This document discusses the importance of spiritual infrastructure alongside economic and social infrastructure for a society's well-being and progress. It states that while roads, utilities, and facilities are important, they become meaningless without healthy individuals. It also argues that fanatical sectarian thinking can be destructive, so spiritual development through practices like meditation and remembrance of one's true self that are acceptable across religions should be promoted universally.

1. SPIRITUAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
DR
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Roads, bridges, railway, electricity, telecommunication; etc.
constitute economic infrastructure; and play an important role in
progress.
But if there are no; at least reasonably; healthy individuals, then
this economic infrastructure becomes meaningless and useless.
Hence; the health care facilities, housing, drinking water, schools;
etc, which constitute social infrastructure; have to go hand in
hand; with the development of economic infrastructure.
But if the members of a social group harbor; a perspective,
ideology, thinking, feeling, motivation and behavior; of fanatic
sectarian development; then it can be counterproductive and
destructive to that social group; as well as to the others.
Hence along with the economic and social infrastructure; it is
essential to work; on the spiritual infrastructure; simultaneously.
We can appreciate this point; if we carefully observe; the quality
of individual and social life; in any part of the world; including the
developed countries.
The spiritual infrastructure can be developed if there is a simple
and inexpensive program that can be acceptable to different
ideologies and religions. One such program is; remembering and
reorienting to one’s true self; called JAP, JAAP, JIKRA,
SUMIRAN, SIMARAN i.e. NAMASMARAN; and can be

3. introduced in every nook and corner of the world and to everyone
irrespective of age, sex, occupation, religion, race, nationality etc.