Spiritual infrastructure is essential foundation of socioeconomic infrastructure.

1. SPIRITUAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
DR
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. Roads, bridges, railway, electricity, telecommunication; etc.
constitute economic infrastructure; and play an important role in
progress.
But if there are no; at least reasonably; healthy individuals, then
this economic infrastructure becomes meaningless and useless.
Hence; the health care facilities, housing, drinking water, schools;
etc, which constitute social infrastructure; have to go hand in
hand; with the development of economic infrastructure.
But if the members of a social group harbor; a perspective,
ideology, thinking, feeling, motivation and behavior; of fanatic
sectarian development; then it can be counterproductive and
destructive to that social group; as well as to the others.
Hence along with the economic and social infrastructure; it is
essential to work; on the spiritual infrastructure; simultaneously.
We can appreciate this point; if we carefully observe; the quality
of individual and social life; in any part of the world; including the
developed countries.
The spiritual infrastructure can be developed if there is a simple
and inexpensive program that can be acceptable to different
ideologies and religions. One such program is; remembering and
reorienting to one’s true self; called JAP, JAAP, JIKRA,
SUMIRAN, SIMARAN i.e. NAMASMARAN; and can be

3. introduced in every nook and corner of the world and to everyone
irrespective of age, sex, occupation, religion, race, nationality etc.