Defamation Stress & Namasmaran
It is a common experience that the accolades and admonitions from our parents
, teachers, relatives, friends and even our followers and fans (if we are a celebrity); determine our happiness and sadness.
But why is this so?
This is because in our mind there is always a process of self evaluation on the basis of what we need, what we want, what we feel and what others need, want and feel; about us. Sometimes we give more importance to our views and at other times to those of others!
But amidst this conflict, there are occasions when we tend to agree with the opinions of others but can not comply with them. For example, we may agree with the public opinion that speaking truth is great; but we may not be able to follow it and then we may develop guilt, lowliness and self hatred.
If we do not give enough importance to our own perceptions and experiences and do not assert our conscience adequately, we may get bogged down by the opinions of the others and develop good or bad self image! In such a situation, we can be totally devastated if public opinion about us; is spoiled.
The stress of bad public opinion or defamation is there with us for millennia!
It is because, we are unable to negotiate with public opinion; that the public opinion becomes dangerously important, and we then try to hide our so called vices from the society! This forms the basis of our hypocrisy on the one hand and our black mailing by others on the other!
But even as we try to hide their vices from the society; since we agree with these opinions about our vices; in the heart of heart; these bad opinions keep reverberating in our persons mind and make us miserable by guilt complex, which can lead even to violence towards ourselves (suicide) or others (murder)!
So the black mailing, suicides, murders and other crimes related to defamation can be prevented if we understand; it is human to err but it is divine to forgive! We have to learn to forgive ourselves and others! But this is easier said than practiced!
Not the defamation itself; but even the idea, thought and apprehension about defamation is so severe, that it can be destabilizing and devastating and ruin our life! We can get several examples in day to day life one of which is daughters marriage and related issues in sections of India.
As we have already seen, the defamation is a result of our thinking about ourselves and the peoples thinking about us. It is important to know ourselves (and the others) better, through NAMASMARAN and assert ourselves, which is what is done in Total Stress Management.
BUT
WHAT IS
NAMASMARAN?
Namasmaran means; remembering the name
of God, Guru, great souls; such as prophets and holy objects such as planets and stars. It may be remembered silently, loudly, along with music, dance, along with breathing, in group or alone, either with counting by rosary (called SMARANI or JAPAMALA) or without counting. The traditions vary from region to region and from religion to religion.
However the universal principle underlying
NAMASMARAN is to reorient our physiological being with our true self. In fact while reorienting with true self we aim to establish and strengthen the bond or connection; between; our physiological
being; and our true self. We aim at reunification with our true self!
Since remembering our true self is the pinnacle of; or culmination of individual consciousness; and individual consciousness is the culmination of every activity in life, remembering any name of God or Guru (any symbol of our true self) is equivalent to opening the final common pathway; for our
individual consciousness associated with every activity; to get funneled into or unified with objective or cosmic consciousness.
Thus NAMASMARAN is in fact the
YOGA of YOGA in the sense that it is the culmination of consciousness associated with every possible procedure and technique in the yoga that we are familiar with. It is the YOGA of YOGA because it is the culmination of consciousness associated with all the activities in the universe, (which it encompasses)! It is the YOGA of YOGA
because everybody in the world irrespective of his/her tradition and the beliefs; would eventually, ultimately and naturally reach it; in the process of liberation. Even so called non believers also would not miss the benefit of remembering the true self; through one symbol or another!
Just as NAMASMARAN is YOGA of YOGA it is meditation of meditation also! It is the natural and ultimate climax of every form of meditation.
These facts however have to be realized with persistent practice of NAMSMARAN and not blindly believed or blindly disbelieved with casual approach!
In short NAMSMARAN is super-bounty of cosmic consciousness for every individual to realize it (cosmic consciousness)! This is truly a super-bounty because a person who experiences it, rises above mercenary, commercial and even professional and
charity planes and manifest super- transactions in his or her life!
These are just few observations to give rough idea about what is NAMASMARAN.
NAMASMARAN is an ocean of bliss. Its true meaning is beyond description in words and has to be experienced, but not merely by one or two individuals; but by billions!
by: DR.KASHALIKAR
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