66. The Coronation: Fertile Soil for a New Story - Charles Eisenstein

This time of covid and quarantine is a rite of passage for humanity, and phenomenally rapid change is possible. What we believe and what we project into the world matters deeply- especially in times of chaos, when a new story is being written. Let us act wisely in the wake of this culture-shifting pandemic.

IN THE INTERVIEW:

Everything happening as a result of coronavirus is an intensification of trends already in place
Acknowledging that we don’t know what’s going on, and likely never will, to the extent we’d like to believe we do
Making sense of the competing narratives around COVID19
Is reality bifurcating? What is the relationship between belief and reality?
Conspiracy theories don’t leave enough room for ordinary human folly, and the world is not that controllable
However, the tilt of civilization has been skewing ever closer to totalitarian control, and this is heightening that
War mentality and going deeper than the constant search for a new enemy to fight
Asking, instead, what conditions were in place to create this?
The possibility that this shifts the current medical paradigm
Do we choose further disconnection, or do we reclaim human togetherness?
Propagating a new story- what we radiate out in this potent moment is a suggestion to others about what’s possible for humans
We won’t survive life, so what can this collective lesson in dying teach us?
The more we are governed by security, the more anemic our lives become
Our actions matter- recovering the primordial knowing of our own power and the connection between self and cosmos
Real health comes from community- it is an illusion that we can thrive in isolation
Shifting the prepping paradigm from personal hoarding to preparing to help others
When humans disrupt the matrix of interbeing, proliferation of novel viruses, disease-bearing ticks, etc, is inevitable
Generosity of community is the only reliable insurance policy