment inseparably go hand in hand
and form Mahatma Gandhi’s innate core!
The peripheral and superficial aspects of Mahatma Gandhi’s personality and
life; such as his sheep, his ideas about population control and abortion, his often
inexplicable or controversial tactics and decisions, his austerity, dhoti,
spectacles, abstinence, celibacy and now even pen; have been referred to,
discussed, dramatized, highlighted, hyped, talked about and projected
repeatedly.
His so called followers vociferously praise many of such ideas as Gandhism and
project it as panacea; and his adversaries seriously criticize and condemn them
vehemently.
We have this life time chance to follow the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi viz.
individual and global blossoming and self empowerment.
We must understand that if our blossoming is punctuated; then our inner
growth is stunted. In as much it is unnatural to deny our physical and
subsequent identities; it is antinatural; to stop growing and get saddled in; one
or more of the “primitive identities”. Such stunting leads to STRESS,
contradictions and disastrous effects.
We must understand that restricting our identity creates a conflict in our mind
when it comes to judging humane and inhuman acts.
If a person committing some inhuman acts; is our family member; and a person
serving mankind selflessly happens to be unrelated to us; then whom should we

24. identify ourselves with? Whom should we consider as “ours”? Whom should we
accept, love and respect? This holds true for other identities such as our caste,
nation, and religion and so on; as well!
There is no denial whatsoever that we have all our identities; but we are not
merely identified by our body, family, caste, village, religion etc; but all these;
together with our spirit of individual and global blossoming!
We must understand that seekers of truth involved in the blossoming of
mankind; whether belong to any of our primitive and restrictive identities or
not; are our soul mates! It is said that one of the simplest ways of realizing this;
is and blossoming with the universe; is practice of NAMASMARAN. It is up to
us; however, whether to keep blossoming together with the universe, or to get
trapped in the restrictive identities and throttle our soul!
We should not merely believe, disbelieve, imagine, conjecture, or theorize
casually; about what is written here; and develop presumptions, prejudices,
liking, acceptance, disliking, rejection; and go into uncertainty, dilemma,
indecision, wavering, and vacillations! In stead; we should; though
provisionally; accept and actually study and practice TOTAL STRESS
MANAGEMENT and NAMASMARAN; and verify.
MONEY AND NAMASMARAN
There are following view points about money.
Do not bother about money because you are not going to take it along with you
after you die.
Money is most important. No body; friends, relatives, family members and even
spouse and children do not care if you do not have money. So earn and save
money in whatever way possible!
Money is important. But earn money in “proper way” or by “legitimate means”.
The first statement is popular amongst people, but probably no one takes it
seriously. Every now and then we need money when we are alive. Further, we do

25. not know what happens after death and hence whether we carry the money or
not is immaterial. Most important thing we know that we definitely require
money while we are living till we die! Since we do not know when we are going
to die, we would not like to stop earning and saving money, till we are living.
Moreover; since no one can predict, how much money and when may be
required (while we are alive); we would like to earn and save as much as
possible! Money certainly gives us support, assurance, comfort, sense of security
and protection. This is especially so; because we witness the misery of those who
do not have money in their problems and in old age!
The second statement may appear practically tempting and attractive.
But simply wishing to be rich, does not help earning and saving. Even as we may
like to be infinitely rich, is it practically possible for every one of us?
Even if we consider money to be most important and try to earn it by every
possible (even illegitimate) means; many of us are likely to be either caught and
punished or deceived.
Hence; we can not make money simply by giving importance to money! There is
no guaranteed formula for becoming rich just because we wish!
Now, the third option of earning money in “proper means” or “legitimate
manner” is extremely tricky.
There is no definite criterion of what is “proper”! The ethical norms, customs,
traditions and conventions in different parts of the world in different periods;
have been different. The laws, regulations, ordinances, and government rules;
not merely vary; but are often actually designed to favor some people and harm
others!
The so called ethical and honest earning is rendered “corrupt” if the plans and
policies of our rulers are corrupt! Alternatively; looting the alien ruler’s
treasures has been acclaimed and adored with great respect and honor!

