sometimes more testing ordeals in terms of future of children and handling the rat race.

In such a situation what is most important is the understanding of what is really good for the children. It is also necessary in such situations to have the realistic understanding of what can be assured by the so-called success in the brutal competitions. Because; after such clear cut understanding only; the harassment of children and the self destructive masochistic or sadist mania in the ambience; can be overcome. Besides; the parents, the people in the positions of various types of powers have to understand this.

NAMASMARAN gives us the ability to see the illusory nature of the material success and failure. It prevents us from getting dragged after illusory success. It also protects us from getting baffled, withdrawn, defeated, frustrated, depressed, helpless and miserable. Namasmaran enables us to inspire the children (irrespective of their success or failure) to move towards intellectual, emotional, instinctual and physical well being. It enables us to guide our children in excelling in the field of their choice; thereby benefiting the society also. We start recognizing the danger of imposing competitions for material gains. We begin to realize that the gardener is supposed to give water and fertilizer to the plant & care for it but certainly is NOT supposed to CANNOT force flowering and fruition!

Though the question of rearing the children in cities is different from that in the villages in certain details; and though it varies from country to country with respect to such details, the quality of destructive environment and the solution to cure it; essentially remains the same.
It is imperative therefore; that the educationists, policy makers, educators, bureaucrats, the teachers, the parents, the children and everybody concerned about the children; practice NAMASMARAN and bring peace to themselves as well as others. This will certainly ensure opening up of new roads of profundity and prosperity for children (and rest all too).

NAMASMARAN AND KINDNESS
My conscience and reality do not concur during the course of development. This is because my conscience is blurred by my passion, feelings, thoughts, perspective based on my heredity and the different surroundings. Hence usually I become judgmental; whether I wish or not! This is why; I am in a frame of mind to harm my adversaries; and chastise the “wronged” ones with punishment.
As a result of GURUKRUPA; I begin to practice NAMSMARAN and:
1. I begin to see the truth that all the sins in the world are in me; at least potentially; if not manifest.
2. I begin to see that there is hand of Almighty (Guru); behind all the appearances; including the “sins” of mine; and those of others!
3. I begin to understand the nature’s justice; in the form of PRARABDHA (the apparent good and bad conditions of me and others).
4. I begin to appreciate the wisdom in the concept and practice of PRAYASHCHITTA.
5. I begin to see; the most compassionate, divine and bountiful hand of my Guru; in organizing and blossoming my life as well as the life of billions!
6. Strange it may appear; but the vengeance, vindictiveness, vendetta, rage, cruelty and callous self righteousness, releasing in my body; in the form of stress toxins; begin to disappear; thereby; making me happier and even physically healthier!
7. I begin to realize; that NAMA (Guru) is the absolute truth; and its bounty; the kindness in the form of objective benevolence; begins to flow; through my heart involuntarily; whether I wish or not!

NAMASMARAN AND ECONOMY
Goal, Selection of career, Occupation, Spiritualism and materialism, Spiritual Infrastructure, Employees, Global recession, Charity, Black money, Earning money
NAMASMARAN AND ONE'S GOAL

When we ask the children about their goal, they reply that their goal is to become; doctor, lawyer, model, actor, pop singer, business tycoon or somebody of that sort. Peer pressure, fierce competition and tough demands from demanding parents keep the children preoccupied or rather obsessed with their aim, goal, dream or choice. The children start getting worked up in the efforts to be “successful” in their pursuit of “becoming somebody”.

The effects of these pursuits are unimaginably damaging on the bodies and minds of the young generations. The children are under tremendous stress. They are restless, nervous, anxious, worried and many times even sleepless.
What is the role of NAMASMARAN in such situation?

NAMASMARAN that is also referred to as thought anchor gradually shifts the mental plane above the influences of glamour and glitter. It shifts the mental plane above the pettiness and superficiality. NAMASMARAN gradually brings us closer to a point of clear vision, and maximum fulfillment. We begin to see what is closest to our heart and soul.

As a result of the process of NAMASMARAN, gradually, one realizes that one's goals are intrinsically defective as and if they are based on either petty and superficial values or gullible ideas of philanthropy. One starts realizing that due to this; the goals remain defective irrespective of whether they are 'base' or 'divine'. One learns that whether one's goal is born out of desires of personal gains of desires of universal welfare, they still remain crude and inaccurate. This is because they are subjective. They are arbitrary. Therefore they can prove to be coercive to others or troublesome to self!

In other words; NAMASMARAN enables us to see the purpose of our life. In my opinion this purpose of life is same as SWADHARMA.

NAMASMARAN AND SELECTION OF CAREER

In today's society the problem of selecting a career is a very difficult one. In the Indian context and especially Hindus, this difficulty is because of the decline of 'VARNA' (a system of division of labor amongst 4 different communities) system. When VARNA system was in practice there was no question and no need to think of selecting or competing for a career; as there was no choice. But, with the advent of freedom to choose and compete; there has arisen a problem of rat race for lucrative careers that can fetch power, money, glamour etc. This situation is characterized by lack of control or guidance. There is no religious, social, legal or any other kind of control or convention that can guide us; in selecting a career beneficial to us; and the society. Today's vocational guidance is devoid of such enlightened vision.
NAMASMARAN frees the individual (including the vocational counselor) from the obsession of petty and ignorant personal pursuits. NAMASMARAN enables the individual to perceive characteristic and nature of activity that could be fulfilling oneself as well as benefit the society.

NAMASMARAN thus can not only help us to transcend the old coercive elements in the system of varnas and other unjust conventions related to jobs; but while doing so; it also helps us to extract the benevolent element in guidance of the past generations. It enables us to combine social utility and our capabilities and preferences with respect to selection of jobs or careers. NAMASMARAN empowers us to remain associated with NAMA i.e. true self i.e. absolute truth. It provides satsang (satsang: sat means truth and sang means association, thus satsang means association with truth). Additional advantage of NAMASMARAN is that it protects us; from getting dragged and cheated by fake gurus or guides.

