A Day in the Evolutionary Life
Posted on Dec 27th, 2006
by 
Soulplex
Soulplex
While I'm at my parents' house in Silverdale, Washington, visiting the family for xmas, the miracle of Evolutionary Enlightenment has been steadily unfolding, more and more, back at my real home--Foxhollow in Lenox, Massachusetts. Foxhollow is the global center for EnlightenNext and the primary residence of my spiritual teacher, Andrew Cohen. And there, on Christmas Eve, the liberating joy of what Ken Wilber has called "incarnational nonduality" was so palpable that Andrew felt compelled to blog about it. (See: "Something to Celebrate: An unexpected experience of intersubjective Self-delight.") It's a striking post--conveying the essence of his teachings in a disarmingly non-abstract, non-philosophical way--and I highly recommend you take a brief moment out of your busy day to check it out.
In other news... As you can see from my post below (and the pic above), I'm engaged to be married to a beautiful, smart, sweet, funny, and in-every-other-way-incredibly-awesome woman--and that marriage is happening...um...in 3 days! (Gulp.) It's a rather unconventional wedding, as my mother tried to explain to a woman at Ben Bridge jewelers in the Silverdale Mall the other night, since it's happening in a context of Evolutionary Enlightenment (not your standard Christian or Jewish or secular wedding)...and there are five other couples involved! (See my friend and EnlightenNext coworker Ellen Daly's post about it here.) It also isn't technically a wedding at all, since there's no ceremony and the legal certificate has be had independently, if any couples so choose--but for all meaningful purposes, it's a marriage. See, we're in the business of creating a revolution in consciousness and culture, subverting wacked ancient traditions and limited fixed ideas at every turn, so it's all part of the evolutionary agenda...
After all, what would it really mean for two autonomous, independent, spiritually liberated human beings to come together in the most intimate communion possible while not losing sight, even for a second, of their own radical freedom and the vast Kosmic and evolutionary context in which they abide? For two selves grounded in the truth of One Self to then meet and act and evolve the very nature of human relationship with that Self being the primary reference point for all engagement and interaction? Not the two becoming One (which is what tantra is about), but the One expressing itself as two, in space and time and real life...egolessly...with not a trace of karma being created in the nondual process.
At least, that's the theory. And it's quite a bold prospect... Something radically new to prove possible to a cynical world that has a very screwed up and complicated relationship to romance and sexuality... But I think I'm up for the challenge. I mean, it certainly beats the samsaric alternative. Our world could use a few healthy examples of genuine commitment and egoless love...
Right?
In other news... As you can see from my post below (and the pic above), I'm engaged to be married to a beautiful, smart, sweet, funny, and in-every-other-way-incredibly-awesome woman--and that marriage is happening...um...in 3 days! (Gulp.) It's a rather unconventional wedding, as my mother tried to explain to a woman at Ben Bridge jewelers in the Silverdale Mall the other night, since it's happening in a context of Evolutionary Enlightenment (not your standard Christian or Jewish or secular wedding)...and there are five other couples involved! (See my friend and EnlightenNext coworker Ellen Daly's post about it here.) It also isn't technically a wedding at all, since there's no ceremony and the legal certificate has be had independently, if any couples so choose--but for all meaningful purposes, it's a marriage. See, we're in the business of creating a revolution in consciousness and culture, subverting wacked ancient traditions and limited fixed ideas at every turn, so it's all part of the evolutionary agenda...
After all, what would it really mean for two autonomous, independent, spiritually liberated human beings to come together in the most intimate communion possible while not losing sight, even for a second, of their own radical freedom and the vast Kosmic and evolutionary context in which they abide? For two selves grounded in the truth of One Self to then meet and act and evolve the very nature of human relationship with that Self being the primary reference point for all engagement and interaction? Not the two becoming One (which is what tantra is about), but the One expressing itself as two, in space and time and real life...egolessly...with not a trace of karma being created in the nondual process.
At least, that's the theory. And it's quite a bold prospect... Something radically new to prove possible to a cynical world that has a very screwed up and complicated relationship to romance and sexuality... But I think I'm up for the challenge. I mean, it certainly beats the samsaric alternative. Our world could use a few healthy examples of genuine commitment and egoless love...
Right?
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andrew cohen
September 2007 
Tom, do you have any photo's of you and Lovena without you sporting an 'ear-to-ear grin'?
:)
Ummm…that would probably require some serious Photoshop work.