Become an Early REader

"The Consciousness Manual is a book the social change field has been quietly waiting for — and maybe quietly afraid of. Cyndi Suarez does something most practitioners won't: she turns the lens inward, asking not just what we are fighting for, but what kind of consciousness we are bringing to the fight. Where Pleasure Activism gave us permission to feel joy in the work, The Consciousness Manual asks the harder question: why do we keep choosing not to? Drawing from quantum physics, Vedic philosophy, transpersonal psychology, and decades on the front lines of the sector, she makes a case that is both intellectually rigorous and spiritually honest—that fragmentation creates the problems we seek to solve, and only wholeness can resolve them. This book is about taking a quantum leap. Social change doesn't have to be slow and linear; consciousness can jump. The combination of science with practice is what makes this book different from anything else in the field. This is not a comfort read. It is an invitation to evolve."

—Natanja Craig Oquendo, Executive Director, Boston Women's Fund