STRESS AND BREAST FEEDING: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

After decades of thinking and working; I have begun to realize that the Total Stress Management; has certain very important merits as mentioned below.

The gurus (called, mauli (mother), have been our saviors in true sense; doing much more than Total Stress Management; by feeding the divine sap of NAMASMARAN (remembrance and reorientation to one�s true self); to generations after generations for millennia.

Total Stress Management is practicable for maximum people, except perhaps; the extreme cases; such as embryos, newborn, comatose, sleeping, mentally challenged or individuals with seriously debilitating and/or painful disorders. But in any case; it is; directly or indirectly; beneficial to the whole universe.

It does not have any undesirable side effects.

It is not painful or discomforting.

It is never a nuisance to others, including those; who belong to other religions, faiths or ideologies etc.

It does not involve intellectual surrender, though in the course of time it demands growing out of subjective rationality into unprejudiced objectivity.

It is not conducive to dependence, parasitism, lethargy, indolence, passivity, inaction and discord in society.

It is natural, like blossoming of a plant; and emanation of the fragrance; and not coercive.

It is conducive to growth and evolution; enhancing dynamic harmony within an individual and within universal life.

In simple words, Total Stress Management is like breast feeding, which plays; �the life building and life blossoming role�; without the baby realizing it! We have the golden opportunity; to study and practice Total Stress Management; and blossom with the billions in the world; primarily through the respective governments, though other agencies might also help!

STRESS PHALA AND MAYA: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

One of the major causes of stress; is inability to cope with the failures, rejections, lack of any kind of achievement in the form of effects, results, fruits (phala) of our action. Failure are insulting to our intellectual esteem, hurting to our deep seated concerns or humiliating to our physical dignity.

We feel hurt if our ideology, faith, love are defeated; and besides us; our near and dear ones are criticized. We get agitated even if our pets, our possessions are underrated!

Thus not the poverty (deprivation), disease and loss per se, but the implication that that we are undeserving, incapable, lowly or sinners; causes agony!

The �karma-phala-tyaga� i.e. detachment from the result or fruit of our action; thus is actually; the detachment; from our thoughts, emotions, instincts and body; i.e. everything subjective or personal (MAYA)!

The aphorism of the saints is that; the degree of steadfastness and happiness in NAMASMARAN; irrespective of any �result or fruit�, is the indicator of the evolution, development, or progress of a sadhaka. NAMASMARAN is everything for them! Even the social dreams are left to follow just as the day follows the sunrise!

But even as we talk about this ideal; most of us (including leaders with a mission of a dream society) appear to be motivated and engaged in a variety of (constructive and destructive) administrative, creative, artistic, technological, intellectual activities; and vacillating between pleasure and pain; with gains or losses and successes and failures.

But that is exactly what is MAYA; according to saints, who advise us to be steadfast in the practice of NAMASMARAN; even as the people continue in their activities; according to their stages of development; and the trillions of our body cells continue in anabolic and catabolic activities!

Aerobic exercise provides cardiovascular conditioning.

Aerobic exercise provides cardiovascular conditioning. The term aerobic actually means "with oxygen," which means that breathing controls the amount of oxygen that can make it to the muscles to help them burn fuel and move.

Benefits of aerobic exercise:

Improves cardiovascular conditioning
Decreases risk of heart disease
Lowers blood pressure
Increases HDL or "good" cholesterol
Helps to better control blood sugar
Assists in weight management and/or weight loss�
Improves lung function
Decreases resting heart rate

Exercise safety:

It is recommended that you talk with your physician before you start an exercise program. Ask what, if any, limitations you may have. People who suffer from diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, arthritis, pulmonary conditions, or other health conditions may need additional safety guidelines for exercise.

Note: If you develop symptoms during exercise including, but not limited to, unusual shortness of breath; tightness in the chest; chest, shoulder, or jaw pain; lightheadedness; dizziness; confusion; or joint pain, you should stop exercising immediately and contact your physician.

What are some examples of aerobic exercise?

Lower impact aerobic exercise includes:

Swimming
Cycling
Using an elliptical trainer
Walking
Rowing
Using an upper body ergometer (a piece of equipment that provides a cardiovascular workout that targets the upper body only)

Higher impact aerobic exercise includes:

Running
Jumping rope
Performing high impact routines or step aerobics

How often and for how long should I do these exercises?

The American Heart Association recommends that everyone reach a minimum of 30 minutes of some form of cardiovascular exercise 5 to 7 days per week. This can be broken up into 10-minute time periods. This means that taking three walks of 10 minutes each would let you reach the recommended minimum guideline for reducing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. You would also burn the same number of calories as you would if you walked for the full 30 minutes at one time.

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends a minimum of three sessions of 30 minutes of the total should be made up of moderate to vigorous exercise to improve cardio-respiratory fitness and help manage weight.

It is appropriate to do aerobic exercise every day. There is no need to rest in between sessions unless you are at an extreme level of training, such as preparing for a marathon, or if you experience reoccurring joint pain. If joint pain is a limiting factor, it would be appropriate to alternate less painful exercises with those that may cause joint pain or to discontinue the painful exercise altogether.

Explanation of intensity:

The intensity is determined by how hard you are working. The intensity of the exercise is determined by what your goals are, what limitations you have, and your current fitness level.

