1. STRESS
AND
TOOTH PASTE
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Apparently; stress has nothing to do with tooth paste.
But if we take a closer look at it; it does have.
Tooth paste is a commodity, on which non productive
and extremely wasteful squandering of money goes on
perennially on the TV and other media. This
squandering on commercials or advertisements of
various tooth pastes; is not merely useless but in fact a
major STRESSOR. These advertisements on TV and
print media are irritatingly repetitive and deceptive.
They create an entirely and ridiculously false picture of
the results of tooth paste. This makes the tooth paste
advertisements frightening (by repeated threat of
infections and caries) and stressful (because; irrespective
of the tooth paste; the dental problems continue).
Many a times we brush teeth only to show that we are
“modern, progressive and advanced” i.e. westernized!
Knowingly or unknowingly; we harbor the superstition
that anything European, German, British, Japanese etc
is superior to anything Indian! We have been
chronically infected with the lowly feeling of being
primitive, unscientific; and backward!

3. Do we have the capacity to see through and overcome
every possible kind of misleading hype and exploitative
brain washing on media? If we facilitate our own
blossoming from within and empower ourselves (through
NAMASMARAN); to see, think, feel and act holistically;
then we begin to conquer the STRESS of deceit!
Let us resolve not to get brain washed! If we stop eating
flesh, we no more infuse our breaths with; and emanate
dirty and obnoxious odor termed halitosis, which the
“progressive tooth paste promoters and even users”
emanate!
Let us understand firmly and finally; that the use of
tooth paste is unnecessary and (since it bypasses the
rubbing of gums) harmful.
Let us use tooth powder and rub our teeth and gums in
a prayerful attitude and with self esteem and frequently
wash and gargle; our mouth cavity, with pride! We
won’t ever get undue dental problems and create
nuisance to others through our dirty halitosis!