Posts tagged ‘spiritual life’
Put Yourself in God’s Position
The whole idea behind evolutionary enlightenment is to become a liberated human being who is a real player in the life process. Because it is only in and through individuals who are real players—who have awakened to what an extraordinary privilege it is to be one of the luckiest people to have ever been born—that
The New Spiritual Ideal
After I finished giving a lecture at the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, an American rabbi approached me. “I’ve been following your work for some years now,” he said, “and you’re doing something very important. You are defining a new position for spiritual aspirants, uniquely suited for the time we are living
A Different Kind of Transparency
There’s a lot of talk about transparency these days. In the internet age we are letting it all hang out—whatever it is—for better and for worse. And it looks like there’s no going back. Democrats want to know about Mitt Romney’s bank accounts and tax returns, while many government agencies from all over the world
It’s Hard to Be Happy
One unforgettable day in New York City, over ten years ago, I was crossing Park Avenue on my way to give a lecture when a Yellow Cab that had decided not to stop at a red light careened out of control at about forty miles an hour. It sideswiped me and my wife, shortly after
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: _________________________________________________________________
When All Our Problems Disappear
When people think about the future, at least in many of the progressive circles that I move in, do you know what they think about? Gloom and doom. Generally, our collective future is imagined in relationship to many of the truly overwhelming global challenges that we’re facing, like climate change, environmental degradation, overpopulation, the threat
MEDIA: The Sound of Transformation with Michael Beckwith
This past Friday, I was interviewed by my friend, Rev. Michael Beckwith during his radio show, “Wake Up: The Sound of Transformation,” broadcast on LA’s KPFK radio. Because we just recently taught together at Morehouse College in Atlanta, the chemistry between us was particularly delightful. You can listen to the full audio recording of the
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
Do We Need Faith to Believe In Progress?
As we approach Earth Day, I’ve had some interesting thoughts about the science vs. religion, materialism vs. spirituality debate. Being a spiritual teacher myself, I generally tend to feel more aligned with mystical and religious sensibilities, because they assert that the spiritual dimension of life is the highest and most profound experience a human being
Q&A: The Buddha, The Biosphere & the Big Bang
Below is a list of questions that people have posted on this blog over the past week, including my answers. If you have any questions, please post them as comments. From Pauline: Q: How do you know that before the big bang that it was peaceful, that nothing had happened, that it was a singularity,
VIDEO: Faith, Progress & Evolution
Here’s a video excerpt from a talk that I gave at the Rubin Museum of Art last summer. It’s a dialogue with my brilliant visionary friend Howard Bloom (author of Genius of the Beast) about faith, progress, and evolution. Enjoy!
AUDIO: On Being & Becoming
On Sunday, April 1st, Andrew Cohen led a free call as part of the lead up to his two upcoming Being & Becoming retreats this August in Tuscany and this December in Arizona. The essence of Andrew’s teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment is to enable people to come together in an egoless context and create a
For the Sake of the Whole (Quote of the Week)
Most seekers are interested in enlightenment only for their own sake, only for their own personal liberation. Indeed, when we begin the spiritual life, the most important thing to us is our own happiness, our own personal experience of expanded states of consciousness, our own enlightenment. But there comes a time when some of us
The Luckiest People Who Have Ever Been Born
After a wonderful and uplifting teaching trip to Mother India (to watch a short film about my trip to India, click here), last week I flew to Copenhagen and Amsterdam to give lectures and day retreats. What a change of context and culture in the blink of an eye (or a few hours in an
Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, founder of EnlightenNext, and the author of 
