This week we kicked off the Becoming section of our Tuesday night Meditation+Evolution programme. The topic was Emergence. As Andrew Cohen describes, “Emergence means creating the conditions for higher potentials that never existed before to enter into time and space”. This week’s podcast centers around a discussion when a gentleman asks Patrick Bryson whether this [...]
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Meditation and Evolution Podcast – Emergence
December 10th, 2011 by Blake Ludwig· No Comments · Uncategorized
Finding Spiritual Self Confidence
April 2nd, 2011 by Patrick Bryson· No Comments · Uncategorized
I started seeking for spirit in the late seventies like many people after a personal crisis (brought on by the clash between my strict Irish catholic upbringing and too many mind expanding drugs!). When I look back now, I can see that in a simple way I was looking for confidence, a deeper confidence in [...]
Tags:Alternatives·Andrew Cohen·Consciousness·culture·Edinburgh Integral·EnlightenNext·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·evolutionary enlightenment; spiritual self confidence·Ground of Being·Integral·meditation·spiritual path
EnlightenNext meets Alternatives
February 21st, 2010 by EnlightenNext UK· No Comments · Uncategorized
Watch Kyrsten Perry’s interview with Steve Nobel from Alternatives, an organisation that hosts talks at St James’s Church in Piccadilly, London, and weekend workshops on spirituality, creativity, wellbeing and personal development. Steve speaks about his background and what led him to pursue the spiritual dimension of life. He also describes his vision for the future [...]
Tags:Alternatives·Andrew Cohen·Being & Becoming·Consciousness·culture·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Ground of Being·Kyrsten Perry·meditation·Steve Nobel
Chris Parish on Conscious TV!
February 21st, 2010 by EnlightenNext UK· No Comments · Uncategorized
Ian McNay interviews Chris Parish on Conscious TV. This is a fascinating interview in which Chris reveals the sources of his lifelong interest in spirituality and pursuit of enlightenment.
Tags:Andrew Cohen·Being & Becoming·Chris Parish·Consciousness·culture·EnlightenNext·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Ground of Being·meditation
Psychological vs Philosophical Perspective
February 14th, 2010 by EnlightenNext UK· No Comments · Uncategorized
Chris Parish explores two distinct types of human development – the psychological and philosophical. He explains and elucidates the differences between these two perspectives, where we are now culturally, and how we can see the world and all of life in a dramatically different way.
Tags:Andrew Cohen·Being & Becoming·Consciousness·culture·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Ground of Being·meditation
Evolution, History, Culture and Me
November 27th, 2009 by Chris Parish· 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Some thoughts and reflections on human development focusing on England/Britain particularly (since I happen to be English) and seen through an evolutionary lens. Below is an audio clip from a public debate on the subject, ‘Cynicism: the British Disease?’ where I was one of the speakers. I unfurled the Union Jack flag during the short [...]



