Recent Posts in ‘Freedom’
Celebrating the Vision of MLK
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Andrew published a couple of blog posts last year that are every bit as inspiring and relevant in 2013 as they were then. Below you’ll find the full article “I Have Seen The Mountaintop: A Vision Of The Possible.” Also, make sure to check out this
AUDIO: Letting Everything Go
The following audio clip is taken from the first day of Andrew’s recent Being and Becoming Retreat in Arizona. In reference to meditation, Andrew makes the profound point that if we want to experience the freedom of enlightened awareness, we have to be willing, at least temporarily, to let absolutely everything go. [Audio clip:
When the New Year Doesn’t End
The first day of the new year always represents the potential for profound renewal—a new cycle in relationship to the passing of time, a precious moment in which many of us feel we are getting a chance to start over. And for most of us, that chance is usually connected to our highest aspirations, to
Road to the Apocalypse: “Freedom in the Face of Fear”
The final ‘Guru and Pandit’ dialogue of 2012, between Andrew and integral philosopher Ken Wilber, is happening LIVE, this Friday, December 21st at 7pm ET (USA). Register here. In order to give you a taste of what’s in store, as well as to help set a larger context, you can read one of their previous
A Different Kind of Marathon
For the past three years, EnlightenNext has organized a world-wide Meditation Marathon where individuals from all over the planet join together for up to 24 hours of meditation. What began as a fundraising initiative has evolved into an amazing global celebration of Spirit. “What would compel someone to dedicate 24 hours to being still and
AUDIO: Father Thomas Keating
Below is the audio from Andrew’s recent dialogue with Father Thomas Keating on meditation: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] To download the full audio recording, right-click here and select “Save link as.” The dialogue between Andrew and Father Thomas kicked off a month-long global celebration of spirit that will culminate with the
What Did You Learn from Your Teacher?
Andrew Cohen has a special connection to India. It was the place where he met his last teacher, H.W.L. Poonja, and where he became a teacher himself. Andrew recently told the Sakaal Times about his relationship with Poonja during an interview he conducted via email. You can read the full interview here. Question: We believe
I Want to Be Free!
Here’s the latest installment of Andrew’s interview with Chris Grosso of theindiespiritualist.com, this time describing the moment in time when he decided he wanted to be free more than anything else: Question: What is one of the most defining moments of your life and why? Answer: One day when I was 22 years old, I
Is Sex A Path to God?
I just had a dialogue with my friend and collaborator, the great integral philosopher Ken Wilber on sexual ethics (the recording of which will be broadcast on June 2nd). Several years ago, we had a similar conversation on the question “Is Sex a Path to God,” which became the article below in EnlightenNext magazine: _________________________________________________________________
Meditation & Freedom
Meditation only becomes real, powerful, authentic, and liberating when it is a practice of letting everything go. Otherwise it is reduced to little more than a psycho-spiritual relaxation technique. It may make you feel better, but it won’t set you free. Feeling better and being free don’t necessarily mean the same thing. Feeling better is
Part 4 – God Is Love
A Meditation on the Indefinable Nature of the Divine God is Love. How many times have we heard the word “love” being used to define that which is ultimately indefinable? I suppose it is because that’s the only word that can even bring us close to grasping the ungraspable. When we use “love” to define
Evolutionary Enlightenment in India: Days 6-9
Andrew’s trip to Rishikesh was in many ways a return home. This “City of Sages” in the foothills of the Himalayas is the place where his teaching was born 26 years ago and he was welcomed graciously by many old friends, from the Swamis at Sivananda and Parmarth Niketan Ashrams to the book shop and
Part 3 – What Is Love?
Have you ever considered for yourself what love actually is? Or do you assume you know what love is, based on what others may have said about this all-important topic? Because I’m a spiritual teacher, I’m asked about love all the time, and what I always find interesting is that people use the same word
Love: A 4-Part Series
Love. This is a popular topic at this time of year, with millions of people around the world spending time with the one’s they love the most. Andrew Cohen has a lot to say about the subject, particularly on the relationship between love, truth, and spiritual evolution. For this Valentine’s Day, he has written a
VIDEO: The King of Love is Dead
Here’s a heartbreaking and deeply moving musical tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, by the great jazz singer Nina Simone:
“I Have Seen the Mountaintop”: A Vision of the Possible
Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday. This great soul was a visionary. What is a visionary? Visionaries are those rare and inspired individuals who see great promise and imminent potentials for human consciousness and culture that most of us haven’t even begun to imagine yet. They see far beyond the present to a future that
A New Spiritual Orientation (Quote of the Week)
Evolution is a new spiritual orientation. Most of us with a Western education are familiar with the idea of cosmic evolution—we’re aware that the cosmos is in a process of ever-greater complexification and that we are part of that evolving process. We’re aware of the Darwinian notion of biological evolution and accept the scientific evidence
Beyond the Present Moment (Quote of the Week)
A big part of my job is getting people interested in creating the future at the level of consciousness. In order to do that, we have to suspend our concerns about how we’re going to get over certain very real problems that exist in the present moment. For at least a moment, we have to
Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, founder of EnlightenNext, and the author of 
