Super Soul Special: Charles Eisenstein: A More Beautiful World Is Possible

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

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Original Airdate: December 19, 2018 What will come to define the human race for future generations? Philosopher, teacher and writer Charles Eisenstein provides insight into what could await us in the future, and discusses how cynicism, self-delusion and separation help to create our troubled world. In his book The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, Charles explains why he believes the one way to resolve conflict is when opponents try to understand one another on a human level, become less judgmental and then begin to find common ground. Charles says, "It's basically anything that says, ‘Yeah, we're connected. Your well-being will bring my well-being. More for you is more for me. We're not really separate.’" Charles also talks about the themes of civilization, human cultural evolution and being aware of one's own existence.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.0	now. Today on Super Soul Conversations, author, scholar, and speaker Charles Eisenstein. Charles is
0:33.1	the author of four books, including his most recent, the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.
0:39.1	I love that book title. His premise is that no matter how disconnected we all are feeling, every
0:46.2	person we encounter, every experience we have, positive or negative mirrors something inside ourselves.
0:55.9	In all forms, social media posts, news headlines, even something as simple as a conversation.
1:04.2	Charles believes your individual being partakes of all beings in every moment you encounter.
1:12.2	He urges readers to rethink the fury and indignation erupting between so many Americans and understand
1:19.4	that what lies beneath the rage is actually a painful longing for reunion.
1:25.8	So the reason I start with this is because everywhere you go, every conversation you're in,
1:33.4	people are talking about this, but they're not able to articulate what it is. So we're looking at our
1:40.2	current political climate. We're looking at living under a barrage of daily reminders, really,
1:47.5	of how angry, how divided this country has become. It feels like we are experiencing right now a
1:53.9	really teachable moment. And that what I believe is that if we're not able to shift to some
2:02.5	form of empathy and compassion that we're going to move into a level of lessons that we really aren't
2:10.3	prepared to learn right now. So do you believe our nation has been broken open? Not yet.
2:17.1	Not yet. But it's coming. But it's coming. I would love to see our nation broken open. Sometimes we say
2:23.6	that about a person like, oh, that experience just broke him open. Yeah. Broken wide open. And now he
2:28.6	begins to sob. Now the grief comes in. Now he changes his view of life. That hasn't quite happened
2:34.4	yet. We're still holding on to the old story, the old normal. And part of that is what you were just
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