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As the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals approaches, From Fragmentation to Wholeness offers a profound re-examination of global transformation. While nations have pledged sustainability through targets and reforms, the world continues to face climate breakdown, widening inequality, ecological collapse, and deepening social fragmentation. This timely work argues that these crises are not merely institutional or technical, but arise from a deeper fragmentation within consciousness itself. When thought divides life into sectors, when identity fuels conflict, and when fear and desire shape ambition, institutions inevitably inherit these divisions.
Beginning from the insight that the outer world mirrors the inner movement of the self, the authors explore how patterns of thought shape climate policy, economic design, governance, education, and technology. Through three interwoven movements: the global crisis as inward division writ large; the mirror of the self in fear, memory, and psychological time; and action arising from awareness beyond identity, the book invites readers to consider transformation as an integrated process of inner and outer change. For policymakers, sustainability scholars, UN professionals, systems thinkers, educators, and students, this is not a philosophical abstraction but a practical inquiry into intelligence without identity, and institutions as living spaces, rather than instruments of control. It opens a doorway to a future where wholeness, rather than fragmentation, becomes the foundation of global action.
Contents of The Book
Introduction
Part I. Diagnosis – The Outer World Mirrors Inner Division
Chapter 1. Polycrisis as a Reflection of Inner Fragmentation
Chapter 2. Human Condition - Psychological Roots of Institutional Breakdown
Chapter 3. Beyond Goals and Frameworks: Seeing the Root of Global Crisis
Part II. Inward Inquiry — Understanding the Source of Fragmentation
Chapter 4. The Self as the Source and Effect of Fragmentation, Conflict, and Violence
Chapter 5. The Trap of Knowledge and Belief
Chapter 6. Relationship, Memory, and Image
Chapter 7. Psychological Time and Inertia
Interlude - Crossing the Threshold
Chapter 8. Love Without Image
Turning Point: The Ending of ‘Me’ and the Emergence of Choiceless Action
Part III. Holistic Response
Chapter 9. Choiceless Action and Intelligence
Chapter 10. Conscious Governance and Leadership
Chapter 11. Policy, Education, Systems; Acting from Coherence
Chapter 12. Living Institutions: Mirrors, Spaces, and Emergence
Chapter 13. Grand Conclusions and Summary: Awareness Is the Change
Final Message: The Mirror of the Whole
Book Reviews
Advance Praise
"Many of us wonder why, despite many sincere efforts towards positive social transformation, nothing seems to change. This wonderful book both answers that question and provides a roadmap for real change. Avoiding woolly thinking and a retreat into the fuzzy ways in which the notion of 'spirituality' is so often used, the book provides a rigorous, comprehensive and philosophically sound model that both profoundly challenges received notions and provides, as few texts do, answers and a guide to practice. This is a foundational and fundamental book that has the potential to upend the ways in which we think about the world and act within it."
John Clammer
Professor of Sociology, O.P. Jindal Global University
Former Professor, United Nations University (Tokyo)
Author of Cultural Rights and Justice: Sustainable Development, the Arts and the Body (Palgrave Macmillan)
"The 2030 Agenda was launched with great hope, yet has since been overshadowed by pandemic, conflict, and global uncertainty. Many have given up on the SDGs, but not Gupta and Singh. Rather than seeking external saviours, they show that the path to transformation lies within ourselves. This is not a self-help book, but a profound journey linking inner perception with external reality. The authors remind us that holding a mirror to oneself is essential—for individuals, societies, and nations."
Roy Wadia
Regional Communications Chief
World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region
"We often think of ourselves as peace-loving, yet we inhabit a conflicted world. Gupta and Singh show why: the fragmentation of the world begins in us. They argue that governance failures, including the shortcomings of the SDGs, will remain inevitable unless we transform how we perceive. Their book reveals how fear, identity, and memory distort perception, shaping the institutions we build and the conflicts we perpetuate.
This is not a guide to governance or reform. It is a profound examination of how inner disorder manifests as outer crises. Clear, challenging, and grounded in real-world examples, it offers fresh insights for readers interested in ecology, geopolitics, psychology, and personal transformation."
Pascal Laureyn
Freelance Journalist
About
Devesh Gupta is the Founder of Emerge, India.
Naresh Singh is a Professor at Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, India.