NAMASMARAN AND OCCUPATION

One of the most important things in one's life is the pressure of work. As one gets engaged, appointed or occupied in a job or a business; one also gets all the pleasant and painful experiences thereof. Gradually in many cases the job becomes a jail. Although one gets a sense of security, because it is one's bread and butter, one also gets a feeling of suffocation in the job. NAMASMARAN gives a new dimension to one's own job. Due to NAMASMARAN one's job does not remain merely a means of earning. The job or the business does not remain merely a means of survival or personal gains. This is because with NAMASMARAN the emphasis or the orientation of the individual shifts. What this means is one's perspective begins to rise above and ride over the petty and personal considerations. With NAMASMARAN the individual starts realizing that his/her suffocation in the job and the desire to escape from the present job are because of misconceptions, prejudices, whims, fancies, infatuations and delusions about the present job and the other apparently lucrative or glamorous jobs. He/she starts realizing that all this is because; one never realized the potentials of the present job to satisfy one’s conscience; and influence the surroundings in a beneficial way. NAMASMARAN opens one's eyes to these valuable personal and social dimensions of the job. This is how; the job becomes; absorbing as well as glamorous and majestic. He or She therefore learns to focus on the job and get immersed in it with the understanding that the job has tremendous potentials to be socially beneficial. This understanding which springs from NAMASMARAN makes the job a source of intense satisfaction and total fulfillment at any given moment.

NAMASMARAN makes every minute spent in one's work an ocean of bliss and power. It is true that in the initial stages; one cannot practice NAMASMARAN during intense intellectual activity. But in such cases the interludes of physical activity or rest can be filled with NAMSMARAN. As far as criminal or suicidal activities are concerned; NAMASMARAN can free us free us from their shackles. One can see from above discussion how over a period of time the lives of criminals or perverts also, can get transformed by NAMASMARAN.

NAMASMARAN, SPIRITUALISM AND MATERIALISM
Why are many places of pilgrimage; full of activities responsible for the downfall of mankind?
Why can’t the spiritual masters change these places for better; through their devotees, local administrative heads and/or the political leaders?
Why are these places immune to spiritual rejuvenation and or revitalization in view of the socioeconomic and political misery?
Why do we find many people in pitiable condition in most respects?
The answer to all these questions; is:
There is a split or chasm; between our understanding and practice of spiritualism and materialism!
The saints and their shrines provide the infinite enlightenment and empowerment.
But we are intoxicated by petty selfishness to such an extent that we visit the places of pilgrimage in a parasitic mindset. We visit these shrines and temples with beggarly mentality. We approach these abodes merely for trivial gains for our own selves or our families. We see social evils; but merely criticize them cynically and callously! We are ourselves degenerated!
This is because; we have forgotten SWADHARMA, in which there are no separate compartments like; spiritual and material. It is holistic. SWADHARMA is holistic renaissance. We have forgotten pitru dharma, matru dharma, putra dharma, acharya dharma, kula dharma, raja dharma (duties or privileges; assigned to father, mother, son, teacher, pedigree, ruler; respectively) for individual and global blossoming.
The answers to all our questions are in NAMASMARAN.
NAMASMARAN empowers, enlivens and enables us to combat our degeneration. It motivates and strengthens us to get reoriented to and explore the SWADHARMA (which is beyond the individualism or socialism; which make us arrogant on the one hand and meek on the other). It enables us to evolve holistic perspective, policies, plans, programs; and implement them; in all the walks of life; including the places of pilgrimages and bring about individual and universal blossoming.
NAMASMARAN AND SPIRITUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Roads, bridges, railway, electricity, telecommunication; etc. constitute economic infrastructure; and play an important role in progress.
But if there are no; at least reasonably; healthy individuals, then this economic infrastructure becomes meaningless and useless.
Hence; the health care facilities, housing, drinking water, schools; etc, which constitute social infrastructure; have to go hand in hand; with the development of economic infrastructure.
But if the members of a social group harbor; a perspective, ideology, thinking, feeling, motivation and behavior; of fanatic sectarian development; then it can be counterproductive and destructive to that social group; as well as to the others.
Hence along with the economic and social infrastructure; it is essential to work; on the spiritual infrastructure; simultaneously. We can appreciate this point; if we carefully observe; the quality of individual and social life; in any part of the world; including the developed countries.
The spiritual infrastructure can be developed if there is a simple and inexpensive program that can be acceptable to different ideologies and religions. One such program is; remembering and reorienting to one’s true self; called JAP, JAAP, JIKRA, SUMIRAN, SIMARAN i.e. NAMASMARAN; and can be introduced in every nook and corner of the world and to everyone irrespective of age, sex, occupation, religion, race, nationality etc.
NAMASMARAN AND EMPLOYEES
Quite a lot has been written on the relationship between employers and the employees. In today's world this relationship is found to vary in different setups. Thus it is different in cotton mills, companies, villages, cities, public sector and private sector. It is different in farm laborers, quarry workers, contract labor and other employees. In short, class divisions as well as the caste distinctions have not remained so simple.
The working class and employers have become quite heterogeneous. The priorities and interests of different groups of workers have also become different. In fact sometimes these priorities are opposed to each other. This is because a particular policy simultaneously materially benefits some sections of working class; while harming the economic interest of the other sections of working class. This is especially evident in case of working class of affluent countries and that of developing countries. The financial benefits tend to go to the working class of affluent countries at the cost of working class and other people of the developing countries.
These facts however are either ignored, neglected, unnoticed or unattended to. Because of this, the movements of the working class have not been able to succeed adequately in making the society more just, though living conditions of some sections of working class have financially improved to some extent. The working class movements have not been able to equip themselves with the power of enlightenment and therefore lack in fundamental sense of unity so much required in their policies, strategies and the definition and selection of issues for struggle. This has resulted into considerable reduction in the strength and constructive effectiveness of the working class and their movements, all over the world.
This is largely because; working classes have not adequately developed their strategies on the background of the vision of nonsectarian global welfare. As a result; irresponsible and cancerous growth of consumerism (at the cost of others) has taken place in some sections and pathetic and helpless acceptance of exploitation in the other sections of employees.

