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Charles Eisenstein

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Living in the Gift

Personal and collective transition from an age of scarcity and separation, to an age of abundance, community, and gift.

Course Content

  • Preliminaries
  • Overview
  • Session 1: Foundations
  • Session 2: Conversation with Nipun Mehta
  • Session 3: Scarcity
  • Session 4: Conversation with Claudio Miranda
  • Extra material: Q&A with Charles
  • Session 5: Synchronicity & Sacrifice (Pt. 1)
  • Session 6: Synchronicity & Sacrifice (Pt. 2)
  • Extra material: Synchronicity Stories
  • Extra material: Story-Sharing with Charles
  • Session 7: Motivations
  • Session 8: Working in the Gift
  • Session 9: Seeing with Generous Eyes
  • Session 10: The System
  • Extra material: Final 2019 Session with Charles

Session 2: Conversation with Nipun Mehta

This conversation was filmed at Nipun’s home in Berkeley, California, but we are just using the audio since the filming conditions were not ideal. Nipun is the founder of Service Space and, in my eyes, the godfather of the “random acts of kindness movement.” Although he would never say it, he is a man who walks his talk. I encourage you simply to take in his stories, as well as the content and tenor of our conversation, and let them work on you.

Session 2.1: Conversation with Nipun Mehta

Charles Eisenstein · Session 2.1: Conversation with Nipun Mehta – Living in the Gift

Session 2.2: Follow-up to Conversation with Nipun Mehta

Charles Eisenstein · Session 2.2: Follow-up to Conversation with Nipun Mehta – Living in the Gift

Session Transcripts

Many thanks to Liz Kay for the session transcription!

Session 2.1 – Conversation with Nipun Mehta (transcript)

Session 2.2 – Follow-up to Conversation with Nipun Mehta (transcript)

Optional NAAS Subscription

This course has run as a DIY course, and you are welcome to do it that way. However, for many people it is more powerful to work the material with a group. My business partner and former wife Patsy and I host a network community called A New and Ancient Story (short for NAAS). It is an online network dedicated to reverence in communication. If you would like to participate in it in conjunction with this course, go to the community landing page and read the introduction and posting guidelines. If you feel resonant, you can join through additional subscription. Once you are a member, you will find archives of discussions on course forums on the left menu as well as participating in many features NAAS offers

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