The Turning Point

After a time of decay comes the turning point. The powerful light that has been banished returns. There is movement, but it is not brought about by force... The movement is natural, arising spontaneously. For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy. The old is discarded and the n......more

One of the best writer / thinker of our time, I think. It thoroughly explained the roots of the problems of the society, which are getting worse and worse unless we become aware of what is happening and what is causing them. It guides me into understanding what holistic vision is all about. It reall......more

In "The Turning Point", Fritjof Capra, the bestselling author of "The Tao Of Physics" elucidates the perils of being obsessed with the Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm. The effect of acruthless and focused reductionist approach, Capra argues, would only result in a world that is restless, impoverished,......more

Like the current era, the United States of the mid-70’s and early 80’s were tinged with a new batch of thinkers making strong cases for the reorganization of society. Interestingly, this period corresponds to the time when the United States peaked in domestic oil production. Economic growth slowed t......more

If I had to pick only one book to recommend for all the world leaders to read cover-to-cover, it would be this book. Still extremely pertinent to today even having been written in the eighties, this book manages to get to the root of why there are so many problems in our culture, our academics, our h......more