Heart rate and exercise:

Your heart rate increases in direct correlation with the intensity of the exercise. Heart rate levels can vary significantly from one person to another based on fitness level, genetics, environment, and exercise tolerance. If you wish to train based on heart rate, contact your health care provider to determine what the appropriate range is for you. Some medications, most often blood pressure drugs, control heart rate, making it impossible to determine exercise intensity in this way. Ask your physician to determine if you are on any of these medications.

Monitoring intensity in other ways:

How can you know if you are working in the right intensity? Using an RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) chart can help you to determine the appropriate intensity. The scale shown below is from one to 10. One is very light, such as walking to the refrigerator for a glass of milk. Ten would be a very significant level, representing maximal exercise. Ten would be indicative of not being able to take another step without fear of collapse. It is not recommended for anyone to work at a rate of ten without strict supervision by a healthcare provider. Moderate intensity is the level of exercise that is most recommended, and can be determined by a rating between a three and a five.

Warming up and cooling down:

Every session of aerobic exercise should include a warm-up and cool-down. The warm-up period should not include static stretching, but should instead be a gradual increase in pace and intensity of the exercise. This allows for the body to increase blood flow to the muscles, and decreases the likelihood of a muscle or joint injury. The warm-up should last between 5 and 10 minutes. The cool-down session should last a similar amount of time as the warm-up, with the pace gradually decreasing. Stretching exercises would be appropriate after aerobic exercise.

Progression of aerobic exercise:

Progression to higher intensities of exercise should be based on individual exercise tolerance. There are three methods for challenging aerobic fitness:

Increase the speed
Increase the resistance
Increase the duration

Any of these methods, or a combination of these methods, will improve aerobic fitness.

HOROSCOPE AND NAMASMARAN: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

While reading book NAMACHINTAMAI, by Mr. Ramachandra Krishna Kamat (Editor; of the revered treatise on the divine life of 14th century incarnation Shri Dattatreya; Shri Narasimha Saraswati viz. Shri Gurucharitra), and other books on NAMASMARAN; I found a reference, which indicates that; the practice of NAMASMARAN; goes on purifying the various 12 houses in the horoscope. Shri Tembe Swami (Paramahansa Parivrajakacharya Shri Vasudevananda Saraswati Maharaj) has upheld this conviction.

I also found in the biography of Shri Gondavalekar Maharaj (Shri Brahmachaitanya Maharaj from Gondavale; Maan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra State, India); by Prof. Shri. K. V. (Baba) Belsare; that Shri. Gondavalekar Maharaj has stated that; NAMASMARAN takes us beyond the influence of stars and planets; and it also takes us beyond time.

In view of our curiosity or worry about future; and the help we seek during difficulties; on the basis of horoscope; we have this free guidance of spiritual masters and mystics; to study and explore the potentials of NAMASMARAN; and share our findings with the others.

NAMASMARAN SKEPTICISM CYNICISM AND SARCASM:
DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

There are broadly four stages of our development; which takes us to perfection, self realization, objective existence, eternal truth, sacchidananda, ishwar, paramatma or parmaeshwar.

Traditionally these stages are identified as baddha, mumukshu, sadhak and Siddha.

Baddha means completely oblivious to one�s true self and totally lost in one�s subjective or petty self. One can say, totally individualistic.

Mumukshu means one who gets; vague haunting �wake up� calls or promptings from within; and produce restlessness. The search of the �self� though, without direction or clarity begins. There are doubts, distractions, disturbances and overall frantic activity like that of a person who has just begun to learn swimming.

Sadhak stage begins when the mumukshu gets the guidance and direction for the search. The efforts get rectified and refined. The pace, the swiftness and the momentum increase. The progress however is full of subtle, conflicting, confusing, harrowing, dreadful spells of ordeals in physical, instinctual, emotional and intellectual realms of an individual. These are often destabilizing, uprooting and violent in nature. These ordeals destroy all kind of subjective frameworks of an individual and bring him closer to the true self i.e. objective state of existence.

Siddha is a stage; marked by the final and extremely subtle processes of dissolution of subjective or individual self into cosmic self; often not identifiable outwardly. The struggles in this stage are often beyond the comprehension through language of digits and letters. These stages are beyond the comprehension of individual consciousness and the three dimensions.

When we are in the first 3 stages of development we are tender and delicate within. We are amenable, accessible, vulnerable and susceptible to damaging and harmful influences and inflictions coming from within us; and from outside; i.e. from the people trapped in various phases of the stage of baddha.

Baddhas manifest in many ways. But; possibly the most dangerous manifestations are the powerful inflictions such as the skepticism, cynicism and sarcasm!

Skepticism, cynicism and sarcasm are denigrating, disorienting, distracting, distorting, disorganizing and devastating. They cause our downfall from being gracefully oriented to our true self; to the pitiable state of dementia or VISMARANA of our true self; and thus; suck us in the ghastly hell of VINASHA!

Hence it is said that; to prevent VINASHA; avoid those, who forget, deny or denounce God i.e. true self and/or malign their motherland, guru, mother and father! Such avoidance (physical, mental or intellectual); is possible; through the unshakable steadfastness and persistence in the practice of NAMASMARAN.