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Where There Is No Other (Quote of the Week)

March 8th, 2010 by Andrew Cohen· 11 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Quote of the Week, Spirituality

When two or more individuals who have awakened to what I call the Evolutionary Impulse, or Authentic Self, come together in deep dialogue and focused conversation, the experience is something akin to thinking aloud with yourself. Why? Because there is only one Authentic Self. The ego can only have a relationship with other separate individuals, [...]

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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

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, [...]

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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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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, [...]

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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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Evolutionary Enlightenment 101: Part II

June 16th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 69 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy, Spirituality

[Read Part I — 51%: The Magic Number]
Part II — A Higher We: The Real Meaning of Incarnational Nonduality
For millennia, mystics, spiritual masters, and teachers have been speaking about what they call “nonduality.” In the teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment, I’ve come up with a new interpretation of that profound and subtle concept.
Nonduality means “not two” [...]

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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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What Is the Leading Edge? Part 1

April 30th, 2009 by Megan Cater· 1 Comment · Cultural Evolution, EnlightenNext magazine, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Spirituality

I remember very clearly the first issue of What Is Enlightenment? magazine I ever read. It was Issue 31 (December 2005-February 2006), “Spirituality vs. Religion.” Elizabeth Debold’s article on moving beyond postmodern spirituality quite literally shocked me awake. I’d been serious about spiritual practice for ten years by that time, often spending three hours a [...]

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