STRESS

AND

NEW
INSIGHTS
IN

NAMASMARAN
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR
NAMASMARAN is a multidimensional and totipotent or
pleuripotent activity. Thus on one hand it is a mere
remembrance or recitation of God’s name or OMKAR
by an individual, either loudly or silently; and on the
other hand; when it reaches its zenith; it is one with
cosmic consciousness Himself (within which everything is
contingent).

The initial experience of NAMASMARAN can be totally

different in accordance with our physiological
disposition. Many times, especially if we are obstinate or
stubborn with strong likes and dislikes, then we may feel
that the NAMASMARAN is suffocating our freedom!
Therefore we should start NAMASMARAN on a
relatively small scale.

As a matter of global policy, we should introduce

NAMASMARAN in early childhood and according to
individual beliefs; when the possible resistance to
NAMASMARAN can be overcome; either by themselves
or with our help; relatively smoothly. This would help
the children to get the peer approval, which is of great
importance at that stage.
There are likely to be many individuals who would
oppose this, due to their ignorance and inexperience
about NAMASMARAN. Their opposition to
NAMASMARAN can also be; because it appears to be
restricted to the lips, mouth and vocal apparatus and
hence, which creates serious doubts about its scope and
potentials to liberate one and all! Since they are unaware
of the role of this apparently insignificant and ineffective
activity in actually opening all the doors of the “prison of
the body and mind” they fail to appreciate its
emancipating role and don’t like to practice it or include
it in the syllabus and curriculums. These opponents can
be left to themselves after due efforts to explain and
convince them the exact nature and benefits of
NAMASMARAN for the children and the universe; now;
and also in future.

We have to appreciate that during NAMASMARAN

there is a gradual withdrawal or reversal of the decent
(and ascent) of our consciousness involved in
neurophysiological information processing. This
probably embodies neuro-biochemical and neuro-
electrophysiological changes evolving; the otherwise
conflicting thoughts, emotions, instincts, desires, drives,
cravings and behavior.
Till such time that the process of NAMASMARAN does
not take roots in our being, the decent of consciousness
(which embodies an illusion of freedom and with which
we habituated or addicted); keeps on resisting our
practice of NAMASMARAN leading to conflict! This
happens because; even though NAMASMARAN has this
emancipating impact on all aspects of individual life and
social life, we are not used to emancipation, which we
actually find “unpleasant and restrictive and coercive”!

Gradually we identify that NAMASMARAN is actually

the activity that helps us to hold our personality together
and acts as a thought anchor!

The beauty of NAMASMARAN is that by virtue of

reversing the decent of consciousness, it is never
restricted to our own petty benefits. It is always
benevolent to all; including those who may be thousands
of miles away and known or unknown! It is said to be
emancipating even to those subtler entities whose “life”
does not fit in the usual laws of biology such as the
departed souls! This is not surprising; if we realize that
when at its zenith, NAMASMARAN is one with cosmic
consciousness; and everything (including past and future
generations) contingent in Him!
When NAMASMARAN reaches its zenith; it is one with
cosmic consciousness Himself (within which everything is
contingent); as stated earlier, and the inexplicable effects
of NAMASMARAN begin to manifest at the level of
electrochemical activities in various parts of brain. These
in turn are responsible for the experiences of the
practitioner of NAMASMARAN; as well as the
apparently miraculous effects; on body functions,
behavior and other events in individual, family and social
life.

One of the several concrete possibilities resulting from

NAMASMARAN; which may be accessible to technology
is; CONSOLIDATION OF TO AND FRO
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BRAINSTEM
INCLUDING LIMBIC SYSTEM AND THE
CEREBRAL CORTEX.

Since NAMASMARAN is a very subtle process it could

possibly also lead to quantitative, spatial and temporal
changes in the micro-neuro-physiological secretory and
electrical events (as well as changes in their
interrelationships) in key positions in the central nervous
system and influence the whole biochemistry and
physiology of STRESS! This could explain the aphorism
that NAMASMARAN embodies all the aspects e.g.
YAMA, NIYAMA, ASANA, PRANAYAMA,
PRATYAHARA, DHARANA, DHYANA & SAMADHI,
of YOGA. These are achieved in a subtler and
continuous manner, in NAMASMARAN.

Roughly speaking it appears that; in YOGA the efforts

are to push back the descending consciousness from
receptors, plexuses, muscles, respiration, autonomic
nervous system etc back to its original position and in
NAMASMARAN it is like sucking (or as we have called
earlier, withdrawing) the consciousness from where it
has got displaced!

Soon we will see scientists validate the aphorisms of

Brahmachaitanya Shri Gondavalekar Maharaj from
Gondavale (District Satara in Maharashtra State, in
India) about NAMASMARAN and it would probably
then get whole hearted acceptance from all the sections in
the international society; irrespective of caste, creed,
religion, race and ideological convictions; such as theism
or atheism.
Till then, experiencing the nectar of NAMASMARAN is
vital. But it is probably in tune with the scientific temper
in this era; that we try to “understand” the process of
NAMASMARAN; and share its scope with others in
every nook and corner of the world; so as to benefit
maximum people maximally (besides ourselves)!