Interactive Session with SADHGURU on CONSCIOUS PLANET – THE WAY FORWARD

“Conscious Planet – The Way Forward” with Sadhguru was an insightful session organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on crafting a more conscious and a more sustainable planet for our future generations.

It was the inaugural event for the year 2023-24, under the leadership of Ms Sudha Shivkumar, the 40th National President of FLO. Ms Shivkumar took up the leadership of one the of the most prestigious pan-India organizations working towards women’s empowerment on March 31, 2023.

The Conscious Planet movement, started by Sadhguru is an effort to raise individual human consciousness and instil a sense of inclusiveness, such that human activity becomes oriented towards responsible environmental action.

Addressing the event, Sadhguru said, “The tragedy of humanity is that the world’s situations are always shaping human consciousness. Until we bring a situation where human consciousness will shape the world’s situations, our problems will never be over.’ Situations should not be shaping human consciousness. That would be putting the cart before the horse, it cannot work like that,” said Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,

Ms Sudha Shivkumar said, “In our actions we have to consider putting ecology over Economics for a liveable tomorrow. This session was conceptualised with the objective of developing better understanding and awareness on how we can balance ecology and economy and enable a conscious planet to live in.”

“It is even more significant at a time when India is playing a critical role as it takes up the Presidency of G20, with the theme “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth. One Family. One Future” – drawn from the Sanskrit phrase of the Maha Upanishad , which means “The World Is One Family”., she added.

For a conscious planet, empowerment of women is a critical area that needs to be focused on with greater momentum. FLO has been working towards empowerment of women since last 40 years. FLO believes in the power of women to change their own lives, their communities, and the world for the better.

Ms Shivkumar further said, “I firmly believe that if we are going to create a more conscious, a more sustainable world, we need to create a more equal one. The discussions cannot be complete without looking at a conscious planet though the gender lens.”