26. In short, there is no dependable and specific guideline for choosing a particular
career that can assure financial success, assurance and safety during our life
(especially during our ailments and problems)!
What can be said about earning and saving money is; we should not be
unrealistic, panicky, hysterical, insecure, desperate and miserable (and make
others also miserable); or delirious, euphoric, callous, discriminate and
barbaric; about how we should earn and how much we should save!
NAMASMARAN ensures wholesome blossoming of our sense of judgment and
wisdom to choose/decide the appropriate careers, for not only earning and
saving; but fulfilling our lives through contributing to individual and universal
blossoming!
NAMASMARAN: THE HEALING AND BLOSSOMING AMBROSIA
Introduction
Namasmaran (From Sanskrit: Nama = a (divine) name; smaran =
remembrance); means remembering the name of God, either loudly or silently.
This is called jaap, jap, jikra in Hindi and Urdu respectively.
Namasmaran is a traditional practice of Stress Management; that is beyond
exploitative, mercenary, commercial, professional and even philanthropic
transactions. It is practiced in many religions including Hindu, Christian, and
Muslim etc. Namasmaran; by virtue of its almost universal acceptability,
simplicity, non-technicality and inexpensiveness has the potential to be
beneficial in stress management, to majority of people in the world, irrespective
of age, sex, occupation, socioeconomic stratum, race, religion, culture, ideology,
nationality. This is especially so, because; namasmaran does not involve any
stringent rules, coercive regulations or crippling bindings such as; conceptual,
intellectual, emotional, social, cultural and traditional. It does not interfere with
the customs or belief systems. Namasmaran is said to reorient us to our own
selves, empower us and reenkindles our potential to blossom together! It is said
to revitalize and rejuvenate us and catalyze the evolution and implementation of

27. holistic perspective, policies, plans, programs and achieve individual and global
blossoming; inside and outside!
Conceptual and procedural details of namasmaran:
Namasmaran usually embodies; remembering the name of God, Guru, great
souls such as prophets; and whatever is considered as holy e.g. planets and stars.
It is remembered silently, loudly, along with music, dance, along with breathing,
in group or alone. Further, namasmaran is either counted by some means such
as fingers, rosary (called SMARANI or JAPAMALA), or electronic counter; or
practiced without counting. The traditions vary from region to region and from
religion to religion.
The principle (hypothesis) underlying namasmaran; is to reorient our
physiological and social being; with our true self and establish and strengthen
the bond between; our physiological and social being; with our true self; and
finally reunification or merger with our true self! Since individual consciousness
is the culmination of every activity in life; and namasmaran is the pinnacle of or
culmination of individual consciousness; namasmaran; is actually; opening the
final common pathway to objective or cosmic consciousness; so that individual
consciousness in every possible activity gets funneled into or unified with our
true self!
Thus namasmaran is said to be 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 we are familiar with. It is the YOGA of YOGA; also
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; in the process of liberation. Even
so called non believers also would not “miss” the “benefit of namasmaran as
they may remember "true self" through one symbol or another”!
It is said to be meditation of meditation; because the natural and ultimate
climax of every form of meditation; is remembering true self or merging with
cosmic consciousness effortlessly!

28. It is said that namasmaran would certainly enlighten, empower and enlighten
billions to evolve, guide and consolidate; the global conscience and empower the
global perspective, policies, plans and programs; and thereby usher in global
unity, harmony and justice.
We should not merely believe, disbelieve, imagine, conjecture, or theorize
casually about namasmaran. We should not develop presumptions, prejudices,
liking, acceptance, disliking, rejection or respect; and go into uncertainty,
dilemma, indecision, wavering, and vacillations! In stead; we should
provisionally accept, study and practice namasmaran; and verify.
Some arguments against namasmaran:
1. Namasmaran does not seem to produce tangible results; if compared to
scientific research, socio-political activities, agricultural activities, handicrafts
etc. In view of this; there is no basis that namasmaran can lead to global
blossoming.
True. There is no basis. Nobody can provide the "experimental and
quantifiable" proof. We have ourselves to to practice, experience and verify.
2. There is no demonstrable cause and effect relationship to say that
namasmaran evolves us into objective or cosmic consciousness or imparts global
perspective.
True. We can not prove that namasmaran evolves us into objective or cosmic
consciousness; or imparts global perspective! This is matter of verification.
3. Namasmaran has no demonstrable influence on individual or social life.
Namasmaran is wastage of time. In fact; One may feel that namasmaran has
benevolent role, because of erroneously attributing the good changes in him or
her; to namasmaran; when in fact; it could actually be the other way round;
that is; good changes in him or her; have lead to him or her to develop interest
in namasmaran.

