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The Emerging Health Paradigm Dr. Sohail Inayatullah This policy brief was written as part of an international horizon scanning project for an international health organization. Other briefs include the end of meat, the anticipatory city, and the transition from GDP to Wellbeing. The purpose of this and similar briefs is to assist leaders in understanding the changing…
Dr. Sohail Inayatullah Abstract: Beginning with a genealogical gloss of the decline of Ayurvedic system in South Asian history, this essay moves to an alternative vision of the futures of health. It argues for a wholistic health model that includes global health cooperatives and integrates spirit with science. It uses Sarkar’s theory of microvita as…
Dr. Rodrigo Bazúa Lobato Introduction Health systems are at a global crossroads due to significant demographic, epidemiologic, climatic, and technological changes. On the demographic front, the world’s population has doubled over the past 50 years and is expected to double again by 2050 in some regions (World Bank, 2018). The globe has also experienced a…
Michael Towsey, Tasmania, Australia Dear Editor, Congratulations on your second edition of Neohumanist Review that featured articles about climate change. Concerning the article “Climate Change – from the deep past to the 22nd century”, I wrote it in August/September of 2023. Climate change science is a rapidly evolving field with new research papers appearing every…
Edvard Mogstad, Ørje, Norway, June 2024 First, I want to credit Dr. Towsey for his sober paper on the vast history of climate science (NR 2, March 2024). In the original paper, posted on your website, he refers to various astrophysical scientists before he gives his opinion apparently in favour of the current mainstream CO2-hypothesis;…
Shriraksha Mohan Consumerism-based economies like capitalism view the consumption of commodities as the primary driver of profits. Hence, limitless consumption of goods and services is encouraged, whether one needs them or not. Capitalism encourages a high degree of debt among consumers. According to French philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky, we are at a stage in capitalism marked…
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti With spiritual progress the mind grows in magnitude, the mind increases its periphery, until it finally merges in the Supreme Entity. During the course of this progress a spiritual aspirant will develop many faculties or attributes, but one must always be vigilant that these faculties do not divert one from the chosen…
Ladli Prasad Bhargava The late Professor L.P. Bhargava was a Faculty Member,Tantra Vidyapeeth, Ananda Marga Gurukula A serious student of Tantra must have knowledge of the origin of the Sanskrit alphabet, and of the basic principles of Sanskrit grammar. The entire Tantra literature has two meanings: the exoteric and the esoteric. The former gives us…
Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar The object of the art of healing is to cure a patient, both physically and mentally. So the main question is not to uphold any particular school of medical science; rather, the key task is the welfare of the patient. Just as diseased body organs can be restored to normal by…
An essay reviewing Iain McGilchrist’s The Matter With Things comparing it with P. R. Sarkar’s biopsychology, neohumanism and spiritual philosophy. Dr. Sid Jordan Introduction This review of The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World will contrast and compare the views of Iain McGilchrist and P. R. Sarkar concerning…