The intriguing phrase Gandhi used to explain the hold that the Bhagavad Gita had over him: this was not a text, it was his “mother.” It’s hard to imagine a more vivid image to convey the benefit we stand to receive from that repository of such wisdom, and the love and awe we begin to feel for the immense spirit that lies behind it.

The new sciences support insights of the ancient mystics-that we are fundamentally interconnected, that the diversity of cultures provides "unlimited richness," and that each of us contain the seeds of the whole world order.