Even if we profess to be non-judgmental, there's an inherent judgmentality and hierarchy in which the spiritual person, the conscious person, the mindful person, is more developed than the typical truck driver or waitress or heroin addict. This is a red flag, another problem built into the concept of spirituality. The truth is that every person you meet is in some way more developed than you are, and that the multiple modes of development that a human being can pursue require the whole of humanity to pursue. We're in this together. Enlightenment is a collective effort.
Charles EisensteinAn economist says that essentially more for you is less for me, but the lover knows that more for you is more for me, too.
Charles EisensteinWhen everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is the life of the slaveโone whose actions are compelled by threat to survival. Perhaps the deepest indication of our slavery is the monetization of time.
Charles EisensteinEach person you interact with, is an entire universe unto themselves, a Divine Being, unspeakabley precious.
Charles EisensteinNo one's ever completely broken. It's just a matter of how much has to fall apart before the ember of life is exposed to air.
Charles EisensteinYou can't have community as an add-on to a monetized life. You have to actually need each other.
Charles EisensteinEven if we profess to be non-judgmental, there's an inherent judgmentality and hierarchy in which the spiritual person, the conscious person, the mindful person, is more developed than the typical truck driver or waitress or heroin addict. This is a red flag, another problem built into the concept of spirituality. The truth is that every person you meet is in some way more developed than you are, and that the multiple modes of development that a human being can pursue require the whole of humanity to pursue. We're in this together. Enlightenment is a collective effort.
Charles Eisenstein