Gita for the Anxious Age | Navigating Stress, Loneliness, Burnout and More

If the story of human evolution were told a thousand years from now, the timeline might read: the Stone Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age—and then, the Anxious Age. We are living through it now. Our outer world has never felt more unstable. Work, relationships, social media, technology, markets, politics and the climate all seem to change faster than we can adjust. But the deeper crisis is within. We are distracted, overstimulated, lonely, burnt-out, emotionally reactive and unable to sit with our own thoughts. In Gita for the Anxious Age, Rasik Raman Das—monk, mindset coach and IIT Bombay alumnus— turns to the Bhagavad Gita as a timeless atlas for modern emotional life. On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna faced a world completely outside his control. His real battle, however, began inside: fear, confusion, grief, paralysis and the desire to escape. Krishna did not change the battlefield; he transformed Arjuna’s emotions. This book brings that wisdom into the realities of our time. • A contemporary reading of the Bhagavad Gita as an emotional atlas for modern life • A diagnosis of the ‘Anxious Age’ and the inner instability caused by modern technology, Comparison and distraction • The Emotional Maturity Index, which helps readers identify their ‘emotional age’ • Six LETSAI markers of emotional wellness: Literacy, Expression, Temperature, Security, Acceptance and Immunity • A Gita-based explanation of emotions through both neuroscience and the Pancha Kosha model • The GEM framework for emotional mastery: Stabilize, Fence, Observe, Reframe/Rewire, Channelize and enrich • Eighteen specific emotional journeys, including anxiety to serenity, fear to courage, anger to Forgiveness and distraction to focus • Practical tools such as affirmations, self-assessments, lifestyle audits, journaling prompts and Worksheets • A blend of spiritual wisdom, scientific temper and everyday examples for modern readers