A discussion of the book ‘The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible’

A discussion of the book ‘The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible’ by Charles Eisenstein

We’ll meet starting at 6:30 PM and take some time to remember our dear friend Paul Pinegar.
At 7:00 we’ll start the discussion of the book ‘The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible’.

The more I listen to and read Charles Eisenstein, the more inspired I am by him. This book brought tears to my eyes The book is an expansive treatise on how big changes can happen in the world, how interconnected we are and how we can change our stories. Eisenstein approaches the topic from multiple perspectives including his own naivety and cynicism.

I’ll be playing excerpts from the audio book and from the Beyond Awakening interview of Charles Eisenstein by Terry Patten. The audio book is narrated by someone else but I think Charles’ voice and enthusiasm are worth experiencing, so I will include parts of the interview.

For those who have time you can read from the book, I provided some links below. Please watch the 5 minute video if you can.

We will discuss some of the big ideas from the book.

RESOURCES:

Beyond Awakening Podcast interview with Charles Eisenstein
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eskb1rdssgj99dr/01.08.12%20-%20Beyond%20Awakening%20-%20Eisenstein.mp3?dl=0 (90 minutes)

Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oevXkJY-fE (5 minute video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjoxh4c2Dj0&nohtml5=False (22minute video)

Book review link:

From the book:
Throughout the book, Eisenstein relates real-life stories showing how small, individual acts of courage, kindness, and self-trust can change our culture’s guiding narrative of separation, which, he shows, has generated the present planetary crisis. He brings to conscious awareness a deep wisdom we all innately know: until we get our selves in order, any action we take—no matter how good our intentions—will ultimately be wrongheaded and wronghearted. Above all, Eisenstein invites us to embrace a radically different understanding of cause and effect, sounding a clarion call to surrender our old worldview of separation, so that we can finally create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.
With chapters covering separation, interbeing, despair, hope, pain, pleasure, consciousness, and many more, the book invites us to let the old Story of Separation fall away so that we can stand firmly in a Story of Interbeing.
The print version is available on Amazon or from the publisher directly. Other on-line booksellers, such as Better World Books or IndieBound carry the book as well. Or better yet, ask for it at your local bookstore.
There is an audiobook available, and you can find all of the places to purchase it here.
You can find the e-book here.

Read the The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible on-line:
Chapter 1: Separation
Chapter 2: Breakdown
Chapter 3: Interbeing
Chapter 4: Cynicism
Chapter 5: Insanity
Chapter 6: Force
Chapter 7: Science
Chapter 8: Climate
Chapter 9: Despair
Chapter 10: Hope
Chapter 11: Morphogenesis
Chapter 12: Naivete
Chapter 13: Reality
Chapter 14: Spirit
Chapter 15: Orthodoxy
Chapter 16: Newness
Chapter 17: Urgency
Chapter 18: Scarcity
Chapter 19: Doing
Chapter 20: Nondoing
Chapter 21: Attention
Chapter 22: Struggle
Chapter 23: Pain
Chapter 24: Pleasure
Chapter 25: Judgement
Chapter 26: Hate
Chapter 27: Righteousness
Chapter 28: Psychopathy
Chapter 29: Evil
Chapter 30: Story
Chapter 31: Disruption
Chapter 32: Miracle
Chapter 33: Truth
Chapter 34: Consciousness
Chapter 35: Destiny
Chapter 36: Initiation

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