Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening

by Andrew Cohen, Deepak Chopra (Foreword by)

Overview

In Evolutionary Enlightenment, Andrew Cohen redefines spiritual awakening for our contemporary world—a world characterized by exponential change and an ever-expanding appreciation for the processes of evolution. Cohen’s message is simple, yet profound: Life is evolution, and enlightenment is about waking up to this fundamentally creative impulse as your own deepest, most authentic self. Through five tenets for living an enlightened life, Cohen will empower you to wholeheartedly participate in the process of change as your own spiritual practice. Evolutionary Enlightenment not only makes deep sense of life today; it will show you how to play an active role in shaping the world of tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590792292
Publisher:	SelectBooks, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

William J. Murray is the chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC. For more than two decades he has been at the forefront of social conservatism. He continues to work for the rights of Christians in America and persecuted Christians around the world and is the author of seven books.

Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, and founder of the global nonprofit EnlightenNext and its award-winning publication EnlightenNext magazine. His original teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment redefines spiritual awakening within the context of cosmic evolution and highlights a new understanding of God or Spirit as the creative impulse toward change in both self and culture. After a transformative meeting with the renowned Advaita Vedanta master H.W.L. Poonja in 1986, Cohen began teaching internationally and almost immediately started reshaping the larger cultural conversation about the purpose and significance of enlightenment in our time. He founded EnlightenNext magazine almost twenty years ago as a forum for serious spiritual and philosophical inquiry, and has since become known for his unique capacity to foster culture-changing dialogues among leading thinkers from a wide array of traditions and disciplines.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xvii

Part 1 A Cosmic Journey 1

Prologue: A Longing to Evolve 3

1 Back to Before the Beginning 7

2 Nonduality 15

3 We Were There When It All Began 23

4 A Big Yes 31

5 Awakening to Evolution 39

6 The Universe Project 47

Part II Understanding the Territory 55

Introduction to Part II 57

7 The Self: Relative and Absolute 59

8 Enlightening the Choosing Faculty 69

9 The Postmodern Predicament 77

10 A Moral Imperative 85

PartIII The Path and the Goal 95

Introduction to Part III 97

11 The Art and Science of Stillness 99

12 Clarity of Intention 111

13 The Power of Volition 125

14 Face Everything and Avoid Nothing135

15 The Process Perspective 145

16 Cosmic Conscience 157

Part IV Enlightenment and the Evolution of Culture 169

Introduction to Part IV 171

17 A Higher We 173

18 Catalyzing Emergence 181

19 Creating the Future 191

20 The Edge of Evolution 201

About the Author 209

Books by Andrew Cohen 213