STRESS

AND

CORRUPTION

DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR
 The word STRESS is used so extensively and in so
many different contexts; that its definition, meaning,
significance, causes, mechanisms, dimensions, effects
and Total Management have become increasingly
complex, ambiguous and obscure.

Similarly the word, corruption is used so extensively

and in so many contexts that it’s definition, meaning,
significance, causes, mechanisms, dimensions, effects
and Total Management have become increasingly
complex, ambiguous and obscure!

The corruption; of the political, religious, intellectual,

industrial and other leaders in world; can promote and
boost the corruption of (besides their stooges and
supporters); any individual; in any and every part of
the world; and vice versa.

Corruption is usually and wrongly equated with mere

financial scams, bribing, kick backs; which constitute
“the visible fraction of the iceberg of corruption”!

Hence; let us study the basic concept of corruption!

 Actually the corruption and the enormous STRESS
produced by it are as ubiquitous as life and the
consciousness! Corruption embodies; degradation of
one’s perspective, thoughts, feelings and actions; being
influenced by and influencing; the surroundings either
consciously or subconsciously; and either knowingly
or unknowingly!

Corrupt Perspective

Perspective is like the space of consciousness! Thus

the normalcy of this “space” of consciousness i.e.
perspective; is being universal! The degree of
restriction of that “space of consciousness” i.e.
perspective; determines the degree of the suffocation
and throttling of consciousness, marking the beginning
of stress and corruption!

Thus; the restriction of the space of consciousness

(perspective) constitutes separation from nature, world,
countries, religions, regions, provinces, sects, linguistic
groups, castes, communities, creeds, sects and even our
own family and from our true self and embodies
corruption and stress!
 This disease of corrupted perspective is subtle and
hence not easily noticed. Since the medial systems
today have not learnt to diagnose and treat the disease
viz. “corruption of perspective”; they do not identify
and treat this disease, which often inflicts the medical
systems themselves!

Sectarian and corrupt perspective makes our thoughts,

feelings and actions also increasingly mean, lonely,
weak, inert, grumbling, intolerant, inconsiderate,
resentful, vindictive and miserably selfish and
pathogenic (many times concealed under deceptive
glamour and glitter) for ourselves and the society!

The paradigms or premises; of the sectarian

supremacy, racial superiority, financial expansionism,
religious bigotry and fanaticism and so on (without
concern for the wellbeing of the entire world)
constitutes corrupt perspective and highly infectious
stress!

Corrupt Thinking
The holistic perspective or normal perspective as gets
corrupted (diseased and degenerated) gradually
becomes increasingly NARROW, sick and sectarian.

From this sick and sectarian soil of corrupt

perspective, the sick and sectarian thinking
germinates! Everything holistic gets degenerated into
everything sick and sectarian! This is corrupt
thinking and corrupt rationale; behind the coercive;
international, national and local; laws, conventions,
traditions, rules, pacts (formed without concern for
wellbeing of the entire world)!

Thus the racially discriminating constitutions, the legal

discrimination on the basis of castes, legal yet unjust
tax system/s to exploit certain section for the benefit of
another section, the repressive laws against trade,
shops and such commercial activities, the legalized
destructive promotion of alcohol, the various laws and
rules with respect to special economic zones and so on
are examples of “corrupt thinking”! The present
sectarian medical and education systems
(conspicuously lacking in integration and productive
domain respectively) are also glaring examples of
 Corrupt thinking.

The so called corruption (embodying mere financial

scams, bribing and even other corrupt activities) is
actually crude and superficial symptom of the deeper
disease viz. corrupt thinking, which in turn is the crude
symptom of deeper disease viz. corrupt perspective!

Corrupt Emotions

The motivation behind the literature, art, media,

movies, dramas, and advertisements and so on (serving
the sectarian aims, petty objectives, and vested
interests ingrained in the above intellectual themes;
without concern for the welfare of people at large; or
even at the cost of the welfare of people at large)
constitute the corruption of emotions and instincts.

In our personal life; one such emotion, which we carry

on from childhood; through out life, is the craze for
accolades, awards and honors!

In the course of time; awards accolades and honors

become a means of profiteering in many ways apart
from euphoria; for us!! They become a means of
establishing upper hand, dominance, and sway of one
 kind or another; on the society. We enjoy this upper
hand, dominance, power, which further inflate our ego
and give arrogant happiness, which is not easily
describable! But all of us have experienced this sense of
addicting elation when our ego is boosted!

Corrupt Actions

The actual laws, literature, art forms, media campaigns,

movements, and such every activity in different fields;
either organized or unorganized (without concern for
the welfare of the world; or at the cost of the world)
constitutes the corrupt actions.

In personal life; we manipulate to get “prestigious”

awards, bribe to get “accolades” and use every
irregular means to get “honors”!

Isn’t it true that the degree of our petty greed and our
mean addictions like these; in various fields (apart
from helplessness and meekness born out of dire
needs); determines the extent of financial and other
varieties of corruption in our society irrespective of
where we live in the world?
 Considering the universal expanse of the corruption
and the STRESS associated with it; from the brief
discussion above, it should be clear how corruption
and stress are really ubiquitous i.e. not only outside but
inside us as well!!

The roots of the corruption thrive from the faulty

perspective, followed by corrupt thoughts, emotions
and actions.

Hence the efforts without this insight constitute a phase

in the groping crusade against corruption, but can not
eradicate the roots of corruption and can not blossom
the global perspective and global conscience.

For this i.e. to rectify, repair, restore, regenerate,

rejuvenate and effectively blossom the ROOTS of
global perspective and global conscience the answer is
Total Stress Management, which breaks open the
throttling shackles, which restrict the space of our
consciousness and thereby effectively heals the
corruption of our perspective, thinking, feelings and
actions.
 It may be clear by now; the Total Stress Management
(the core of which is NAMASMARAN); is the way to
conquer corruption; because corruption; is in fact
mismanaged STRESS; in different phases, stages,
conditions, situations and circumstances of life.

The fact that Total Stress Management is the way to

conquer corruption needs verification experiment on a
universal scale because corruption is universal! It does
not involve invasive techniques, is absolutely non
traumatic, is totally nontoxic, and is completely non-
expensive. More over; it does not poke or interfere
with any belief or non-belief system/s!