Embracing Heaven & Earth: The Liberation Teachings of Andrew Cohen - Softcover

Cohen, Andrew; White, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883929296 ISBN 13: 9781883929299

Publisher: Moksha Press, 2000

Synopsis

This is an original contemporary expression of the timeless wisdom of Enlightenment. The fruition of Andrew Cohen's fifteen years as a spiritual teacher, this book presents a radical psychology of liberation. It takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery that reveals not only the liberating fact of our true nature, but the way to live that truth in this world.

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About the Author

Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, and founder of the global nonprofit EnlightenNext and its award-winning publication EnlightenNext magazine. His original teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment redefines spiritual awakening within the context of cosmic evolution and highlights a new understanding of God or Spirit as the creative impulse toward change in both self and culture. After a transformative meeting with the renowned Advaita Vedanta master H.W.L. Poonja in 1986, Cohen began teaching internationally and almost immediately started reshaping the larger cultural conversation about the purpose and significance of enlightenment in our time. He founded EnlightenNext magazine almost twenty years ago as a forum for serious spiritual and philosophical inquiry, and has since become known for his unique capacity to foster culture-changing dialogues among leading thinkers from a wide array of traditions and disciplines.

Reviews

For those who like their Buddhist mysteries unadulterated, Cohen, founder of the Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship and author of Enlightenment Is a Secret, Freedom Has No History and An Unconditional Relationship to Life, provides a slim handbook on his understanding of the Buddhist experience of enlightenment. Cohen does not discuss Buddhism's history, tell the story of the Buddha's life, recount myths or even use much Buddhist terminology. Rather, he goes straight to the heart of Eastern mysticismAenlightenment, or, as he sometimes calls it, liberationAexplaining what is required to attain it, what prevents it and its effects. Unlike much mystical literature currently on the market, this volume does not aspire to be a harmonization of the world's great religions. Plainly written and free of religious jargon, it is about one thing, enlightenment, and everything relates to that topic. Cohen presents his ideas uncompromisingly: one will not attain enlightenment unless one desires nothing else; the ego must disappear; all human experience is impersonal; enlightenment means realizing "nothing ever happened"; and one sees nothing by looking into the face of God. These stark concepts are not for the idly curious, but for readers who are serious in their desire to seek enlightenment in this pure form. (Sept.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Moksha Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883929296
• ISBN 13: 9781883929299
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 102