The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism)

As seen on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday

In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as an empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling, replacing it with a grounding reminder of what’s true: we are all connected, and our small, personal choices bear unsuspected transformational power. By fully embracing and practicing this principle of interconnectedness—called interbeing—we become more effective agents of change and have a stronger positive influence on the world.

Throughout the book, Eisenstein relates real-life stories showing how small, individual acts of courage, kindness, and self-trust can change our culture’s guiding narrative of separation, which, he shows, has generated the present planetary crisis. He brings to conscious awareness a deep wisdom we all innately know: until we get our selves in order, any action we take—no matter how good our intentions—will ultimately be wrongheaded and wronghearted. Above all, Eisenstein invites us to embrace a radically different understanding of cause and effect, sounding a clarion call to surrender our old worldview of separation, so that we can finally create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.

With chapters covering separation, interbeing, despair, hope, pain, pleasure, consciousness, and many more, the book invites us to let the old Story of Separation fall away so that we can stand firmly in a Story of Interbeing.

• Climate--A New Story
• Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
• The Yoga of Eating: Transcending Diets and Dogma to Nourish the Natural Self
• The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
• Transformational Weight Loss
• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
• Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
• Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects
• The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
• Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy