Insightful, inspiring, educational, and practical, Building a Noble World is a book that promotes world peace and adds value to life. It brings hope to the hopeless, joy to the depressed, and strength to the weak. A reader is left with an impression that building a noble world is not a dream, but an attainable goal for the struggling humanity.
The most effective way to stop terrorism, violence, oppression, hatred, deception, hypocrisy, and corruption is to improve the quality of the human mind, asserts author Shiv R. Jhawar in his thought-provoking book, Building a Noble World.
Jhawar suggests that the practice of meditation on a world-wide scale not the power of technology, money, or weapons can help win the “war on terrorism.” He goes so far as to say that the power of meditation is even greater than the power of an atom bomb.
Although war has been the overwhelming response to terrorism since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the author builds the case that a successful strategy should address terrorism’s root cause: the condition of the human mind. The human mind is prone to weaknesses such as anger, greed, jealousy, hatred, and egoism. According to the author, in order to overcome these mental weaknesses and to live in harmony with others, we must be able to connect with the spirit within each of us through meditation.
“Meditation can transform a person’s character, conduct, and behavior. Through the practice of meditation, lost energy is replenished, memory is improved, intellect is sharpened, and intuition is developed. Meditation removes all worries and tensions of the mind. The need for sleep decreases and there is awareness even during the dream state,” explains Jhawar.
The author distinguishes spirituality from religiosity by stating that religiosity divides and spirituality unites. The central theme of Building a Noble World revolves around the attainment of inner and outer peace and the unification of humanity. It paves the path for world peace by calling for a stronger United Nations, creating regional unions like the European Union, offering a solution to the Kashmir issue, and reconciling differences between religions.
Building a Noble World is a well-researched, easy to read book with sound concepts. The author supports his conclusions with quotes from world-renowned philosophers and spiritual masters. He also shares his own experience of a spiritual energy awakening called shaktipat, which he describes as transcending the physical body and mind, and experiencing absolute reality.
J. V. Lakshmana Rao, Managing Editor of India Tribune, Chicago, writes in his Introduction to Building a Noble World : “It is my conviction that this book releases tremendous force that may ultimately help build a nobler world.”
Building a Noble World by Shiv R. Jhawar, softcover, 192 pages, $12.99, ISBN 0-9749197-0-5
Available at www.amazon.com and the United Nations Bookshop, New York.
About the Author:
Shiv R. Jhawar, author of Building a Noble World, is the founder of Noble World Foundation. He holds a Master’s degree in Accounting Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jhawar is a captivating lecturer who blends spirituality, politics, history, and science in a unique and powerful way. An accountant by profession, he is an enrolled agent licensed to practice before the IRS.
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Excerpt
“If spirituality were practiced sincerely, one would rise above all religious barriers, expanding the Self to embrace all humanity, even all creation. Religiosity divides, spirituality unites.”
“Changes are effected not by changing others, but by changing oneself. Individuals make a family, families make a society, societies make a nation, and nations make a world. Thus, individuals are the world. When individuals change, the world changes. There is no other way.”
"The sum total of pleasures of the whole world is nothing in comparison to the bliss derived through meditation. You do not have to believe; you can know this. Just as the fragrance of a flower spreads out naturally, the bliss that you feel inside during meditation spreads out to others, thus building a noble world."
"The awareness 'I am,' my true nature, always exists. Just as electricity does not cease to exist when a light bulb is broken, so the power of awareness 'I am' does not disappear when the physical body of a person dies."
"It is wrong to think that limitless knowledge can be sealed in a single book, which is finite. Vivekananda aptly remarked: 'Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book!"
"God, who is present in all places, at all times, and in all things, must be present in this place, at this time, and in this thing. So it follows that God is surely present within each of us. Indeed, a human body is the abode of God. Accordingly, each one of us deserves the highest respect. If God is not within, He is nowhere else."
"While leaders of most countries concentrate on strengthening their alliances with major world powers, few consider the benefits of unification with neighboring nations. The European Union has demonstrated that increased coordination among neighboring nations can be achieved while still preserving their national identities."
"Every war is an act of terror—thousands of people are killed, thousands of women become widows, and thousands of children become orphans. The future of humanity needs a permanent respite from killing."
"Through the practice of meditation, lost energy is replenished, memory is improved, intellect is sharpened, and intuition is developed. Meditation removes all worries and tensions of the mind. The need for sleep decreases and there is awareness even during the dream state."
Professional Reviews
The best for spirituality and politics for the world today
This book is a great introduction to yoga philosophy and also to history and politics of Europe, Asia, and the United States encompassing a global perspective. "Building a Noble World" reads like a who's who of the 20th century, documenting humanity's development in material and spiritual knowledge. Reading it, one gains a solid background in basic yoga philosophy including kundalini yoga, shaktipat, and meditation while also being introduced to such monumental historical figures as Albert Einstein, Herman Hesse, the great psychologist Carl Jung, Sivananda, Yogananda, Ram Tirtha, Gandhi, and many other famous figures. There is even an innovative solution to the Kashmiri crisis and an economic proposal for the unification of the Asian subcontinent. The author writes precisely while remaining accessible to the average reader. A book which is able to integrate so seamlessly spirituality, politics, and science, is quite an accomplishment, but Jhawar's book seems to acheived this feat effortlessly! This is one of those books that can change the course of an entire generation to the discovery of yoga and meditation. The main theme of the book is how spirituality can enhance the condition of the world both inner and outer and truly unite us all!!!
A Book of Tremendous Signficance
"Building a Noble World" is a book of tremendous power and signficance for our current times. In it, Shiv Jhawar offers us a way to emerge out of the darkness of racial, political, and religious ignorance, which has for so long created countless barriers, struggles, and wars amidst humanity. Jhawar reveals the deepest principles of life that teach us to recognize and embrace the one universal spirit that exists in all human beings as their Real Nature. Through the experience of this glorious spirit that exists in each of us, we can truly learn to live in harmony with the earth and others, while also allowing the dance of diversity to be valued with utmost love and respect regarding all walks of life. The author's profound, immaculate wisdom concerning the subjects of world peace, meditation, as well as his pragmatic perspective on the crisis of post-modern issues, reveal striking solutions to the miseries that have befallen upon us on account of our misunderstanding of the sacred and wonderful purpose of human life. Among our families we struggle to keep joy alive; among our jobs we find only anxiety, tire, and remorse; even our proud nation is but a land of conflicting politics and justice, as we can clearly see, from the striking imbalance of rich and poor, of married and divorced, of happy and depressed; regarding the global spectrum trust seems to be lost, for the moral compass of love, support, and human integrity seems dried up and hidden; and above all, in the very intimate recess of our own personal mind and heart there seems to be only an increasing sense of worry, agitation, frustration, and weariness about the point of life, about the justice of God, if there be such a reality.
Indeed, during such times of immense adversity there exists a responsive energy that we might call "Light" amidst the darkness; there is "Truth" ever ready to counter the prevailing conditions of deceit and suffering; there is "Love" that far surpasses all forms of betrayal and anger. "Building a Noble World" is such a source of "Light," of "Truth," of "Love," which shines bright in showing the way home for humanity, the way to freedom, peace, and harmony on all levels of personal, cultural, national, and global living. I praise the remarkable Shiv Jhawar with my whole being and strongly recommend this read to anyone who is inspired to make the world a better place to live in.
Masterpiece integrates science, politics & spiritualuality
What makes this book extraordinary is its ability to seamlessly integrate science, politics and spirituality. Any book would be exceptional if it could perform this feat with 2 of the 3 but Mr. Jhawar does it with all 3 and in a language that is easy to comprehend. For this he should be roundly applauded. He also has the unique capacity to make spirituality understood as a science. This also is no small feat. The sages he quotes liberally in his book are masters of meditation and Mr. Jhawar has been able to take the primal concepts of love and respect as taught by them as well as taught by Jesus and Gandhi and applied them to the politcal stage so that there can be no doubt to everyone that our world could and should be a safe and peaceful place as opposed to the increasingly dangerous environment we all live in today. His answers to very troubling world politcal issues are in the classic tradition of the simple yet profound. If you were ever intrigued by yoga and spirituality but ultimately found it was too vague to fit your own basic premises of logic and science, please read this book as Mr. Jhawar has found a way to bridge that gap. He also vividly captures the difference between religiosity and spirituality. So if you are one who takes exception to how religions in general conduct themselves but ultimately still seek a connection with a greater force beyond this physical universe this book could be of great value to you. "Building a Noble World" is an easy read and a great read therefore I highly recommend anyone to take some time to read it.
A noble effort. It gives pause to all living in the "land of the free and home of the brave". A poignant reminder ... we can do better.
Reginald V. Johnson
Reviewed by Amy Avatar
3/25/2006
Sounds like my kind of read, the
kind of book I would pick up
when it comes across my path
and this one has... so I will
be definitely reading it in
the future.
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