Feb08
Posted by Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar on Friday, 8th February 2013
STRESS AND CONSCIENCE: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKARIt is true that the technology has made life much easier for billions (though several billions have no access to it). There improvement in transport, communication, productivity, physical fitness and subsequent improvement in management, administration and physical efficiency.
However; this improvement is largely engaged; in wasteful gratification of our basal instincts, individualistic whims, personal fancies, petty pursuits, and trivial gains; with little or no attention towards our conscience and our innate core! They are moribund!
This has divided us; and made us lonelier. We have lost; our instinct to love, urge to unite, innocence to be spontaneous, and potency to conquer the adversities. We have lost the sensitivity to empathize, vigor to help and become caricatures of ourselves! We are drained of the very ambrosia of life!
If we want to rejuvenate our conscience and our innate core, then; what could we do?
The age old answer to this question is; practice of the ancient emancipating activity; NAMASMARAN (jap, jaap, jikra, sumiran, simaran i.e. remembering our true selves)! It appears preferable; however; not to believe or disbelieve in this; blindly; but verify the power of NAMA in redirecting the technology to serve our conscience and our innate core.