1. STRESS
AND
WORLD
POLITICS
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. World politics ought to be; the expression of cosmic
consciousness; through people with the perspective of
individual and global blossoming; interacting heart to
heart and evolving and crystallizing the pragmatic
aspects of policies, plans, programs and their
implementation (i.e. Total Stress Management, the core
of which is NAMAMSRAN)!
At present also this is happening, but in a rather
imperfect, immature, inaccurate, insufficient, inadequate
and ineffective manner. Primarily, this imperfection is
that of perspective, conceptualization, conviction and
actual experience or realization.
The millions of different needs, wants, likes, dislikes,
virtues, vices, actions, interactions, contradictions,
dialogues, hopes and despairs; of billions of living beings
of different species, ages, geographical, political, social,
economic, cultural and historical backgrounds; still have
a common aspiration for individual and global
blossoming! This is either voluntary or involuntary and
conscious or subconscious!
The visible hallmarks of this common aspiration; are
evident in; millions of people being served food free of

3. cost and millions of cows being cared as by Gondavle
Sansthan, ISCKON and many other institutions, tress
being planted by ISHA, millions of people being trained
in yoga by Swami Ramdev and Patanjali Yogapeeth
pariwar, promotion and cultivation of herbal plants by
Ahcarya Balkrishna, millions of people being trained in
Sudarshan Kriya by Sri Sri Ravishankar and Art of
Living pariwar, millions of people getting holistic
medical treatment by holistic medical practitioners in the
world, some attempts of international institutions such as
UNO for justice in political, legal, economic, agricultural
and health care areas, exchange of scientific technology
and humanitarian work of several organizations in
different fields)!
But more explicit and evolved manifestation of this
aspiration would be evident in;
 HEALTH Availability, upholding and promotion of
safe drinking water and vegetarian food ensured by all
governments.
 Redefinition of holistic health as “Optimal intellectual,
emotional, instinctual and physical actions to promote
individual and global blossoming, in one’s field”

4.  Practice and promotion of Holistic Medicine; i.e. the
art, science and skills of employing everything
effective; in regaining and promoting HOLISTIC
HEALTH, as an essential and inseparable core of
mainstream Medical Education, Teaching, Practice
and Research.
 EDUCATION Holistic Education; with “earn and
learn”, “produce and progress”, “assessment of the
skills by actual practice and demonstration and passing
without written examinations; with emphasis on
spiritual and productive domain; in addition to
affective, cognitive, psychomotor domains; and
research and teaching in different fields conducive to
holistic health
 All religious temples and places of worship voluntarily
incorporating educational, industrial, and agricultural
and research activities conducive to holistic health;
thereby getting re-integrated with mainstream life
 All educational and industrial houses adopting the
religious and/or spiritual activities; in which, the
philosophy of holistic health is implicit (though
variable in terms of semantics i.e. languages and terms)
 Getting up early, drinking of water in morning,
rubbing the teeth, gums and palate in morning and

5. using herbs conducive to dental, oral and general
health
 By hearting and singing of hymns and prayers of
different religions and regions
 Laws being devoid of vindictiveness and conducive to
holistic health; criminals not being treated with
vengeance but the laws in general being formative, (e.g.
the persons soiling the public property would me made
to clean the same, a corrupt person would be made to
work double the duty hours, without salary and those
involved in misleading or deceptive commercials such
as (98% stoppage of hair fall, double increase in height)
would be made to participate in production, research,
training and practice of holistic health and medicine, at
no profit. The production of bicycles and vehicles of
mass transport being echo-friendly would have
minimum or no tax)
 Sanskrit being researched and taught all over the
world if; after careful scrutiny by international well
meaning unprejudiced intellectuals belonging to
different religions; found beneficial to mankind
 The unifying elements and enlightenment in the lives of
saints, seers and other reformers being integral part of
all the curriculums

6.  The doctrines of bigotry, fanaticism, Zionism, racism,
wars and hatred occupying NO space in curriculums
 Ongoing introspective critical research and dialogue
over; a) pros and cons of b) role of beastly instincts c)
role of vested interests d) role of indiscriminate
brutality; in slaughtering the cows, bullocks and other
animals
 Encouragement to local and folk sports, arts music.
 Evolution of defense policies; from a state of being
brutal, barbaric, cruel, vicious, prejudiced, suspicious,
obstinate and sectarian; to reconciliatory, progressive,
unifying and globally blossoming
 Promotion of global perspective with liberal and
considerate attitude
 Last and the most important; Universal Practice of
NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering one’s true self
(about whom we are usually oblivious), right from
childhood, according to the particular tradition
(To be continued and revised if and when necessary)