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7/31/2019 Needs and Desires Dr Shriniwas Kashalikar (1)

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Generally we vacillate between indiscriminate suppression of

desires; and indiscriminate fulfillment of all desires!

7 billion people and innumerable animals and plants; havedifferent instinctual, emotional, intellectual, psychomotor and

creative needs. The irresponsible and indiscriminate suppression

or gratification of these; has lead to universal stress at all levels

in the form of poverty, hunger, deforestation, famines, global

heating; on the one hand and corruption, indulgence, addictions

terrorism, persecution, riots and wars; on the other.

We should not be obsessed by the idea of either destroying the

shad-ripus (six enemies); termed viz. KAMA, KRODHA,

MOHA, MAD MATSAR and LOBHA; or indiscriminate

indulgence in these.

There ought not to be a regimentalization. The needs have to bedifferentiated from the desires, whims or fancies. The biological

needs; of the fetus, newborn, infants, toddlers, children, youths,

pregnant mothers, and the elderly, are variable; and must be

optimally fulfilled. It is implied that there have to be accurate

international, national, regional and local policies and laws for

this; and not mere outcry for philanthropy.

It is convincing that the ultimate destination of spiritual quest is

immortality or self realization; and at certain stage of

development an individual is beyond physiological existence.


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But we seem to have forgotten that DHARMA is a holistic system

enabling every person to tread this path of invincible supra-

physiological and immortality; and not indiscriminate

suppression or indulgence in SHAD-RIPUS. Hence; whether wehave conquered or whether we indulge in SHADRIPUS; there

ought to be unanimity on; the holistic perspective, policies, plans

and programs and their implementation (SWADHARMA),

which aim to optimally fulfill all these physiological needs of all.

This can enable us to practice NAMASMARN with greater

intensity, involvement and selflessness. There is no short cut

(bypassing the holistic perspective, policies, plans and programs

i.e. SWADHARMA); to total stress management that ensures

optimal fulfillment of individual needs and satisfactory conquest

of SHADRIPUS.

Presently; our materialism and spiritualism perpetuate pursuitsof subsidy, profits, glamour, glitter, popularity, fame, success,

promotion; on the one hand; and trance, bliss, ecstasy, moksha,

mukti, nirvana; respectively; on the other! Thus we continue to

feel incomplete and frustrated or arrogant and delirious; in

personal and social life; and keep perpetuating vicious cycle of;

stressors-their mismanagement-further multiplication of stress;

at individual, local, regional, national and international levels.

References:

1. Stress: Understanding and Management; Dr.

Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar


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2. Namasmaran: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

3. Smiling Sun: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

4. Conceptual Stress: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan

Kashalikar5. New Study of Bhagavad Geeta: Dr. Shriniwas

Janardan Kashalikar

6. Holistic Medicine: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

7. Holistic Health: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

8. Namasmaran (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan

Kashalikar

9. Tanavmukti (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan

Kashalikar (Assistance Dr. Suhas Mhetre)

10. Bhovara (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan

Kashalikar

11. Sahasranetra (Comprehension of

Vishnusahasranam; Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan

Kashalikar12. Thakawa Ghalwa (Marathi): Dr. Shriniwas Janardan

Kashalikar

13. Tanavmuktisathi Upayukta Lekh (Marathi): Dr.

Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

14. SUPERLIVING: (English) Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar

15. SUPERLIVING: (Marathi) Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar

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