STRESS

AND

DEMOCRACY

DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR
It is stressful when we do not get appreciation or even
permission to work for the social welfare. It is stressful
when we are neglected, suppressed and suffocated by
preventing us from voicing holistic perspectives and
approaches in various fields. Throttling of activities Total
Stress Management; embodying holistic solutions; leads
to stress!

Ii is true that our own indolence, apathy, inertia,

pettiness, mediocrity and passivity are responsible for
stress due to tardiness in Total Stress Management! It is
also true that our indecision, timidity, diffidence, lack of
conviction, and hence escapism are responsible for our
defeat in Total Stress Management and resultant stress!

It is due to our defects that we fail to appreciate that

certain concepts such as democracy are used to black
mail us and perpetuate injustice. We fail to appreciate
that democracy per se, if left to itself can only lead to
unabated meanness, pettiness and chaos; which are
bound jeopardize any activity incorporated in proactive
measures in Total Stress Management i.e. individual and
global blossoming ( e.g. evolving universally benevolent
policies and plans in terms of holistic medicine, holistic
education, holistic laws etc)! Even as dictatorship per se,
is not a solution to individual and social stress; the lack of
Total Stress Management in democracy; leads to
unleashing of barbaric forces; which thrive on
unaccountability, irresponsibility, populist policies, and
extremely petty selfishness leading to demotion of merit
and promotion of mediocrity and corruption.

In every government office there are anti people and

coercive laws and rules denying the services, thereby
flourishing the corruption and thus harassing and
repelling the people.

Democracy today; is license to voice and assert

resentment, non acceptance, disgruntlement,
disagreement, non cooperation, opposition and
sabotaging of Total stress Management. Obviously this is
bound to cause stress!

Can we conquer such stress?

Yes. We can.

Whether we; the rulers i.e. policy makers, planners and

administrators or public; are educated or illiterate,
urban or rural, religious or atheist, our thoughts get
universally benevolent dimension and character; through
NAMASMARAN; besides study, analysis,
experimentation, craft, art and their different
permutations and combinations (Total Stress
Management)!

Democracies and other systems in the world are bound to

metamorphose in an unbelievably rapid and
unprecedented manner; even amidst the apparently
dismal picture; because of the unifying and emancipating
power of NAMASMARAN (The core of Total Stress
Management).