The moral and spiritual degeneration has been enormous and perpetuating. The solution to this can come with global perspective, which can result from NAMASMARAN. NAMASMARAN is a process of freedom, which can free the society with classes into truly unified and classless society. This can be understood, if one understands that it is the inner unity, which when and if unraveled and realized; can lead to the unity envisaged in the concepts of the classless society. But mere slogans and even attempts made arbitrarily for extinction or annihilation of class or castes; cannot help anyone. This is why the unhappy affluent and the deprived destitute continue to suffer.
Whether a person is a union leader or a sanitary worker; the practice of NAMASMARAN will open new avenues of development in their respective fields. Such developments are vital for accurate thoughts and actions. The opportunist and selfish pursuit or materialistic considerations of the leadership and the sense of helplessness and apathy of the landless laborers, child laborers and such others can be overcome primarily by the practice of NAMASMARAN. In this case NAMASMARAN can be compared to light which is indispensable irrespective of the types of residence viz. a palace, a bungalow or a hut. NAMASMARAN endows the cultural profundity which in itself is an effective and powerful weapon that can be used to transform material conditions; for the emancipation of one and all. This is especially so because with NAMASMARAN one acquires vision, wisdom, resolve, determination and strength (undefeatable by intellectual, technological, financial, military or any other power); to implement globally beneficial programs,.

This can be realized more fully by the practice of NAMASMARAN and not otherwise. For the moment we can reason out; how by NAMASMARAN; one can become more objective and strong; to free oneself as well as the fellow employees and the employers, materially and spiritually.
NAMASMARAN therefore is not merely a process of achieving personal liberation but it is a process of cosmic spiritual renaissance associated with material abundance, which we call holistic renaissance!

NAMASMARAN AND GLOBAL RECESSION
The root cause of global recession is the overpowering dominance of petty and tubular perspective over holistic perspective; in different fields. Pettiness is natural in one sense. It is animal aspect of our being. But as humans, we cannot be satisfied by being throttled in this animal aspect. Our conscience gets suffocated. While our wants multiply; we remain unsatisfied and hostile to the needs of others. As a result; our meanness overpowers our holistic aspirations of global welfare. We must appreciate that the very nature of petty perspective; is to enhance antagonism and suppress the holistic perspective that consolidates; complementarity, inclusive growth and harmony.
This conflict is not new. But it has crossed the regional and national boundaries and hence its impact has become global.
How does petty perspective cause global recession?
Petty perspective is born out of slavery of incessant inner cravings for physical, monetary, political, cultural and other kinds of supremacy and control; beyond physiological needs. It results in unscrupulous pursuits towards gratification of these cravings.
Thus the industrialists prefer to nurture, encourage, enhance and promote such basal and morbid cravings and thrive on them by producing in excess and selling; weapons of mass destruction, cosmetics, sexual stimulants; and so on. The political leaders prefer to encourage such industries and we due to our obliviousness of the reality; prefer to support such political leaders.
If we take the example of medical business; it excessively emphasizes on individual physical fitness (as against holistic health) profitable to sell their products in the form tonics, exorbitant spas, so called fitness clubs and so on. The political leaders obsessed with petty gains encourage this; in exchange for party funds and bribe. The medical experts drowned in petty pursuits support such industries favoring the hegemony of respective different systems of medicine (as against holistic medicine). We; due to our own pettiness support such industries and policies. Nobody is bad as such. But most of us; are caught and crippled by the gigantic forces of pettiness within us; and our conscience is crippled!
As a result of this; the economic activities in different fields of life; revolve around the petty perspective and lead to exorbitant growth of utilities and services for the benefit of few! Thus in poor countries also; we find; flourishing markets of jewelry, five star and seven star hotels and hospitals, unproductive glamour, wasteful glitter, petty luxuriousness and vulgar yet expensive entertainment.
These economic activities make few of us rich, glamorous, arrogant, but hollow, weak and sick; and many of us poor, ragged, meek, and helpless. As a result of petty perspective these few are glorified by most major players of mass communication and most of us pathetically worship such sick and petty achievements!
But since a majority of us do not have money to avail these five star services; the sale begins to fall. Then the rabid competition begins. This is often called free market economy, free competition etc. This involves frantic and unscrupulous efforts to market these useless and/or counterproductive commodities and services, through mutually exploitative ways of promotion; involving colossal waste!
The sickeningly rich amidst us; sustain the sale of such commodities and services for some time. In fact the economy appears to be strong and booming; due to the show of glamour and glitter! But soon these industries begin to slow down due to lack of customers. They are still sustained by the political leadership through loans, subsidies and waving off the loans. In other words; public funds are pumped in these dying ventures and most of us; tax payers; are further throttled!
The sham industrial growth due to its petty perspective and mutually antagonistic and wasteful activities; and throttling deprivation of billions of us, whose buying power gets desiccated/atrophied; races towards decay! The industrial profits begin to fall and the share prices plunge.
Since the money pumped in these businesses, whether by governments or investors’, is essentially our money (which would have been potentially useful for the global development); we the common people all over the world suffer maximum, the investors with buffering power suffer less and the business houses with much greater buffering power; suffer least; as the loans are often waved!!
Since the production, distribution and marketing of essential goods; are neglected; soon their prices rise. We the common people find it increasingly difficult to buy even the most essential goods. Due to industrial slowdown the unemployment increase adding further; to our miseries.
Many of us suffer miserably and try to find solutions through movements against exploitation and corruption; but it such movements can succeed only if the leadership and all of us internalize holistic perspective, which embodies sublimation of inner cravings in realizing complementarity, inclusive growth and harmony; i.e. holistic renaissance.
How can this be done?
1. All of us; including children; have to be introduced to the measures of inner blossoming (to evolve holistic perspective and realize holistic renaissance); such as hymns, prayers, jikra and NAMASMARAN; right from the beginning. This appears to be a slow and protracted effort. But it is not. It starts working instantly. We can verify this by practice. Moreover; if billions of us practice it, then it become far more synergistic. Its benevolent impact multiplies exponentially! However; still it would not bring about an instant change! It would take some time. But there is no other alternative, other than such a measure of inner growth.
2. The productive domain must be nurtured and the “epidemic of wasteful learning of unproductive activities” leading to scarcity of jobs and subsequent evils should be eradicated on war footing urgently and seriously. Productive domain in education would rather quickly make the education system self sufficient and independent. The present colossal wastage can be diverted to global welfare measures immediately. Further, by virtue of direct production; it would support the collapsing economy; besides preventing dropouts and child labor.
3. There has to be a policy to encourage and support the handicrafts, means of mass transport, home remedies, herbal remedies etc; and strict control on indiscriminate, unnecessary, wasteful and counterproductive intrusion of technology in every sphere of life. The details of these would evolve if we adopt the measures of inner growth without any cynicism and delay. The creative and constructive human potentials are infinite!

NAMASMARAN, CHARITY AND QUOTIENT OF SATISFACTION (QOS)
A great eye surgeon turned to charity; after his recovery from a serious kidney disease; thanks to his mother, who donated a kidney to him.
Another philanthropist tuned to charity after his recovery from a near fatal accident, which had left him unconscious for several weeks; thanks to the help of completely unknown people!
We find several people all over the world; turning to charity; in several fields of life; after such events. Actually; it is very difficult to find an individual without involvement in charity in one form or another.
Charity is acclaimed as a great virtue in all the religions! In fact if we recognize that pregnancy, delivery, beast feeding and rearing of new born; as an example of great charity, then even the animals would be credited for the charity!
Charity appears to be a physiological need!
But charity has another angle also!
For the beneficiaries; charity can nurture indolence, lethargy, irresponsibility, dependence and parasitic mentality and the overall evil within; instead of blossoming; the conscience.
For the philanthropist; it can nurture condescending attitude, arrogance, ignoring and thereby indirectly justifying; exploitative activities and a system that suits/breeds the inequality and injustice.
Apart from this; there are several so called charity activities, which are actually meant to be umbrellas to hide antisocial activities; or serving other ulterior motives.
In addition; there is yet another angle! A vast majority of us have become cynical skeptical and suspicious about the utility of “our charity”, which often goes down the drain or is misused!
In view of these three aspects; we tend to vacillate between two conflicting positions; viz. persistent proponents or ardent opponents of charity!
To overcome this conflict; we have to improve the quotient of satisfaction (QOS) or quotient of fulfillment (QOF) of our ‘charity’; by metamorphosing it!
How can we do it?
Apart from basic and unavoidable ‘charity’ activities such as; pregnancy, delivery etc; our activities of choice; have to be such that; they cannot
1. Nurture indolence, lethargy, irresponsibility, dependence, parasitic mentality, condescending attitude, arrogance, justification of exploitative activities and a system that suits/breeds the inequality and injustice;
2. Be misused as umbrellas to hide antisocial activities; and misused to serve other ulterior motives; and
3. Go down the drain!
The choicest activity that fulfills all these criteria is a process of self realization. But most of us; cannot live only with self realization! Hence the best way is; combining the process of self realization with every ‘charity activity’ that suits us! Thus; while treating a patient, teaching a student, feeding a needy, helping a helpless; we should practice NAMASMARAN; the simplest and easiest procedure for self realization!
What is true for ‘charity’; is actually true for every activity in life; so as to increase the QOS or QOF; in our overall life! Hence it is best to couple every activity with NAMASMARAN!
We need not believe in this; but verify!
NAMASMARAN AND BLACK MONEY
The governments all over the world keep on giving statistics; on the basis of their parameters; about the crimes and black money in different countries. The self styled social reformers amongst us; also make shallow and populist slogans against the crimes and black money for pampering their own inflated ego as “leaders”!

But sadly; we do not go the roots of crimes and black money. As a result; we the common people keep getting disturbed and develop guilt complex and a sense of lowliness and/or helplessness.

Should not we go to the roots of crimes and black money? Should not we stop getting bogged down by the smart and callous or the shallow and populist elements (inside and outside)?

If we do not go to the roots; then we would never understand; why the crimes and black money proliferate in a given society. We would never be able to find and provide a solution.

The degree of appropriateness of constitution, tax laws and rules, which determine degree of justice, peace, harmony and the compliance of people in paying taxes. Further; the manner of expenditure of the taxes collected; decides the extent to which people would timely, honestly and happily pay taxes!
One of the major causes of black money is the bitterness and disgruntlement; amongst majority of the people that they are being unduly coercively, unjustifiably robbed of their legitimate and hard earned money. They feel that they are being deceived. This feeling grows because of the way the collected tax is misused and misappropriated. Naturally this is followed by manipulations to hide money and evade tax and if we cannot evade (salaried people); we try to earn unlawfully; and hide it. This money stamped as black money!

In general; inappropriate and unjust laws and rules; promote noncooperation; and disobedience of laws. Also, lack transparency and judicious use of collected tax; nurture doubt, suspicion and hesitancy in paying taxes.
There may be exceptions to this observation. Some people could be extraordinarily honest and some extraordinarily dishonest. But that itself proves the point for the vast majority.

Actually such black money is fairer than the money earned by; cheating, misguiding, swindling, stealing, exploiting, robbing, adulteration, extortion, bribing. It is fairer than the kind of money used in misappropriation of collected tax and kind of money generated by making and twisting laws (or rules, statutes etc)! This kind of money is darker than the darkest!

Actually we not only infested by mere black money but more importantly this darker variety of money we just considered. We are governed by not just black; but this darker variety of money!
Why are we governed by such darkest money?

This is because; our conscience is dominated by our basal nature. Our higher self is suppressed and tortured by our lower self. Our higher self is governed by our lower self. Hence we are ruled and dictated; by individualism, pettiness, superficiality, glamour, and glitter. We are overpowered by material pursuits (oblivious to the harm caused to others)! Our perspective, policies, laws, rules; are favorable to nurture and promote darkest money and black money.

The most effective way and a golden opportunity for getting rid of the stress of the darkest as well as the black money; is; to urgently and victoriously empower our conscience, our higher self! This we can achieve if we immediately begin to practice, share, teach, preach, sponsor and do whatever we can; to promote NAMASMARAN, in which the holistic perspective, policies, plans, laws, rule and programs are implicitly incorporated.
NAMASMARAN AND EARNING MONEY
There are following view points about money.
1. Do not bother about money because you are not going to take it along with you after you die.
2. Money is most important. Nobody cares for you, if you don’t have money. The friends, relatives, family members and even spouse and children do not care, if you do not have money. So earn and save money in whatever way possible!
3. Money is important. But earn money in “proper way” or by “legitimate means”.
4. Money is important, but only in limits. Excess money creates trouble.

