Abstract
World Meditation Day has gained renewed relevance in an era marked by geopolitical instability, economic volatility, ecological stress, and escalating collective anxiety. This conceptual article argues that contemporary world disorder cannot be adequately understood or addressed through political, military, and technological frameworks alone, because external systems are ultimately enacted through human consciousness shaped by fear, ego-centred identity, cognitive bias, and emotional reactivity. Using an interdisciplinary lens that integrates consciousness studies, psychology, peace research, and leadership theory, the paper maps key dimensions of present global disorder—armed conflicts and fear-driven narratives, economic and ecological pressures, social polarisation, and the psychological sequelae of anxiety, aggression, burnout, and hopelessness. It then advances the proposition that inner disorder functions as a contributory root of global crisis by amplifying maladaptive collective thought patterns and constraining ethical judgement.
Within this framework, Rajyoga meditation (as taught by the Brahma Kumaris) is positioned as a consciousness-regulation model orientated toward identity reorientation (soul-consciousness), meaning regulation through a transcendent reference point, and deliberate thought–emotion self-mastery. The article examines Rajyoga as applied consciousness rather than social withdrawal, highlighting its potential relevance for leadership under crisis, non-reactive conflict transformation, psychological resilience, and value-based organisational climates. Finally, World Meditation Day is interpreted as a catalyst for collective inner order that can legitimise and scale sustained self-regulatory practice through educational and institutional integration. The paper concludes that preventive peace and sustainable global order require complementary approaches that unite inner self-regulation with external governance mechanisms, and it identifies directions for future empirical and cross-cultural research on consciousness-based interventions in leadership, diplomacy, education, and public well-being.