2. One of the types ofstress that can be easily experienced; is when we start aging and experience encounters with death and witness the deaths of many of our contemporaries or even younger friends and/or family members. Through such experiences; one question that begins to create turmoil; is about our own existence! It is difficult to articulate the turmoil about our existence, but it shakes us from inside out. Usually we try to avoid this turmoil because we find it impossible to get answers. In stead; we reassure, console and boost ourselves; with our physical attributes such as normal medical reports, our normal physical capacity, our powers, our children and our other possessions. But somewhere deep inside; we keep getting the nagging, eroding and stressful hunch of our mortality; in spite our efforts to convince ourselves of our “immortality”.
3. How can we overcome this stress? To overcome this stress we have to understand the meaning and our experience of the existence. The meaning of the word existence is not simple. If we consider the existence of a pencil, and that of fire then we would realize that the nature of existence of the two is quite different. Similarly the existences of LASER rays, X rays, space, time, feelings, thoughts, consciousness, dreams; are very different from one another. The physical characteristics and laws governing them are different. Through this understanding we begin to appreciate that our true self is different from the ever changing and perishable and hence mortal or dying objects. Our true self is beyond three dimensions, space and time. We begin to appreciate that our true self or traditionally referred to as God, is immortal, omniscient and omnipotent as repeatedly reiterated in BhagavadGita. This is the beginning of the knowledge of true self.
4. Whether we are theists or atheists i.e. believers and nonbelievers; respectively; we to begin with; have the opportunity and golden chance to appreciate our immortal self or God; as propounded, SEEN and experienced by the seers; and begin to conquer the stress of death and losing our world! However; after appreciation of the immortal nature of our true self or God; the long and difficult road to true self (God) realization (Total Stress Management) begins and we can tread it successfully through NAMASMARAN as advised by the seers for centuries. But, what is 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.
5. However the universal principle 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 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 Him (our true self)! Thus NAMASMARAN is in fact the YOGA of YOGA in the sense that it is the culmination of consciousness associated with every possible procedure and technique in the yoga that we are familiar with. It is the YOGA of YOGA because it is the culmination of consciousness associated with all the activities in the universe, which it encompasses as well! It is YOGA of YOGA because everybody in the world irrespective of his/her tradition and the beliefs; would eventually, ultimately and naturally reach it; 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”!
6. Just as NAMASMARAN is YOGA of YOGA it is meditation of meditation also! This is because the natural and ultimate climax of every form of meditation; is remembering true self or merging with cosmic consciousness effortlessly! These facts however have to be realized with persistent practice of NAMSMARAN and not blindly believed or blindly disbelieved with casual approach! In short NAMSMARAN is super-bounty of cosmic consciousness for every individual to realize it (cosmic consciousness)! This is truly a super-bounty because a person, who experiences it, rises above mercenary, commercial and even professional and charity planes and manifest super- transactions in his or her life! These are just few observations to give rough idea about what is NAMASMARAN. NAMASMARAN is an ocean of bliss. Its true meaning is beyond description in words and has to b experienced, not by one or few person sporadically; but most preferably, by billions! The last point is; NAMASMARAN would certainly enlighten, empower and enable some people; out of those billions practicing NAMASMARAN; to evolve, guide and consolidate the global conscience and thereby manifest global unity and harmony and justice, through globally benevolent proper policies!
