In an inspired spiritual context where the evolution of consciousness and culture is the goal, coming together with others is not just about sharing an experience of peace, bliss, and harmony. It is about what I call creative friction. In fact, to me, the presence of ongoing creative friction is what indicates deep spiritual, psychological, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Culture'
Engaging in Creative Friction (Quote of the Week)
January 19th, 2010 by Andrew Cohen· 49 Comments · Cultural Evolution, Culture, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Quote of the Week
Tags:Andrew Cohen·collective·communication·creativity·Culture·enlightened communication·enlightenment·Evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Evolutionary Impulse·god·Intersubjective
Deconstructing Your Culturally Created Self (Quote of the Week)
January 11th, 2010 by Andrew Cohen· 23 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Culture, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Quote of the Week
The ego, which has traditionally been the enemy of the spiritual aspirant, is not just an individual entity. It also has a collective dimension. The collective ego is your culturally conditioned self–the conglomeration of conscious and unconscious ideas that represent the way you assume life is supposed to be. It is all of the “shoulds” [...]
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Inner and Outer Journeys
December 17th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 6 Comments · Consciousness, Culture, Evolutionary Enlightenment, News, Spirituality
The last couple of months have been a whirlwind of travel! Recent trips have included a visit to Paris and a conference in the South of France (followed by a surprise birthday tour of the Palace of Versailles with my European students), a book launch event in New York for my friends Ed and Deb [...]
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The Divine Feminine at the Parliament of the World’s Religions
December 12th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 4 Comments · Culture, Divine Feminine, Gender, Religion
The following post is from Amy Edelstein, a former editor for EnlightenNext magazine, who spent the past week in Melbourne, Australia at the Parliament of the World’s Religions with Andrew Cohen and the rest of the EnlightenNext team:
From UN Millennium Development Goals to an exploration of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy and a call for integral education [...]
Tags:Ayurveda Wise Earth School·Culture·feminism·freedom·Gender·Karma Lekshe Tsomo·liberation·Mother Maya·parliament·Parliament of the world's religions·Phyllis Curott·Sakyadhita·Sister Joan Chittister·The Divine Feminine·Wiccan·women·women's liberation·women's movement
One Between Two
November 10th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 6 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
Women & The Evolution of Culture (Think About This #74)
October 27th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 107 Comments · Cultural Evolution, Divine Feminine, Gender, Think About This
In the following excerpt from her groundbreaking article, “The Divine Feminine Unveiled,” EnlightenNext magazine senior editor Elizabeth Debold describes the challenging and sacred role that women need to play in the evolution of culture:
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One Process (Quote of the Week)
September 21st, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 3 Comments · Consciousness, Cosmology, Cultural Evolution, Culture, Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy, Philosophy, Quote of the Week
In Evolutionary Enlightenment, the perennial revelation that there is only One is interpreted as the recognition that we are all part of One Process—a singular cosmic unfolding that began fourteen billion years ago and is still evolving, in this very moment, as you and as me. Every aspect of your experience in every moment, from [...]
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The History of Evolutionary Spirituality (Think About This #70)
September 16th, 2009 by Megan Cater· 7 Comments · Cosmology, Evolutionary Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Think About This
Carl Gustav Jung and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. One probed the collective unconscious. The other contemplated the cosmic nature of the human mind. In the following audio clip taken from a lecture on the history of Evolutionary Spirituality, EnlightenNext executive editor Carter Phipps brings together the ideas of this unconventional psychologist and controversial priest.
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Andrew Cohen, Editor in Chief
Carter Phipps, Executive Editor
Elizabeth Debold, Senior Editor
Ross Robertson, Senior Editor
Tom Huston, Senior Assoc. Editor
Joel Pitney, Associate Editor