TY - BOOK AU - Nepo,Mark TI - MORE TOGETHER THAN ALONE : Power of Community SN - 9781846045868 U1 - 361.8 PY - 2018////01/01 CY - London PB - Rider KW - Communities KW - Community ( Social Welfare) KW - Communities -- Philosophy KW - Communities -- Religious aspects KW - Community organization KW - Community activists N1 - Summary The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo, presents an empowering guide to the power of community and why it's essential in our lives, now more than ever. He investigates what brings us together and what throws us apart. He considers what we have in common as well as what makes us unique. He gathers stories and lessons from across cultures and history to show that, despite the hardships we face, we have the power to create connections and draw strength from one another. Featuring thought-provoking analysis and practical takeaways, More Together Than Alone will help us inhabit a stronger sense of togetherness in our lives to achieve our highest potential, as individuals, and as communities; Contents We Can Find Each Other We Are They FROM I TO WE Life around Fire The Unfinished Painting The Aspen Grove Notations of Community Bonds That Last Little Raft. Big Raft Keeping Each Other Company An Excercise Each Other Company An Excercise in Faithfulness Cooperation or Resistance Just Take a Pebble Question to Live With ISLAND IN TIME The Two Tribes Hospitality Of Two Minds Fairness Living Fear and Scarcity The Migration of Care Whole-Mind Thinking Learning Together From One to Another Entertainments of Heart Our Struggle and Posssibility Questions to Live with CENTERS OF LIGHT Voice of the World The Seeds of Our Nature The Chamber of Time SEat of the Muses Clearings for Renewal Where We Meet The Forest Community Without Ever Pushing The Web of Knowing A Common Song Larger Than Ourselves Questions to Live With WITH AND AGAINST COMMUNITY Carrying the Water Unravelling the Knots Bending or Loving the World The Courage to Take Others In Putting Down the Brick Removing the Oldest Wall Blind Travelers About to Wake Grown over Centuries Building Things Together Questions to Live With HOW WE MEET ADVERSITY Beginning Again The Bell of Nagasaki The Road Before the Temple Helping Each Other Up Let The Trauma Speak When to Stand Up Facing Evil In The Middle of the Storm Turning Fire into Light Reclaiming Our Humanity Questions to Live With OUR INTERESTS ARE THE SAME When we Understand Our Global Body If Another World is Possible The Seeing Place Questions to Live with The Peacemakers Eight Worldviews and Practices The Highest Ethic A Small Boy Online Community Guide Suggested Reading and Films Gratitudes Permissions Notes Index ER -