Highlights from the Colorado Being & Becoming Retreat

Being

During this first 10-day segment of EnlightenNext’s Being & Becoming Retreat in Colorado 2010, Andrew Cohen led participants in a focused investigation of the nature of Consciousness, and guided them in how to relate to the practice of meditation as a metaphor for Enlightenment.

Day 1: Being & Becoming
Andrew Cohen explains that in Evolutionary Enlightenment the profound letting go that is at the heart of traditional enlightenment is what creates the space inside us that enables us to evolve.

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Day 2: Creating an Evolutionary Culture
In this clip Andrew Cohen describes how the foundation of an evolutionary culture is built by creating shared cultural values where “Spirit is Higher.”

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Day 3: Discovering the Part of Yourself that Has Always Been Free
Andrew Cohen speaks about the liberating power of discovering a part of yourself that has never suffered, that has never been touched by the world of time and form.

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Day 4: Experiencing a Fearless State
In this short clip Andrew Cohen gives advice and clarification about how we should relate to the experience of fearlessness that often comes with spiriutual revelations.

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Day 5: Letting go of Everything
In this audio, Andrew Cohen describes what it means to let go of everything and why this is so important on the spiritual path.

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Day 6: In Defense of Trying
In this clip, Andrew Cohen commends the noble effort of trying to meditate. This is a fantastic dialogue from day six of the retreat.

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Day 7: Truth Liberates
In this audio Andrew Cohen explains why it is the perception of truth, rather than the bliss of spiritual experience, that holds the power of liberation.

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Day 8: The Profound Sanity of Higher Integration
Andrew Cohen describes the greater wholeness and maturity that comes from spiritual development.

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Day 9: Looking at life from the Outside-In
In this audio clip Andrew Cohen makes the point that we have all been culturally trained to view the world from the inside-out, or through the lens of our internal expereince rather than from the outside-in, or through the lens of an objective view.

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Day 10: Liberating the Choosing Faculty
In this last clip Andrew Cohen emphasizes the power of choice that makes it possible for us as individuals to affect change.

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Becoming

In the second half of the retreat, Andrew Cohen guided nearly 300 retreat participants in an exploration of what he calls the Evolutionary Impulse and how understanding the nature of this impulse, and the perspective of Evolutionary Enlightenment, provides a foundation for evolving consciousness and culture.

Day 1: Creating Heaven on Earth
This is an audio clip from the first teaching Andrew Cohen gave to start the Becoming Retreat in Colorado.

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Day 2: Free to Create the Future
Andrew Cohen describes why one must awaken to the freedom of traditional enlightenment in order to create the future.

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Day 3: The Thrill of Change
In this clip, Andrew Cohen describes how when someone let’s go of their fixed ideas and beliefs of reality they begin to experience the exhilarating thrill of the possible.

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Day 4: Becoming Evolutionarily Enlightened
Just like an inventor on the verge of discovery, Andrew Cohen says that becoming “Evolutionary Enlightened” is when one at the deepest level of their being is driven to create the future.

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Day 5: A Fresh Look at the First Tenet
In this clip Andrew Cohen introduces the First Tenet of Evolutionary Enlightenment.

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Day 6: At Home in Perpetual Change
In this audio Andrew Cohen transmits the thrill of living for perpetual change.

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Day 7: Freedom From Karma
In this audio, Andrew Cohen describes living Evolutionary Enlightenment as ever moving beyond where you have already been.

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Day 8: How to relate to negative ego
Andrew Cohen speaks about why it necessary to transcend ego in order to become a truly enlightened human being.

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Day 9: How to create Heaven on Earth
In this audio clip Andrew Cohen explains how to create heaven on earth–by sincerely making the effort to respond to every moment from your own highest potential.

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Day 10: The Emergence of Care for Evolution
This final clip of the Becoming Retreat captures the spirit of and purpose of Evolutionary Enlightenment.

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