NAMASMARAN, or the remembrance of God's name, is a spiritual practice for conquering stress. However, people often question whether it provides any tangible benefits. This document argues that such questions arise from forgetting our true glorious identity. NAMASMARAN serves to remind us that we are more than physical beings subject to stress - it reminds us that we are immortal souls in control of our experiences. By remembering our higher nature, NAMASMARAN rectifies the problem of identifying too strongly with temporary physical experiences, empowering us to free ourselves from stress and anxiety and resume living as transcendent beings. The "advantages" of this practice cannot be proven but come from direct experience.

1. STRESSAND THE POWER OF NAMASMARAN DR.SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

2. Stress in one form or another and described in semantics or another; has been with us for millennia. The scientific, technological, medical, industrial, agricultural, economic, political and various other efforts in conquering stress are definitely noteworthy and praiseworthy. But the philosophical and spiritual insights and precepts for conquering the stresses in life; e.g. NAMASMARAN; are trivialized, vulgarized, ignored and ridiculed; or flattered and hyped. But in any case; we generally fail to understand, appreciate, and practice it for conquering stress and for individual and universal blossoming. In stead we ask: What do we gain by NAMASMARAN? What are the advantages of NAMASMARAN? What are the benefits of NAMASMARAN? How are we profited by NAMASMARAN? What are the proofs that we gain prosperity through NAMASMARAN? How to believe that NAMASMARAN, which is mere muttering or silently remembering of some so called divine name or reciting in musical BHAJAN can produce individual and global blossoming? Where are the evidences for the cause and effect relationships between NAMASMARAN i.e. “the remembering the name of God” and the victories we achieve? Aren’t our gains, benefits, successes and all pleasures by virtue of our efforts; rather than remembrance of God?

3. The answers to all above questions are negative. Frankly speaking; NAMASMARAN does not assure any gain, advantage, benefit, prosperity, wellness and even satisfaction and practitioners of NAMA are often seen in difficulties, problems and even agonizing stress! But why do we ask these questions? These questions arise because we have forgotten our own selves. We have forgotten our glorious and majestic identity. To put it mildly; we are completely trivialized and oblivious to our own sublime and invaluable richness. We have been completely trapped, involved, engrossed, and addicted to our own caricature identity full of pettiness. We have unknowingly renounced our power and control and accepted or chosen to be slaves or beggars, in our own house! This is why every time we judge a precept on the basis of petty gains. We can not think beyond petty profits and keep seeking answers to all questions oriented around trifles.

4. Be that as it may, let us see what NAMASMARAN means and what it can do to us. NAMASMARAN rectifies although in the course of time; the basic problem of forgetting our own glorious identity. NAMA reminds us that the “house is ours”. We are owners. So once we recognize that we are the owners; we stop being miserable and beggarly. We stop asking for things, as we are the owners! NAMASMARAN reminds us that we have powerful wings and we can fly! With this reminder, we begin to fly instead of miserably waiting for someone to lift us! NAMASMARAN reminds us that we are immortal “electricity” and not the fragile and perishable “bulbs”! Our fear and insecurity disappears! NAMASMARAN reminds us that due to our obliviousness; to our transtemporal immortal identity, we had throttled ourselves in the stress of subjective and physical experiences of past, present and future; and empowers us to free ourselves from our self inflicted anxiety, depression, helplessness and stress!

5. NAMASMARAN reminds us that we should resume the forgotten capacity of riding on time; instead of getting dragged in getting stressed and spreading stress! We begin to live as kings every moment. If we realize this, then questions asked earlier; become redundant or actually meaningless! There is nothing that we would ask for and think of in exchange for or as a result of NAMASMARAN! Let us understand that the questions are not answered in affirmative! In conclusion, “advantages” of NAMASMARAN; can not be “shown” or “guaranteed” to others; or even ourselves! We may practice NAMASMARAN and share our experiences regarding the conquest of stress; with others, which they may verify or discard!