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NAMASMARAN & NEUROSIS
Indulgence and asceticism, atheism and theism, romance
and renunciation; and such variety of apparently
conflicting phenomena render completion to life. If you
try to take away anyone of these, the life appears
incomplete.
NAMASMARAN
is
a
GOLDEN CHANCE
for increasing awareness of the true self.
WHAT IS NAMASMARAN?
Namasmaran means; remembering the name of God, Guru,
great souls; such as prophets and holy objects such as planets
and stars. It may be remembered silently, loudly, along with
music, dance, along with breathing, in group or alone, either
with counting by rosary (called SMARANI or JAPAMALA)
or without counting. The traditions vary from region to
region and from religion to religion.
These are also not completely wrong but not totally accurate
either. They usually lead to self abnegation and
indiscriminate violence towards oneself.
It is also true that you should not get involved in the result,
because it can disappoint you if you don’t get the expected
result. This is also fair and pragmatic. It can protect you
from imminent reactive depression or psychiatric maniacal
elation.
But still, how can you totally dissociate the vision about the
result from the action?
One can ponder over these explanations and decide about the
option of NAMASMARAN!
But as it may not be possible for every one to study these and
interpret them, as it was in my case and many like me.
There are many ways for this. But the simplest and most
feasible way, which can revitalize and rejuvenate the
mainstream life style, is NAMASMARAN.
I had not studied Ayurveda in those days and was not sure
whether the cow products such as ghee, curd, milk, urine and
dung, of cow are really beneficial for health and if so in what way
and how. So I argued that it was not fair to ridicule the ideas
without proper study and research, merely on the basis of some
unfounded prejudices and delusions. Cow and many other animal
products can be useful medicinally.
At that time I was not in retaliatory mood, so I did not point out
that every person who consumes meat in one form or another
actually consumes dead bodies of animals (can be called some
kind of necrophagia) and also consumes the urine and the dung of
that animal (can be called some kind of urophagia and
coprophagia)!
I do not want to blame any one but only to appeal to find out if
we are in inner harmony through all this or we are simply
delirious!
Such introspection is possible through universally acceptable and
practical process of NAMASMARAN! NAMASMARAN is like
a process of oxygenation of the dying organism! We urgently
need it!
To celebrate and cheer up; the yajnas were performed and bravery
was invoked, admired, promoted and celebrated! This is probably
the logical basis of the dignity that the sacrificial killing
(RAJOGUNA) enjoyed in yajnas.
The respect and honor for hunting and killing animals; was
logical also because cowardice (TAMOGUNA) in those
circumstances could have meant destruction of the individual and
the specie.
I did not have instant and satisfactory answer at that time and
thought that probably it could be blind following of the
egalitarian or god fearing tradition of offering vegetarian food to
deities.
COW OR MOTHER?
Once; someone ridiculed the idea of consuming cow urine; as a therapeutic
agent.
I had not studied Ayurveda in those days and was not sure whether the cow
products such as ghee, curd, milk, urine and dung, of cow are really beneficial
for health and if so in what way and how. So I argued that it was not fair to
ridicule the ideas without proper study and research, merely on the basis of
some unfounded prejudices and delusions. Cow and many other animal
products can be useful medicinally.
Having said that; it must be realized; that mere utilitarian view point can be
counter productive. It is important to acquire and practice holistic perspective
and holistic rectification of our concepts and our actions in every field, which
is possible only through the individual and global blossoming, through
NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering your true self. (You can get more
explanation about NAMASMARAN in my articles and books).
At that time I was not in retaliatory mood, so I did not point out that every
person who consumes meat in one form or another actually consumes dead
bodies of animals (can be called some kind of necrophagia) and also
consumes the urine and the dung of that animal (can be called some kind of
urophagia and coprophagia)!
I do not want to blame any one but only to appeal to find out if we are in inner
harmony through all this or we are simply delirious!
Such introspection is possible through universally acceptable and practical
process of NAMASMARAN! NAMASMARAN is like a process of
oxygenation of the dying organism! We urgently need it!
Through such introspection what I have realized is, eating animals is a matter
of slavery to one’s own cravings, which are aggravated by media hype,
promotion, glamorization, glorification of such slavish trends; upheld by
many slaves in the positions of leadership (political, economic, cultural,
scientific etc.)!