The document discusses being in a state of unbearable stress where nothing seems to provide relief and life feels meaningless. Everything feels disconnected from the person experiencing this dark and hopeless void. However, in this state, they experience a loving and reassuring call from their inner core that fills them with connection and transforms them from feeling isolated to feeling part of something greater. The document suggests that practicing remembrance of the divine name (Namasmaran) enables one to listen to this call from within that can reinforce their motivation to continue the practice for personal rejuvenation and to help others.

1. STRESS
AND
LISTENING
TO
GURU
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. When we are in unbearable stress and nothing appears to
provide solace, when life appears to have gone in vein; and
when past, present and future appear to be null and void; we
tend to start “sinking”! Our life begins to appear to be a tragic
story of deception and defeat! We seem to be miserable total
losers, helpless and desperate for help.
Everything in our body, mind and in the world; appears to be
going away, without ‘giving anything’. It appears to be totally
dissociated from us; or in fact rejecting us. There is total
isolation.
This condition; when nothing and nobody appear to provide
urgently needed life line; is shattering, uprooting and
devastating!
In such a dark and hopeless state of void; when we are gasping
for life; we ‘experience’ a loving and assuring call from our
innate core; which is enthralling and encompassing everything
conceivable by our consciousness.
“Come on! My dear, I am your destination and destiny! I am
your culmination! The millennia of your subjectivity are mere
contingent in my omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent
absolute consciousness. I am your true self! ”
This call fills our existence inside and out. It instantly connects
us with everything hitherto “lost”! It transforms us from

3. isolated drop to the entire ocean. It is enlivening and
recharging; every molecule of body and in fact the whole
being! It is distinct and unforgettable! It is haunting from
within and without!
It is said that practice of NAMASMARAN enables us to listen
to such a call of guru; and conversely, such a call of guru
reinforces our motivation and interest in NAMASMARAN. We
get empowered to proceed with NAMASMARAN far more
buoyantly and help ourselves and the billions; simultaneously;
to rejuvenate and blossom!