October 2024

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Wolfgang Sachs, (born 25 November 1946) is a researcher, writer and university teacher in the field of environment, development, and globalization. In 1992 he edited and co-authored the volume The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge in Development Studies, which has been translated into a dozen languages.

Since 1993 Sachs has worked at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, since 2009 as head of the Berlin Office. He served as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1999 to 2001. Sachs is also a member of the Club of Rome, a lecturer at Schumacher College and an honorary professor at the University of Kassel, Germany. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

September 2024

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Herman Edward Daly (July 21, 1938 – October 28, 2022) was an American ecological and economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland. In 1996, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "defining a path of ecological economics that integrates the key elements of ethics, quality of life, environment and community." In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

August 2024

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Daniel Goleman (born March 7, 1946) is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist. For many years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year and a half, a bestseller in many countries, and is in print worldwide in 40 languages.  In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

This month, in our front page Osho very nicely and in simple words tells us that “Totality is The Foundation of Freedom”.

July 2024

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Charles Eisenstein (born 1967) is an American public speaker, teacher and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. Key themes explored include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture. According to Eisenstein, global culture is immersed in a destructive "story of separation", and one of the main goals of his work is to present an alternative "story of inter being". Much of his work draws on ideas from Eastern philosophy and the spiritual teachings of various indigenous peoples. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

This month, our front page covers an interesting write up on “Impurities of Mind” which was shared by our friend T.Raghunandan from Chalakudi, Kerala.

June 2024

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Maharishi Patanjali was an author, mystic and philosopher. An estimate based on analysis of his works suggests that he may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Patanjali is regarded as an avatar of Adi Sesha.

He is believed to be an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works. The greatest of these are the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text. There is speculation as to whether the sage Patanjali is the author of all the works attributed to him, as there are a number of known historical authors of the same name. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

This month, our front page covers how our ego is the biggest Human Flaw.

May 2024

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Eckhart Tolle (16th February 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose and the picture book - Guardians of Being.

Tolle came to prominence as a self-help author in the U.S. and internationally beginning in 2000, after Oprah Winfrey promoted his books and created webinars for him in 2008. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

This month, our front page covers a very thought provoking poem – You start dying slowly by Brazilian poet Martha Medeiros.

April 2024

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Plato (427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered as a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became of all the major areas of philosophy and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.  Along with his teacher, Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.

March 2024

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Socrates (470–399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and his interlocutors examine a subject in the style of question and answer. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.