As a young lawyer in South Africa, after being thrown out of the first-class compartment of a train, Gandhi spent the night on the platform at the train station shivering with cold and roiling with inner turmoil and thoughts. He later called it "the most creative night of my life". A "soul force" awoke in him that would lead him to develop a unique form of nonviolent resistance, concluding that "in a gentle way, you can shake the world." 

On Jan 17th and 18th, you are invited to join us for two separate streamed events "live from the Gandhi Ashram" -- featuring a performance by kids studying at the Gandhi Ashram, global luminaries, inspiring singers and storytellers, alongside a few surprises that aim to ignite this subtle but significant force. (If you know friends in India who'd like to join in-person, let us know.)

Some background context -- in mid-January, noteworthy change-makers from dozen plus countries are coming to the Gandhi Ashram to ask uncommon questions. Some of them are influencers whose work has impacted billions, while some are invisible ladders whose "deepcast" efforts are vividly felt by the world -- and all of them find themselves holding an underlying unease that today's poly-crises require a more fundamental change to our collective social operating system. Their search brings them to India, to explore "Gandhi 3.0" values, the depth of relationships borne in such a field, and the unexpected emergence that might flow out from there.  If, in times of Gandhi, social action organized in one-to-many formation (one Gandhi and many of us), and if his successor, Vinoba Bhave, built a stronger network by walking across India and cultivating one-to-one connections, what is the 3.0 version of that uprising of collective "soul force"? Perhaps it rises up like a fountain and spreads in many distributed drops around the world.

We hope you can join and bless this intention, and engage with insights from wide-ranging luminaries like ... the CEO who mainstreamed impact investing; an elected UK politician visiting his Indian roots after 4 generations; a farmer who has popularized permaculture in Vietnam; a Kashmiri educator of orphaned girls who has withstood 19 assassination attempts with 'witnessing' as his only defense; a teen housecleaner who grew into one of Forbes' 50 Greatest World Leaders; a goose-bump inducing European singer who left a career with Celine Dion to chant for the world; an African shaman dispelling gang violence in Los Angeles; a Japanese entrepreneur running a 100-year-fund but contemplating 10 thousand year ripples; a visionary leader of Harvard's Osher center for integrative medicine; philanthropists who have signed Gates's Giving Pledge but are now reflecting on multiple forms of wealth; a monk from Uganda whose humble mobile tent blossomed into a flourishing school; multiple bestselling authors, one of whom Oprah frequently credits with changing her life; cutting-edge researchers exploring the intersection mind, body and brain; globally renowned spiritual elders; and many more leaders and ladders from Kenya to Germany to Hong Kong to Italy ... more than a dozen countries, all resonating with a simple organizing principle: We are not merely what we do, but who we become by what we do. That, like Einstein said, if problems can't be solved at the level of consciousness that created them, perhaps we can come together like a flock of starlings and plant seeds for a new field.

Thank you for helping co-create this field of collective emergence. When individuals come together to move beyond the known-unknown spectrum, we start collectively touching the unknowable, the hem of the Infinite. That gentle force can surely move mountains, and perhaps be summoned to respond to the suffering in today's world. 

To join us, simply RSVP on this page, and you'll be emailed the live-stream details and other ways to follow-up after the event. Please note that while your RSVP information will show Jan 17th details, we'll also inform you about Jan 18th after the Jan 17th event concludes.