Previous   Next

HOLISTIC EVOLUTION AND NAMASMARAN DR SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

Student: Sir, in spite of years of practice of NAMASMARAN; I am still not able to experience what is described as satisfaction! What should I do?
Teacher: As far as I understand it, satisfaction is even more difficult than achievement of extraordinary feats.
Student: What do you mean?
Teacher: Practice of NAMASMARAN is actually a training of doing an activity where you do not get any “benefit”! Being such a practice; NAMASMARAN does not impart any benefit to us, but actually transforms us to our original omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient state, which is totally devoid of any desires! This is an immortal state. But this may require not years and decades but even more.
Student: I don’t understand!
Teacher: When we are told that don’t expect anything; we think that we should not expect money, name, fame, power etc. So we stop expecting those things and start expecting satisfaction; because we think it is assured by Guru! But this concept of “getting” itself traps us! We mistakenly take the satisfaction referred to by our Guru, to be some kind of gratification or complacence; and keep waiting for it; and are eventually disappointed.
Student: So what to do?
Teacher: Just as we breathe oxygen to survive physically; we ought to practice NAMASMARAN to be what we actually are i.e. to be our self. Just as we breathe at every age and every stage of life, we should practice NAMASMARAN in every condition.
Just as there is no necessity to curb other activities relevant and appropriate to a particular age and stage of life there is no need to suppress any impulses arbitrarily. Our physical, emotional and intellectual needs, desires and aspirations have to be given justice through our efforts; in the light of NAMASMARAN in the form of prompting from deep within; the empowering guidance of our Guru!
Actually our needs and desires go on changing or disappearing in the process of our transformation, without any coercion or suppression. This buoyant life style is called KRAMAYOGA.
Student: In short, we should not expect anything, even happiness, peace, satisfaction from NAMASMARAN?
Teacher: It may appear strange. But it is true. When we feel cold, we should use warm clothes. But how can we expect warmth from a process which actually transforms us to our original state of “fire”? Moreover once we become fire, how can we experience the warmth of warm clothes?
Student: Sir, this explanation is quite different from the overt sentimentality of millions of devotees!
Teacher: Actually, often; we are in need of some solace, some peace; some escapism and so on. Hence we try to cling to some tradition, some cult and feel secure in it. Often we infatuate piety, devotion, surrender, blessings, bounty, freedom from instincts; etc as these are our emotional crutches. We seek some social acceptability, social recognition and some social cohesiveness. This is understandable.
But for me; NAMASMARAN is a straight forward and transcientific process of individual and universal blossoming, which may be termed “holistic evolution” to distinguish it from “organic evolution”. Can we wish to be evolved? Evolution cannot be wished for! Hence my Guru Brahmachaitanya Shri Gondavalekar Maharaj repeatedly states that practice of NAMASMARAN is appropriate, when it is for the sake of NAMASMARAN only!

PROMOTION OF NAMASMARAN: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

Student: Sir, It is said that NAMASMARAN is exclusively a personal issue. It is so much personal that nobody; not even the family members and spouse; is a partner in it. If this is so, then why should we promote it?

Teacher: It is true that NAMASMARAN is a personal issue. It is like breathing. No one can breathe on our behalf!

Student: Then why should we promote it?

Teacher: Just as when there is a threat to oxygen content in the atmosphere, just breathing is not enough. All of us; the governments, the organizations and individuals; are required to work for increasing oxygen content in the atmosphere. Similarly; when there is paucity of awareness and insight in NAMASMARAN, which is vital for sustaining and blossoming individual and universal life; in the global ambiance, it essential and urgent to promote it.

Student: But Sir! Is it not inappropriate to promote it; when we ourselves have so many drawbacks?

Teacher: It is inappropriate to assume authority and preach but it is appropriate, essential and urgent to share the importance of NAMASMARAN in sustaining and blossoming individual and universal life; with maximum people.

Student: But is it not true that this is going to happen in any case through the comic will?

Teacher: It is true. The dark clouds of NAMAVISMARAN will disappear; but how? It is through the promotion of NAMASMARAN; by us, the fortunate ones. It is a great bounty, if we could follow the cosmic i.e. our Guru’s will!

Student: But is it not true that we should try to improve ourselves and not try to transform the world? Is it not preposterous or mega maniacal to assume that we can transform the world?

Teacher: It is true that we should try to improve ourselves by maximum practice of NAMASMARAN. But even this would be catalyzed if the ambiance is conducive; and not unfavorable or suffocating!

Student: Does it not shift our focus from NAMASMARAN?

Teacher: If we are involved in NAMASMARAN for 24 hours, then this argument is valid. But we use it as an excuse, even as we are unnecessarily and inadvertently involved in useless and counterproductive activities!

Previous   Next