2. The stress is as eternal and as infinite as the life itself. The difficulty in Total Stress Management is that our life is trapped between at least three distinctly opposing tendencies. One tendency makes us mean, indolent, inert, lethargic, irresponsible, undisciplined, intolerant, adamant, fanatic, and cruel. The second tendency makes us ambitious, intense, keen, competitive, lustful, perfectionist, obsessive, selfish, sectarian, and active, but without the subtle awareness about one’s own blossoming, innate satisfaction and global blossoming. The third tendency makes us studious, sincere, kind, considerate, tolerant, selfless, egalitarian, sensitive but without holistic perspective and hence somewhat gullible and vulnerable. The foundation of Total Stress Management is optimal and accurate perception, feelings and activity; embodying blossoming of an individual and the universe simultaneously; by an individual and the global society. In Sanskrit this is referred to as ATMANO MOKSHARTHAM JAGAT HITAYA CHA.
3. Lack of this perspective is the main difficulty that leads to repeated and misdirected (in the petty selfish direction) efforts under the disguise of stress management! These efforts, which ignore the role of globally benevolent perspective, policies, plans, programs and their implementation; have left us with exponentially multiplying stress at individual and global levels; in the form of; child labor, beggars, unemployment, garbage, misery, filth, indiscipline, addictions, crimes, and chaos and frustration in several forms. The difficulty in Total Stress Management is huge and global and hence the answer also has to be universally accessible and acceptable! Such answer, which is the core of Total Stress Management, is NAMASMARAN or remaining oriented to our true self. The other measures are necessary, but adjuvant.
