Dr. Shrinivas Kashalikar discusses grading happiness on different scales based on three criteria: durability, how widely shared the happiness is, and intensity. He provides examples of happiness graded from A to F, with A grade happiness being the most durable, shared with the most people, and intense, while F grade happiness stems from heinous crimes. The document encourages readers to learn how to grade happiness in their own lives to make choices and reinforcements that maximize success and well-being over time.

1. GRADING
HAPPINESS
FOR
TOTAL
STRESS
MANAGEMENT
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Grading happiness is a concept crucial and pivotal to take
simple practical steps to make proper choices for
assertion, reinforcement and thus maximizing our success
and/or happiness throughout our life.
The practical steps
Do not take up activities inadvertently (without grading)
with the hope of happiness or success, just because they
are ordained or advised by some one somewhere. Please
realize that happiness is a relative term. What makes one
person happy; may make another sad. Hence trying to do
things according to some prescription; may not make you
happy and actually; may prove counterproductive!
Hence there is a need to learn some general criteria or
parameters to grade happiness.
The first criterion is durability.
The second criterion is how many people you can share
the happiness with.
The third criterion is the intensity of the happiness.
A grade happiness (e.g. of the saint) is so much durable
that it lasts for millennia, involves millions of people and it
is so intense that we are completely involved in it.

3. B grade happiness (e.g. that of scientists or reformers),
where the happiness is durable but eternal, shared with
many people; but not the "have not” category; and it
could be intense disturbable by other factors.
C grade happiness could be that of cocktail parties and
other escapist activities
D grade happiness could be born out of material
possessions or other successes in petty pursuits
E grade could be happiness in harming others to a greater
or lesser extent followed by sense guilt or fear.
F, G, H and even lower grades of happiness born out of
heinous crimes. These could be defined; but are left to the
readers' discretion.
Tips
You become expert in making gradations of happiness,
choices, assertions and reinforcements as you grow more
and more objective, fearless and single minded; through
NAMASMARAN