“Whenever a human being ceases to live for themselves and begins to care about that which is greater than themselves, the personality begins to experience ecstasy, joy and spontaneous liberation. And that's found through doing, through action, through giving, through deeply embracing the human experience.” GivingHumansGodCareActionJoySpiritualityFoundHuman BeingsGreaterPersonalityExperienceCeaseLiberationEcstasySpontaneousHuman Experience Author:Andrew Cohen
“Those of us who have transcended mythical belief systems know without any doubt that there is no God up in the sky. But when we awaken to what I call the evolutionary impulse - the mysterious passion to evolve, to become, to develop on every level-we rediscover who God is.” KnowsSpiritualityPassionBeliefLevelsDoubtSkyMysteriousEvolveImpulseThere Is No GodBelief SystemsSpiritual AwarenessWho God Is Author:Andrew Cohen
“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
“Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any sense that the whole point of enlightenment would be to escape from the whole process at the very instant that the universe is beginning to awaken to itself.” IfsLifeYearsMatterWholeWould BeSpiritualityUniverseProcessTakenEvolutionEnlightenmentConsciousGainsCapacityAwakeningBillionsInstant 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
