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A picture of the sky

Picture Credits: Uploaded to flickr by Mathai Fenn

"How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land?
The idea is strange to us.
If we do not own the freshness of the air
and the sparkle of the water,
how can you buy them?.‭"

Based on a version of the speech edited by Ted Perry in 1972.

About The Talkshop

The Talkshop is a consulting firm established by Dr.Mathai Baker Fenn in 1996. Today the firm is a networked organization offering services in Ethics, Understanding Corporate Culture and in the area of Knowledge Management. To learn more about what we do, check out our Offerings Page.   

The Talkshop is a Networked Organization. A loosely structured network of Knowledge Workers.Everyone is  free to work at their own pace. On projects that are of interest to them, apart from the core offerings of The Talkshop. Apart from our core members, The Talkshop also partners with other organizations and individuals in order to achieve its objectives.

The Talkshop has twin objectives of Personal Growth and the Creation of Wealth (through work).  The mission statement of the TalkShop also emphasises “Connectedness”. Unlike Descartes, who meditated on his own, the TalkShop sees work as engagement and believes in asking questions and seeking answers within the context of engagement. It aims at an ideal of Karma Yoga, where work and personal/spiritual growth go hand in hand, an ideal that C.G. Jung recognized in the practice of Alchemy