An All-Consuming Care

In Evolutionary Enlightenment, we begin to understand that who and what we all are, at every level of existence, is part and parcel of a vast, cosmic process-a process that began 14 billion years ago when something burst out of nothing, and is constantly developing and ever-unfolding in every moment. And our own personal salvation is found when we reach that point where we begin to care more about the evolution of that process than we do about our own liberation, our own happiness, or even our own enlightenment. When we begin to care about something that is so much deeper and higher and more important than ourselves, we find ourselves remarkably and quite spontaneously less preoccupied with and burdened by our personal fears and desires. This is not because those fears and desires have necessarily gone away, but because something more important has entered into the very center of our being, and our heart has become consumed with that. In this way, personal liberation becomes no longer the goal of our spiritual search, but merely a spontaneous byproduct of our passionate care for the unmanifest potential of the next moment.

This quote is taken from "The Emergence of Evolutionary Consciousness," a New Dimensions interview with Andrew Cohen.

THE EMERGENCE OF EVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS with Andrew Cohen
Michael Toms interviews Andrew Cohen on New Dimensions Radio



Most of us have had at least one profound spiritual experience. Some of us have had many. These are awakening moments when we have been in touch with infinite and boundless love. It is a moment when we are beyond our egos, our little selves, and are connected with the cosmic force of the universe. Some call it the "nature of mind." But have these experiences changed our lives so that our behavior is more moral, more kind, less neurotic, and less narcissistic? Teacher Andrew Cohen says, "Over the years I've realized the experiences we have are a lot less important than our behavior... what really matters most has to do with what is motivating us to act in the way we do, to make the choices that we make, to be the kind of person that we are, and what motivates us to express whatever it is that we do in the world." He takes us on an ever widening, yet very personal journey into the mysterious territory of evolutionary enlightenment in this penetrating dialogue.


Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

What you can do to develop spiritually
What is consciousness
How do you reach enlightenment
What is the evolutionary impulse
How your spirituality is influenced by the culture

This interview was broadcast on November 14, 2008 and is available on online archives at NewDimensions.org

Soul in Scandinavia

This fall, Andrew taught in Copenhagen, Denmark. Speaking to this highly sophisticated culture, which has one of the foremost social service structures in the world, and which also has one of the world's highest depression rates among its affluent population, Andrew offered a view and perspective on human purpose that addresses some of the unique challenges at this strata of social development.

Soul development, the cultivation of a higher morality, is not something commonly spoken of in our times. And when it is, usually it carries with it at least undertones of a traditional culture's sense of ethics and values. Yet soul strength is exactly what our post modern culture falls short of, and is an essential part of ourselves that we must develop for us to evolve to the next stage.

Listen in to a short exchange, for a glimpse of "the good, the bad, and the developing" . . . for a sense of the new culture real soul development can lead to.

Watch "Soul " recorded at a public talk in Denmark.