29. This argument is because of inability to “see” anything tangible and rather the
addiction to believe in a thing; only if it is tangible! It can not therefore be
refuted. It can only be satisfied if the questioner exercises his or her freedom to
blossom his or her capacity to “see” and "experience" the benefits of
namasmaran.
It is said that namasmaran can influence the social life, because the blossoming
is irresistibly manifested in society; impossible to be ignored. There are many
illustrious examples such as scholarly saints Dnyaneshvar, Tukaram, Ramadas,
Eknath, Waman Pandit, Meera, Kabir; including Mahatma Gandhi.
It is also said that if we have doubt about whether namasmaran blossoms us into
cosmic consciousness, or cosmic consciousness absorbs us into namasmaran; or
cosmic consciousness some how is related to namasmaran, or whether
namasmaran has anything to do with cosmic consciousness; then also there is
freedom to blossom and experience rather than condemned to get buried in the
sterile semantics! All in all, practice of namasmaran and the experience
associated with it; are innate and beyond linguistic comprehension and
communication; though the glimpses of its supremacy can be described. We
have freedom NOT to believe in namasmaran blindly; and provisionally accept,
study, experiment out and experience!
4. What is the sense in the claim that there is "active peace" in namasmaran; as
suggested by some?
The “Active Peace” is a concept to suggest desireless (absence of subjective
desire) desire i.e. objective desire. This is a stage in life reached by many;
through namasmaran. It can not be and need not be arbitrarily imposed on
oneself, because, even as it is pleasant to those who achieve it; it is not usually
imaginable and hence agreeable to those; who are engrossed in sensual
pleasures.
In fact we find it quite dreadful to be “freed” from these “pleasures”! This is a
kind of “fear of loss”! We become miserable even with the thought of such
“dreaded freedom”! However if we think keenly, then we can (in the course of

30. namasmaran) imagine how sublime and towering is this stage, why it is
acclaimed in books like Bhagavad Gita; and why knowingly or unknowingly; we
all tend to move towards it.
5. Is it not true that namasmaran has nothing to offer in material terms?
It is true that namasmaran does not ensure any concrete material gains as such.
But it actually “converts” us from our “seeker” status into a “master” status!
We become masters of our petty selves! In fact this is the hallmark of progress
in any culture; anywhere in the world.
However; what sort of conversion we undergo; what sort of masters we become;
has no tangibility. Practitioners of namasmaran say, "Having delivered a child
and having become a mother; need not be proved to others; or need not be
proved by getting certified from others. The mother knows it more than anyone
else! It is her privilege! The change within us through namasmaran is accessible
to experience and not dependent for its validation on any words and proofs!"
6. Why is namasmaran ridiculed by many of us?
Namasmaran binds us in “something” non sensuous; and due to our
immaturity; appears to force us away from our likes and dislikes i.e. our ego.
Since this is painful; we ridicule it as foolish, escapist, nihilistic, nonsense and
erratic activity.
7. Is it not true that namasmaran is a kind of paranoid behavior or slavish
behavior?
Initially; namasmaran gives us the feeling of submission, prostration, defeat,
surrender, prostration by negation of ourselves. But actually this negation is of
ego, and victory of our true self. But since we do not realize this initially, we feel
that this is an unpleasant and discomforting paranoid activity, which is not true.
8. What is the use of practicing namasmaran right from childhood?

31. If we practice namasmaran right from childhood even without much
understanding; this subconscious learning experience remains in our
subconscious and is pivotal in setting us free from our lower self. Because of
namasmaran; we become oriented to our higher selves and conquer the stress
resulting from the dragging by the lower self. This is why we should provide or
impart (by including in all the curriculums and daily routines) the practice of
namasmaran right from childhood.
9. Is there any reason to believe that the world would unite and blossom?
No. There is no reason to believe in anything. There is no reason to disbelieve;
or waver and vacillate either! It is however a golden opportunity and privilege
to practice namasmaran and be free to “see” the world re-exploring the hitherto
imperceptible unity and blossoming together!! This is analogous to appropriate
linking of the bogies of a train; or assembly of various parts of a car; or even
connection of various types of cells in a body!
In view of above arguments against and in favor; namasmaran appears to
provide a completely radical and holistic yet totally nonviolent, inexpensive and
universally acceptable tool of stress management. Stress as such can be
managed; but only temporarily and symptomatically by many ways such as;
shopping, taking shower, swimming, skating, skiing, singing, slimming and
many such measures; which serve as at best; adjuvant measures.
NAMASMARAN A MAHAYOG A MEGAFUSION EK MAHASAMANVAY
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.