The first statement is popular amongst people, but probably no one takes it seriously. Every now and then; we need money when we are alive. Further, we do not know what happens after death and hence whether we carry the money or not is immaterial.
Most important thing we know; is that we definitely require money while we are living and till we die! Since we do not know when we are going to die, we would not like to stop earning and saving money, till we are living as no one can predict, how much money and when may be required. Money certainly gives us support, assurance, comfort, sense of security and protection; especially because we witness the misery of those who do not have money; in their problems, illnesses, accidents, old age or disablement due to some cause or other!
The second statement may appear practically tempting and attractive. But simply wishing to be rich, does not help earning and saving. Even as we may like to be infinitely rich, is it practically possible to be so; for every one of us?
Even if we consider money to be most important and try to earn it by every possible (even illegitimate) means; many of us are likely to be either caught and punished or deceived. Hence; we cannot make money simply by giving importance to money! There is no guaranteed formula for becoming rich just because we wish!
Now, the third option of earning money in “proper means” or “legitimate manner” is extremely tricky.
There is no definite criterion of what is “proper”! The ethical norms, customs, traditions and conventions; in different parts of the world in different periods; have been different. The laws, regulations, ordinances, and government rules; not merely vary; but are often actually designed to favor some; and harm others!
The so called ethical and honest earning is rendered “corrupt” if the plans and policies of our rulers are corrupt! Alternatively; looting the alien and oppressive ruler’s treasures; has been acclaimed and adored with great respect and honor!
With respect to fourth option; the limit of money is an ambiguous idea. No one knows what amount would be the proper limit and for whom! This is so; because needs vary from person to person, from childhood to old age, from place to place and from situation of health to that of ailment. Moreover hardly anybody can earn a specific amount exactly as per specific needs at a particular time!
In short, there is no dependable and specific guideline for choosing a particular career that can assure financial success, assurance and safety during our life (especially during our ailments and problems)!
What can be said about earning and saving money is; “We should not be unrealistic, panicky, hysterical, insecure, desperate and miserable (and make others also miserable); or delirious, euphoric, callous, discriminate and barbaric; about how; and how much; we should earn and how much we should save!
How to manage this?
NAMASMARAN is said to ensure; wholesome blossoming of our sense of judgment and wisdom; to choose/decide; the appropriate careers and work with optimal efficiency in it. This ensures; appropriate earning, spending, saving and security. This also ensures maximum fulfillment; through holistic perspective, policy, plans and programs for overall blossoming of one and all!
NAMASMARAN AND HEALTH
Health, Patient, Doctor’s dilemma, Addictions, Medical Profession, Holistic Prescription, Healing health care, holistic medicine
NAMASMARAN AND HEALTH

Health is; physical, mental, social; spiritual as well as other aspects of well being. Out of these four aspects of health, the spiritual aspect is the most important aspect of health. This is because; the spiritual health combines; perceptions, thoughts, concerns and actions, which simultaneously contribute to the welfare of the individual and the society. The importance of this spiritual aspect of health can be easily seen from the life of many seers and sages. Health therefore should be essentially understood as spiritual health. Social, emotional and physical well being should be considered as the means to achieve the spiritual health on the one hand; and byproducts of the spiritual health on the other.
Thus the means to achieve spiritual health are many. Physical, emotional, economic, social, cultural, educational, technological, environmental and political well being are many times the effects of spiritual health, if the ruler is spiritually enlightened. But otherwise; for a common individual; they are the vehicles to reach spiritual health. Thus, one can appreciate that maintenance of good physical health cannot be and should not be separated from the perspective of spiritual health. Such separation leads to increasing pettiness and corruption in medical field. True health cannot be possible for physically sound, wealthy, educated and yet socially oppressive person. Similarly true health cannot be possible for a person indulging in caste politics, environmental destruction, involvement; in destructive aspect of nuclear weapons even if he is educated, rich and physically sound. True health cannot be possible for one who is uneducated, economically exploited and socially oppressed even if he is physically strong and mentally undisturbed.

If NAMASMARAN is practiced, one gets the experience of spiritual health i.e. true health and gradually contributes; to evolving various vehicles which can take the society to spiritual health. This is because NAMASMARAN opens one's vision even if one is not a doctor and enables one to effectively contribute to health in one's specific field. Thus a person's spiritual development emerging as the result of NAMASMARAN reflects in his economic perspective, approach to education, social tolerance as well as civic sense, environment friendliness etc. It is through such manifestations that these fields can become vehicles which can take us to the spiritual health. Thus NAMASMARAN is a key to holistic health.

NAMASMARAN AND PATIENT

Physical and mental ailments are part and parcel of life. Sometimes ailments are minor such as cough, cold, fever, headache etc; while at other times the ailments may be major ones such as tuberculosis, typhoid, peptic ulcer, kidney stone, enlargement of prostate etc. Major ailment requires protracted medical and or surgical interventions. Sometimes the ailment can be full of pain and sometimes full of handicap. Many times it can be full of all sorts of troubles and agonies. Thus, non healing ulcers, meningitis, osteomyelitis, trigeminal neuralgia, glaucoma, herpes zoster, burns, fractures etc. can produce pain as well as morbidity. Diseases such as cancer, AIDS, rabies, Alzheimer's disease can be devastating. Sometimes blindness, deafness, paralysis, major accidents etc. can cause severe deformity and handicap. Diseases such as mental retardation, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, Manic depressive psychosis, genetic diseases like phenylketonuria, fragile x syndrome, etc. may be associated with severe mental dysfunctions.

NAMASMARAN opens our eyes to truly genuine holistic approach irrespective of whether we are patients, doctors or patient's relatives. The holistic approach of prevention and cure involves an emphasis on conceptual unity of all apparently segregated medical disciplines or pathies. It is far more efficient and effective than the conventional "isolationist" approach.

In holistic approach besides other things, patient's own role in healing and health promotion is given due importance. In other words, the art of self healing through self help is a major byproduct of NAMASMARAN. The patient can arouse and utilize his/her innate energies in healing himself or herself; through practice of NAMASMARAN.

It has been an old practice in which the patients in terminal stages are taken to holy places and Holy Scriptures a reread, hymns and mantras are recited, prayers are sung; so as to create a healing atmosphere and orient the patient towards his/her true self. NAMASMARAN is also practiced by the bedside of the patient; with the same aim.

NAMASMARAN helps the patient to focus the attention on his / her transcendental existence. This makes the severity of the perception of agonies and the helplessness associated with it much less. The helpless involvement in pain and misery becomes less. This is an experience of many. Some identify the NAMA with their Guru. NAMASMARAN gives them the additional solace and support of the caring loving, company of their Guru. They experience a great deal of relief, comfort and courage in the company of their Guru.

