1. THREE
POINTS
AND
NAMASMARAN
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. First point is: In spiritualism we often hear people
preaching that you have to forget yourself in memory of
God.
Prima facie this appears to be a horrible idea of complete
amnesia or dementia.
The first reaction to such preaching is aversion towards
spiritualism. In fact if you are honest and realistic, about
genuine personal and social issues, then you develop
loathe and disgust about spiritualism.
Those who preach this obviously do not seem to have
forgotten themselves or even their petty interests, in
memory of God.
Actually; forgetting yourself in memory of God means;
being able to get freed from the nagging and harrowing
shackles of individualistic or subjective ideas and
feelings. NAMASMARAN helps you to gradually get
freed from the harassing and obsessive reminders of your
own subjective ideas and feelings.

3. Second point: In spiritualism it is often insisted to the
extent of coaxing that you have to give up everything and
renounce all the relationships and excepting the one with
God.
This also is obviously shocking and repulsive as it induces
hatred about all sublime and adorable relationships.
What it actually means is; you acquire the capacity to see
every relationship more objectively in the course of time;
due to being focused on God i.e. beyond petty self
through the practice of NAMASMARAN. As a result;
your emotional bonds in all relationships evolve and
become mature, subtler and refined.
It is important to understand that of subjective ideas and
feelings (memory of petty self) and subjective perceptions
about the relatives, friends etc (relationships) should get
evolved as a result and NAMASMARAN.
Arbitrarily trying to “forget yourself” or “cut off
relations” can be harmful for a common person like me.
One can think over and decide whether to practice or not
NAMSMARAN.

4. The third point: In spiritualism there is a philosophical
depiction of reality (ABSOLUTE TRUTH) of different
philosophers with different perspectives. Imposition of
any of this can be harsh on budding minds and induce
schizophrenic process (due to shearing between whatever
is experienced [said to be untrue] and whatever is not
experienced [but is said to be true]) in them. For example
when a boy sees the world and comprehends it in a
particular way, it is counterproductive to impose
doctrine/s insisting that contrary to his perception; is
correct and his perception is wrong!
It is essential to understand that philosophy provides
answers to certain questions. Understanding the answers
can provide you 50 percent satisfaction and conviction.
In life it is always good to ask questions, seek answers
and verify the answers on the basis of one’s experiences.
However; the efforts one must take for one’s evolution
are called SADHANA.
In as much as it is wrong to try to forsake your ideas;
because some philosophy preaches it; it is also wrong to
adhere to one’s ideas and condemn the answers provided
by the philosophies; without practicing the SADHANA!

5. Any SADHANA requires patience; as is required in
many scientific experiments! NAMASMARAN is a
universal SADHANA.