India gets its first shooting medal at the Olympics. Manu Bhaker in 10m air pistol shooting.
John Rockfeller, first billionaire, richest man in the modern world. By his forties. Started The Rockefeller Foundation. His narration – ‘when I began to give back.., my body’s chemistry changed dramatically and I recovered’. A person expected to die at 53, survived till 98. Gratitude, payback healed him, made him whole; became fitter; useful to the world, as an instrument, flowing forward – without worries.
Rollercaoster, intense, and impactful five pushkars – three in twentieth century, two in twenty first. Looking forward to the next pushkar or two into amrt kaal.
- First pushkar, Sisu: Gundrampally habitat. Getting ready to step out into Gurukulams.
- Second pushkar, Bramacharya: Sarvail, Sagar, Warangal, and Anand Gurukulams. Very long stints, together, lasted beyond 12 years. Initiation, exposure to possibilities. Open mind, heart, soul, will.
- Third pushkar, Deeksha: Reinforcement, 10,000 hours in Community, field as Gurukulams. Interacting with, learning from Tribal communities, poor, vulnerable and marginalized communities. Women, farmers, farmworkers, weavers, craftspersons, occupational groups, youth, children, elders. Inclusion, Collectives, Participation, Commons, Livelihoods, Value-chains, Enterprises. In the Government. With the civil society. Community architecture, Social enterprises. Philanthropy, pay forward. Large market intervention for maintaining the price bands to benefit producers and consumers simultaneously. Getting ready to mentor. Visoning, shared visioning, initial mentoring. ‘Livelihoods people’ takes off.
- Fourth pushkar, Bhaaratam, Kshetram: Learning-mentoring in the flows of growing livelihoods, self-help. In the evolution, articulation, application of new thinking-practice TRUE ‘Livelihoods framework’. 100,000+ Livelihoods support individuals, 10,000+ livelihoods support groups, enterprises, collectives, organizations, networks. Livelihoods – Poverty Reduction – Development, LPRD school(s). LPRD support services. Self-help movement, with women to take their livelihoods, lives, destinies into their hands. Of elders, disabled. In several states, culminating in the launch of Rs.3000 Billion National Rural Livelihoods Mission for 100 Million poor families, starting with women, followed by disabled, elderly. Pay forward efforts, trickling in.
- Fifth pushkar, Kshetrasikharam, Voswaprakrti: Doing, learning. Peaked NRLM. NULM came in. Inclusive livelihoods, collectives. Payback, Pay forward efforts increasing. ‘livelihoods’ today and tomorrow in auto. Yogakshemam with increasing frequency. Continuing work more LPRD school(s), Gurukulams, and their students. Growing mentees. Refining, discovering Coexistential processes, efforts, means, ends. Transited into the forefront of the flows of nature-centric farming, livelihoods, living paradigm, going global at local levels. Program(s), Academy, Local value-chains-enterprises, Forums-platforms, Models-Champions-People-Partners-Resources, National-global scaling, Systems change. Initiating going viral.
Next pushkars now, Saarathyam: Spiritual, let go, agency taking viral. Can we be in global N-LPRD support flows, resources – teams, partners, enterprises, portfolios? Books, conversations, cohorts, classes, journeys on ground, field stations, formations, mentoring, managing, leading? Services?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, practice letting go, taking charge together. In N? navapushkarayoga for 7L.
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