Evolutionary Enlightenment Podcast
This series of EnlightenNext Evolutionary Enlightenment podcasts is created from edited recordings of weekly conference calls. Evolutionary Enlightenment, an original teaching founded by Andrew Cohen, provides a philosophical framework for understanding humanity’s role in the vast forward march of evolution. It is also a system of personal and cultural development, rooted in the profound revelation of spiritual enlightenment that has fueled Andrew Cohen’s work for the past twenty years. Each week’s episode focuses on one of the fundamental aspects of Evolutionary Enlightenment, exploring topics that include meditation, authentic leadership, enlightened activism, soul development, and the evolution of consciousness.
Guru and the Pandit - A Living Experiment in Conscious Evolution
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Jeff Carreira and Carter Phipps, editor of EnlightenNext magazine, in the Guru and Pandit series discuss the evolutionary work that Andrew Cohen is engaged in with his students. This dialogue, from issue 35 of the magazine, is entitled “A Living Experiment in Conscious Evolution.” In this, the fourteenth, Guru and Pandit dialogue, Cohen shares how he has been working with his students while Wilber places this evolutionary experiment in an integral framework. It is a remarkable exchange highlighting the need for both “experience” and “theory,” the creative tension that is the hallmark of the long-standing relationship between Cohen, the guru, and Wilber, the pandit.
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Thursday, Apr 09, 2009Guru and the Pandit Part 4 of 4 - A Kosmic Roller-Coaster Ride
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Ellen Daly, the editor of the Guru and Pandit features for the past seven years joins Elizabeth Debold and Jeff Carreira on this webcast. Ellen chose one of her favorite exchanges “A Kosmic Roller-Coaster Ride,” (Issue 40). In it, Cohen and Wilber tackle one of the biggest questions there is: What is the purpose of the universe? Ellen guided the conversation through the key insights of this exchange and shone a light on how it captures unique qualities of both of these evolutionary thinkers.
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Thursday, Apr 02, 2009Guru and the Pandit Part 3 of 4 - Creative Friction: Community and the Utopian Impulse in a Post-postmodern World.
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Carter Phipps and Elizabeth Debold discuss the Guru and Pandit dialogue from Issue 36, entitled “Creative Friction: Community and the Utopian Impulse in a Post-postmodern World.” In this dialogue, Andrew and Ken begin with a critique of postmodern narcissism, add a dose of utopian idealism, and finally envision what life might be like in a world on the other side of ego.
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Thursday, Mar 26, 2009Guru and the Pandit Part 2 of 4 - The Interdynamics of Culture and Consciousness
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This week Jeff Carreira and Elizabeth Debold will delve into the Guru and Pandit dialogue from the inaugural issue of the magazine under its new name, EnlightenNext (Issue 42). In this dialogue, entitled “The Interdynamics of Culture and Consciousness,” Andrew and Ken take a fresh look at some of the foundational questions underlying their wide-ranging conversations: What does it mean that enlightenment is evolving? How is the evolution of consciousness related to the evolution of culture? What is “integral consciousness,” and why is it so important?
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Thursday, Mar 19, 2009Guru and the Pandit, Part 1 of 4 - In Search of a New Moral Compass
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This week Elizabeth Debold and Jeff Carreira start an in-depth discussion of some of the most profound Guru/Pandit dialogues between spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen and integral philosopher Ken Wilber from the pages of EnlightenNext magazine. On this webcast they discuss the Guru/Pandit article from Issue #24 of EnlightenNext magazine called, “In Search of a New Moral Compass.” This article addresses some of the most pressing moral issues of our time from an evolutionary and integral perspective.
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Saturday, Mar 14, 2009Guided Meditation - Jeff Carreira March 2009
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Thursday, Mar 12, 2009Evolutionary Enlightenment and Key Mahayana Buddhist Teachings: Part 3, Karma and Rebirth
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This week's webcast led by Jeff Carreira and Elizabeth Debold will conclude the three-part series exploring key concepts of Mahayana Buddhism and their updated forms in the teachings of Evolutionary Enlightenment. The Mahayana Buddhist sets as the highest spiritual goal the cultivation of one's desire to assist in the liberation of all other sentient beings. Liberation in this context means release from the cycle of birth and death, which persists because of karma, or suffering caused from ignorance. What do karma and rebirth mean in an evolutionary context? In our call, we will explore how Andrew Cohen's Evolutionary Enlightenment teaching provides a new way to understand karma and rebirth, and the ultimate spiritual goal.
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