This document discusses the need to balance fulfilling needs and suppressing desires. It notes that the 7 billion people in the world have different needs that must be optimally fulfilled, including biological needs that vary based on age. Indiscriminate suppression or gratification of needs and desires leads to issues like poverty, hunger, and conflict. A holistic perspective is needed that differentiates needs from wants and implements policies and programs to fulfill physiological requirements for all in a satisfactory way.

1. NEEDS
AND
DESIRES
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Generally we vacillate between indiscriminate suppression of
desires; and indiscriminate fulfillment of all desires!
7 billion people and innumerable animals and plants; have
different instinctual, emotional, intellectual, psychomotor and
creative needs. The irresponsible and indiscriminate suppression
or gratification of these; has lead to universal stress at all levels
in the form of poverty, hunger, deforestation, famines, global
heating; on the one hand and corruption, indulgence, addictions,
terrorism, persecution, riots and wars; on the other.
We should not be obsessed by the idea of either destroying the
shad-ripus (six enemies); termed viz. KAMA, KRODHA,
MOHA, MAD MATSAR and LOBHA; or indiscriminate
indulgence in these.
There ought not to be a regimentalization. The needs have to be
differentiated from the desires, whims or fancies. The biological
needs; of the fetus, newborn, infants, toddlers, children, youths,
pregnant mothers, and the elderly, are variable; and must be
optimally fulfilled. It is implied that there have to be accurate
international, national, regional and local policies and laws for
this; and not mere outcry for philanthropy.
It is convincing that the ultimate destination of spiritual quest is
immortality or self realization; and at certain stage of
development an individual is beyond physiological existence.

3. But we seem to have forgotten that DHARMA is a holistic system
enabling every person to tread this path of invincible supra-
physiological and immortality; and not indiscriminate
suppression or indulgence in SHAD-RIPUS. Hence; whether we
have conquered or whether we indulge in SHADRIPUS; there
ought to be unanimity on; the holistic perspective, policies, plans
and programs and their implementation (SWADHARMA),
which aim to optimally fulfill all these physiological needs of all.
This can enable us to practice NAMASMARN with greater
intensity, involvement and selflessness. There is no “short cut”
(bypassing the holistic perspective, policies, plans and programs
i.e. SWADHARMA); to total stress management that ensures
optimal fulfillment of individual needs and satisfactory conquest
of SHADRIPUS.
Presently; our materialism and spiritualism perpetuate pursuits
of subsidy, profits, glamour, glitter, popularity, fame, success,
promotion; on the one hand; and trance, bliss, ecstasy, moksha,
mukti, nirvana; respectively; on the other! Thus we continue to
feel incomplete and frustrated or arrogant and delirious; in
personal and social life; and keep perpetuating vicious cycle of;
stressors-their mismanagement-further multiplication of stress;
at individual, local, regional, national and international levels.
References:
1. Stress: Understanding and Management; Dr.
Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

4. 2. Namasmaran: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar
3. Smiling Sun: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar
4. Conceptual Stress: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan
Kashalikar
5. New Study of Bhagavad Geeta: Dr. Shriniwas
Janardan Kashalikar
6. Holistic Medicine: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar
7. Holistic Health: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar
8. Namasmaran (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan
Kashalikar
9. Tanavmukti (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan
Kashalikar (Assistance Dr. Suhas Mhetre)
10. Bhovara (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan
Kashalikar
11. Sahasranetra (Comprehension of Vishnusahasranam;
Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar
12. Thakawa Ghalwa (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan
Kashalikar
13. Tanavmuktisathi Upayukta Lekh (Marathi): Dr.
Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar
14. SUPERLIVING: (English) Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
15. SUPERLIVING: (Marathi) Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar