The challenge of making a problem never occur again is a deeper problem than to say “I will handle it for today”. That is where all the excitement starts. All the scientific and creative joy comes. And, all the fulfillment comes…
To seek meaning is to seek life.
To lose meaning is to lose life itself…
When do people choose to be excellent in their lives?
Each individual has infinite possibilities. Out of these infinite possibilities we choose to develop one, two, or a few possibilities. Whatever possibilities we choose, the next question that…
True heroism is not about winning over nature, winning over other human beings, or even winning against one’s limitations. True heroism is about jumping from one level of…
The brave one says – ‘I will climb and I will see the truth – come what may’. This heroic attitude, combined with dedication and austerity, will take one to wherever one wants to go…
The mark of a hero is intense and high aspiration. It starts breaking all the barriers within. And he finds meaning only in meeting that aspiration…
The hero says: Whatever be the cost, whatever be the circumstance, whatever be the energy and the effort – I have to live the ideal and I have to struggle to live the ideal in every small part of my day-to-day life…
The heroic consciousness is awakened when the freedom seeking dimension of our personality interacts fruitfully with our willingness to serve an ideal – and this interaction forces us to dynamically engage with the world…
Whenever or wherever people consciously undertake the practice of excellence, they naturally end up living consciously, in awareness, with an open mind. Most important they assign a special value or meaning to the ‘idea of excellence’ …
Freedom Space has two characteristics: one is the boundary, which is the responsibility; and the other is freedom. Once seen like this, one understands that design is about maximizing the freedom space…
How can the contours of a new world emerge?
Most identity-constructs, in the final analysis, are subjective, open to constant reassessment, leave us unsure, and keep us bounded.
These are disabling identities for the evolutionary adventurer…
There are three voices – the outer voice, the inner voice and the deepest most voice. What is the outer voice? The outer voice is that which is…
Who am I? A learning individual or a knowing individual? This is the first question in the journey to personal freedom and choice. At the identity level, there…
How to become a Future-creating Leader?
This state is not to be learnt or understood, but is to be actualized – everyday. Through the warp and weft of one’s aspiration and action.
Man can be seen to be a product of two heritages – his spiritual heritage born of consciousness and his material heritage born of biological roots.
Achieving a positive and fruitful interaction and synthesis between two seems seems to be in the renunciation of the ‘narrow I’ and the gradual adoption of a larger ‘collective I’…
There are two fundamental states in which we seem to engage with our work environment – the employee mode and the citizen mode. The employee mode is an “outside-in” state, and the citizen mode is an “inside-out” state..
This piece maps out the spaces in which people connect to each other – activity, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.
It further goes on to propose that perhaps the deepest and most sustainable relationships are those that span across spaces of connect.
Identity with the work makes you strive for excellence. Yet to grow and evolve, one has to transmute that very identity. That is the paradox of “identity with work”…
This piece is a Sutra on the purpose of vision. It describes the levels at which the “state” revealed in a vision manifests itself.
While it is fashionable to live by purpose, it is useful to ask ourselves, what is the quality of our purpose…
This map lays out the 4 stages in the journey of knowledge work: beginning with the stage where one is a knowledge worker, right up to a stage where one’s consciousness is completely transformed.
Ideas become Forces when they are embodied in individuals…
This piece maps out the 3 layers of the citizenship ideal and the imperatives at each layer of manifestation…
…to live a great life, you live for an ideal. Live the life, and both principle and precept follow.
In this vast symphony of human striving for peace and harmony, there is a special place for each one of us – both as co-creators and as the enjoyers of this peace and harmony…
This piece is a map of the ideal, it shows the way forward to those who seek to embark on the journey to becoming enlightened citizens…
Enlightened Citizenship represents the intermediate and vital bridge step between worldliness and spirituality. This is a very powerful vision for people and provides a strong ideal for every individual to hold on to…
There are 3 kinds of reflection – outward reflection, seeing oneself in a social mirror and self reflection.
Self reflection is when one is able to reflect and reconstruct one’s identity and sense of self. Very few people do this…