EnlightenNext’s first-ever Being and Becoming Retreat

What if you could spend an extended period of time cultivating the kind of awareness, intention, and spiritual momentum that would enable you to personally participate in the evolution of human consciousness and culture?

If you’re someone who feels compelled to help consciously create the future, it is our great pleasure and honor to invite you to attend the first annual EnlightenNext Being and Becoming retreat, to be held this summer in beautiful Tuscany, Italy. This three week long spiritual journey will take place in two ten-day retreats, each of which will delve very deeply into one of the two core principles of Evolutionary Enlightenment: the discovery of pure being and the awakening of the evolutionary impulse to become.

You can choose to participate in either or both of these retreats. If you are only able to participate in one retreat we recommend that you attend the Becoming Retreat.

Remember, if you can’t make the entire Being and Becoming retreat, you are free to participate in just one of these two segments.

(Note: you can choose to participate in either or both of these retreats. If you are only able to participate in one retreat we recommend that you attend the Becoming Retreat.)

During the second retreat, you will have the unique opportunity to engage in dialogue with Andrew Cohen and other retreat participants to identify, investigate, and directly experience the cosmic creative impulse we refer to at EnlightenNext as the Authentic Self.

The Authentic Self is the very same creative force that initiated the entire process of evolution at the moment the universe began. It is the surging “YES” that we feel in our own experience when we realize our potential to grow, to change, to become better and more whole than we are now.

When this inspired energy is awakened between people, it unleashes an urgent and ecstatic outpouring of desire to create a better future together. And as the retreat deepens and you continue your exploration, you will begin to experience a kind of supercharged engagement with others that generates a shared higher consciousness in which trust, openness, and mutual interest in what’s possible become the very basis for your relationships. This collective process, as you will no doubt discover, is what forms the foundation for a new culture to emerge.

In the video “The Authentic Self in Action,” you can see a previous retreat participant discuss her experience of the Authentic Self during a retreat with Andrew Cohen.

“Authentic Self in Action”

(Note: you can choose to participate in either or both of these retreats. If you are only able to participate in one retreat we recommend that you attend the Becoming Retreat.)

The Being and Becoming retreat is just one part of a dynamic new initiative called the EnlightenNext Discovery Cycle. Organized around two major annual events—the annual Being and Becoming retreat and the annual EnlightenNext Conference for Evolutionaries, to be held for the first time in London in April, 2010—the Discovery Cycle is a large, collective, continuously evolving process that enables everyone who is interested in changing the world to personally participate in the evolution of human consciousness and culture.

By becoming part of this multifaceted, highly engaged cocreative process, you will be helping to build a seamless connection between the awakening of consciousness and the creation of a new culture. We’re trying to make sense out of life in the deepest way possible, and the EnlightenNext Discovery Cycle is really the most recent expression of a spiritual teaching that has been continuously evolving for more than two decades. Through your participation, you will benefit from many years of hard work in this field, and most importantly, you’ll find yourself in a unique position to begin developing and enacting new human possibilities, starting with yourself.

In the video “The EnlightenNext Discovery Cycle,” you can see Andrew Cohen speak about this annual cycle of retreats and conferences that the Being and Becoming retreat is going to initiate.

“The EnlightenNext Discovery Cycle”

(Note: you can choose to participate in either or both of these retreats. If you are only able to participate in one retreat we recommend that you attend the Becoming Retreat.)

Why the Being and Becoming Retreat is Such a Rare and Important Opportunity

When you consider that several hundred people will all be transforming and developing in real time, together, you can start to see the explosive possibility that lies before us in the Being and Becoming retreat.  If you are ready to not only transform your own life but begin to engage with hundreds of other like-minded individuals from around the world in the noble effort to evolve consciousness and culture, then join us!

If you have any questions or would like to speak to someone before deciding, please send an email to Jeff Carreira (jcarreira@enlightennext.org)or call 413.637.6079.

What some past attendees have said about retreats with Andrew Cohen: