What is the Purpose of Life? Andrew Cohen

From a recent seminar in NYC.

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[Bismarkable]

There is the God of Being - the Now - and the God of Becoming - evolution, change, emergence (different names). Andrew Cohen is articulating Being and Becoming as one and the same. Logically this is a paradox, and I feel he has done a lovely, eloquent job at choosing words for this paradox. It's definitely self-evident, at least to my perception, that Cohen is absolutely at peace with the Now, and speaking from a transpersonal understanding.

[Bismarkable]

I've never encountered a more eloquent verbal construction of a nondual understanding of evolution, which, if you are not aware, is the process of Creation.

[Bismarkable]

You perceive Andrew Cohen's perception as bullshit. That's all your statement communicates.

[laminate7]

full o shit

[Param Bhattacharyya]

Bullshit! *cough*

[djdollase]

perhaps... to be honest i haven't read the yogasutra. but i have looked deeply into "attaining samadhi", "god realization" etc etc and it is true that the path of the jnana yoga does use "reason" to drop the mind. however, i don't feel that is what this man is doing. i feel he is using his mind in a way that fortifies, justifies it in the name of "change", or "evolution" which is just another form of dissatisfaction with The Now and signals to me Big Ego instead of Big Mind....

[melodiousMO]

the yogasutra too speaks about attaining samadhi by reason (among other possibilities).

ps: didnt watch the video yet ;)

[mas terlove]

Yeah. You are right. God is universal and should not be so complicated and philosophical to attain. If this were the case, then nirvana would be unaccessible to the mediocre, which would be injustice.

[djdollase]

my "problem" with this is that AC is using logic, material logic to "reason" this out... but this is using a 12" ruler to measure the universe. I understand that people usually use concepts and language, limited tools, if want to speak of these things. However it gives the opinion that we can figure out The Great Mystery by using the human mind. It all "makes sense" because that's what the mind (of AC and the young woman speaking) wants it to be. This is safe and cozy an unchallenging....