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Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening

Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening


There has been nothing less than an explosion of interest in the spiritual ideal of enlightenment in the Western world over the last ten years. In Spring 2009, for instance, fully twenty million people tuned in to listen to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey’s ten-week online course about enlightenment. Spiritual titles top the bestseller lists, and what were once considered to be esoteric Eastern spiritual disciplines have become common pursuits.
What do these modern-day mystics tell us? Live in the moment. Let go of the past and the future. Discover the power of now. Sound familiar? That’s because it is. Today’s teachers of enlightenment offer more or less the same message we heard back in the sixties, and all the way back to the time of the Buddha. And it’s still powerful. But Andrew thinks it’s no longer enough. In his new book, Evolutionary Enlightenment, he makes the bold claim that enlightenment itself is evolving. This 300-page volume presents an authentic spiritual innovation: a philosophy, path, and practice forged through more than two decades of transformative spiritual work with men and women around the world and in serious conversation with leading luminaries from almost every religious and spiritual tradition, both ancient and modern.

The Message

The essence of Andrew’s message is simple: Life is evolution, and enlightenment is about awakening to that creative life-force as one’s own authentic self, so that one can consciously take responsibility for creating the future. The implications of his message are profound: In a world that seems to be changing faster every day, it empowers us to wholeheartedly embrace and participate in the process of change as our spiritual practice, and take responsibility for creating the future ourselves. No other contemporary teaching embraces life today with such spiritual depth and refreshing rationality. While others may offer ways to feel better in the face of change, to discover greater equanimity, detachment, or compassion, none turns the tables like Andrew does in his new book: revealing change and evolution to be the spiritual essence of life itself and the source of a new enlightenment.

Table of Contents


Prologue: A Longing to Evolve

PART I: A Cosmic JourneyChapter 1: Back to Before the Beginning
Chapter 2: Nonduality
Chapter 3: We Were There When It All Began
Chapter 4: A Big Yes
Chapter 5: Awakening to Evolution
Chapter 6: The Universe Project

PART II: Understanding the TerritoryChapter 7: The Self: Relative & Absolute
Chapter 8: Enlightening the Choosing Faculty
Chapter 9: The Postmodern Predicament
Chapter 10: A Moral Imperative

PART III: The Path & the GoalChapter 11: The Art & Science of Stillness
Chapter 12: Clarity of Intention
Chapter 13: The Power of Volition
Chapter 14: Face Everything and Avoid Nothing
Chapter 15: The Process Perspective
Chapter 16: Cosmic Conscience

PART IV: Enlightenment & the Evolution of CultureChapter 17: A Higher We
Chapter 18: Catalyzing Emergence
Chapter 19: Creating the Future
Chapter 20: The Edge of Evolution