But those; working towards the welfare of mankind; seem to lack this force, fervor, frenzy, courage of conviction, unity and dedication. They hesitate to spend even pittance and take even minor most risk! Can NAMASMARAN consolidate, boost, and empower us; to work with force, courage, conviction, unity and dedication; towards; blossoming of one and all; so that we can conquer the STRESS of sectarian bigotry and fanaticism? We have to verify by practice!

1. STRESS
AND
SUPERJOY
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. In childhood; we get joy from simple observations; such as a
chemical reaction, illumination of a bulb or fire resulting from
striking of a match stick.
For us; joy means good food, good clothes, and toys and
pampering with other things. It could as well be hugging,
cuddling, patting on back or a kiss. Latter it may be associated
with adolescent romance and latter still; with material
possession, social prestige, accolade from society, political
power, art in various forms, and creativity in different fields!
When we are deprived of these sources of joy; we get STRESS!
As we evolve further; (which is not exactly linear or sequential
and may be simultaneous with above phenomena) a new
experience begins to emerge. This experience is of joy without
chemical reaction, without illumination of a bulb, and without
striking a match stick! This is not a joy of mere fulfillment of
some needs, wants and desires.
This is a joy of being in the core of everything including the
chemical process, the electricity, the fire and also all our needs,
wants and desires. We have now got freed (tyaga) from the
realm of; and bondage of reactive happiness; that results from
and depends on; the fulfillment of our needs, wants and
desires! We have got rid (tyaga) of our felt needs, felt wants
and felt desires.

3. This is very difficult to imagine in absence of its experience and
often we consider this as negation of nature and/or escapism
from the struggle of life!
But this tyaga; is actually “returning or withdrawing from our
periphery and reestablishing or merging with our center or
our core”! In this state we become one with the core of the
universe and freed (tyaga) from the bondage and dragging; by
the fleeting aspects of universe! This is sublimation of one’s
personality into cosmic spirit, cosmic consciousness or absolute
consciousness.
In the 12th chapter of Gita there is a verse, stating that through
study; we get knowledge, through knowledge we achieve
dhyana, through dhyana we practice karmafalatyaga and
through tyaga, we attain shanti i.e. peace.
If we consider the life as a learning (abhyasa) process and our
experience of life as knowledge, (jnana) then the culmination of
such knowledge; is the everlasting unconditional joy in the
very process of whatever we do (dhyana), and the state of
freedom from every kind of subjectivity and
disturbances(tyaga). This is a state of extraordinary ecstasy,
which is not an idle or resting state; but a state of, “being
transtemporal living space” or cosmic consciousness (shanti)!!

4. Persons freed from subjective considerations, judgments and
interests, are called free souls; MUKTATMAs, yogis, seers,
enlightened people, saints, sages, rishis and super humans. They
provide universal solace and solution through their life.
The practical step or the process to realize this state; is
NAMASMARAN; which has been illumining thousands of
generations from time immemorial and will continue to
illumine the thousands of generations to come; all over the
world!
The apparent feature of tyaga is withering away of all the
commercial or professional considerations! Transition from
childhood to this state is NOT easy.
Careful observation suggests that we; the billions of people all
over the world; perceive, feel and behave; “from our periphery”;
in a rather unevolved and hence uncooperative, contradictory
and opposing manner. This is why we are in disharmony, discord
and at loggerheads with one another.
Moreover; physical pain; sorrows, conflicts, and the irritation or
agony of absurdity or injustice and depression of everything
ephemeral; bring inexplicable and insurmountable agony! These
take over our consciousness and make us miserable, no matter
how much moneyed, powerful, influential, popular or erudite we

5. are! Those; who do not feel this way today are bound to feel so;
some time latter!
It is essential to realize that; even though while practicing
NAMASMARAN we can get the glimpses of SUPERJOY; the
fuller appreciation would ensue; as and when people all over
the world; practice NAMASMARAN; and tangible individual
and global blossoming begins to prevail!