DESIRE, CONFUSION AND NAMASMARAN: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

Once upon a time a man who traveled in jungle. On the way he met with some people expert in magic.

They captured his wife and shunned him. Through magic they changed her appearance and made her look like the other ladies in their group.

The person stayed outside the boundary of their locality and everyday kept on urging them to free his wife. Ultimately they had mercy and said; they would release her immediately; but the only if he could identify her!

He thanked them profusely; as that seemed quite easy!

But to his surprise; when he called her loudly with her name there were hundreds of ladies looking exactly like his wife and he was unable to identify her. Each time he thought he identified her; she would turn out to be someone else! He would be proved wrong and be miserable.

This went on for years!

At the end he consulted a wise man.

The wise man asked him to pretend to kill his son in front of the ladies looking like his wife; who would gather and confuse him!

When he did so suddenly his wife rushed to prevent him; thus was instantly identified and was immediately freed.

Our innate desire of self realization; is lost amongst the petty desires and cannot be easily isolated! Hence we are perennially lost in the petty desires and remain confused and unsatisfied.

The saints ask us to practice NAMASMARAN, which begins the process of identification of our own innate desire and its fulfillment; which is like the �our reunion with our most beloved wife�!