STRESS AND FEAR OF NAMASMARAN: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

STRESS is caused by several factors and if mismanaged; manifests in several different unpleasant symptoms. Basically this is a vicious cycle. STRESS distorts our cognition, affect and conation in the form of confusion, emotional disturbances and inappropriate actions, responses or behavior; respectively; and these in turn aggravate our STRESS.

One of the symptoms of mismanaged STRESS is fear. But the nature of fear also varies. In as much as there is fear of death, disease, dejection, debility etc; there is a strange fear of depersonalization! What is this fear of depersonalization?
Depersonalization means living without a particular identity.

Let us understand and appreciate; that we live with some identity such as lawyer, artist, scientist, and farmer and so on.
Every identity has some capability, some skills, some influence. During STRESS the drawbacks and liabilities of the identity start mounting! Thus; a lawyer may lose his/her practice, an artist may lose his/her popularity, and a scientist may fail in his/her experiments!

The reason why we suffer; is not merely because of the financial loss; but due to the unbearable liability of our identity, which becomes a kind of �dilapidated building� and hence causes fear!

The solution to this problem is to retrieve the strength from the deepest core that is beyond our identity! Naturally most of the traditional and rational stress management experts and more importantly; the immortal gurus; uniformly advise; the practice of NAMASMARAN. It dissipates the clouds of our identity (akin to depersonalization); which is essential and inevitable for reaching our core; the source of light and power! But since we are habituated or addicted to live with our identities; we find it dreadful to live without them!

When we begin the practice of NAMASMARAN; we are afraid of this life without any identity, ego; and without any concrete security and support! This appears like death!

This is especially because; NAMASMARAN is devoid of any tangible assurance or support, does not provide any sensory pleasure (pleasant to look at or melodious to ears)! Neither does it have haunting smell nor does it have gustatory charm. Neither it is a matter of sexual excitement nor is it a matter of melodrama. Neither does it satisfy intellectual urge nor does it produce any humor! Neither does it bloat our ego nor does it provide any emotional solace.

We have to appreciate that; even as this peculiarity of NAMASMARAN makes it dreadful; this very peculiarity that makes us capable and empowered to live without any support! It is this peculiarity that makes it the most cherished treasure by seekers of truth; through millennia and through out the world. This �supportless living�; without the clouds of identity; empowers us to be support ourselves! This life is quite different from debilitating depersonalization when one becomes oblivious to one�s personality due to dementia.

In this state of �being the support ourselves� we do not think that �we need support�, or �we provide support� as we feel when we are caged in identities. In this state of empowerment we have outgrown them. There is no �kick of doing�; but instead; there is �fearless freedom of harmony� of being one with �superlife� that has been vitalizing �us� for eternity.