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What Is Enlightenment? Content Directory
Media Files
Andrew Cohen The Miraculous Impulse to Evolve
a Voices from the Edge presentation in London
In this Voices talk from London, spiritual teacher and WIE founder Andrew Cohen deconstructs familiar conceptions of God, spirituality, and the meaning and purpose of human life to reveal a profound vision of enlightenment for the sake of evolution itself.
Rabbi Yehuda Berg 72 Names for God
Rabbi Yehuda Berg of The Kabbalah Centre speaks about the mythic origins and contemporary significance of this once recondite mystical path.
Deepak Chopra & Mohinder Singh On the Future of Religion
From the Parliament of the World's Religions
Health and wellness icon Deepak Chopra and Sikh
spokesman/leader Mohinder Singh spoke with WIE editor
Carter Phipps about the need for change and adaptation within
the religious traditions—as well as the pursuit of good
old-fashioned virtue.
Arjuna Ardagh Deeksha: The Oneness Blessing - Part Two
In the second part of a two-part dialogue, WIE founder Andrew Cohen and spiritual teacher Arjuna Ardagh explore the subtler aspects of deeksha, a simple technique for transmitting energy that is sweeping the globe and has the potential, its enthusiasts say, to usher in a new age of unity consciousness.
Arjuna Ardagh Deeksha: The Oneness Blessing - Part One
Arjunah Ardagh, author of Awakening to Oneness, gives WIE’s founder Andrew Cohen an insider’s account of deeksha, a technique for transmitting spiritual energy that is sweeping the globe and has the potential, its enthusiasts say, to usher in a new age of unity consciousness.
Andrew Cohen Redefining the Spiritual Impulse
In this talk recorded live in Chicago, spiritual teacher and WIE editor-in-chief Andrew Cohen articulates a vision of the enlightened life that offers a radically new way to understand the quest for meaning in a secular postmodern culture.
Mary Evelyn Tucker A Universe of Hope
from the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions
WIE speaks with scholar of Asian religions Mary Evelyn Tucker about the future of religion in a rapidly changing world.
Michael Beckwith Portrait of an Awakening
Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder and spiritual director of Agape International Spiritual Center, recounts his dramatic awakening to a higher power and purpose.
Thomas de Zengotita Y - The Next Generation
Cultural philosopher and Harper's contributing editor Thomas de Zengotita talks with WIE about the challenges of growing up innocent in a “been there, done that” world.
Gary Lachman The Roots (and Future) of Western Spirituality
WIE caught up with Gary Lachman, author of A
Secret History of Consciousness and authority on the
history of Western esoteric philosophy, at the EnlightenNext
center in London for this wide-ranging discussion on Rudolf
Steiner, Helena Blavatsky, and the fascinating, far-flung, and
sometimes downright peculiar evolution of Western esoteric
philosophy.
James Redfield The Celestine Prophecy: The Movie
WIE Unbound takes you to the set of The Celestine Prophecy: The Movie to speak with author, screenwriter, and producer James Redfield about his books, his new movie, and the spiritualization of Hollywood. Synchronicities abound in this conversation with one of today's most popular authors.
Eckhart Tolle Ripples on the Surface of Being
A WIE Classic
Enlightened minds meet when mystic and author of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle, speaks with spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen about the meaning and purpose of spiritual life.
Articles
A People's Revolution of Enlightenment: Kabbalah
Ancient mysticism hits the bigtime at the Kabbalah Centre
The Kabbalah Centre has been picking up more celebrities than a ski lift in Aspen, but what's the real story behind its success? Discover how one of the world's most esoteric mystical traditions
has become a global pop phenomenon.
Issue 27
God is a DJ
Robbie Wootton has a vision for spiritual nightlife from NYC to Shanghai
Issue 24
Breaking the Rules
The Guru and the Pandit
The West's foremost cartographer of consciousness joins the founder of WIE to discuss the anatomy of modern spiritual transformation. Together, they confront the prevailing cultural disposition that must be challenged if humans are to take the next evolutionary step.
Issue 22
A Call to Mediocrity
A review of two new releases: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield and Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope
Issue 18
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
“American” and “spiritual” may seem to be antithetical terms. But to the cofounder of Omega Institute and author of The New American Spirituality, the democracy and diversity of this modern materialistic nation may prove to be fertile ground for a new, world-embracing spiritual path.
Issue 18
Sid Arthur of Sausalito
A postmodern fable about the perennial question: Should I stay where I am or should I give up everything in order to devote myself entirely to the spiritual quest?
Issue 18
Integral Transformative Practice: In This World or Out of It?
One of the most insightful philosophers of our times—the man who had the audacity to write a book entitled A Brief History of Everything—raises some intriguing questions about the relationship between relative spiritual practices and the direct realization of the nondual.
Issue 18
Absolutely Not!
An interview with Stephen Batchelor, Author of Buddhism without Beliefs
“Transcendence, to me, is a relative term.” A provocative inquiry into the nature of enlightenment with the renowned scholar and author of Buddhism without Beliefs.
Issue 14
The Roar of the Timeless Beyond
A distinguished Pali scholar asserts that the Buddha's transmission of “right view” was nothing less than a transcendent revelation.
Issue 14
In the Meantime ...
WIE asks one of America's leading exponents of transpersonal psychology if this contemporary form of psychotherapy can really take one beyond the personal.
Issue 14
You Have to Do It All
Is sex really a shortcut to enlightenment? A no-holds-barred discussion with the mother of modern tantra.
Issue 13
The Modern Spiritual Predicament
Are the great enlightenment teachings being watered down to appeal to our Western consumerist mentality? Includes an original article by Ken Wilber and interviews with Georg Feuerstein, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Deepak Chopra and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu.
Issue 12
Dharma in the Marketplace
America's largest Buddhist publisher discusses the myth of millennialism and the challenges of spiritual publishing in the New Age.
Issue 12
The Disappearance of the Outside
A Romanian exile, social critic and poet talks about consumerism, spiritual subversion and the dangers of the seemingly real.
Issue 12
From the Editors
An Inquiry into the Popularization of East-Meets-West Spirituality
Issue 12
Releasing the Unspeakable Glory of the Absolute
“The degree to which we are willing to allow ourselves to respond to the call of the Absolute is the degree to which the explosive power of Truth and Love, unrestrained by the status quo, will make itself known in this world.”
Issue 12
A Spirituality that Transforms
America's foremost transpersonal theorist points beyond conventional religious pursuit to the revolutionary possibility of authentic spiritual transformation.
Issue 12
If Heaven Were a Place On Earth
A Pilgrimage to the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions
What happens when 9,000 people from all walks of faith spend a week
together crossing the cultural divide? A WIE team descends on Barcelona
to take the pulse of religion at the dawn of the new millennium.
Issue 27
Just Do It!
“Who would you rather live with-an enlightened person who acted crazy or a crazy person who acted enlightened?” A former champion gymnast and author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior and Everyday Enlightenment insists that in real spirituality, actions speak louder than words.
Issue 15
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