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; throughout 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; to break open the throttling shackles restricting the space of our consciousness and thereby effectively eradicate the corruption of our perspective, thinking, feelings and actions!
This is called HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE, SUPERLIVING i.e. Total Stress Management (the core of which is NAMASMARAN).
Interestingly; even people practicing, promoting and propagating NAMASMARAN and the conscientious atheists also; without this perspective; are actually subserve Total Stress Management (total well being, holistic health, superliving or holistic renaissance); although unknowingly! Overall; they provide/contribute the fervor, motivation and driving force; and analytical, operational and technological capability respectively.

MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL, NADIAD

JAYARAMDAS PATEL ACADEMIC CENTRE


The Duet (Jugalbandhi) or The Duel – RIRS v/s Mini-Micro PCNL

Jayaramdas Patel Academic Centre (JPAC) at the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), Nadiad is organizing a three-day programme titled ‘The Duet (Jugalbandhi) or The Duel – RIRS v/s Mini-Micro PCNL’ during 25th to 27th August, 2011.
RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery) is a procedure for doing surgery within the kidney using a viewing tube called a fiber optic endoscope. RIRS may be done to remove a stone. The stone is seen through the scope and can then be manipulated or crushed by a pneumatic probe or evaporated by a laser probe or grabbed by small forceps, etc. The advantages of RIRS over open surgery are that it is a minimally invasive surgery with the elimination of prolonged pain after surgery, and much faster recovery. PCNL, on the other hand, is a procedure for removing medium-sized or larger stones from the patient's urinary tract. Micro PCNL procedure is an effective method of removing kidney stones as in one procedure one can remove all of them during a short period of hospitalization. Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital has handled more than 24000 stone cases so far.
The programme will cover all aspects of treatment of kidney stones. The participants will also be able to see LIVE surgeries. The invited faculty includes Drs Olivier Traxer (France), Dr. Mahesh Desai, S K Singh, T Manohar, P P Rao and R B Sabnis.

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joseph@mpuh.org

Total Stress Management (total well being, holistic health, superliving or holistic renaissance) includes holistic perspective, policymaking, programs and their implementation; according to one’s spontaneous fervor and capacity.

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? 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. Unknowingly or knowingly; they become either the victims or the causes of STRESS; even as they continue to be well meaning, polite, gentle, good, charitable, innocent, honest etc.

For some of us, Total Stress Management (total well being, holistic health, superliving or holistic renaissance) is an essential and holistic expression of the empowerment and enlightenment of NAMASMARAN in personal, family, occupational and social life. For them; it is like oxygen. Just as they breathe oxygen without any expectations and questions; they participate in Total Stress Management unconditionally.

Interestingly; even people practicing, promoting and propagating NAMASMARAN and the conscientious atheists also; without this perspective; actually subserve Total Stress Management (total well being, holistic health, superliving or holistic renaissance); although unknowingly! Overall; they provide the fervor, motivation and driving force; and analytical, operational and technological capability respectively.

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ASSUMPTIONS

DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR
Three of our many assumptions are; 1) rationality has to be abandoned in the path of seeking of truth; often called spiritual path 2) spiritual quest has nothing to do with; holistic education, health, agriculture, industry, politics etc. and 3) Pursuing the holistic perspective, policies, plans, programs for universal blossoming (welfare) has nothing to do with individual blossoming (welfare).

This has lead to most of us; feel proud in being totally and blindly dedicated and/or devoted to a particular cult. We take pride in aggrandizing the leader of our cult coupled with scathing criticism of other cults! We feel great; to believe and spread our beliefs rabidly; and such colossal waste of life goes on eroding the society perpetually!

Since we do not think rationally; we fail to grow and come out of our sectarian pettiness and blossom into holistic wisdom. We feel self contentment in mere charity; that often nurtures our condescending attitude and inflates our ego. Further; it often perpetuates parasitism and helplessness amongst the beneficiaries.

Since our spiritual quest does not embody education, health, agriculture, industry, economics, politics etc; our life is split into two compartments; one that we preach and the other that we practice; because our education, health, agriculture, industry, economics, politics; etc. lack spiritual element (being holistic and globally benevolent) and our spiritual preachings lack realistic and pragmatic solutions to various problems in these fields. We; who claim to be spiritual continue to lack holistic perspective. Hence our education, health, agriculture, industry, economics and politics continue to be sectarian, divisive and exploitative.

Because we feel; that pursuing the holistic perspective, policies, plans, programs for universal blossoming (welfare) has nothing to do with spiritual growth; we are determined to avoid such political activities; confusing them with partisan politics serving vested interests.

Our life thus becomes an unending mirage, full of self deception; hypocrisy and boastful exhibition of our so called spirituality, goodness, wellness, virtues, faith and so on and the evils inside and outside; continue to flourish unabated!

The time has come for the practice of NAMASMARAN to open our eyes to the reality inside and outside; and empower and enable us to realize the process of individual and universal blossoming i.e. holistic renaissance.

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