1. STRESS
AND
SOLUTIONS
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. In as much as we are individuals and
hence fallible; we have freedom to make
efforts to be objective and accurate.
Similarly; even as we are unable to
achieve feats such as transforming a
particle into Himalaya and vice versa; we
still have freedom to act reasonably
appropriately. Hence even as we are
shackled in casual, petty, superficial,
piecemeal and ad hoc approach on a
variety of problems causing stress (and
mismanage the stress); we still can
develop holistic approach and work for
individual and global blossoming and
overcome stress! Some of the examples of
how we can do this; (in brief; as the
details are described in our books; and
also the books and articles of others) are
as follows.
Thus;

3. For health problems; our solution is;
more hospital buildings, more gadgets
and more equipments.
Actually we need a thrust on study,
practice and training of Holistic health
and Holistic medicine.
For lack of education; our solution is
licensing more institutions and greater
use of learning aids and stationary.
Actually we must emphasize on Holistic
Education (One which includes
development and training in spiritual and
productive domains in addition to
cognitive, affective and psychomotor
domains)
For unemployment and beggars on the
road; our solution is payment to
unemployed people and anti–begging law.

4. Actually we require to eradicate with
priority; the causes of unemployment
such as policies, which destroy the self
employment and small scale and home
industries (e.g. excessive production of
water coolers, air conditioners, auto
rickshaws etc) and restrictions on
traditional jobs (such as pot making, cane
work, circus and others).
For traffic jam our solution is; a flyover
bridge.
Actually we need to reinforce the public
transport system and curb the production
and import of private cars and two
wheelers, besides taking adequate
measures to reduce the movement of
people from villages to cities.
For suicides of farmers; our solution is
subsidy package.

5. Actually the solution is; to resort to
traditional wisdom of agriculture and
organic farming; and use; of neem, cow
urine, cow dung etc; and making; water
and electricity available. The ban on
slaughter of animals would go along way.
For price rise; our solution is import.
The actual solution is; to ban all
deceptive, aggressive and imposing
advertisements, which create artificial
demands leading to wasteful and
luxurious economic (apparently
pleasurable but effectively poisonous)
activity in a small section the society;
leading to price rise; at the cost of the
rest. For example cold drinks, ice creams,
fast foods, bars, restaurants, five star
hotels, wines, alcoholic drinks, cosmetics
and other luxuries are thriving but the
vast majority is deprived of basic needs.
In fact; the policy of production of and

6. “marketing” for few, has to be reversed to
production and “exchange” for the vast
majority.
For socioeconomic backwardness; our
solution is reservation policy.
Actually we require “productive and earn
and learn” kind of education for all; so
that unproductive unemployed and needy
population would become empowered,
productive, self sufficient and dignified in
every way.
For the growing injustice and crimes; our
solution is increasing the number of laws
and police.
Actually we require simple and honest
laws drafted in peoples’ language and
understandable to people so as to
discipline the people for their growth; and
remove all the laws, which were created

7. to suppress and exploit the people by the
previous alien rulers. We require policies
by which the traditional and ethnic art,
sports, cuisine, remedies and skills are
NOT ALLOWED to be suppressed by the
tactics of the exploitative and
individualistic marketing culture. In fact
in the interest of everyone, the concept of
individual and global blossoming; which
we call SUPERLIVING or Total Stress
Management has to be universalized; to
overcome the globally disastrous
individualistic, exploitative globalization!
For so called “lack of progress”; our
solution is more foreign investment.
Actually; we must define progress in
terms of holistic health and restructure
our policies in every field such as health
care, agriculture, industry etc rather than
stooping and surrendering to the culture
of pettiness, glamour and glitter.

8. For shortage of electricity; our solution is
load shedding.
Actually we are required to shift our
priorities from “appeasing the
exploitative and luxurious few”; to the
“welfare of all”, by stern energy saving
measures; coupled with development of
pollution free, low cost, low investment
alternative energy sources.
For road accidents; our solution is
compulsion of helmets.
Actually the number of private vehicles
on the road has to be reduced, the
number of public vehicles has to be
increased, the weekly offs have to be
different and the working hours also have
to be different so that most people do not
travel at the same time. Moreover, the on
campus residence has to be insisted as

9. when feasible. Most importantly, holistic
education and rejuvenation of traditional
jobs must be ensured so that the helpless
and forced movement of people to the
cities and the inhuman crowding of cities
can be reduced.
For shortage fuel; our solution is sermons
to reduce fuel consumption.
Actually the fuel needs can be reduced if
public transport in improved and the
bicycles are promoted. There has to be
shift of policies from development of
airports; to the improvement in public
transport and the infrastructure in the
villages.
We can cite hundreds of examples to
show how we; by NOT going to the roots
of the problems; work brilliantly and
artistically but in a superficial and petty
manner, with individualistic, fragmented,

10. sectarian and divisive perspective, in
misguided direction of increasing stress!
Hence our work is rendered ineffective
and/or counterproductive!
Possibly the solutions provided can be
modified, refined in terms of details.
There could be many more holistic
solutions also. All these can be
cooperatively and complementarily
implemented universally; if the third eye
of cosmic consciousness is opened through
the ways of self development; such as
NAMASMARAN.