A Call To Consciousness

Zerbanoo Gifford (author)

In a world fracturing under the weight of mistrust, cynicism, and division, A Call to Consciousness arrives as both remedy and invitation.

Zerbanoo Gifford - human rights campaigner, founder of the ASHA Centre, and Founding Fellow at George Washington University's One Humanity Lab - has spent nearly six decades working at the intersection of faith, justice, and compassionate action. This book is the distillation of that lifetime of moral practice.

Drawing on the world's great spiritual traditions - Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Ubuntu, Indigenous wisdom, and many more - Gifford traces the golden thread that runs quietly through them all: compassion that moves into service, truth that restores order, balance that protects the earth, joy that renews courage, and dignity that binds us as one.

This is not a theological argument or academic study. It is a deeply personal and profoundly universal call to remember who we are and why we are here. Woven throughout with extraordinary personal stories - from a near-death vision of Lord Krishna, to facing armed gunmen in Kashmir, to bringing Arab and Jewish teenagers together through theatre - the book demonstrates that small, conscious acts of love and courage can redirect the course of history.

Chapters explore Scientific Imagination, Mythic Imagination, The Golden Thread, Alchemy of the Heart, Sacred Stewardship, Divine Trust, Circle of Return, The Sacred Feminine, and the Great Synthesis - each an interwoven mode of remembering our shared humanity.

"Zerbanoo Gifford's book beautifully highlights the universal message of love, compassion, patience and tolerance that lies at the heart of all the world's great religious traditions. I hope readers will find this a meaningful contribution to the creation of a more peaceful and compassionate world."

— His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blacker Limited in conjunction with ASHA
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ Mar. 2026
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1897739372