“This is our challenge at the beginning of the twenty-first century - we need to find the courage to see our own spiritual yearnings in the biggest possible context, in such a way that is going to compel us to finally transcend our self-concern. We need to find the heart to come together in such a way that will enable us to face the challenges before us. And to do this, we need a new spirituality. We need a new enlightenment.” WayNeedsFirstsHeartSelfTogetherFacesSpiritualSpiritualityChallengesCourageCenturyEnlightenmentConcernTwentiesYearning Author:Andrew Cohen
“In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it's not a future that's going to unfold by itself while we go back to sleep. It's a future that we forge the hard way through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself.” WayHardSpiritualLife IsSpiritualityProcessGoalSleepDevelopmentEnlightenmentConsciousDirectEcstasyEngagementSpiritual LifePerpetualHard Way Author:Andrew Cohen
“As far as I'm concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor-you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.” SpiritualLife IsSpiritualityGoalPracticeFailingEvolutionSucceedEgoConcernedEndeavorSpiritual LifeSuccess Or Failure Author:Andrew Cohen
“One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.” HumansLooksSoulAbleSpiritualLiteratureHuman BeingsTeacherExtraordinaryPrivilegeExtraordinary ThingsSpiritual Teachers Author:Andrew Cohen
“The mess of the human condition is that fundamental trust has not yet been realized. The true value of profound spiritual experience lies in the discovery of that fundamental trust.” HumansSpiritualLyingValuesFreedomConditionsDiscoveryFundamentalsProfoundMessHuman ConditionSpiritual ExperienceTrue ValueProfound Spiritual Author:Andrew Cohen
“Spiritual experiences and their results are not meant for the individual. They are for the evolution of the whole race.” WholeSpiritualIndividualFreedomResultsRaceEvolutionSpiritual Experience Author:Andrew Cohen
“When you awaken to what I call the Authentic Self, which is the spiritual or evolutionary impulse, what begins to emerge is the dawning recognition of the fact that each one of us, at our highest level, is that Authentic Self, which is actually the same energy and intelligence that originally inspired the entire creative process. You begin to intuit and feel directly connected to the very impulse that initiated the whole event fourteen billion years ago and is driving it right now.” FeelsYearsSelfWholeFactsSpiritualEnergyProcessLevelsCreativeEventsRight NowHighestYears AgoInspiredConnectedBillionsDrivingAuthenticityRecognitionImpulseCreative ProcessFourteenAuthentic Self Author:Andrew Cohen
“A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal.” PeopleUseSpiritualLiteratureDifferencesAwarenessSpiritual LifeJustificationIndulgeUnrealIndulge InGlorification Author:Andrew Cohen
