BEYOND SENILITY: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

In modern days aging is a major concern. There is a definite fear about aging and senility. There is a feeling of helplessness.

This is because; we take into account our physical characteristics such as our looks, our strength, our sexual potency, sexual charm etc. while considering the aging and senility. All these deteriorate and hence we get frustrated. Moreover; our intellectual capacity diminishes and our mind becomes weak and fickle! So, we feel miserable as aging advances.

But a person who practices NAMASMARAN, counts his or her life in terms of the count of NAMA! Since the count of NAMA goes on increasing with age, he or she feels increasingly satisfied even in the presence of debilitating symptoms of aging! This is like getting something far more valuable and far more endearing in exchange of something of relatively lesser value and of lesser concern!

In fact, this is like entering in a new and beautiful house, while the old is getting dilapidated and nearing collapse.

It can also be compared to returning to mother NAMA; after prolonged separation and being in the veil of the step mother viz. the body senses and the illusions created by them, which is undergoing aging and senility! Naturally the practitioner of NAMASMARAN, who is now in the perceptibly caring custody of Guru Mauli (NAMA); is increasingly fulfilled even amidst the aging and senility!