Progress The Search for a Nonviolent Future Complete & Continue Next Lesson Learn More Getting Started 1 Lesson Introduction Preface and Foreword 7 Lessons 1: The Turning Point 2: The Ripples of Violent Imagery 3: Hasten To Do Good 4: Nonviolence Brings Results 5: Teachings of Gandhi and Sri Eknath Easwaran 6: Seeds Lay Dormant in Barren Soil 7: Where Does Nonviolence Come From? Chapter 1: Hard Questions, Hard Answers 14 Lessons 8: What Is Violence? 9: Evolving Consciousness 10: Bearing a Higher Image of Humankind 11: Pains of Losing Dignity and Unity 12: Humiliation Ripples 13: Delegitimizing Violence 14: Experiments of Cooperation 15: Learning from Monkeys 16: In Search of Prevention 17: Slowing Down our Initial Reactions 18: Getting Beyond the Moral Framework 19: Strength to Defy and Forgive 20: A Life-Affirming Orientation 21: Discovering Nonviolence, Discovering Ourselves Chapter 2: Hope in Dark Times 11 Lessons 22: She Saved Her Friend's Life 23: Getting Beyond Crisis-Mode 24: Empathy Tells Us Something About Nonviolence 25: Three Lenses for Understanding Violence 26: Are We Ignoring the Lessons of Nonviolence? 27: Power of Vulnerability 28: A Strong Tool for the Courageous 29: Awakening Compassion 30: On Humiliation and Nonviolence 31: Power is of Two Kinds 32: Nature, Nurture, and Nonviolence Chapter 3: No Power to Describe - The "Nonviolent Movement" as Peak Experience 10 Lessons 33: Transforming Anger into Nonviolent Power 34: A Force from Within 35: Peak Experience 36: Person Power 37: The "High" of Nonviolence 38: Nonviolence Resonates with Our Humanity 39: The Long Haul of Nonviolence 40: Peak Experience to Way of Life 41: Anger as Distraction 42: Two-Fold Beginning of Modern Era Chapter 4: "Work" Vs. Work 13 Lessons 43: "Work" Vs. Work 44: Myths of Violence 45: Realities of Nonviolence 46: Making Nonviolent Energy WORK 47: Stealth and Salt 48: Nonviolence is for Everyone 49: Conflict Escalation Curve 50: Recognizing True Power 51: Nonviolence is the Highest Law 52: Civil Disobedience Legal 53: Two Stories 54: Symbolism and Nonviolence 55: Predicting Violence and Nonviolence Chapter 5: A Way Out of Hell 7 Lessons 56: Michael's Big Claim about Nonviolence 57: The MEANING of Nonviolence 58: Restorative Justice the Key 59: Eyes on the Prize 60: Restorative Justice Begins in our Minds 61: What Will Make Restorative Justice Work? 62: Restorative Justice as Constructive Program Chapter 6: Constructive Program 12 Lessons 63: Gandhi's Secret Weapon 64: Gandhi's Basics of Constructive Program 65: Constructive Action Vs. Constructive Program 66: Constructive Strategy 67: Heart Unity 68: Heart Unity and Leadership 69: Inner Culture of Nonviolence 70: Constructive Program Review 71: Getting Real 72: The Inner Work 73: Conversion Happens 74: It Took One Hour Chapter 7: A Clear Picture of Peace 6 Lessons 75: Nonviolent Moment 76: Three Giant Steps 77: Time to Start Nonviolence 78: Nonviolence is Human Nature 79: Transforming War Culture 80: Framing Our Values Chapter 8 and Conclusion: Fighting Fire with Water 2 Lessons 81: Unarmed Peacekeepers 82: Restoring Dignity to the Earth The Search for a Nonviolent Future Complete & Continue Next Lesson Learn More Chapter 7: A Clear Picture of Peace 78: Nonviolence is Human Nature
Michael Nagler emphasizes the importance of the new story of human nature as it relates to understanding how nonviolence works. "Nonviolence is not breaking human nature; it's expressing human nature."
