STRESS can cause the triggering of introspection and introspection can uncover the hidden STRESS. If we introspect; then STRESS appears to increase with aging. This may be also because aging is associated with retirement and hence scarcity of resources and abundance of time creating mental vacuum.

The guides in print and electronic media; on fitness, home remedies, diet, exercise, yogasanas, entertainment, hobbies and charitable activities are in plenty. The guidance in all these is valuable and helps many of us in overcoming STRESS.

Thus many of us try to improve health, avoid disease, preserve independence, develop fitness, enhance performance, stamina, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, physical form, looks etc. and also engage in philanthropy and conquer the stress.

They take regular bath, eat green leafy vegetables and sprouted beans and other nutritionally rich foods, drink cow milk with halad [turmeric] and sunth [dried ginger], practice pranayama and some exercises and yogasanas, joyously entertain themselves and others through their hobbies, do lot of philanthropic work and also practice NAMASMARAN, i.e. remembering the name of God and try to defeat stress!

But having said this in appreciation; we have to introspect; why the efforts required urgently; for a holistic perspective, policies and their implementation; for conquest of stress are still inadequate!

Is it because the holistic perspective, policy making and its implementation have not become the convictions of a huge majority of us?

Why do majority of us tend to think in a sectarian and fragmented manner, especially when they are not criminals, vicious or bad as such?

Is it because the holistic perspective is not being studied, understood, assimilated, promoted and propagated adequately?

Why is this so?

Do most of us think and feel that holistic perspective, policies, programs, plans and their implementation; appears to be unrelated to the basic needs of life?

What is the reason for such unawareness about even the need of understanding, practice and propagation of holistic perspective, policies, plans, programs and their implementation?

Why is there such a dearth of motivation amongst apparently intelligent, kind hearted and well meaning people amongst us?

Is the reason hidden in our ego, our passionate involvement in our subjective self identity, our strong and selective sentiments about our own bodily, emotional, intellectual and other considerations?

Does our ego prevent us from zealously acquiring and sharing the objective wisdom?

Do we tend to remain content or unhappy in our egoistic subjective “achievements” or “failures” respectively?

Are we unable to see the benevolence of objective wisdom, because of undue judgmental attitude; about the personal “shortcomings or drawbacks” of the proponents of holistic perspective?

Are we unable to rise above our relationship/s and prejudices, centered on ego?

Do we; more often than not; ridicule and oppose; actively or passively and overtly or covertly; and knowingly or unknowingly; such efforts of sharing objective or holistic wisdom; and boost the ego centered sectarian and retrogressive forces?

Do we infect the others also; with our cynicism?

Is it true that frequently our ego is associated with; not merely our material success in terms of popularity, power or prosperity; but even our egalitarianism, righteousness, austerity and our practice of NAMASMARAN?

Are we unable to penetrate and rise above the “clouds of our ego” and enjoy the “sky of universal unity”?

Is it because we are unable “see” and/or even strive for; the beauty beyond the ego?

Is it because we do not try to realize; the role of holistic and objective wisdom born out of NAMASMARAN; in rejuvenating, revitalizing and reorienting us to our true self?

Can we not appreciate the role of realization of true self and its expression for individual and global blossoming; the part of which is conquest of stress?

The only answer to these questions; appears to be that; the quantum and the intensity of NAMASMARAN and being oriented to the true self; or the center of cosmic consciousness; or the center of universe; has yet to reach the optimal point; for successfully conquering stress; through holistic perspective, policies, programs, planning and implementation at individual and global levels; in everyday life!