Integral vs. Evolutionary: What’s the Difference?

Over a recent long Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, integral author and prominent presenter on all things integral, Terry Patten, stopped off in London on his way back to the US to have an open dialogue with EnlightenNext UK Centre managing director Chris Parish. (To get a flavour of their exchange, watch this…

Andrew Cohen's first teaching trip to Edinburgh

We have just finished a very successful event here in Edinburgh. Andrew Cohen delivered a fantastic talk in the presence of over one hundred people, in the immaculate venue of St Johns church on Princess St Edinburgh. In two hours Andrew laid out his Kosmocentric vision for who we are, where we have been, and…

EnlightenNext meets Alternatives

Watch Kyrsten Perry’s interview with Steve Nobel from Alternatives, an organisation that hosts talks at St James’s Church in Piccadilly, London, and weekend workshops on spirituality, creativity, wellbeing and personal development. Steve speaks about his background and what led him to pursue the spiritual dimension of life. He also describes his vision for the future…

Psychological vs Philosophical Perspective

Chris Parish explores two distinct types of human development – the psychological and philosophical. He explains and elucidates the differences between these two perspectives, where we are now culturally, and how we can see the world and all of life in a dramatically different way.

EnlightenNext goes North

On 28th November I travelled up to Edinburgh to present our first EnlightenNext ‘Being & Becoming’ Seminar north of the border. I was kindly invited by the Edinburgh Integral Group (www.edinburghintegral.co.uk) and my hosts Ross & Laura gave me a whirlwind tour of the historic city on the eve of our seminar. We ended up…

Outbreak of sheer positivity

On Sunday 8th November over 20 people took part in a Being & Becoming Seminar at the EnlightenNext UK centre in Islington. This is what one of the participants said about the day. “I was taken by surprise by the collective energy of the occasion: during the first meditation I experienced an extraordinary awareness of…