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In everyday human life, happiness and security come from strong connections—to family, community, nature, place, spirit, and self—and not from “independence” whether psychological or financial.
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
his book Elements of Refusal establishes that the Revolution must go much deeper than that,
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
Primitive survival is a matter of intimacy and not control.
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
This, in a nutshell, is the ascent of humanity that Jacob Bronowski was referring to in his classic The Ascent of Man, after which the present volume is ironically named.
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
Charles Eisenstein • Neither Hero nor Journey
There is no self except in relationship to the other. The economic man, the rational actor, the Cartesian “I am” is a delusion that cuts us off from most of what we are, leaving us lonely and small.
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
Charles Eisenstein • Presentation to Uplift Festival, 12.14.2014
It is not merely our attitudes about money that must change, as some self-help gurus would have us believe; rather, we will create new kinds of money that embody and reinforce changed attitudes.