32. 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.
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 AND DEFEATING STRESS
Even as there are many apparent causes of stress, which we refer to as stressors,
our stress is fundamentally produced due to the tussle and tug of war between;
the innate attraction of our soul and the dragging forces of temptation! Thus we
keep getting attracted and engrossed in apparently pleasant activities; often
hyped in literature; or elsewhere for commercial purposes. This is why; we are
fascinated by the thrill in; ferry tales, romantic associations, the utopian
radicalism, charity, indulgence, physical sex, fashions, glamour, glitter, power,
fame, entertainment and even academic successes barring the urge of our soul!

33. The concepts and precepts in Hindu dharma as I know and understand are
actually ways of Total Stress Management. They constitute; a conglomeration of
perspectives and practices in various traditions; which utilize physical,
instinctual, emotional and intellectual needs; and cognitive, psychomotor and
affective capabilities; for simultaneous blossoming of self and all, i.e. self
realization! Depending on the stage of evolution; various the means and ways
are used in these.
However this way of life can appear to be coercive to us in view of our blazing
passions and emotions and hence we may rebel against such a way of life. This is
usually due to our ignorance. But after rebellion we are left with some
possibilities about our fate. Thus, we may become atheist. We may shun the
rituals and get converted to a religion where there are fewer rituals. We may
become bohemian and indulgent. We may leave the mainstream society and
become ascetic. We may become a radical and take to arms; or we may even
become morbidly ambitious and resort to illegal activities. Of course there could
be many more possibilities.
However, the issue is that in every possible fate we become indiscriminately
violent towards self and/or the others; and unhappy and disgruntled in the heart
i.e. STRESSED. This is what is reflected in the society we live in, and where all
the sermons about austerity, simplicity and goodness; on the one hand and all
the propaganda of indulgence and petty pursuits on the other; are rendered
pathetically ridiculous and obnoxiously repugnant respectively.
When the forces assisting our inward return following the call of our soul; are
unable to decisively conquer the forces dragging us away from our soul, then it
is called a state of GLANI of DHARMA! This leads to unbearable stress, in and
around!
The solution traditionally provided is NAMASMARAN. Whether we call
NAMASMARAN; good, bad, scientific, unscientific, logical, absurd, rational,
irrational, theistic, atheistic, religious, irreligious or anything, it is the (chief or
most important) way (other means being adjuvant), for reorienting our

34. perspective, thinking, instincts and our whole existence towards the quest and
the thirst of our soul!
This is associated with simultaneous blossoming of one and all.
NAMASMARAN may appear to be “spiritual” and isolated from day to day
transactions, logic and science. But this is not true. Through NAMASMARAN
our personal and social life; gets reoriented and reorganized; towards the urge
of our soul, which is blossoming of one and all, thus decisively defeating stress;
every moment!
NAMASMARAN & NEUROSIS
Indulgence and asceticism, atheism and theism, romance and renunciation; and
such variety of apparently conflicting phenomena impart 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 also (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 life; if one were to evolve healthily; I was not at ease even in the

35. “best” of petty pleasures, which could at best give “B grade”, not “A grade”
happiness implied in 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!
NAMASMARAN AND ROMANCE
Many times I used to confuse between; ideology, philosophy, spiritualism,
religion, asceticism, austerity, penance, rituals, mysticism, occultism and so on.
Somehow they used to appear contraposed to epicurean or hedonist way of life.
They used to appear rather too serious for a common person like me. Why these
matters; even the curricular subjects such as science, mathematics, geography,
history and languages also appeared arbitrary and cut off from the day to day
life. In medical career this feeling was further enhanced by the medical subjects!
Now I realize that my feeling was because of missing the essence of these
subjects!
The essence of all these subjects is inevitably and inseparably linked with life! In
fact; the core of these subjects takes us to the core of life and vice versa!

