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Charles Eisenstein on The Difference Between a Money Economy & a Gift Economy

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Click on the link for this clip of Charles Eisenstein on Sustainable Human’s Facebook page, talking about the qualities of a gift economy, and the adverse impact on us and our cultures of ascribing value primarily in monetary terms. … Continue reading →

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Jez Hughes on the cultural/collective context of ‘mental illness’

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“If we were to approach something like schizophrenia as an extreme example of an underlying disease in our society; that those suffering the mental torment are the ones actually taking the knocks for the whole of the culture as they … Continue reading →

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Why Ridiculous Official Propaganda Still Works – CJ Hopkins

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Why Ridiculous Official Propaganda Still Works Click on the above link for this interesting article on http://www.counterpunch.org Hat tip to Charles Eisenstein for showing us this. We are going to go with the same excerpt Charles chose:- ‘The point is … Continue reading →

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The Election: Of Hate, Grief, and a New Story – Charles Eisenstein

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://charleseisenstein.net/hategriefandanewstory/ Click on the link to visit Charles’ website and read this essay. In the writer’s view, Charles is one of the visionaries and big thinkers of our time, because he speaks to the heart of where we are and … Continue reading →

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Charles Eisenstein on how a war begins

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://newandancientstory.net/this-is-how-war-begins/ Click on the above link to visit Charles’ blog for this timely post, in the light of the U.S. election about to reach its outcome. We think the point he is making is essential. The writer is relieved not … Continue reading →

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The Lid is Off – Charles Eisenstein

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://charleseisenstein.net/the-lid-is-off/ Click on the link above for this perceptive, important piece by Charles Eisenstein on www/charleseisenstein.net And here are some book links:- Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling in Exeter since 1994

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Charles Eisenstein on the New Story & Separation

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘Even though science as we know it is central to the centuries-long or millennia-long program to master nature, even though its approach to gathering knowledge is the very model of “othering” nature and making the world into an object, scientifically … Continue reading →

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The Space Between Stories – Lissa Rankin

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://lissarankin.com/the-space-between-stories Click on the link for this beautiful, deep piece from Lissa. Here’s a taste:- “This week, I experienced a trauma that collapsed my story of self, yet a new story has not yet emerged. Charles Eisenstein calls this “the … Continue reading →

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Charles Eisenstein ‘Kind is the new cool’

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Interesting, hopeful post from Charles, which sits well with the post a couple of days ago showing Xiuhtezcatl Martinez of Earth Guardians speaking to the United Nations:- Xiuhtezcatl Martinez of Earth Guardians, speaking to the U.N. in Paris Here’s the text of … Continue reading →

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Bell Hooks on patriarchal violence to men

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an … Continue reading →

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