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