1. STRESS
AND
HOLISTIC
HEALTH
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. HOLISTIC HEALTH
The lack or utter deficiency of perspective, policies, plans
and actions of universal welfare, at the international,
national, local and individual level is a hallmark of and
main cause of global ill health, which synonymous with
global STRESS!
The glaring example such wrong policies, programs and
their implementation is; present education! The present
education system (mainstream education) basically and
almost completely prevents a huge section of society such
as teachers, students, clerks, servants, sweepers and
many others such as education inspectors, from being
creative and productive and incurs colossal wastage of
space, electricity, construction cost, educational material!
Lack of productive element in education not only causes
colossal loss to nation but it also causes economic loss to
children while suppressing and starving their
psychomotor domain and their creative capacity and
sense of self sufficiency and self esteem!
The lack of productive element and economic incentive is
a single most important cause of
1] Reduction in the dignity of labor amongst those who

3. continue to learn, as well as reduction in the income of
the concerned families and the nation
2] Lack of education, lack of employment and starvation
or criminalization amongst those who are forced to drop
out because the poor villagers’ children normally
contribute to the earning of the family.
3] Inhuman suffering of those dropouts, who somehow
manage to get into cheap labor for subsistence.
4] The felt need of RESERVATION policy and ever
increasing demands for increasing number of
reservations by different castes.
It is high time that the we all in the world realize that
even the semblance of holistic health or in fact true
health of an individual and society; is not possible
without implementation of holistic & globally beneficial
policies in all the walks of life! Adopting Holistic
approach (combined with analytical) and burial of
fragmented, sectarian and lopsided outlook and
approach; is essential, imperative and urgent for
ushering in Holistic Health i.e. True Wellbeing of One
and All!
HOLISTIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT

4. Appropriate care and nurturing of all components are
essential for the wellbeing any system; be that a machine,
an industry, an institution, an organization or an
individual! This is true for a nation and also the whole
living universe!
Hence our hunger, thirst, safety, sexual desire, parental
(and especially maternal and breast feeding) instinct, etc
must be appropriately fulfilled for Holistic Health i.e.
Total Stress Management i.e. SUPERLIVING!
Need of Physical activity, locomotion, urination,
defecation, cleanliness, clothes, and other needs such as
friendship, dialogue, expression of conscience through
art and literature have to be fulfilled in an appropriate
manner for the blossoming of an individual and the
universe!
We need perspective, vision, policies, plans and execution
of these; in all the fields of life based on this aphorism!
NAMASMARAN is essential for this, just as oxygen is
essential for life.
HOLISTIC MEDICINE AND LAW

5. The laws regarding the practice of medicine in different
parts of India and different parts of world are different.
But in general; there are restrictions on the practitioners
of different disciplines of medicine; thereby making it
impossible for the doctors to grow from within and
blossom; and for patients to exercise their right of getting
holistic treatment and cure in with optimum efficiency.
This has also lead to piecemeal, sectarian, inadequate,
inefficient or at times counterproductive efforts in the
direction of holistic health or what one can call
superliving!
It is therefore necessary to evolve NON RESTRICTIVE
laws for holistic training and holistic practice.
One of the practical ways for this is to practice
NAMSMARAN.
HOLISTIC BLOSSOMING
Indolence & apathy, craving & agitation and ideological
pursuit & ego keep interacting either peacefully or
violently and “the winner” within the person and/or the

6. nation at that time, lead to pertinent behavior that
becomes the hallmark of that person or nation; at that
time!
As a result of the preponderance of any one or more of
these, one finds an individual or the nation full of
irresponsible and sociopathic behavior, cancerous
growth of highly skilled, disciplined and brilliant but
individualistic and hence ultimately violent and socially
destructive “progress” or highly intelligent, elitist,
pedantic, egoistic and ineffective dialogues and
discussions.
When and if holistic concepts govern the behavior of an
individual or society, they do not get obsessed with,
material pursuits such as physical, political, economic,
cultural dominance over others (at the cost of other
individuals or nations) and so called spiritual
achievements such as visions, sounds, fragrances,
supernatural powers, utopia of regimentalized
“goodness” and so on.
The individuals and nations blossom together through
appropriate and optimal satisfaction of biological,
psychological and intellectual needs and aspirations of

7. most people in most instances. The individual and group
activities blossom in terms of sports, scientific research,
arts, industries, agriculture and so on, in a mutually
healing and nourishing manner!
Can NAMASMARAN help in such holistic blossoming of
one and all?
It is for us to verify this; without prejudice, grudge,
belief, disbelief; and casual, skeptical, cynical and
retaliatory approach! But in our experience; these
qualities are also acquirable by NAMASMARAN and
NOT by mere voluntary efforts!

8. WHY VEGETARIANISM?
So far as we are obsessed with petty selfish motives we would
keep trying to add to the list of petty gains and petty benefits
from vegetarianism! In fact this is true for Ayurveda, Yoga
techniques and so on.
Every noble phenomenon can be reduced to mercenary
activity or a fetish when the vision itself is tubular and the
pursuit is petty!
One of the results (and not a goal) of a perspective and a
pursuit for universal welfare and individual emancipation;
born and crystallized through NAMASMARAN; is natural
shift to vegetarianism.
It is therefore important to glorify this global perspective - the
foundation of vegetarianism; (and not its petty benefits) and
also make; excellent and healthy vegetarian food; available;
where ever possible.
We express our appreciation for all such efforts!