When we become aware of the vastness of the entire evolutionary process—from the big bang to the present moment—that is called awakening to Deep Time. It means having the capacity to assume a perspective that is nothing less than cosmic and being able to see whatever’s happening to us personally from its lofty vantage point. [...]
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Awakening to Deep Time (Quote of the Week)
November 17th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 5 Comments · Cosmology, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Quote of the Week
Tags:awakening·cosmic·cosmocentric·cosmos·deep time·enlightenment·Evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·universe
One Between Two
November 10th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 5 Comments · Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Quote of the Week
The goal of Evolutionary Enlightenment is the emergence of a miraculous potential that I call “intersubjective nonduality.” What does that mean? “Nonduality” is most commonly used to mean oneness, or not-two-ness. It points to the perennial spiritual revelation that there is no other. And “intersubjective” means between subjects. So “intersubjective nonduality,” to put it simply, [...]
Tags:awakening·Culture·emergence·enlightenment·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Intersubjective·Nonduality
Buckminster Fuller Was A Mystic
November 6th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 4 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Evolutionaries, Spirituality
Have you ever had a mysterious attraction to a particular historical figure without really knowing why. . . until one day you find out something about their life and “bam!” it all makes sense? I recently had this experience with the twentieth century design pioneer Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) .
I always knew “Bucky” was amazing. [...]
Tags:architecture·awakening·Buckminster Fuller·enlightenment·geodesic dome·green design·mystic
A Shift of Identity (Quote of the Week)
November 3rd, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 5 Comments · Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Quote of the Week, Spirituality
When the evolutionary impulse is manifesting in our experience as either an inspired act of creative genius or as a surge of spiritually illuminated wisdom or insight, it temporarily becomes the self, the Authentic Self of the individual. In those moments, we become animated by that same inspired energy and intelligence that initiated the creative [...]
Tags:Authentic Self·enlightenment·Evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Evolutionary Impulse
The Universe Is Interested in You (Quote of the Week)
October 12th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 17 Comments · Consciousness, Cosmology, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionaries, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Quote of the Week
The universe is more interested in you than you are in it. Why? Because the universe is trying to evolve, at the level of consciousness, and consciousness can only develop through you. Human beings are the vehicles through which consciousness can take the next step. From this perspective, we are merely pawns in a much [...]
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The Challenge of Enlightenment (Think About This #56)
May 13th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· No Comments · Buddhism, Spirituality, Think About This
If the traditional realization of enlightenment is that everything is already perfect and whole, then why should anyone bother trying to improve themselves or the world? In the following excerpt from a classic dialogue between American Buddhist pioneer Roshi Bernie Glassman and EnlightenNext founder Andrew Cohen, these two teachers explore the potential danger of complacency [...]
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The Other Side of the Rainbow
May 12th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 3 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Spirituality
I really am living in a new world. And it’s one I’ve been striving extremely hard to give birth to for over twenty years. I became a teacher of enlightenment at the ripe old age of thirty. Ever since then, it seemed obvious to me that unless the uncontainable positivity and inexpressible glory revealed when [...]
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Vimala Thakar: Liberation Beyond Gender
May 5th, 2009 by Elizabeth Debold· 6 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Spirituality
Why don’t we know more about Vimala Thakar? I’ve just written a memoriam for our next issue about Vimala, a fiercely independent enlightened sage who pioneered a truly integrated form of inner and outer transformation, and the more I think about who she was and what she stands for, the more strange it becomes that [...]
Tags:divine feminine·enlightenment·J. Krishnamurti·Nonduality·Souls in Transition·spiritual revolution·Vimala Thakar·women's liberation
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