It is necessary to understand that equality in its true spirit is actually; commonality that runs through not only all human beings; but also through other species. Hence appreciation of this commonality is true spirit of equality; and most justifiably upholds with utmost intensity; the provision of everything that is required for the blossoming of all the individuals and the species! This value of provision of everything for the total blossoming of one and all; is magnanimous, insuperable, invincible and essential. It helps everyone to ascend from; getting all the optimal material provisions; to the ultimate aspiration of realization of the eternal bliss. Based on this holistic perspective; we can evolve and practice international policies, plans, programs, laws, conventions, national constitutions, local laws/rules essential for realizing the visions of Buddha, Marx and Dr. Ambedkar! This is Total Stress Management i.e. blossoming of one and all! It is said by the saints; that; for the true equality to materialize; it is urgent and essential that; in addition to the billions of people practicing NAMASMARAN; many more billions; in every nook and corner of the world; have to practice NAMASMARAN; with far greater intensity and selflessness.

1. STRESS
EQUALITY
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2. SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

3. When we see inequality in the form utterly miserable living
conditions on the one hand and extremely luxurious life style
on the other; we almost instantly feel the need for equality.
This is so, especially if we are not used to, habituated to; or
addicted to; luxurious life style or miserable poverty; because
such addiction makes us callous and insensitive; or helpless
and moribund; respectively!
The innate urge for equality is actually due to the humane
feeling that we all (and not just few) should get food, shelter
and other pleasures of life. This noble pursuit of equality is
thus due to our high emotional quotient and being one with the
aspirations of millions! The urge for equality is born out of our
sensitivity; whether we belong to the class of luxurious life
style, middle class or utter poverty and socio-economic
exploitation.
Thus Gautam Buddha was a king; Karl Marx was born in
middle class; while Dr. Ambedkar was born in socio-
economically exploited class, but the revolutionary idea of
equality was articulated by all three; as a vitally important
value and was upheld by millions.
But the noble vision of Buddha, Karl Marx and Dr.
Ambedkar; which we seemed to share once; are far from being
realized. The aspirations of millions are still being throttled in
the abysmal and miserable living conditions. Even as the
slogan of “equality” has stayed in the forefront; it has hardly
made any difference in the life of millions.

4. Why is this so?
Why have we failed to bring the dream of equality in reality?
Why do we still suffer from the STRESS of inhuman
inequality, disparity and discrimination in and around?
Have we failed to understand the essence of the teachings of
Buddha, Marx and Dr. Ambedkar?
Have we failed to rise above our subjectivity and pettiness and
to help ourselves and our brothers in getting empowered?
Are we knowingly or unknowingly trapped in the semantics?
Are we playing with the words?
Are we indulging in slogan mongering for the sake of our petty
gains and vested interests?
Are we shackled (and opted to be shackled) in illusory,
sectarian and ineffective “solutions” such as favors, subsidies
and reservations?
Have we knowingly or unknowingly; “misused” the slogan of
“equality” for getting blind followers and building
sociopolitical clouts; for our ulterior motives?
The answer is:

5. We have not understood, appreciated and internalized the
spirit underlying the concept of equality. We have also not
realized the immaculate and impeccable essence the element of
complementarity inherent and integral to our dream of
equality. Our sublime emotion associated with the urge of
equality; is not enriched by the wisdom of appreciation of the
complementarities; and has therefore remained naive and in
restrictive shackle; that is hampering our blossoming!
We would continue to fail in absence of the wisdom of
appreciating complementarity inherent to the concept of
equality! In fact; if we go on insisting on unrealistic and
impossible equality; it would indirectly and unknowingly help
the spirit of exploitative inequality amongst us!
Insistence of mere superficial or external aspects of equality in
terms of similar food, similar clothes, similar houses, and
similar behavior is obviously fanatic and coercive! It throttles
our blossoming of all species! This is because; the spirit of
equality embodies complementarity and freedom of growth
and blossoming of everyone! This spirit of equality gets
jeopardized by insistence of superficial or external aspects of
equality!
Let us see; how in the following instances; mere insistence of
superficial or external aspects of equality; harms and does
gross injustice!
An infant without teeth should get milk or other liquids, a
grown up person with good teeth should get food that can

6. chewed and eaten and an old person with dentures should get
food that could be easily chewed with dentures.
The children should get toys and blessings, grown up people
should get scope for fulfilling their creativity and productivity
according to their aptitudes; and elderly should get rest,
respect and opportunity to advise, pamper and bless the
youngsters!
An ailing individual should get care and a healer should get
freedom to deliver the care! A mother should get the freedom
to breast feed and a new born to suckle!
We differ in our constitutions, capabilities, strengths and
weaknesses and hence should have a provision for being
groomed to fulfill our selves and contribute to the blossoming
of society.
But apart from this ineffective and counterproductive fanatic
and coercive insistence of superficial and external equality;
many of us insist on more sophisticated equality of opportunity
or material abundance. They feel that material abundance
would nullify all the inequality and injustice.
This is also not true. If I am provided with all the abundance;
without wisdom; then in all probability I am likely to misuse it
to my own and others’ detriment.
Conversely; vain glory of spiritual equality; without
consideration to material conditions; is certainly; a cruel

7. mockery of the concept of equality. It blatantly supports and
strengthens the spirit of exploitative inequality.
Thus, distributing pamphlets of “spiritual wisdom” to those
amongst us who are “equally and uniformly starved”; or “are
equally diseased” as in epidemics; is callous humiliation of the
complementarity inherent to the true spirit of equality.
It is necessary to understand that equality in its true spirit is
actually; commonality that runs through not only all human
beings; but also through other species. Hence appreciation of
this commonality is true spirit of equality; and most justifiably
upholds with utmost intensity; the provision of everything that
is required for the blossoming of all the individuals and the
species!
This value of provision of everything for the total blossoming
of one and all; is magnanimous, insuperable, invincible and
essential. It helps everyone to ascend from; getting all the
optimal material provisions; to the ultimate aspiration of
realization of the eternal bliss.
Based on this holistic perspective; we can evolve and practice
international policies, plans, programs, laws, conventions,
national constitutions, local laws/rules essential for realizing
the visions of Buddha, Marx and Dr. Ambedkar! This is Total
Stress Management i.e. blossoming of one and all!
It is said by the saints; that; for the true equality to
materialize; it is urgent and essential that; in addition to the

8. billions of people practicing NAMASMARAN; many more
billions; in every nook and corner of the world; have to
practice NAMASMARAN; with far greater intensity and
selflessness.
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!
Individual consciousness is the culmination of every activity
in life. NAMASMARAN is the pinnacle of or culmination of
individual consciousness and the final common pathway; to
objective or cosmic consciousness. Thus we get funneled into
or unified with our true self (objective or cosmic
consciousness)!

9. 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; also because; it is the culmination
of consciousness associated with all the activities in the
universe!
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!
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 a 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,

10. commercial and even professional and charity planes and
manifests 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 be experienced, not by one or few persons
sporadically; but most preferably, by billions!
One is said to achieve ANUSANDHAN, which is a state of
ultimate freedom; or being connected with true self;
remembered through the name of God as inspired by the Guru
(NAMASMARAN); in traditional practice. It is beyond all
subjective considerations and pursuits; and has benevolent
effect of facilitating ANUSANDHAN; on the entire universe!
The last point is; NAMASMARAN is being practiced by
billions even now. But even though all of them may not be
enlightened instantly; at least; some of them would certainly
be enlightened and empowered to evolve, guide and
consolidate the global conscience and thereby manifest global
unity, harmony and justice; through holistic policies!
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

11. All available for free download on internet