Enlightenment

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A Culture of Contribution

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Awakening Coaching Training, Sweden, Stockholm, Recognition, Oslo, Awakening Coaching, Realization, Enlightenment, Gifts, Train, Law of Attraction, Contribution, Living News

We are shifting from a global culture of consumers, whether for material wealth or power or spiritual states, to a culture of contribution.

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I Want The Brain Of A Monk!

Priscilla Warner | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Alzheimer's, Yoga, Buddhist Monk, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Monks, The Dalai Lama, Heartbreak, Meditation, Calm, Enlightenment, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Happiness, Joy, Living News

While I've been experiencing hundreds of panic attacks, these men have been meditating so effectively that their pre-frontal brain lobes light up on CAT scans, plumped up like perfectly ripe peaches.

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25 Random Things About Yoga

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

1. You don't have to be thin to be flexible. 2. To get into certain poses, however, it does help to be thin to make up for a lack of flexibility. ... 14. Yoga teachers are not "yoga therapists" unless trained as such.

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How to Be a Multiorgasmic Man, Pt 1

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Taoism, Alex Benzer, Longevity, Tao of Dating, Tantric Buddhism, Health, Mantak Chia, Higher Consciousness, Enlightenment, Multiorgasmic Man, Multiple Orgasms for Men, Spiritual Sex, Living News

Just in case it's not patently obvious to you why becoming a multiorgasmic man is a Good Thing, here are some reasons (or just watch the video).

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Thanksgiving(?) Again

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lincoln, Belief Systems, Enlightenment, Freedom, Thanksgiving, Canada, Democracy, Sovereignty, Judeo-Christian, Gettysburg Address, Politics News

I was attacked for an earlier post as un-American for acknowledging Canada's Thanksgiving celebration and for not celebrating America's. Rest assured! I fully intend to celebrate next month as well.

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Happy Thanksgiving(?)

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Enlightenment Nation, Constitution, Enlightenment, Thanksgiving, Canada, Sovereignty, Self-Government, God, World News

This and every second Monday of October, an entire First World nation takes the day off to cherish all that is best. Today is Thanksgiving Day. In Canada.

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How Would the Right Know It's Wrong?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Karl Popper, Philosophy, Right Wing, Enlightenment, Barack Obama, Politics News

Whether they're cynical postures or sincere beliefs doesn't matter: ruthless opposition and dingbat delusions are the currency of right-wing success, and sand in the gears of democracy.

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Intimacy Has Been My Guru

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Tibetan Buddhism, Relationships, Tele-Seminars, H.W.L Poonja, Enlightenment, Love, Spirituality, Intimacy, Satsang, Living News

I've realized that love -- ordinary, human, personal love -- is actually a more important value for me than "spirituality" in a more pervasive sense.

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Seeking and Finding

Linus Roache | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: India, Enlightenment, Buddhism, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Living News

I found what I was looking for in the contemporary teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment. I experienced first hand the transcendent nature of who we are as spirit first, beyond time and the mind.

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The Divine Feminine, Unveiled

Elizabeth Debold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual Evolution, Enlightennext Magazine, Social Consciousness, Divine Feminine, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Spirituality, Living News

Will embracing woman-centered spirituality take us beyond patriarchy? The goal is to create a new spiritual and ethical context that would balance and heal our hyper-masculine world.

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The World I Built from Darkness

Ross Robertson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Enlightennext Magazine, Consciousness, Out of Darkness, Visual Imagery, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Zoltan Torey, Enlightenment, Spirituality, Living News

Zoltan Toery's major work of materialist science was inspired by a seemingly nonmaterial event -- a vision of literally cosmic proportions that came to him late one night during his weeks in a Sydney hospital bed.

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Abortion, Health Care and the Soul

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 10.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Health Care, Born Again, Right Wing, Soul, Plato, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Enlightenment, Home News

How many of us would give up much of anything in an attempt to save our souls? I mean this seriously -- really -- how much would we be willing to sacrifice?

