Posts tagged ‘spiritual teacher’
The Brighter Side of Globalization
I’m an amateur jazz drummer. Last night, as I was surfing my favorite drumming site, drummerworld.com, I came upon the most astounding video. Four very young Japanese women all dressed in punk-chic attire playing the most powerfully virtuosic and soulful jazz I’d heard in a long time: Seeing this video really got me thinking about
AUDIO: Interview on ‘My Spirit Radio’
Andrew was recently interviewed on the My Spirit Radio station in London and gave a beautiful and brief introduction to his teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment, emphasizing the difference between the peace and stillness found in the traditional enlightenment and the overwhelming ecstatic urgency discovered in the new evolutionary enlightenment. As a precursor to his upcoming
AUDIO: ‘Going Out of Your Mind’ with Ed and Deb Shapiro
Andrew recently spoke with irreverant spiritual teachers Ed and Deb Shapiro on their radio show ‘Going Out of Your Mind’ about a variety of interesting topics including: the evolution of the guru-disciple relationship within a postmodern context, Andrew’s recent trips to India, their own experiences with some of their respective past gurus, the significance of
How Do You Handle Skepticism?
During his current tour of India, Andrew was interviewed by a Pune-based newspaper, The Sakaal Times. You can read the full interview here. Question: Why is there so much skepticism about spiritual masters in the U.S.? How do you handle people who do not believe you? Answer: There is much skepticism in the West for
MEDIA: Do You Need a Teacher in Today’s World?
This August, Andrew will be participating in The Enlightenment Conference, an online event featuring many different spiritual teachers, artists, and visionaries exploring the relationship between enlightenment and the transformation of culture. As part of the lead up to the event, Andrew did a free audio dialogue with Arjuna Ardagh, a spiritual teacher and author
The Case for Certainty
People with deep spiritual conviction—from religious fundamentalists to high Himalayan mystics—possess the greatest existential gift of all: certainty. But these days, it’s not a gift that we find it easy to appreciate. And for good reason. For the last 60 years or so, ever since the unthinkable devastation of the two great conflagrations of the
The Other Side of the Rainbow
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
Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, founder of EnlightenNext, and the author of 
