Help us Create the Future
We are excited to launch our Evolve & Sustain campaign, which is not just a campaign or a fundraising event; it is your gateway to the creation of a better future.
Did you know that in Britain, we donate £400M yearly towards the preservation of our historical assets? That is money well spent; our past holds the footprints into the future. But how much do we spend on creating that new future? How much of our resources do we put towards our evolution? And how sustainable do we make that future?
Here at EnlightenNext, we have been thinking about this. EnlightenNext greatly cares about the future. Inspired by enlightened awareness, we bring together cutting edge thought leaders and activists to explore the most current issues of our time. Our mission is to find new perspectives on what it means to be alive today, and let them inspire our collective actions in the future.
I believe that those of us in the twenty-first century at the leading edge of consciousness and culture urgently need a mystical spirituality and a source of soul liberation that points us not beyond time but toward the future that we need to create. I believe the spiritual impulse today is calling us not away from the world but toward that big next step we need to take in our world.
A Future that is Sustainable
With a track record of nearly two decades of spiritual vision and development of consciousness, and an impressive building to act as a hub, EnlightenNext London has got great capacity to do this. But what we have also discovered is that creating the future is not enough – we need to create a future that is sustainable.
With its many volunteers and dedicated partners, EnlightenNext runs its increasingly successful events at low resources. It also runs a vibrant, award-winning subsidiary trading arm. But in order to keep doing what we do best, and do more of it, we need solid ground under our feet, and this is where we are asking you for your help.
Participate in Evolution
In the next year, we aim to raise £150,000 to boost our long-term sustainability. We want to lessen our monthly overhead expense, use the freed-up funds to increase the scope of our events, and build a successful Development function to underpin these activities with a sustainable business model. There are many different ways you can help – be it through donations, partnership, time, event sponsorship, or professional advice.
Your decision to help now will contribute to creating a sustainable, evolving future. It will make your footsteps relevant for the next few generations as they step into the critical fifty years ahead and confront the many challenges that our generation is only just discovering.
Please take a look at why you should support our work, and check out the various tracks we have set out for you to choose from. We are proud to be able to offer this variety of ways to influence the future, and are looking forward to hearing from you!
What We Do
EnlightenNext strives to be a leader, example, and pathfinder in the emerging field of integral and evolutionary spirituality, and to stand for the ultimate relevance of spiritual enlightenment in our time. Through bringing together thought leaders, scientists, and activists of all walks of life, it helps define a new perspective on what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century.
With its landmark venue in Islington, EnlightenNext London has the unique purpose of being the central hub that provides a forum for this ongoing exploration. At EnlightenNext London events, people do not simply come to present their case; they come together to explore the next steps of humanity, each offering their own unique contributions, and coming away with new insights that could have never emerged to the individual alone.
EnlightenNext London largely works through partnership, and our partners cherish the power and freshness of the collective, enlightened consciousness that EnlightenNext London provides the forum for.
My vision is for EnlightenNext to act as a central hub; that meaning offering both a physical venue AND a mouthpiece for the emerging Evolutionary Worldview.
Midsummer Renaissance Festival 2011
In July 2011 we organized the first of what is going to be our annual two-day extravaganza of art, philosophy, science, and music, featuring the cream of our own thinkers in dialogue with cutting-edge partners and friends. 15 Leaders from 9 fields came together in 1 passionate introduction and 9 dialogues with 200 participants, discussing many different topics related to culture, consciousness, and spirituality. Out of this, a dynamic partnership formed with two dozen partner organizations in the UK.
Speakers: Roy Bhaskar, John Bunzl, Andrew Cohen, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Dr Elizabeth Debold, Dr Ursula King, Dr Mike King, Steve McIntosh, Michael Meacher MP, Chris Parish, Carter Phipps, Ross Robertson, Dr Tom Steininger, Hardin Tibbs, Thierry Vissac.
I was very impressed with all the London EnlightenNext folks and your most excellent centre. The quality of the location and the quality of the audience helped bring out the best in my dialogues. I look forward to coming back as regularly as I can, and I'm sure we will find additional ways to work together in the time ahead.