With NAMASMARAN the self destructive or despondent response to the disease can be transformed into a more composed and victorious one. Patients of anxiety, neurosis, insomnia, hypertension, spondylosis, peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis and many painful conditions are often benefited from NAMASMARAN. Common people with common sense; never dispute the qualitative benefits of NAMASMARAN. They practice it along with rest of the treatment!

NAMASMARAN AND DOCTOR'S DILEMMA

Many times it is observed that a patient who comes for treatment has committed one or more crimes such as rape, murder, theft, arson, looting etc.

Whether to serve; or not to serve such a criminal patient?
Should one conform to the laws or ethical conventions, which ask us to try and treat everybody irrespective everything else?
What, is a doctor successfully treats a patient, but only to find that the patient subsequently commits one or more crimes?
What sense such medical "services" make?
How should a doctor react; when he/she does not charge fees, and the same patient squanders money; or kindness is ridiculed; and mal-practitioners are adored?

These social circumstances constitute a morbid milieu which is detrimental to the health of an individual and society. Since the perspectives and the actions of individuals and the social milieu mutually complement each other, it is necessary that the solution to this problem of dilemma has to have an effect at both; an individual as well as social levels. NAMASMARAN is such a tool which helps an individual to overcome pettiness and thereby generate perspectives, policies and actions conducive to rectification of the social atmosphere. NAMASMARAN can enlighten the concerned individuals about the true meaning of health, health care, holistic medicine, medical education; medical ethics and so on.

NAMASMARAN gradually unifies the individual with the common substratum of the universe. This unification is realizable subjectively; while it simultaneously and actually links one individual with another individual. Thus there is actual integration of the innate core of one individual, through the substratum which is a governing link, with the innate core the other individuals. Thus, this kind of self realization has an objective counterpart in terms of its liberating and uniting influence on the other individuals even if they are not involved in NAMASMARAN. The nature of this influence is not describable in terms of physical or chemical forces. Furthermore; it is never an arbitrary or manipulative physical, political or mental influence.

When the minds start feeling these innate bonds the atmosphere is radically changed. The atmosphere by its own virtue as well as by virtue of enlightened laws; ethics etc. catalyze the emancipation of doctors and frees them from the dilemma while simultaneously empowering the patients in self healing!

NAMASMARAN gives a common goal, common mission, common purpose and common fulfillment to the doctors as well as the patients (and also the other people concerned directly or indirectly) because of innate unity. Thus NAMASMARAN can act like a drug that eradicates disease from not only the skin to soul of the patients and doctors; but also the society.


NAMASMARAN AND ADDICTIONS

Addiction can be defined as the dependence on anything, which is prone to derange or derail the state of consciousness. In practice, addiction is physical and psychological dependence on intoxicating substances such as alcohol, opium, narcotic drugs, tobacco etc. A common argument against such substances is that they cause harm to physical health, social status, family fife and economic conditions.

It must be pointed out here that though this argument is correct, the most important and damaging influence these addictions have, is on the state of consciousness, or basic purpose of life. The state of consciousness of an individual determines the perception and the nature of response to the surrounding and fellow beings. Therefore, the edifice of culture has to be built on the foundation of the healthy state of consciousness; conductive to increasingly holistic perspective, thinking, feelings, instincts and behavior associated with joy and contentment.

In present situation common man's consciousness is incessantly attacked by phenomena, which are apparently absurd, unjust and atrocious. In every walk and every stage of life, this is manifest. Thus mass copying, nepotism, favoritism, vested interests, coercion; are rampant in educational field to which the children are exposed. Bribing, casteism, ethnic/religious discrimination and hatred, cheating, swindling, manipulation etc. are overwhelming, to which a common man is exposed. Exploitation and harassment are menacing to which oppressed sections of the society are exposed. These phenomena constitute the hallmark of today's society. Added to this are phenomena such as bigotry, fanaticism, terrorism etc, which suffocate one's conscience as well as consciousness. But that is not all. We in the media and advertising business; often possessed by sensationalism; glorify glamour and glitter and superficial and shallow tendencies; and contribute to the deterioration of our own and public mindset! This leads to dissatisfaction and lowly self-image. As a result we develop vengeance and craze to feel high and resort to alcohol and the likes. The demand; to alcohol and other addictive drugs; thus keeps rising.

One can easily appreciate that especially the children are in vulnerable position and are likely to get drawn to either violence or get hooked by various means of escapism. In fact this is the reason why violence is also on rise along-with the addiction. Those who become violent do not necessarily become violent to others; but become violent to themselves; also. Thus, they take to excessive and hence suicidal drinking, smoking, drugging, gambling, uncontrolled and injurious partying, pornography, prostitution and so on, besides intoxicating substances. The logical and effective solution to the menace of addictions is to effectively defeat the attacks on consciousness by growing in strength from within.

This is not easy. But after repeated efforts this can be possible by NAMASMARAN. Because
NAMASMARAN gives us a ready access to the state of selfless happiness as well as the fountainhead of consciousness that leads to the healthier development of human civilization. This is and ought to be the basis of the present and future civilization.

NAMASMARAN can give us the strength to fearlessly face and conquer our own as well as social evils and contribute to the building of new culture conductive to the development of healthier consciousness and joy. This whole process can be experienced by practice and promotion of NAMASMARAN.

One who practices NAMASMARAN can experience this strength and love, which are instrumental or pivotal in the development and implementation of policies and programs for the development of healthier individual and society. The violence and addiction would significantly reduce in such a society.


NAMASMARAN AND MEDICAL PROFESSION

Anyone committed to Medical profession; and who resists the corrupt practices; requires a variety of skills, knowledge, hard work and ability to develop policies, administrative capability, clean and unprejudiced mind, brave heart and an enlightened soul.

The individuals in medical professions require above qualities especially acutely because their duty is directly related to the healing of mankind. These qualities affect their perception, their feelings, their thinking, and their perspective of life and their actions, which in turn directly affect human life, either beneficially or adversely. One can easily understand that medical profession is peculiar in the sense; that in medical profession life learns about life and life treats life. This has made medical profession trickier than that what it seems to be. Thus, the questions generated by test tube baby, genetic engineering etc. are extremely difficult to answer. Similarly patients with fatal illness or permanent handicaps are extremely difficult to manage, because of the psychological, familial and social implications. Thus, euthanasia i.e. mercy killing, chemotherapy of cancers etc. are very difficult issues to sort out. To this; one can add; the issue of inflicting injuries to experimental animals.

