Total Stress Management involves taking a holistic perspective to policymaking and programs in order to reduce stress. It acknowledges that people experience stress due to their past actions or constitutions. While some argue that we should accept stress as predetermined, Total Stress Management aims to empower individuals and society to reduce stress unconditionally. It provides essential well-being like oxygen, benefiting people of all beliefs including those practicing spirituality or atheism. The overall goal is to contribute motivation, analysis, and technology to decrease stress in personal, family, occupational and social life.

1. TOTAL
STRESS
MANAGEMENT
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Total Stress Management (total well being, holistic health,
superliving or holistic renaissance) includes holistic
perspective, policymaking, programs and their
implementation.
Some of us argue that we (and others) undergo stress because
of our past deeds (poorva-sanchit or prarabdha) and hence we
should accept stress as God’s desire and be happy. This logic is
applied to the social evils as well!
They ask;
“Can we be happy even if all the material pleasures are
granted?
Are not all the material pleasures useless in terms of giving
total fulfillment of life?
What is the use of pursuing material pleasures?
Is not the body that enjoys it also temporary?
Are we not unhappy merely because of our ego or the state of
our mind?

3. What is the use of Total Stress Management; when all is
vanity?
Isn’t the world UNCHANGED; even when so many people
toiled for its improvement in the past?
Aren’t such efforts useless and futile?
What is the use of such efforts; if we have to leave everything;
when we die?
As there are different constitutions of people; it is natural that
many of us are not able to study, think, work and grow out of
their shells. They live within the ambit of their personal
limitations and their individual physical, instinctual, emotional
and intellectual needs.
They do not participate in Total Stress Management and
unknowingly or knowingly; they become either the victims or
the causes of STRESS. This is so; even if they are well
meaning, polite, gentle, good, charitable, innocent, honest etc.
For some of us, Total Stress Management is an essential and
holistic expression; of the empowerment and enlightenment of
NAMASMARAN; in personal, family, occupational and social
life. It is like oxygen, which they breathe without any
expectations and questions! They participate in Total Stress
Management unconditionally.

4. Interestingly; many persons practicing, promoting and
propagating NAMASMARAN; and many conscientious
atheists; actually participate; in Total Stress Management (total
well being, holistic health, superliving or holistic renaissance);
although indirectly and unknowingly! Overall; they contribute;
the fervor, motivation and driving force; and analytical,
operational and technological capability; respectively.