1. STRESS
AND
BRAHMA
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. In one of my articles I have written about
the practice of NAMASMARAN and one
of its inevitable aspects viz. the holistic
perspective, thinking, plans and
programs and their implementation.
This was to show and reawaken ourselves
to the basic and undeniable unity between
true spiritualism and material life and get
involved in SUPERLIVING.
One such major problem of inaction and
hypocrisy; is caused by conceptual
misunderstanding of the aphorism “I am
Brahma”.
We have become apolitical, petty,
indolent, indifferent, irresponsible,
degraded and self destructive; due to our
delusion “I am brahma”! We are brahma
in our talks, imagination and preaching;
but (due to insufficient adequate
SADHANA and NAMASMARAN)

3. mundane in our behavior, (which we try
to disguise in some charity; and feel
gratified).
We do not realize that “I am brahma” is
true only for extremely few exceptional
individuals and not for all. All of us are
[brahma + (body + mind + society + and
many things included in internal and
external environment called “maya”)].
Hence our aim should be to gradually
transcend maya through
NAMASMARAN and SWADHARMA
(which I have conceptualized in
SUPERLIVING); as evinced in Gita and
no more remain cut off from participating
the national perspective, policy making,
plans, programs and their
implementation! This must be done for
own blossoming in view of the fact
observed every day; that even though; “I
am brahma”, “I am also body, mind,
society and the mankind” and I do not

4. merely enjoy or suffer by their influence,
but my life is impossible without them.
In the process of NAMASMARAN and
SWADHARMA (SUPERLIVING); I am
sure I would reach the state of being
brahma and where I do not have to
imagine or declare that “I am brahma”.