When do you manipulate others for your own advantage? When I notice myself doing it, usually it is when I am feeling insecure.
Charles EisensteinIt is the cry of the separate self, โWhat about me?โ As long as we keep acting from that place, it doesnโt matter who wins the war against (what they see as) evil. The world will not deviate from its death-spiral.
Charles EisensteinI think most kids have a sense that it's not supposed to be this way. You're not supposed to hate Monday, or be happy when you don't have to go to school. School should be something that you love. Life should be something that you love.
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 EisensteinLove is the felt experience of connection to another being. An economist says 'more for you is less for me.' But the lover knows that more of you is more for me too. If you love somebody their happiness is your happiness. Their pain is your pain. Your sense of self expands to include other beings. This shift of consciousness is universal in everybody, 99% and 1%.
Charles Eisenstein