Quick Book Notes – Charles Eisenstein: The more
beautiful world our hearts know is possible
This book is a sort of
guide to the New Story: not what it
is but, a clear, compassionate process of how
to move into it. He illuminates the
personal and societal habits and mindsets holding us back, and their benign
successors.
He sums up the New Story
as “the story of Interbeing, the Age of Reunion... the world of the gift.” Whereas, “More than anything external, it is
our own habits that draw us back into the old story... habits of
scarcity,...judgement, and... struggle.”
But as he points out, giving attention to a habit and the feelings
underlying it weaken its addictive power.
Since the New Story is
about interconnection, he warns against its advocates feeling righteous, which
perpetuates separation and alienates others.
“Today, our economic environment screams at us, “Scarcity!” ...
political... “Us versus them”, ... medical... “Be afraid!” Together they keep us alone and scared to
change.” Whereas in truth “fundamentally
we are the same being looking out at the world through many sets of eyes”.