36. The case in point is that of NAMASMARAN. I used feel that NAMASMARAN
is to be thought about, studied and practiced by those who are resigned from the
active life. Thus I thought; those who have renounced life, those who are ascetic,
those who are retired and weak senior citizens and so on, should get involved in
NAMASMARAN.
But it is becoming increasingly clear that NAMASMARAN is a process of
conscious evolutionary transformation; that gradually blossoms an individual
from within. It makes an individual more objective. It reduces the subjective
considerations. It makes an individual more open. It makes an individual more
considerate towards others. It makes an individual react in an understanding
manner, by reducing the impulsiveness. It makes a person fitter in every sense!
It is therefore a golden opportunity to be grabbed with hands right from
childhood.
The discerning reader can easily appreciate that this is precisely how the
NAMASMARAN can play a pivotal role in enriching everyday life; in
enlightening every walk of life and especially in blossoming and immortalizing
the romance; right from the young days throughout life!
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 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.

37. 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?
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 opportunity. You are privileged to know about and
practice NAMASMARAN.

38. 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!
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.
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

39. 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?
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!
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

40. 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
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.

41. 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.
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. Impulses flow from right brain to the left
body and from left body to right brain.

42. 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
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

43. 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 ….
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.
Common men follow the celebrities in different fields, in the world. The
celebrity status is decided by the global 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.
The value system (enlightenment and inclusiveness or otherwise) of the
constituent assemblies decide the contents and drafting of the laws.
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.
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!
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.
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.

44. 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
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

45. 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
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!
Namasmaran is the solution, which follows the answer to our questions!

46. 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.
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)!

47. 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.
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.
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!

48. 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.
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?

49. 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.
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 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.

50. 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!
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!

51. 1. What is the basis to prove that NAMASMARAN can lead to global
blossoming? NAMASMARAN does not seem to do 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 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.

52. 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, 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!)!
NAMASMARAN IS LIFE OF LIFE
It could be true that the path of fulfillment, liberation, emancipation,
NIRVANA, SAMADHI, MOKSHA etc may vary in different individuals
according to their constitutions, their beliefs, their religions, their upbringing,
their socioeconomic and political conditions and so on! The other
environmental factors also could influence.
But just as one can not stop sharing some delicious dish or some superb movie
with close friends, I can not resist the urge to share my impressions (how much
ever they may appear ridiculous or even worst to some one) about
NAMASMARAN! I would like to clarify that I have learnt about
NAMASMARAN from the incarnations of cosmic consciousness; belonging to
various regions and various religious; as well unreligious backgrounds; in the
world. After critical study and analysis about various permutations and

53. combinations in terms of pros and cons; and practice of NAMSMARAN over
decades (though may not be adequate enough); I think I can share my
impressions with reasonable confidence and conviction. To sum up in brief:
NAMSMARAN is the life of life in individual and cosmos!
Amnesia, forgetfulness or lack of NAMASMARAN embodies:
ATMADROHA i.e. self betrayal, ATMAKLESHA i.e. self torture,
ATMAVANCHANA i.e. self deception, ATMABHRASHTATA i.e. self
degradation,
ATMAKSHEENATA i.e. self debility, ATMAGLANI i.e. self unawareness,
ATMAGHRUNA i.e. self contempt,
and
ATMAHATYA i.e. self destruction
Even as I had written about NAMASMARAN with utopian and simplistic view
point that; NAMASMARAN would lead to global perspective, globally
beneficial policies, globally beneficial motivation and globally beneficial
instinctual fervor, now I feel that NAMSMARAN is the way and means; and
NAMASMARAN is the destination and culmination! NAMASMARAN itself is
the core; around which everything revolves!
Lie is lifeless without NAMSMARAN!
(The world famous NAMAVATAR i.e. incarnation of NAMA i.e. OMKAR i.e.
the first explicit form of cosmic consciousness; Brahmachaitanya Shri
Gondavalekar Maharaj from Gondavale near Satara in Maharashtra state in
India made the fact clear that NAMASMARAN has to be the top most priority
in life. He advised us to care for NAMA even more than our life! Further; he
assured us that he (cosmic consciousness) would always be there with us (and
realizable to us when we are in NAMASMARAN)).
NAMASMARAN SKEPTICISM CYNICISM AND SARCASM

