ABSTRACT
Meaning is a key foundation of human life. We yearn to make our life meaningful and have a proper understanding of the meaning of words and worlds which help us in the blossoming of life rather than being trapped in labyrinths of confusion and annihilated in varieties of killing and destruction. But this fundamental yearning for meaning has always been under stress in different periods and epochs of human history. In our contemporary world, we are also going through stress vis-à-vis the work of meanings in our lives which is part of a global crises of meaning. Our global crises of meaning has multiple genealogies. Our contemporary crisis of meaning has its root in both the way we relate to language and our worlds. This chapter discusses this. It also discusses how we can cultivate new movements and circles of meaning generation. This is linked to vision and practices of upholding our world and regenerating our Earth. I then link processes of meaning generation to processes of coming together of people as well as soul in what is called Lokasamgraha in Indic tradition. I discuss how global crises of meaning calls for new cosmopolitan movements as well as building a planetary Lokasamgraha.
