In it, the teacher and student are trained to link objective knowledge with subjective knowledge, using any textbook or syllabus. A lesson’s topic is correlated to the self, society, nation, mythology, theology, world, and universe. Through this, modern education achieves the lofty aims of the ancient India’s Gurukula system in which students spent many years in their Guru’s home or ashram learning everything about life in practice and theory.
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It organises regular national and international conferences on ‘Education for Total Consciousness’, in which numerous eminent educationalists have participated. In recognition of the Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust’s global contributions to education and society, the UN’s Economic and Social Council awarded it with Consultative Status in 2015.
IVPT runs various other institutions set up by Swami Isa including the Global Energy Parliament (GEP) Research Centre, Isa Viswa Vidyalayam, and Isalayam Institute for Training. Numerous centres have been established abroad to carry out its activities in other nations.
Heedless scientific advances that exploit humanity and nature are one of the biggest threats to life on Earth, teaches Swamiji. For this reason, he began work to improve public scientific literacy, especially about the plane of energy.
He teaches that we are all made of energy; and based on the frequency and wavelength of the fundamental unit of vibration, different qualities manifest. Negative and positive energy needs to be brought into balance—these are the teachings resulting from his scientific work on the ‘I-Theory’, which is his theory of everything.
Applying this knowledge is the responsibility of every global citizen, and with this view in mind, Swamiji set up the Global Energy Parliament. Its mission is to ensure a self-sustaining, peaceful existence for human beings. Through Swami Isa’s leadership, the parliament has been able to discover new solutions for energy balance on global issues such as the environment, education, violence, the economy, governance, and the pandemic.
These are then taken up by the various Members of Parliament through Local, Regional, National, and Students’ Energy Parliaments. Likewise, they are communicated to national governments and international organizations—and therefore, the concepts go to the grassroots level as well as the highest international level.
Presently, the GEP Research Centre is working to develop a renewable energy device that will electrify rural areas, based on Swami Isa’s concept of sound energy.
The first annual session of parliament in 2010 welcomed guests from around the world including former Presidents of nations, Central and State Ministers of India, distinguished scientists, academics, students and social workers. In 2016, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, inaugurated the session in Colombo.
Another great contribution, over the last 30 years, are the courses and teacher trainings in Swami Isa's ‘Life for Total Consciousness’ yoga system.
In 2005, Swami Isa conducted the first Amba Yaga in 5,000 years, to rebalance Nature’s Energy and share India’s cultural heritage. The yaga was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Kerala at Manidweep, Aruvikkara. Vedic ceremonies that provide knowledge and uplift energy, including the Chaturveda Yajna and Navaratri Yajna, are conducted regularly at the Isalayam Ashram.