54. There are broadly four stages of our development; which takes us to perfection,
self realization, objective existence, eternal truth, sacchidananda, ishwar,
paramatma or parmaeshwar.
Traditionally these stages are identified as baddha, mumukshu, sadhak and
Siddha.
Baddha means completely oblivious to one’s true self and totally lost in one’s
subjective or petty self. One can say, totally individualistic.
Mumukshu means one who gets ambiguous but haunting “wake up” calls
promptings from the core of his or her heart. The restlessness begins. The
search of the “self” though, without direction or clarity begins. There doubts,
distractions, disturbances and frantic activity like that of a person who just
begun to learn swimming.
Sadhak stage begins when the mumukshu gets the guidance and direction for
the search. The efforts get rectified and refined. The pace, the swiftness and the
momentum increase. The progress however is full of subtle, conflicting,
confusing, harrowing, dreadful spells of ordeals in physical, instinctual,
emotional and intellectual realms of an individual. These are often destabilizing,
uprooting and violent in nature. These are essentially the ordeals which destroy
all kind of subjective frameworks of an individual and bring him closer to
objective state of existence.
Siddha is a stage; marked by the final and extremely subtle processes of
dissolution of subjective or individual self into cosmic self. The struggles in this
stage are often beyond the comprehension through language of digits and
letters. These stages are beyond the comprehension of our all stages of
individual consciousness. These stages are also beyond three dimensions.
When we are in the first 3 stages of development we are tender and delicate
within. We are amenable, accessible, vulnerable and susceptible to damaging
and harmful influences and inflictions coming from within us; and from the
people trapped in various phases of the stage of baddha. Baddhas manifest in

55. many ways. But; possibly the most dangerous manifestations are the powerful
inflictions such as the skepticism, cynicism and sarcasm. These manifestations of
the baddha individuals are stupefying, disorienting, distracting, distorting,
dragging and devastating in nature. The baddha individuals knowingly or
unknowingly manifest these and energize, expedite, facilitate the process of
dementia, amnesia i.e. loss of memory of our self or soul consciousness; and suck
us in the hell of VINASHA! The meaning of VINASHA i.e. ghastly total
destruction; according to Geeta, Dnyaneshvari and Dasbodh; and in my
experience also; is obliviousness or forgetfulness of God i.e. our true self.
Hence it is said; “To prevent VINASHA; avoid the company of those, who
forget, deny or denounce God i.e. self and/or malign their motherland, guru,
mother and father! Such avoidance whether physical, mental or intellectual; is
possible; through the unshakable steadfastness and persistence in the practice of
NAMASMARAN. Is it not possible to avoid VINASHA in some other simpler
ways and through some short cuts? In my experience; NO! It is not possible in
any other way!”
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 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!

56. The other features of this awareness are perspective, policies, plans and actions
for evolving awareness of true self universally.
NAMASMARAN VS NAMAVISMARAN
NAMA is a word used to indicate true self; inseparable from the unifying
universal self. Hence forgetting our self or being oblivious to our self can be
referred to as NAMAVISMARAN [NAMA (self); VISMARAN (forgetting)].
As we “forget” our true self (NAMAVISMARAN), i.e. undergo a “descent” into
our caricatures, we begin to live as our caricatures. We then get segregated into
races, philosophies, ideologies, religions, cultures, nations, regions, families and
individuals! Latter we descend further by the downward momentum of
individualization and into pettier and meaner life!
This universal process of NAMAVISMARAN manifests in the form of
individualistic and often antisocial whims, fancies, idiosyncrasies, delinquencies,
perversions, family disputes, quarrels; and world wide spate of antisocial
activities leading to dissipation, dispersion, disruption, distortion,
decomposition, disease, degeneration and destruction.
Since the root of the individual and universal problems lies in the universal
process of NAMAVISMARAN, the panacea for the radical measure for the cure
and prevention of the individual and universal problems; lies in reversal of the
prevalent universal process of NAMAVISMARAN through active practice and
promotion of universal process of NAMASMARAN.
Individual and universal blossoming would begin with the polarization of us (the
inhabitants of the world); into those who dedicate themselves to practice and
promote NAMASMARAN; and those who ignore, neglect, avoid, doubt, suspect,
resist, condemn, ridicule, suppress and oppose NAMASMARAN either actively
or passively (by remaining inert and idle).

57. The latter also would get the chance to practice and promote NAMASMARAN
and individual and universal blossoming because of global momentum; though
after varying trials and tribulations.
NAMASMARAN WHEN & WHY?
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 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!