Table of Contents

Introduction: The First Priority

1 Two Roads Diverge

2 Quotidian Choices

3 Beingness

4 How Many People Does It Take?

5 BeadforLife

6 Anonymous Power

7 The Power of Nonviolence

8 Taking the Long View

9 Greenpeace

10 The Issue of Authority

11 Nonlocal Consciousness

12 The Social Implications of Nonlocal Linkage and Fear

13 The Psychophysiology of Politics

14 The Power of Intentioned Awareness

15 Happiness Spreads like a Healthful Virus: Become a Carrier

16 Social Values, Social Wellness: Can We Know What Works?

17 Conclusion: Leverage Points

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Stephan A. Schwartz is a distinguished consulting faculty member at Saybrook University, a research associate of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, editor of the daily web publication Schwartzreport.net, and columnist for the peer-reviewed research journal Explore. The author of 4 books and more than 100 technical papers, he has also written articles for Smithsonian, OMNI, American History, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Huffington Post. He lives in Langley, Washington.

Reviews

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*Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.*

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*Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success*

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*Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Trans*

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*Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness a*

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*Bill Kauth, coauthor of We Need Each Other: Building Gift Community*

“To reveal the human element that is so critical in the dynamics of change has given us a great gift for our work in student debt relief. Stephan Schwartz has captured the essence of community action, and the world will benefit immeasurably from learning it.”
*Mary Green Swig, cofounder of the National Student Debt Jubilee Project*

“No one tracks human megatrends better than Stephan Schwartz does in his Schwartz Reports. Now, in his The 8 Laws of Change, he has given us a sweeping, coherent view of ways in which we can meet our world’s primary challenges. He has done us a wondrous service.”
*Michael Murphy, founder of the Esalen Institute Center for Theory & Research*

“If you are concerned about proliferating social, cultural, and planetary crises, read The 8 Laws of Change. This book shows how Margaret Mead could say, ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.’”
*Roger Nelson, director of the Global Consciousness Project*

“Finally, a book that shows us how lasting change for social good really happens--by starting with our own thoughts and minds! A luminous contribution to social and moral progress.”
*Wayne B. Jonas, M.D., president and CEO of the Samueli Institute*

"While orthodoxy is about correct beliefs, orthopraxy is about right practice: doing the practices and living the lifestyles that end up changing our consciousness. Francis of Assisi said to the first friars, 'You only know as much as you do!' Franciscan teaching, which is based in Scripture, has freed me and many others to live more embodied, loving lives. The Franciscans are not alone in their emphasis on practice. In his book The 8 Laws of Change: How to Be an Agent of Personal and Social Transformation, author Stephan A. Schwartz offers life-practices he gathered from observing the Quakers. Their actions--grounded in contemplation--have had a profound impact, helping to abolish slavery, promote gender equity, and reform prisons and other institutions."
*Richard Rohr, Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, from the Center for Action and Contemplation*