STRESS AND ANNOUNCEMENT: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

If and when there is no announcement in local state language; the local person feels alienated and stressed.

Thus if there is no announcement in Marathi; on Mumbai airports; the Marathi person feels disturbed; for being in hostile alien airports not belonging to him or her. This leads to a feeling alienation, anxiety and of unnecessary pressure and stress. Vast majority of the Marathi people do not follow the announcements in other languages (Hindi or English).

It is essential to start extensive announcements (besides Hindi and English) in Marathi; on the airports (and ports, railway and bus stations); in Mumbai, which is the capital of Maharashtra.

That would make all Marathi people coming from the nook and corner of Maharashtra; feel at home on these otherwise alien and hostile places.

This is true for any airport anywhere. There has to be announcement in the state language; on all airports, ports; and railway and bus stations.

This may appear to be a minor issue. But it can trigger major stressors; if not rectified in time

GONDAVLEKAR MAHARAJ: THE INFINITE SOURCE OF EMANCIPATING SPIRIT: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

Maharashtra State in India; is famous for many meritorious characteristics. The most outstanding of which, is the galaxy of truth realized individuals, who imparted their enlightenment to the mankind.

The truth realized individuals are not the same as; those who merely preach some philosophy and/or perform so called miracles, are mere philanthropist, or are mere erudite orators.

I call Truth realized and not just self realized; because self in English does not convey the content of the word �atman� in Sanskrit.

The most important quality of an individual who has realized truth is to impart truth realization and uplift the individuals from their subjective realm into objective global consciousness.

Thus; in Maharashtra, there have been truth realized individuals such as Dnyaneshvar, Ramadas, Tukaram, Eknath, Muktai and in 19th and 20th century Akkalkot Swami, Saibaba, Gajanan Maharaj and many others.

One of these truth realized individuals was Shri Brahmachaitanya Gondavlekar Maharaj.

Gondavlekar Maharaj (1845-1913); had come in contact with Saibaba, Akkalkot Swami, Vasudev Balavant Phadke, Lokamanya Tilak and also Nanasaheb Peshave (Biography of Gondavlekar Maharaj, by Prof. K.V. Belsare) and extensively toured India three times; and rest of the time lived in Gondavle.

His life exemplifies how a truth realized individual�s consciousness is one with the cosmic consciousness and becomes benevolent to rest of the universe. His consciousness is experienced by many individuals in his samadhi mandir located in Gondavle, which is full of daily activities conducive to individual and global blossoming; called NITYOPASANA.

We all can visit Gondavle and participate in these satisfying activities and undergo conscious evolutionary transformation and get set for the ultimate fulfillment in life in time to come! This is found to be one of the crucial activities in Total Stress Management! The food (PRASAD) and stay are free of cost!

Address & Phone: Shri Sadguru Brahmachaitanya Maharaj Gondavlekar Chaitanyopasana (Sansthan); At & P.O. Gondavle (Budruk), Taluka: Man, District: Satara; Pin code: 415 540; Phone: 02165- 258292

Gondavle is located on Satara Pandharpur i.e. Miraj Pandharpur road. The nearby places are; Nidhal, Dahivadi, Koregaon, Mhasvad, Vaduj, Satara, Pune, Sangli, Miraj etc. From Mumbai we can drive to Gondavle in 6 to 7 hours by express highway.

PRAYER FOR HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE : DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

It is always a healthier; to read, think over, scrutinize and verify the contents; rather than accepting them blindly; and also; it is healthier; not to discard anything blindly; without due consideration; and efforts for verification and/or personal experience!

SARVETRAH SUKHINAH SANTU SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYAH
SARVE BHADRANI PASHYANTU MA KASCHIT DUKKHAMAPNUYAT

Let everyone be happy, healthy and well meaning and let there be no grief in anyone�s life. SUKHINAH means happy. Happiness here; is pure, which revitalizes the environment. NIRAMAYAH means clean, unprejudiced and selfless. BHADRANI means; involved in individual and universal blossoming. DUKKHA is tribulation or suffering; of separation from the true self.

Many of us may have a strong objection to prayers. They may feel that such praying is an indication of weakness, diffidence and dependence.

According to some; this can be even paranoid behavior.

