spreading

stress
germs

doctor
shriniwas
kashalikar
one of the major stressors; in our
society is; advertising spree on print
and electronic media; of products
detrimental to the individual and
universal welfare.

whether we are involved; in creating

and telecasting these; ill conceived, ill
informed, ill intentioned and ill
informing advertisements; or we are
victims of these advertisements; in
either case; we are bound to undergo
pathological stress; and ruin ourselves
and others.

when we are shamelessly and

unabashedly obsessed by our petty
pursuits; we get blinded to the most
vital principles; namely. individual and
universal blossoming.

because we get blinded to such a

sublime principle; we create laws,
policies, rules and administrative
system; that promotes; manufacture,
promotion, and use of products which
are detrimental to individual and
universal health and well being.
alternatively; because we are blind we
use and make publicity by word of
mouth; of the products detrimental to
individual and universal health and
well being.

the case in point is advertisements of

disinfectants, washing powders,
washing bars, toilet soaps!

the illusory fear of germs; is conceived

and spread through the media
systematically, followed by suitable
policies, plans and programs; to
benefit the manufacture, marketing
and sale of germicides; in various
forms!

the advertisers blatantly claim 99

percent disinfection, when no one
knew the number of organisms before
and after the use of a particular
disinfectant. but we; because of our
ignorance, indolence and non-
receptivity to wisdom; believe and fall
prey to such advertisements and
become party to spread the “stress of
germs” and “germs of stress”!

the dangerous stress of illusion,

deceit, fear, sale and exploitation;
keeps spreading; harming every
individual.
the medical science is in total
agreement that “germ theory”, which
proposed that the germ is a singular
cause of infective and infectious
diseases, is far from completely true.
the germs, which include; viruses,
bacteria, ricketssiae, fungi and so on
occupy 100 times the mass of human
beings. in other words; they are
ubiquitous. moreover the germs are
not always harmful. there are
symbiotic (beneficially dependent on
each other), commensals (harmlessly
coexisting together) and saprophytes
(living on dead tissues), which are
harmless and/or useful germs. even
those germs, which can infect and
harm us (pathogenic); do so; only
when our immune system that is body
resistance is relatively inefficient and
or their number is excessively
increased.
by overproduction, deceitful
advertisements; and sale; of the
disinfectants, soaps and germicides;
we are destroying the natural oil
(sebum) and useful organisms in our
skin, thus rendering our skin dry and
lusterless and vulnerable to infections;
and rendering our sewage and sullage
(the silt washed down); detrimental to
the fertility of our soil.

once upon a time; we (if urgently

required) used (and very rightly so)
fruits such as lemon, ritha, gram flour,
milk, honey and such natural products
for body cleaning and neem, cow urine
such natural and harmless products for
disinfection.

thirty nine years ago i bought; a toilet

soap
and used with great (idiotic) pride!
since then, for last thirty nine years i
have been feeling very happy (wisely
so); in not using toilet soap for either
bath or washing face barring few
exceptions! as a rule, i take bath
(which has ten different health
benefits, according to hindu shastra)
twice a day, instead of once! excepting
once, i have never suffered with
fungal infection of skin or bad body
odor. without any cosmetic efforts, my
skin does not look older or more
wrinkled than even the younger
individuals.

do we have capacity to see through

and overcome every possible kind
of misleading hype and
exploitative brain washing?

what is true is also true for tooth

pastes.
the advertisers claim that there is
90 to 99 percent disinfection within
few minutes. how can one measure
the quantity and or count the
number of different varieties of
germs, identify and confirm their
harmful nature (pathhogenicity) or
otherwise; before and after the use
of tooth paste?

but we blindly but “see” some

mercenary voluptuous model;
brushing teeth (with some totally
bogus tooth paste certified by
dental association), grinning to
show her or his teeth; and
unabashedly showing “body
proximity” with some other
mercenary individual; and get
impressed; and begin to brush with
the same tooth paste!

i also used to brush teeth with

some popular and hyped tooth
paste; only to show that i was
“modern, progressive and
advanced” that is westernized,
because being indian was
inculcated to be primitive,
unscientific, lowly and backward!

but today, i am disillusioned. i

don’t eat flesh and no more think
daily brushing with tooth paste; is
essential! i use tooth powder and
rub my teeth and gums in a
prayerful attitude and with great
happiness and self esteem! i don’t
have halitosis (bad mouth odor)
and i do not have any tooth
problems for at least 20 years!

hence let us overcome and defeat

the power of the “stress of germs”
and “germs of stress” caused by
deceitful, misguiding and
exploitative policies, plans and
programs; promoting
overproduction, propaganda, hype
and use of disinfectants and tooth
pastes; through the eternal power
of namasmaran.