STRESS, GLOBAL FAMILY AND NAMASMARAN: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Wednesday, 4th April 2012
STRESS, GLOBAL FAMILY AND NAMASMARAN: DR. SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR
With rapid development of technology and especially the rapid telecommunication and transportation; we are already in a process of realizing the eternal wisdom of VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM; which means the world is one family-obviously a joyous and affectionate family with congenial atmosphere!
But our ideologies, philosophies, religions, laws, conventions, traditions and every transaction for that matter; are subjective. They are either individualistic controlled by basal instincts or authoritarian and restrictive. Often we are ruled by whims and fancies. Moreover there are racial, religious, atheistic, national, cultural, linguistic and other prejudices.
Thus; the ‘discipline’ at global and personal level is variably illogical, idiosyncratic, coercive, and bizarre and not conducive to individual and universal blossoming. Actually it leads to stress and deterioration in global and individual life.
To overcome this stress; we have to be ‘universal beings’ with holistic perspective, policies, plans, programs and modalities of implementation. We need to grow more objective, more natural, more universal and more accurate, for universal justice and VSAUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM. Can the practice and promotion of NAMASMARAN at individual, institutional and government levels; help in this?
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MAAN GANGA GONDAVALE: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Wednesday, 4th April 2012
MAAN GANGA GONDAVALE: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Maan is an area; in the state of Maharashtra, in India. The districts; sharing this area; are Satara, Solapur and Sangli. Gondavle (India, Maharashtra state, Satara district, Maan taluka) is surrounded by places such as Dahivadi, Pusegaon, Koregaon, Mhasvad, Aatpadi, Satara, Phaltan, Vita, and Tasgaon. It is about 60 to 100 km from Sangola, Pandharpur, Pune, Sangli, Miraj and Mahabaleshvar. It can be reached from Mumbai, Panvel, Vashi, New Mumbai, Lonavla, and Thane; by road; in about 5 to 7 hours by express highway.
Millions amongst us visit Gondavle with inexplicable and utmost attraction, love, devotion, dedication, reverence and innate piety; towards the incarnation of ultimate truth viz. Sadguru Shri Brahmachaitanya Maharaj Gondavalekar.
Many of us participate in daily activities (conducive to individual and global blossoming) called NITYOPASANA (nitya = one which continues uninterrupted and upasana means getting nearer to God or truth). Some of us are involved in daily maintenance and management; while others are active in programs such as ANNA DAN (serving blessed food i.e. PRASAD) and GOSEVA and GOGRAS (caring and feeding the cows).
How many of us know that there is a river named Maan Ganga and have seen it, where Shri Gondavlekar Maharaj spent his childhood?
How many of us have witnessed the miserable and pathetic condition of Maanganga?
Do we care for the sanctity of Maanganga on the banks of which; Gondavlekar Maharaj played during His childhood?
How many of us appreciate that neglecting Maanganga amounts to; disregarding our own reverence towards Shri Gondavlekar Maharaj?
How many of us know that Maan (area around Gondavle) is drought affected and the importance of healthy river can not be overemphasized? Isn’t neglecting Maan Ganga; like committing suicide of our own physical, mental, economic and environmental existence? Is it not spiritual suicide also; in view of the fact that Maan Ganga is an infinite source of emancipating ambrosia?
Can we isolate the devotion towards Shri Gondavlekar Maharaj, visiting Gondavle, volunteering for various services, practicing NAMASMARAN; from the revival of Maanganga the mother that would nurture us with spiritual nectar for centuries to come?
NAMASMARAN can certainly inspire and motivate our conscience, wisdom, talents, expertise, managing capacity, technical skills, and coordination amongst many; to start and expedite the actual process of healing and revival of mother Maanganga; and help her to regenerate and rejuvenate us!
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STRESS AND PRARABDHA: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Wednesday, 4th April 2012
STRESS AND PRARABDHA: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
PRARABDHA, SANCHIT and KRIYAMANA refer to past deeds and the present deeds respectively.
It is customary to describe a particular calamity as a part of PRARABDHA, when there is no etiology. In medicine also we often use the term idiopathic i.e. where the cause is not known.
The stress results when we attribute all the problems to the PRARABDHA and give up efforts. This is true in personal as well as social life; but especially in social life; because social evils do not bother us so much; as our own personal problems do.
