Presidential Citation Recipient Discusses a Life of Humanitarian Service on VoiceAmerica

Posted by Dr. Kurt Johnson | Sep 30, 2022 | Empowerment | 0 |

Ever wonder what one person might accomplish in a world with so many problems and so many needs asking to be addressed? Is making a difference possible? Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati (“Sadhviji”) will convince you you can not only make a difference– you can make a BIG difference.

Originally a young Stanford-based American scholar and activist, well connected in Hollywood and beyond, Sadviji is now a renowned female spiritual leader in India and a recent recipient of President Joe Biden’s Presidential Citations for Lifetime Achievement and service.

She is Secretary-General of the revered Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, launched with UNICEF, the world’s foremost alliance for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Working from her home as a leader of the famous Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India, which brings thousands of spiritual inquirers to India each year for the International Yoga Festival, she also serves on the Faith-Based Advisory Council of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion, the Steering Committee for Partnership for Religion and Sustainable Development (an international body comprising the governments of several countries including United States, UK, and Germany, and the United Nations, the World Bank, the African Union), and the Steering Committee for the World Bank-United Nations campaign with international faith based organizations of the “Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty.”

Sadhviji also has a Ph.D in Psychology and was the Managing Editor for the monumental project of the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism.

In this inspiring broadcast Sadhviji discusses all this with Denise Scotto Esq., Chair of the International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations, and Karuna, a co-host on VoiceAmerica and renowned yogini in her own right. Many of the highlights in Sadhviji’s life are also discussed as well in her current book FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE HIMALAYAS: A JOURNEY OF HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION. Join us for this inspiring broadcast, created with the international Evolutionary Leaders Circle, and posting September 30th on The Convergence, on VoiceAmeica’s Empowerment Channel.

PHOTO: Banner for “Humanity’s Moment of Choice: Choosing to Serve” featuring Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Denise Scotto, Esq. of the International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations, and Karuna of Light on Kundalini.com and The Convergence on VoiceAmerica.

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Dr. Kurt Johnson

Dr. Kurt Johnson (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/synergycircles; www.lightonlight.us) is host of THE CONVERGENCE Series on VoiceAmerica’s Empowerment Channel, and Coordinator of the Synergy Circles of the Evolutionary Leaders (ELs), an initiative of the Source of Synergy Foundation. THE CONVERGENCE features “Humanity’s Moment of Choice” programming-- based on the ELs’ Gold Nautilus Award-winning book Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future. It hosts leaders from around the world. A several time Nautilus Award-winning author and activist, Kurt has worked in professional science and comparative religion over 40 years. He is a prominent figure on international committees, particularly at the United Nations, and his books include Our Moment of Choice (2020) (Gold Nautilus and COVR Awards), The Coming Interspiritual Age (2013), Nabokov’s Blues (2000) and Fine Lines (2015) (Brian Boyd Prize, 2019). Kurt served on the faculty of New York’s Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and, for 25 years, was associated there with the American Museum of Natural History. He is the publisher of three magazines: The Convergence, Light on Light, and Conscious Business and is a founder of the Light on Light Press, specializing in books on emerging global movements for change. A partner in UNITY EARTH, Kurt is ordained, or certified, in five religious traditions. He has a PhD in Evolution and Ecology and is author of over 200 scientific articles and seven technical books. A former monastic, is he a member or founder of the Evolutionary Leaders, Association of Transformational Leaders, international Contemplative Alliance, Gaiafield and Subtle Activism Networks, Self Care to Earth Care network, UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, NGO Forum 21 Institute, the UN Committee for International Yoga Day, and is President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences.