1. STRESS
AND
PROPGAGANDA
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. There are many causes of STRESS. But for especially
those amongst us; who are in party politics, power
games, entertainment, showbiz, performing arts, fine
arts, writing, publishing, advertising, marketing and
such businesses; one of the major causes of STRESS; is
the craze of propaganda and the dread of being ignored,
neglected, dejected and unwanted.
The craze of propaganda and hype has stupefied even
the “erudite, wise and spiritual” people amongst us, who
have fallen prey to this addiction of propaganda and are
extremely STRESSED and feel terribly handicapped,
and at a major loss; in absence of propaganda!
The lack of understanding and participation in Total
Stress Management we are cut off from our own selves
and also from the innate core of others. This has made
caricatures of our selves. We have become unsatisfied
with our selves and diffident about our convictions.
If we get material success; we become delirious and
arrogant and if we fail we become fragile and
frustrated. But in both cases we are weak and devoid of
inner fulfillment. We lack inner strength. Our souls are

3. starved. We need crutches of propaganda for our
survival!
The lack of study and participation in the Total Stress
Management has made us weak by cutting us off from
our innate core! We are unable to even imagine “success
in our career”; without propaganda! As result of this
major and rampant delusion; we are becoming
increasingly doubtful and diffident about our conscience
and our convictions!
Thus instead of studying, discussing, analyzing,
experimenting and verifying the Total Stress
Management and capturing the excellence in our fields;
we have become slaves and prisoners of propaganda in
the form of bombastic banners, hollow hoardings,
pitiable placards, preposterous posters, scandalous
slogans and the deluge of cheap advertisements in print
and electronic media!
This in turn has made this unproductive and hence
parasitic business of propaganda; a mirage of success
for the young generation. Thus this business of
propaganda itself has become coveted and sought after
and any one getting entry in it; begins to bloat with

4. unfathomable pride and arrogance! Of course there are
honorable exceptions to this.
But; as we have seen; lack of understanding and
practice of Total Stress Management has lead to
STRESS that mismanaged and in turn; cancerous
growth of this unproductive businesses that represents
few elites in the society. Such other businesses include
commission agents, bureaucracy etc; and are pivotal in
causing/precipitating the global growth of mercenary
tendencies on the one hand and dwindling buying
capacity in the masses on the other; leading to global
recession!
We have to understand that addiction of propaganda is
as bad as any other addiction if not worse and not only
does it handicap us; but it degenerates and perverts us!
This addiction is like accepting the mastery of our own
caricature or our shadow and meekly following it!
We still have a chance and choice; to either become
slaves of the propaganda; and spread our STRESS; or
become free from such slavery and STRESS; through
Total Stress Management( the core of which is
NAMASMARAN); and spread our CONQUEST OF

5. STRESS; independent of propaganda; which is bound
to follow!
BUT WHAT IS NAMASMARAN?
Namasmaran usually embodies; remembering the name
of God, Guru, great souls; such as prophets and
whatever is considered as holy e.g. planets and stars. It
is remembered silently, loudly, along with music, dance,
along with breathing, in group or alone. Further,
NAMASMARAN is either counted by some means such
as fingers, rosary (called SMARANI or JAPAMALA),
or electronic counter; or practiced without counting.
The traditions vary from region to region and from
religion to religion.
However the universal principle underlying
NAMASMARAN is to reorient our physiological and
social being; with our true self and establish and
strengthen the bond between; our physiological and
social being; with our true self; and finally reunification
or merger with our true self!
Since individual consciousness is the culmination of
every activity in life; and NAMASMARAN the pinnacle

6. of or culmination of individual consciousness;
NAMASMARAN is actually opening the final common
pathway to objective or cosmic consciousness; so that
individual consciousness in every possible activity gets
funneled into or unified with Him (our true self)!
Thus NAMASMARAN is in fact the YOGA of YOGA in
the sense that it is the culmination of consciousness
associated with every possible procedure and technique
in the yoga that we are familiar with. It is the
YOGA of YOGA because it is the culmination of
consciousness associated with all the activities in the
universe, which it encompasses as well! It is YOGA of
YOGA because everybody in the world irrespective of
his/her tradition and the beliefs; would eventually,
ultimately and naturally reach it; in the process of
liberation. Even so called non believers also would not
“miss” the “benefit of NAMASMARAN as they may
remember true self through one symbol or another”!
Just as NAMASMARAN is YOGA of YOGA it is
meditation of meditation also! This is because the
natural and ultimate climax of every form of
meditation; is remembering true self or merging with
cosmic consciousness effortlessly!

7. These facts however have to be realized with persistent
practice of NAMSMARAN and not blindly believed or
blindly disbelieved with casual approach!
In short NAMSMARAN is super-bounty of cosmic
consciousness for every individual to realize it (cosmic
consciousness)! This is truly a super-bounty because a
person, who experiences it, rises above mercenary,
commercial and even professional and charity planes
and manifest super- transactions in his or her life!
These are just few observations to give rough idea about
what is NAMASMARAN. NAMASMARAN is an ocean
of bliss. Its true meaning is beyond description in words
and has to b experienced, not by one or few persons
sporadically; but most preferably, by billions!
The last point is; NAMASMARAN would certainly
enlighten, empower and enable some people; out of
those billions practicing NAMASMARAN; to evolve,
guide and consolidate the global conscience and thereby
manifest global unity and harmony and justice, through
globally benevolent proper policies!

8. References:
Namasmaran: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
Sahasranetra: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
Holistic Medicine: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
Stress: Understanding and Management: Dr. Shriniwas
Kashalikar
Conceptual Stress: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar
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