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Leave the Door Open for That Which Is New (Quote of the Week)

December 21st, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 12 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Quote of the Week, Spirituality

Without being aware of it, many of us tend to base our sense of what’s possible now, in this present moment, upon what has or has not happened in the past. But if we want to be spiritually liberated, indeed, if we want to be an expression of evolution-in-action, we have to dare to look [...]

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Field Report: Opening Night at the Parliament of the World’s Religions

December 4th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· No Comments · News, Religion

As we mentioned in a previous blog post, a generous donor has made it possible for EnlightenNext founder Andrew Cohen and a small team from EnlightenNext to travel to Melbourne, Australia to participate in the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. Over the coming week, we’ll be posting notes from the field written by former [...]

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The Parliament of the World’s Religions & the Future of Buddhism (Think About This #76)

November 25th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 12 Comments · Buddhism, News, Religion, Spirituality, Think About This

Starting next week, Andrew Cohen and a small team from EnlightenNext will fly to Melbourne, Australia, to participate in the Parliament of the World’s Religions, made possible by a generous donor who underwrote this initiative. They’ll join more than 10,000 religious leaders, scholars, and activists from all over the world to explore the role that [...]

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Attention: EnlightenNext is Evolving

September 17th, 2009 by Carter Phipps· 3 Comments · EnlightenNext magazine, Evolutionaries

As you may have read on the blog over the past couple of weeks, EnlightenNext is in the midst of an exciting evolution. Last Thursday I had a chance to speak about some of the changes that are underway when I appeared as a guest on an episode of the EnlightenNext Weekly Webcast. The show [...]

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An Important Message from the Founder of EnlightenNext

August 20th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 60 Comments · EnlightenNext magazine, Evolutionaries, Evolutionary Spirituality

Like just about everyone else these days, we at EnlightenNext are undergoing a period of enormous transition. Eighteen years ago, I came up with an intriguing idea: Produce a second-to-none spiritual magazine that would play a significant role in helping to make better sense out of the complex journey that Eastern enlightenment was taking as [...]

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A Brighter Shade of Green

August 2nd, 2009 by Joel Pitney· No Comments · Bright Green, EnlightenNext magazine

This past Friday morning, Ross Robertson and I appeared on a community radio program out of Burlington, VT called The Howie Rose Show to speak about Ross’ popular feature article, “A Brighter Shade of Green: Rebooting Environmentalism for the 21st Century.” I’m a regular guest on the show, calling in every Friday morning along with [...]

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Genpo Roshi on Spiritual Hierarchy

June 25th, 2009 by Tom Huston· 1 Comment · Buddhism, Consciousness, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Postmodernism, Religion, Spirituality

Earlier this week, an American Zen Buddhist named Dennis Genpo Merzel paid a visit to EnlightenNext’s main center in western Massachusetts. And on Monday night, he joined spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen and a group of Andrew’s students for an intimate discussion about his life and work as a modern Zen master. In the video clip [...]

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Genpo Roshi and the Big Mind Process

June 25th, 2009 by Tom Huston· 8 Comments · Buddhism, Consciousness, EnlightenNext magazine, Integral Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality

On Monday night, EnlightenNext founder Andrew Cohen and many of his students engaged in a fascinating and powerful dialogue with Zen Master Genpo Merzel at the EnlightenNext World Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. Genpo Roshi was delightfully funny and disarmingly frank, displaying an impressive spiritual depth born of 37 years of Zen practice and teaching. [...]

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Issue 44: Envisioning the Future

May 19th, 2009 by Tom Huston· No Comments · EnlightenNext magazine, News

Here it is, folks, the latest issue of EnlightenNext . . . coming soon to a mailbox or newsstand near you:

And here’s a brief description from the table of contents:

We live in one of the most tumultuous and exciting times in human history. With our cultural, political, economic, and spiritual systems colliding, breaking down, and [...]

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Introducing: the EnlightenNext Editors’ Blog

April 20th, 2009 by Tom Huston· No Comments · EnlightenNext magazine, News

After years of eager anticipation, we’re pleased to finally welcome Evolutionaries everywhere to the first group blog by the editors of EnlightenNext magazine (formerly known as What Is Enlightenment?).  Given that our magazine is a quarterly publication, we’ve long been wishing we had some way of being a little more timely when it comes to [...]

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