Even as I have no intention to change this point of view [as that can happen only through their experience and not by mere explanations], it is still thought appropriate to give explanation, which may prove helpful to the concerned ones.

These prayers are meant for getting strength from the infinite cosmic powers, which are present inside and outside us (the individuals), who are their extensions.

These powers (cosmic �energies�, gods and goddesses) can be compared to the powerhouses and us; with the electric bulbs, which are the extensions of the powerhouses. In case there are blocks in the wiring, then the bulbs will not illumine.

In case of human beings �blocks� develop due to; ego, pettiness and superficial values. These �blocks� can be effectively removed by the prayers; and remembering the name of God (NAMASMARAN); thereby connecting ourselves with the source of empowerment of the consciousness and the universe.

We can take another example. We are leaves of a life tree. Because of ego we tend to identify ourselves as isolated, alienated, disconnected, discrete, disjointed �leaves�! This makes us weak, petty, arrogant, diffident, cynical, depressed and frustrated. Prayers are like reestablishing the link with the roots of the tree of which we are the leaves!

नामस्मरण नामस्मरण

अस्वस्थता हा जीवनाचा अविभाज्य भाग आहे. कारण शरीर आणि मन ही दोन्ही काळ आणि अवकाश यान्च्या आधीन आहेत. सुख आणि दुख्ख ही देखील अवकाश आणि काळाच्या आधीन आहेत. विचार देखील अवकाश आणि काळाच्या आधीन आहेत. ही एक प्रकारची असहाय्यताच आहे.

हिन्सा, अहिन्सा, प्रेम, राग, द्वेष, खिन्नता, उन्माद, निराशा; ही द्वन्द्वे देखील एक प्रकारची अपरिहार्यताच आहे. कोण्त्याही एका भावनेत शान्ति नाही. समाधान नाही. कोणत्याही एका कृत्रिम मुल्यांमध्ये व तज्जन्य कृतीमध्ये समाधान नाही.

परन्तु हा उपदेश तुम्हा- आम्हाला व सर्वांना आचरणात आणता येईल असे सांगता येत नाही.

पण त्या दिशेने सर्वांना नामस्मरणाच्या द्वारे प्रगत होता येईल.

चला नामस्मरण करु या.

डॉ. श्रीनिवास कशाळीकर.

GHOSTS AND NAMASMARAN: DR. SHRINIWAS JANARDAN KASHALIKAR

The words such as ghosts, spirits (and synonyms such as bhoot, pishaccha, hadal, devachar, sammandha, mrutatma, pretatma; in Indian languages) indicate inexplicable, intangible phenomena; often written off as �psychological�; while hardly knowing mind!!

When a common man thinks of various problems unexplainable on physical, chemical or any other basis, he or she tends to attribute the problems to the entities mentioned above.

The modern medical experts, who laugh/ridicule at these terms, must introspect and admit to themselves that they do not know anything about physiological location, extent, dimensions and chemical/physical characteristics of mind, to which they attribute all these phenomena.

Let us not take pride on our semantics! Let us not fight over the semantics. Let us not hide our ignorance and boost our self destructive arrogance with the crutches of so called modern or traditional terms; such as idiopathic, schizophrenia, hysteria and ghosts, spirits etc. respectively!

Let us understand that whether we conceive the inexplicable phenomena in terms of modern terms or traditional terms, what matters is, whether we can conquer them, and if so how!

Just as we can not define and demonstrate ghost, so also, we can not define and demonstrate subconscious, unconscious and other phenomena attributed to and described in relation to mind in psychology and psychiatry. They are only ideas, experienced or agreed upon by some.

In my experience, self empowerment is the most important and common answer irrespective of semantics.

According to me, various problems including mental problems begin to get minimized and milder, in the process of practice of NAMASMARAN; in accordance with one�s tradition. The various means and techniques for empowerment and enlightenment such as medicaments, yogasana, pranayama, and various other remedies can work as adjuvant measures, which evolve around the transtemporal cosmic consciousness NAMA.

It is said that, NAMASMARAN enables us to conquer (and even emancipate) ghosts; partially explainable as psychosomatic and other individual and social problems. NAMASMARAN is the hallmark and also the core of individual and cosmic blossoming along with dissolution of disputes in the common sublime experience!

Shall we verify this, together with our family and friends?