Participation in superliving is a great opportunity and great pleasure.

1. SUPERLIVING
AN
EXPLANATION
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. From time immemorial the life is seen to be
associated with biological evolution and
instinctual, emotional, intellectual and spiritual
evolution.
Unlike the biological evolution in plants and
animals, which is stereotyped, mankind is
privileged with a gift of making choices;
embodying instinctual, emotional, intellectual
and spiritual evolution, which we call
superliving, holistic health or total stress
management.
But; since we can make choices;
1. In every nook and corner of the world, right
from early childhood to ripe old age, in every
season, at every moment, on every occasion
and amidst every relationship; we are
entangled in unending dilemmas. We have to
make choices from “right and wrong” options.
These options are in terms of physical,

3. instinctual, emotional and intellectual actions;
in different fields of life such as personal
relations, personal defense, international
relations, military defense, health care,
judiciary, education, trade, industry,
agriculture, crafts, literature, architecture,
arts and so on.
2. These choices can not be made from popular
simplistic dictates. The utopian, egalitarian,
gullible and/or hypocritical concepts and
preaching of indiscriminate equality, love,
service, nonviolence, peace etc. do stand the
harsh tests of reality of life. They do not enable
or empower us to make right choices and
consequently we get trapped in conflicts
and/or exploitation. This would be clear from
the following examples.
3. The often preached unqualified equality has
no place in society. Its insistence is either
because of political opportunism, vested
interests, hypocrisy or utopianism. The father,

4. mother, son, wife, teacher, student etc are not
equal. They are not unequal also. They are;
and they ought to be; in different, varying,
symbiotic, complementary, synergistic and
mutually beneficial positions. Hence neither
equality nor inequality; but complementarity
has to be nurtured and harnessed. The love as
advocated is subjective (as against objective
and universally benevolent feelings of love).
Subjective love can lead to prejudice, bias,
preference, partiality, fear, apprehension,
inhibition, favoritism and so no. It has no place
in judgment (which requires balanced mind)
that convicts a criminal. The indiscriminate
service also; has no basis when we are faced
with an exploiter. Because; our services would
further propagate and perpetuate exploitation.
Similarly; the gullible peace has no relevance
when we are being confronted by universal
disaster created by a war monger. Gullible
moves of peace would certainly endanger the

5. life of millions; through imposed war. In the
same vein; the indiscriminate and often
hypocritical nonviolence has no meaning when
we are being battered by the menace such as
that of mosquitoes or rabid dogs, which we
have to kill.
4. The philosophies, ideologies and religions and
even the constitutions of united nations have
been and continue to provide concepts, ideas,
decrees and commandments and laws;
respectively. These are intended to help
individuals and masses; of both sexes, all
races, all ages, all seasons and from all areas of
the world; to make right choices. In turn these
choices are meant for living healthily,
harmoniously and happily so as to blossom
and at all times!
5. Amongst these; probably the most
misunderstood, neglected, ridiculed and often
maligned; are the scriptures of India (Bharat),
which are actually based on self realization

6. and aimed to culminate in self realization and
bring about individual and universal
blossoming. These provide holistic, universal
and pragmatic solutions and practical
measures in every imaginable field of life and
death; with a clear vision of self realization
and global emancipation. These are truly the
expressions of the cosmic wisdom itself.
6. They have evolved and transformed the
previously mentioned simplistic concepts of
arbitrary and indiscriminate equality-
inequality, love-hatred, mercy-meekness,
service-exploitation, nonviolence-violence,
peace-war etc; into enlightened, objective,
universal perspective, accurate thinking,
appropriate feelings and genuinely humane
instincts. They thus have crystallized and
articulated universally benevolent and cogent
concepts of complementarity, unity, harmony,
swadharma, universal justice, and appropriate
pertinent behavior; organized into sacrosanct

7. personal duties or dharmas; of e.g. father
(pitru dharma), son (putra dharma), mother
(matru dharma), teacher (acharya dharma),
ruler (raj dharma) and so on. Moreover these
sacrosanct duties were (and are even today in
some places) followed with topmost priorities
as privilege and golden opportunities; and not
compulsions. They have been commanding
(and command even today in some places)
respect and reverence for millennia.
7. We must differentiate these universally
benevolent concepts and behavioral trends
from the simplistic and unwise preachings of
indiscriminate service-exploitation, love-
hatred, equality-inequality, peace-war,
violence-non-violence etc. which are basically
the products of superficial and piecemeal
approaches.
8. The details in these scriptures however;
require modifications; with due insight in
them and without changing the essence,

8. foundation, basis and/or purpose. Because the
nature, life and mankind require their
enlightenment, holistic conceptual framework
as well as the practical means, which enable
and empower to make right choices, attain self
realization and achieve individual and
universal blossoming.
9. This is superliving. It is a universal, eternal,
continuous, unending, healing, rejuvenating,
revitalizing and fulfilling expedition. From
another angle; superliving is a cosmic wisdom
manifested from time to time in the people of
the world expressed in new and relevant ways
by and for the people of the world. It embodies
increase in the percentage of making right
choices, through holistic perspective, thinking,
feelings and instincts, in every walk of life; and
blossom together.
10. Superliving can not be made sectarian. It can
not be trivialized. Hence this particular
appreciation and participation in superliving,

9. which is a great privilege and golden
opportunity is also not institutionalized. It can
not be and ought to be not restricted by any
arbitrary laws, rules and regulations of an
institution or organization. Moreover it is
universal and can not be “split” or “reduced”
into any smaller or trivial factions. In
addition; it is an on going eternal process and
does not depend on any favors, mercy,
donations and/or tax exemptions; and has
never been and would never be subservient to
personal or sectarian interests of any king,
ruler, party or any other entity.
11. Actually, cosmic light has manifested as has
been in the past; in the form of superliving and
its core viz. namasmaran; to be an integral part
of life in general; and of the formal and
informal education in particular; all over the
world. This phenomenon is bound to expedite
the process of individual and global
blossoming, enlightenment and emancipation.

10. 12. Even as the whole universe is linked with
superliving and namasmaran; which is a
universal phenomenon independent of our
“will”; it is really an individually and
universally blossoming privilege to be a part of
it; with top priority, irrespective of our sex,
age, religion, race, color, nationality, region,
occupation etc.