He urges us to develop a new language for expressing and explaining the profound spiritual ideals in order to connect the truths that all cultures access, pointing out that division in language tends to create division among people. "We can’t cross into the unified field... using the old tools," he points out.  The language with which we communicate our knowledge is derailed when syntax builds a wall. In turn, a new language will allow us to restructure our concepts and our personal connection with Logos.

Ashok Gangadean is chairman of philosophy at Haverford College, and the author of several books, including Meditative Reason: Toward Universal Grammar.  These six CDs that run more than seven hours are filled with Gangadean’s passion for philosophy, giving the listener a crash course in the history of philosophical thought in a way that is far more interesting and relevant than that course we suffered through at school.  The six sessions cover the quest for global wisdom, the technology of consciousness, the source of human pathologies, dualism and chronic fragmentation, crossing into the logosphere, and personal and cultural healing. This course is all substance, so be prepared to think as you listen.

In the manner of Joseph Campbell, Gangadean often gets carried away with his subject and gleefully dives into the amazing similarities among philosophies and mythologies to solidly prove the point that Awakening the Global Mind is here to make —"what shows up on the screen of awareness is... filtered through the consciousness of the thinker." In other words, we are all part of the one whole and our arguments with each other do not exist outside our own misunderstanding of each other’s grammar.

Gangadean’s audio course is a treasure simply for its clean, clear, and exciting discussion of the history of philosophy.  The author’s assertion that we have the capability to unify ourselves with the global mind, and his ability to provide supporting thought to back his theory are encouraging, optimistic, and eminently practical.