Namasmarana

 

There is no point in developing detachment for some time and getting attached to worldly things again. Having given up worldly desires once, give them up forever. – BABA

"Namasmarana will make you stick to the thought of God. Now you are like a mouse caught inside a drum, a mridanga. When the player beats on the right, the mouse runs to the left; when the left side is beaten, it runs in terror to the right. So too, you run from Paramatma to Prakriti (objective world), reluctant to stick to God, and at the same time, retreating from the denials and disappointments of worldly activity. 

You have come from God. You are a spark of His Glory. You are a wave of that Ocean of bliss. You will get peace only when you again merge in Him. Like a child who has lost his way, you can have joy only when you rejoin your mother. The ocean drop rose as vapour, joined the congregation called cloud, fell on the earth, flowed along the ravines, and at last reached the ocean. Reach like-wise the ocean you have lost. Start on that journey and travel quick and light!"

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - 17.10.1966)