We are now up to the last class in our five-week course of ‘Living Enlightenment’ and it’s been a tremendous journey for all of us. In the first class we looked at where we are as a culture generally, and a lot of our conditioned beliefs, and in the second where we are attempting to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'evolution'
Why should I meditate?….further developments on the Living Enlightenment course
July 14th, 2010 by David Leckenby· 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Tags:Andrew Cohen·Being & Becoming·Consciousness·EnlightenNext·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·meditation
Integral vs. Evolutionary: What’s the Difference?
June 5th, 2010 by Carol Raphael· 8 Comments · Uncategorized
Over a recent long Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, integral author and prominent presenter on all things integral, Terry Patten, stopped off in London on his way back to the US to have an open dialogue with EnlightenNext UK Centre managing director Chris Parish.
(To get a flavour of their exchange, watch this video [...]
Tags:Being & Becoming·EnlightenNext·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Integral·Terry Patten·Worldviews
Andrew Cohen’s first teaching trip to Edinburgh
March 30th, 2010 by Ross Deighton· 2 Comments · Uncategorized
We have just finished a very successful event here in Edinburgh.
Andrew Cohen delivered a fantastic talk in the presence of over one hundred people, in the immaculate venue of St Johns church on Princess St Edinburgh. In two hours Andrew laid out his Kosmocentric vision for who we are, where we have been, and where [...]
Tags:Andrew Cohen·Being & Becoming·Consciousness·Edinburgh·Edinburgh Integral·EnlightenNext·evolution·Evolutionary Enlightenment·Ground of Being·meditation
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 introduction, [...]
