STRESS ASCETICISM AND INDULGENCE: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Monday, 2nd April 2012
STRESS ASCETICISM AND INDULGENCE: DR. SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR
Many of us feel that seeking truth is synonymous with asceticism. Naturally; some of us are tempted to capitalize on our notion; and show that they are ascetics! They pretend to have no physiological or material needs (even if they indulge secretly). We revere these people for their asceticism (whether apparent or real; but irrespective of their contribution to global welfare)! He or she; thus becomes a popular spiritual leader.
Physiologically; it is absurd to glorify/hate the asceticism, or indulgence. It is a different matter altogether; to evaluate the consumable commodities; from health point of view; or on the basis of their effect on consciousness. Seeking the truth (which is what spiritualism is); essentially implies objective and holistic perspective and striving for the blossoming of all!
In absence of study and practice of Total Stress Management (the core of which is NAMASMARAN); the arbitrary and coercive asceticism or indulgence; due to; for instance; peer pressure; imparts pathological stress on a seeker of truth, who gets stunted and remains unjust, intolerant, prejudiced and petty.
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STRESS AND THE CALL OF GURU: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Friday, 30th March 2012
STRESS AND THE CALL OF GURU: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
When we are in unbearable stress and nothing appears to provide solace, when life appears to have gone in vein; and when past, present and future appear to be null and void; we tend to start “sinking”! Our life begins to appear to be a tragic story of deception and defeat! We seem to be miserable total losers, helpless and desperate for help.
Everything in our body, mind and in the world; appears to be going away, without ‘giving anything’. It appears to be totally dissociated from us; or in fact rejecting us. There is total isolation.
This condition; when nothing and nobody appear to provide urgently needed life line; is shattering, uprooting and devastating!
In such a dark and hopeless state of void; when we are gasping for life; we ‘experience’ a loving and assuring call from our innate core; which is enthralling and encompassing everything conceivable by our consciousness.
“Come on! My dear, I am your destination and destiny! I am your culmination! The millennia of your subjectivity are mere contingent in my omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent absolute consciousness. I am your true self! ”
This call fills our existence inside and out. It instantly connects us with everything hitherto “lost”! It transforms us from isolated drop to the entire ocean. It is enlivening and recharging; every molecule of body and in fact the whole being! It is distinct and unforgettable! It is haunting from within and without!
It is said that practice of NAMASMARAN enables us to listen to such a call of guru; and conversely, such a call of guru reinforces our motivation and interest in NAMASMARAN. We get empowered to proceed with NAMASMARAN far more buoyantly and help ourselves and the billions; simultaneously; to rejuvenate and blossom!
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STRESS AND POLICE: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Friday, 30th March 2012
STRESS AND POLICE: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Yesterday and today it has been reported in the electronic media that; in a check up organized by the Jain organization and rotary club in Beed in Maharashtra; over 50 % police were detected to be suffering from diabetes, hypertension and other diseases resulting from stressful working conditions.
We get disturbed by such news and start worrying about and hastily resort to the typically advertised and hyped solutions; such as the practice of yoga, change in life style, regular check up and so on.
But is this effective?
No.
We are bound to suffer from unbearably malignant, global and inescapable stress and its ill effects; whether we are police or otherwise; in absence of enlightened wisdom of the leaders on the one hand; and absence of our own growth so as to recognize, appreciate, respect and follow such enlightened wisdom on the other!
To see the truth; we have to rise above; the impulses of mercenary transaction of encashing hathayoga techniques; or other tempting but individualistic ways of stress relaxation; on the one hand; and naivety on the other.
The truth is; holistic perspective, holistic policy making, holistic planning, holistic programs and their holistic administration are essential for effective and Total Stress Management. Inner blossoming is possible only if it goes hand in hand with social transformation and vice versa.
To put it differently; we have to give holistic dimension (of individual and global blossoming); to the techniques of yoga or stress management on the one hand; and holistic dimension (of self realization and inner blossoming) to the process of social transformation.
It is urgent to verify; if this is possible through the universal practice of NAMASMARAN, which can enhance and catalyze; the inner blossoming and global mobilization and motivation; in evolution and implementation of the universally beneficial perspective, laws, policies, programs, administration and functioning!
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TOTAL STRESS MANAGEMENT AND TIME: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Friday, 30th March 2012
TOTAL STRESS MANAGEMENT AND TIME: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
As we study stress; and Total Stress Management; the ‘stress of the passage of time’; strikes our attention! This stress may not be easily noticed as it is a bit subtle.
But the painful and stressful feelings of nostalgia; are often soul stirring and the subject of art and literature. Can we bring back the golden moments shared with our brothers, sisters, parents and grandparents? Can we bring back the childhood friends, adolescent love and more mature romance?
Don’t we have this agonizing experience of loss of time; and our inability and helplessness to resist its passage? Don’t we get emotional; while going down the memory lane?
The concept of time is an enigma; a mystery; in several ways. A continuous process; of changes in the world and in one’s body; stimulate the human brain. According to the stimulation of various receptors in different tissues of the body there are modifications in neuro-humoral secretions, metabolism, and consciousness associated with them!
As a result; we experience things and events. Further; they last “long” or “short” and become unbearable or absorbing! But they are always fleeting! Time is thus a passing, fleeting or relative reality.
We can verify; if; through NAMASMARAN (the core of Total Stress Management); we can go beyond this subjective individual consciousness (ego) and the “stressful helplessness” of playing in the hands of (what we call) “time”! We can also verify if we can go beyond the three dimensions and “time”; and if this engenders; pleasant transformation in us and the universe; called God’s plan or spiritual renaissance.
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STRESS AND SHRI GURU CHARITRA: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Posted by on Thursday, 29th March 2012
STRESS AND SHRI GURU CHARITRA: DR. SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR
Anything that helps us blossom our consciousness and conscience is PUNYA and anything that deters us from growing in consciousness is PAPA.
PRAYASHCHITTA is reversal of the effects of PAPA.
In Hindu (SANATANA) Dharma or culture one of the ways of rising in consciousness is reading of scriptures.
One such scripture is SHRI GURU CHARITRA.
Written by Saraswati Gangadhara and described in the form of dialogue between an enlightened soul viz. Siddhamuni and the seeker viz. Namadharaka, this is a biography of Narasimha Saraswati (1378 – 1458); born in Karanja, Maharashtra State.
This scripture is being read piously for centuries in many states through generations.
The absolute consciousness or super consciousness or God is personified in Narasimha Saraswati and this book which is His biography; helps us “see” and “sense” the glimpse of that super consciousness.
Apart from the facts of the life of Shri Narasimha Saraswati, this book highlights the development of universe, epochs, importance of pilgrimage, the conduct of Brahmins, various VRATAS and most importantly the sublime relationship between GURU and SHISHYA. If we go by the literary meaning; and by the details; without reference to social conditions; the formation of universe, conduct of Brahmins, VRATAS etc may appear outdated and/or absurd.
But we have to carefully study and find out if the mythology (philosophy, cosmic phenomena, the deities and the VRATAS); broadly (and not necessarily exactly) embodies ‘cosmic physiology’ (in different and literary semantics) and corroborates with physiology; and also; if SHRI GURU CHARITRA frees us; from the stress of mundane matters and establishes us in NAMASMARAN.
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