Considering the characteristic nature of medical profession; it can be easily seen that a medical professional doing a job of a ward boy, sweeper, nurse, technician, vaccinator, teacher, administrator, planner or any other has to have a selfless and enlightened heart, mind and soul.

Therefore, whatever be the type of job one is engaged in, NAMASMARAN will qualitatively improve it. This is because NAMASMARAN cleans the mind; off prejudices and petty pursuits.

Thus, a surgeon will be able to make a more appropriate decision either in favor of; or against surgery. Similarly a planner will be better equipped with selfless vision and hence be able to use his intelligence and expertise in development of effective and socially beneficial perspective, plans and policies, embodying the concepts of holistic health and holistic medicine.

NAMAMSARAN would lead to the experience of selflessness amongst the medical professionals. This is essential because in the absence of this; one's actions, feelings, thoughts, decisions and for that matter everything gets adversely influenced by a vitiated ethos. This leads to committing of errors, mistakes, blunders and crimes. In the vitiated atmosphere these things multiply and all aspects of medical profession get deteriorated. One can easily appreciate that with NAMASMARAN one's actions become conductive to personal satisfaction as well as purification of the vitiated atmosphere. This is because with NAMASMARAN one attains the existence that has emancipating influence on one's own as well as other's lives. It is the key to or the panacea for eradication of the grave diseases of medical profession; such as cut practices, nepotism, favoritism, morbid, cancerous and infectious material pursuits, insecurity, frustrations; callousness and so on.


NAMASMARAN AND A HOLISTIC PRESCRIPTION:

As we go on evolving; we begin to appreciate something interesting about prescription of a doctor! What is this interesting thing?

This interesting revelation is about; 1) the objective and 2) a hitherto unthought-of common denominator of a doctor’s prescription!

Thus; we start recognizing that the objective or aim of a doctor’s prescription has to be; healing the body, instincts, urges, emotions, motivations, thoughts, perspective or vision and behavior of the patient. Not only the patient but also; the doctor himself/herself! In fact; it should be applicable not only to the patient and the doctor but to the whole society.

This is because; this kind of holistic healing has tremendous potential. It can affect the inner atmosphere as well the outer surroundings. It can not only influence the health of the family and working place (including a hospital or a dispensary) but also the whole society! The holistic healing of the society in turn has the healing and emancipating influence on the individual!

We can give many examples of this.

Thus a holistic healing of a world leader leads to a development of a globally benevolent health policies.

These policies in turn promote the holistic health promotion of individuals around the world.

What is true for an international health policy is also true for a national, regional and local health policy. Obviously; along with the policy; the plan, program and its implementation is also important! Furthermore; it is also true for an international, national, regional and local policies, plans and programs in other fields; apart from the health care, medical education, pharmaceutical production and sale! Thus policies, plans, programs and their implementation in education, agriculture, industry; also influence the health of an individual.

Hence ideally; the prescription should include guidelines, which embody the preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures; with respect to all the policies, plans, programs and their implementation!

Is this possible?
Obviously not!

Inclusion of all the details of such guidelines in a prescription cannot be expected from any treating doctor! Usually a doctor is trained in a particular system and a particular specialty of medicine. But even if a doctor were to be trained in all the systems; he or she would not be able to comply with such a demand!

2) But as the objective or aim is more than justified; we begin to find some way to fulfill the need for such a prescription.

As we go on thinking; we are struck by an idea; that even though all the details of guidelines are not possible; any doctor probably can advise every patient with something that can sow the seeds of holistic perspective, policies, plans and programs, in patient’s mind!

After a protracted search; for such a common denominator of such a prescription; we begin to see rays of hope! We start getting hints of a denominator; common to any doctor from any system, any discipline and any field of specialization from anywhere in the world and more importantly; a denominator common to every patient! We begin to sense this essential core common to all prescriptions; that can sow the seeds of holistic perspective, policies, plans and programs in a patient (peculiar to his/her field) and free him/her from; a subjective and sectarian perspective, thinking, policy making, planning and behavior! We begin to conceptualize a common factor that could inspire and empower a patient be objective and conceive appropriate preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures conducive to individual and global blossoming.

After decades of extensive study, research and experimentation for such an “essential core” common to all prescriptions (making them holistic); I found one; to my complete satisfaction! This “essential core” is; the traditional, simple, inexpensive and universally practicable practice of NAMASMARAN (JIKRA, JAAP, JAP, SIMARAN, SUMIRAN or remembering God’s name i.e. one's true self)! I found it to be useful to all patients, doctors and all the rest of us! It rectifies our physical needs, passions, feelings, motivations, thoughts; and vision (perspective) and thus rectifies our behavior. This in turn leads to a continuous development of holistic health, which means; prosperity and profundity in individual and social life!

However; NAMASMARAN is not a pill or a tincture; and does not produce any predictable, measurable, demonstrable and/or tangible results! It is an invisible and intangible process analogous to oxygenation! It reconnects or rejoins us with; infinite and eternal cosmic consciousness (Guru). This is a common denominator a common factor or an “essential core” that can make every prescription; A Holistic Prescription!


I am still away from (though on the way to) holistic health. But like any ailing doctor; I too can “prescribe” this “essential core” for making our prescriptions to others (as well as ourselves); holistic!

Retrospectively; I realize that it is the cosmic consciousness (my guru) that literally sailed me from ignorance and darkness to this realization! All glory; be to Him!

NAMASMARAN AND HEALING THE AILING HEALTH CARE
Philanthropy and charity are necessary (as symptomatic palliative measures) only in diseased society. Conversely; the need and presence of philanthropy confirms the diseased nature of society.

Since the public services and especially public health services, affect most of us, it is essential to find out the root causes and remedies for their ailing that causes stress to most of us. This kind of exploration; is part of Total Stress Management i.e. superliving; i.e. blossoming of one and all.

The main cause of the diseases and degeneration of the public health services and in the public hospitals in India; is the prevalence of the three concepts on which these institutions work.

These three concepts are:

1. Free medical care
2. Economic dependence of these institutions (on government revenue i.e. public money and donations)
3. Sectarian medical care such as Allopathy, homeopathy, Ayurveda

1. Free Medical Care

The ill effects of free medical care are:

A. The free medical care gives rise to unnecessary visits to hospital outpatient departments, excessive crowding, parasitism, beggarly tendency, meekness and irresponsibility towards personal and public health.