In our religious and spiritual endeavors aimed at self realization or our immortal state; we often neglect; the social evils (attributing them to PRARABDHA) and in our striving for social welfare we forget the essence of life viz. immortal bliss.
As a result; the spiritual and religious endeavors gradually crumble into petty fetish for some esoteric personal gains and the social endeavors get fossilized to mechanical activity without innate fulfillment.
The pursuit of spiritual, religious and social endeavors is actually the same; viz. individual and global blossoming into the experience of immortal self and universal unity and eternal bliss. The former two; focus on the inner development while the latter focus on the all the material development conducive to such inner development.
We need spiritual and religious endeavors such as NAMASMARAN just we need oxygen; and we need all the wisdom and expertise in the science, technology, medicine, agriculture also; just as we need food, water etc. These two are inseparable for life to culminate into efficient individual and global blossoming.
Further; we need NAMASMARAN for our personal inner growth and enlightenment and self realization; but we need holistic perspective, policies, plans and programs for the social development and harmony conducive to NAMASMARAN and growth and enlightenment; in everyone’s life. These two are inseparable.
Therefore; all our institutions e.g. education, research, health care, administration, defense, police and so on; need the detoxifying vital sap of NAMASMARAN as an integral part; and all our religious and spiritual institutions need awareness, motivation and participation in global welfare.
The spiritual and religious endeavors cut off from the mainstream life; degenerate into petrified and parasitic rituals; and the mainstream activities cut off from spiritual and religious endeavors (e.g. NAMASMARAN) degenerate into belligerent and destructive chaos.
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STRESS AND SHADRIPUS: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012
STRESS AND SHADRIPUS: DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Most probably; the fish does not desire to fly!
We however; have a variety of such ‘supernatural’ desires! Many of these desires are accomplished and we not only fly; but actually travel in the space also!
But; even more supernatural goals have been the conquest of SHADRIPUS viz. sexual instinct, desires, attachment, anger, jealousy etc.
It is said that some individuals have conquered these. There is no reason to disbelieve this; even if we are unable to conquer them; just as we don’t disbelieve the cosmonauts traveling in the space; even if we have not entered the space.
But the preaching; of ‘conquering of the SHADRIPUS’ (without any reference to holistic renaissance); as ideal; causes (in most of us) a conflict (and stress); between physiological instincts and needs (which keep compelling for satiation from within) and the impossible ideals of abstinence.
But apart from this conflict; in the apparently supernatural but actually petty pursuit; we forget the basic premise of the principle of individual and universal blossoming!
No wonder; we have arrogance about our spirituality (e.g. our practice of NAMASMARAN or other SADHANA) on the one hand; and the stark reality of inappropriate perspective, policies, plans, programs, laws and their implementation resulting in crimes, frustration, disease, disorder and destitution; on the other!
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STRESS, ENTERTAINMENT AND AMRUTANUBHAV: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012
STRESS, ENTERTAINMENT AND AMRUTANUBHAV: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
It is undeniably true that entertainment forms a vital aspect of our life. Different experiences of excitement, entertainment, recreation, relaxation, lazing, brooding, basking, gossiping and even indulging and so on; are attractively interesting, infatuatively captivating, pleasantly absorbing and hence universally enthralling. These experiences sustain and nourish business and industry in religion, culture, art, fashion and so on! In fact these experiences dominate every walk of our life all over the world.
But if we seriously introspect, then we would find that we do not get the lasting fulfillment; in spite of such experiences.
This lack of fulfillment is divine restlessness, which is akin to the restlessness of a pregnant woman. Just as the restlessness of a pregnant woman; cannot be satisfied by anything other than a safe delivery; resulting in a birth of a healthy baby; followed by healthy mother-baby interaction; the divine restlessness can not be satisfied by any entertainment.
This is exactly why and how; the concepts and practice of Total Stress Management, Superliving, Holistic Health, Holistic Medicine, Holistic Education; and others; with different names and titles; but similar and holistic purport; are evolved all over the world embodying the individual and universal blossoming!
Our participation in any of the above; with top priority to NAMASMARAN; helps us appreciate AMRUTANUBHAV, a literary super masterpiece by Shri Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni; popularly known as Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, Dnyanadev Maharaj and Dnyanoba Mauli, (13th century; Maharashtra).
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