EnlightenNext in Dialogue
In the spirit of the Midsummer Renaissance Festival, we organize dialogues between thinkers, scientists, and activists all year round. Planned for the autumn of 2011 are:
Meditation & Evolution – our drop-in class each Tuesday
At EnlightenNext, every Tuesday evening is an Enlightened Evening. Our weekly 2-hour drop-in sessions are both introductory and in-depth. Each evening is part of a developmental programme and is introduced by senior students with a lifetime of spiritual experience and expertise in Evolutionary Enlightenment. One key aspect of enlightened awareness and practice is explored each week, leading to an experiential understanding that will awaken you to the two fundamental non-dual enlightened insights and experiences of Being/Becoming & Stillness/Joy. The sessions are followed by the opportunity to have dinner and mingle with others.
The EnlightenNext Applied and Advanced Training Programmes
These are year-long training courses in living Evolutionary Enlightenment, offered by EnlightenNext in the USA but facilitated in cooperation with senior teachers at EnlightenNext London.
A weekly virtual programme offers continuous development in the form of a one year training at different levels. Weekly sessions deepen participants’ understanding, strengthen their practice, and help them discriminate wisely so that they can evolve in lasting ways. The Applied Training is an introductory programme open to everyone, while the Advanced Training is an elite programme for the most advanced Evolutionaries coming out of the Applied Training.
Previous trainings have already cultivated new generations of Evolutionary Enlightenment experts, who successfully use their newfound perspectives in their various life pursuits.
How We Do It
EnlightenNext is a Company under Guarantee (no. 02879087) and a Registered Charity (no. 1050701). Its trading arm, the The Window Venue Hire, is a vibrant venue hire business that offers the one and only award-winning vegetarian conference venue in London.
For more information about EnlightenNext's accounts please follow these links:
I admire what you are doing in a world facing so many challenges: bringing together thinkers, activists, and artists in this fantastic building to create new perspectives that bring new solutions and make us better, more tolerant people. In politics, I always deal with PROBLEMS, but EnlightenNext is working on SOLUTIONS, and you are helping to make a better future for all of us!
We Work through Partnership
EnlightenNext runs largely on volunteer power, and achieves many of its results through partnership with other organisations. Among its many partners are:
- A New You
- Alister Hardy Society
- Alternatives
- ASK Academy
- Business in the Community
- Centre for Human Emergence
- Coaching and Development
- Forum for the Future
- Free Mind Forum
- Gaia Foundation
- Global Generation
- Global Tolerance
- Globalnet 21
- Integral Alive
- Peace Child International
- Process and Pilgrimage
- Renaissance2
- Resurgence
- Rights and Humanity
- Schumacher College
- Scientific and Medical Network
- Simpol
- Stakeholder Forum
- Sustain
- Temenos
- The Theosophical Society
- Watkins Books
- Wrekin Trust
We are immensely grateful for the boundless energy and passion of our volunteers and partners, without whom we would not be able to provide this exciting platform for change!
Help Create A Sustainable Future!
We know you are busy creating a new future already, so we try to make giving easy! To support EnlightenNext London in its mission, simply choose from the following options:
Meditation Marathon
What? A marathon sitting still? Yes, hundreds of individuals will be meditating for 24 hours on 10 and 11 December 2011. Encourage these sitting athletes, and support the future of the EnlightenNext London Centre!
One-off Gifts
No gift is too small or too large; your generosity will boost our capacity to put on events this year. You can either give now, or make a pledge over time that suits your cash flow.
Ongoing Pledges
Sustainability extraordinaire… Contribute to our ongoing strength and stability! Set up a regular pledge now on our Justgiving.org webpage.
Underwriting – Sponsorship
Do you have larger ambitions? So do we! Sponsor an entire event, like the next Midsummer Renaissance Festival, a course, or an entire event series… We would be thrilled to partner with you in ways that benefit both parties.