B. The free medical care creates a special and extremely favorable situation and golden opportunity for the powerful, rich and famous individuals; to exploit the government revenue and tax payers’ money. The chances; of misusing the free services through irregular and illegitimate means; increase.

C. The free medical care leads to zero returns and subsequent deterioration in the infrastructure, maintenance, renovation, state of the art technology and facilities such as food and recreation given to the patients and their relatives.

D. The free medical care associated with perpetual absence of returns; leads to unjustifiably low salaries, delay in filling the vacancies, delay and/lack of promotions, excessive working hours and duties, substandard working conditions (such as inadequate toilets) etc.

E. This state of affairs demoralizes the sincere and dedicated employees and implicitly and often explicitly promotes irresponsibility, lethargy, absenteeism, corruption etc.

2. Economic dependence of these institutions on the government revenue and donations

The ill effects of economic dependence are:

A. The public hospitals are not self-sufficient and do not have any projects to support them. Naturally since there are no legitimate returns from patients or from any other source; for what is spent; the public hospitals are always in loss and the problems resulting from the free medical care; multiply.

B. Thus inadequate progress in terms of inadequate facilities, inadequate salaries, and inadequate employment in every category, protracted duty hours, worsening working conditions, worsening of staying conditions for the employees and crowding of patients due to huge patients/employee ratio; worsen even further!

C. The dependence of the public hospitals on government through sanctioning of funds; leads to colossal corruption while attracting funds and while undertaking any developmental activity. In fact; many individuals and institutions concerned with hospital; get obsessed by the thought of “how they can be richer” rather; than the thought of development and improvement in services.

D. The corruption of the individuals in the public hospitals drives them to seek money in every possible way. Thus they may deliberately spoil the equipments so that newer can be purchased (and kick backs can be amassed), they may manifest other tactics; such as misbehavior, insulting behavior, delay or denial of services and thereby compel the patients to pay bribe or go to some specific private practitioner and consultants and get “commission” ; and so on!

E. Large number of lower middle class and even poor patients turn to private practitioners, consultants and hospitals; out of helplessness; rendering the public hospital investment wasteful and counterproductive!
3. Sectarian nature of health care
The Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Naturopathy etc in isolation; have made us; doctor dependent, laboratory dependent, other screening tests (e.g. ECG, Angiography etc) dependent, drug dependent, helpless and vulnerable to all kinds of fear psychosis and thereby deception and exploitation. We are miserable because of sectarian nature of health care.

“Health restoration” of “health care”

This deterioration can be overcome by:
1. Abandoning the concept free services and charging fees and
2. Making the public hospitals self sufficient through other appropriate productive projects.
3. Adopting Holistic Medicine

1. Fee Medical Care:

The concept of free medical care has to be replaced by more just system of payment. This would make everyone involved; less casual, more sincere, more accountable, more responsible and more dignified, in seeking health care and providing health care. The arrogance and condescending attitude of the health care providers and meek and irresponsible attitude of the health care seekers would be transformed.

This would bring adequate revenue to ensure progress in terms of adequate facilities, adequate salaries, appropriate employment, which could ensure normal duty hours, improvement in working conditions, improvement in staying conditions for the employees and preventing excessive and many times (because the services are free) unnecessary crowding of patients.

One may raise the objection that this is difficult to implement in case of very poor, helpless, unsupported patients.

It is very true that no sensitive and sensible individual would think of doing it as well. These patients who are in agonies, in emergencies or helpless; should be made exception and a separate arrangement be made for them. But in most other cases the problem can be overcome by making provision for payment through “services” or soft loans.
2. Economic dependence of these institutions on the government revenue (public money) and donations:

Making public hospitals self sufficient by buttressing them with some productive income generating projects; such as plantation of medicinal herbs, production of distilled water, biomedical instruments, accessories used in hospitals, health food.

3. Sectarian Medical Care:

The sectarian medical care involving sectarian training, practice and research has to be evolved into holistic health care training, practice and research. Holistic health care implies; all that, which promotes holistic health and heals/prevents disease. Geeta calls such body of knowledge, practice and research SATVIK.

We have a great opportunity to verify; how universal practice of NAMASMARAN; inseparably associated with the conviction of individual and universal blossoming; empowers all of us to heal our health care system!

We can recapitulate and list the benefits of the “Health Restoration of Health Care” as follows:
A) It would inculcate a sense of responsibility towards one’s own health, towards public funds, towards public services, amongst everyone including the patients.
B) It would generate the sense of accountability, satisfaction and fulfillment amongst the employees
C) It would ensure optimal progress in medical care especially in terms of holistic approach and making health far more convenient, reachable, inexpensive and effective than ever before!
D) It would improve the lives of patients as well as employees
E) It would make the revenue hitherto squandered on free medical care available for other developmental and research work thereby facilitating national progress.
F) It would reduce the corruption born of out of injustice
G) It would reduce the crowding and degeneration of private medical care.
NAMASMARAN AND HOLISTIC MEDICINE
The Total Stress Management or Holistic Health incorporates blossoming of an individual and universe. The various efforts in achieving this; include holistic perspective, accurate and appropriate policies, fervor and motivation to implement and dynamicity of effective implementation at individual and global level; in different fields of life. These efforts in case of medicine; constitute holistic medicine.

The concept of holistic medicine emerges as a result of realization of the underlying unity, continuity and complementarity; amongst the apparently different disciplines of healing and preventive and social medicine (In fact it emerges from the realization of the universal unity, continuity and complementarity). This is emergence of SATVIKA JNAANA (Geeta 18.20).

Promoters and supporters of holistic medicine; accept and welcome; the healing products and services from all the walks of life; for can restoring and promoting holistic health.

It is usual for most of us to get stuck to the differences (in the study of different fields) as and when they strike our senses; and build our concepts; based on these isolated observations of ours. The knowledge and understanding of different fields or disciplines as separate disjointed or disconnected entities; is called RAJASA JNAANA (Geeta 18.21).

Those who either practice mixed or integrated medicine or are not averse to dialogue or advocate it, may fit in this category.

The third variety is ignorance about every other medical discipline and adamant adherence to any given medical discipline alone; is a state of darkness called TAMASA JNAANA (Geeta 18.22).

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