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Canceling Your Subscription to Enlightenment

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Peter Makena, Consciousness, Collective, Waking Up, Seeking, Andrew Cohen, Evolution, Gurus, Lama Surya Das, Enlightenment, What Is Enlightenment, Spirituality, Aneeta Makena, Shantimayi, Translucents, Living News

Spiritual seeking may have a defining end; the process of embodiment, on the other hand, is endless. It is a relaxing, the allowing of more love, more presence, more creativity to flow.

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Six Ways to a More Spiritual Life

Isha Judd | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Isha, Living News, Consciousness, Enlightenment, The Inner Life, Well-Being, Spirituality, Living News

You can find inner peace and greater awareness in the middle of Manhattan, just as you can be stressed out and worried while walking on a paradise beach.

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Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Paris, Earl Grey, Beethoven, Enlightenment, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Honest Tea, Coffee, Voltaire, Tea, Barack Obama, Kim Jong-Il, Brillat-Savarin, Schubert, Living News

What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?

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True Intelligence: Beyond The Intellect

Isha Judd | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Intelligence, Living News, Enlightenment, Consciousness, Brain, Spirituality, Living News

It's impossible for intellect to see beyond its own constraints; impossible, for example, for it to understand love. The intellect is prized in western society, yet it is so limited in so many ways.

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The Week I Didn't Become A Buddhist

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.25.2009 | Living

Read More: India, Enlightenment, Buddhism, India Buddhism, Atheism, Spirituality, Burma, Living News

At the retreat there was a ban on talking, and eye contact was discouraged, but I managed to find everything funny.

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Star Spangled Banner, Union Jack, or White: Which is the Flag of True Power?

Isha Judd | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Enlightenment, Surrender, Dogs, Spirituality, War, White Flag, English Bulldog, Jack Stars and Stripes, Union, Living News

Our society is always fighting, arguing, debating. We consider peace to be the ideal, but in reality, we feed off conflict, both in our personal lives and on a world scale.

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Eat Your Way To Enlightenment

Jay Michaelson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Michel Foucault, Mindfulness, Mindful Eating, Meditation, Food, Eating, Buddhism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, The Inner Life, Living News

Having taught it for many years, I find eating meditation -- yes, eating meditation -- to be one of the simplest, most profound, mindfulness practices. Here are some tips to start your own journey.

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To Beaver or Not to Beaver? In Pursuit of Greatness

Isha Judd | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Isha, Living News, Consciousness, Beavers, Argentina, Enlightenment, Spirituality, Self-Help, Living News

The distraught entrepreneurs soon learned that the beaver's coat grows thick when the animal experiences fear. With no bears, there was no fear, and so their coats did not grow!

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Motherhood: The Ultimate Training Ground For Enlightenment

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Enlightenment, The Inner Life, Mothers, Living News

I am constantly amazed by the depth of training provided by motherhood for seeking "enlightenment."

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Awakening to Evolution

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual Development, Enlightennext Magazine, Spiritual Awakening, God, Enlightenment, The Big Bang, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Living News

We are truly one with the mind of God--one with the original evolutionary impulse that chose to take that eternal leap from Being to Becoming fourteen billion years ago.

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Are You Playing Dating Roulette?

Sara Davidson | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Enlightenment, Love, Sex, Modern Romance, Dating, Relationships, Romance, Couples, Living News

"What do you want to do?" I asked Billy. He smiled and said, "Date all three of you. You're all busy, and I have enough time for all of you."

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How do I love myself?

Isha Judd | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama, Isha, Meditation, Enlightenment, Colombia, Spirituality, Why Walk When You Can Fly, Living News

The following incident, which took place when I first established a retreat center in Colombia, shows that an inherent desire for peace permeates humanity across the globe.

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My First Job As A "National Penis Finder"

Sara Davidson | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Vandalism Wikipedia, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Enlightenment, Wikipedia, Love, Sex, Realtionships, Identity, Living News

"Davidson's first job was with the Boston Globe, where she became a national penis finder," read my bio on Wikipedia. What?! I blinked. I read it again. How had this happened?

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