I was with Andrew in the early days in Devon, UK. At the time I was one of three managers at the then well-established Buddhist meditation centre Gaia House. Not long after Andrew arrived in the area and began to teach I stayed with him and the growing community for a few years which took me from Devon to Amherst, MA and finally to Marin county, California. I left with good will from Andrew telling me that “I knew everything I needed to know for the rest of my life”. That has never left me. Read the rest of this entry »
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Who is American Guru Andrew Cohen? Is he a radically Awakened trailblazer forging a profoundly significant spiritual teaching for our times called Evolutionary Enlightenment? Or is he, as some former students publicly claim, an inspired, but ultimately immature and “abusive” Guru? What is really going on in the spiritual community and organization EnlightenNext, is it brainwash or breakthrough, transference or transformation? Have former students been badly burned or enormously benefited? Was it only their pride that got burned? Is the Teacher-Student relationship obsolete for sophisticated 21st Century post-modern seekers? What is this controversial entity/non-entity called the Ego that needs to be transcended if we are to authentically Awaken? And what the heck is Evolutionary Enlightenment all about anyway?
Our hope is that the articles posted here at Guru Talk will provide you with some compelling answers to these big questions and a whole lot more, opening up new and boundless vistas of inquiry and revelation.
Enjoy the ride!
Pete Bampton