Gaia Community: Terri's Blog

Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber- First ever virtual dialog

http://Terri.gaia.com — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:56:43 GMT

Hi Everyone,

On Saturday, May 9, my spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen and
integral philosopher Ken Wilber will lead a LIVE 4-hour
seminar together, covering in detail what it means to
live a fully integral and evolutionary life.

The entire event will be broadcast live via the internet--
and will be made available as an MP3 recording--so you can
participate wherever you are. And even if you can't make it
live, you'll be able to listen to the recording as often as
you like after the event.

Cohen and Wilber, known affectionately as "the Guru and the
Pandit" in the pages of ENLIGHTENNEXT magazine, have
captivated tens of thousands of evolutionaries around the
world with their profound and transformative dialogues on
the evolution of culture, consciousness, and enlightenment.

But they've never held an internationally broadcast seminar
before! Please do take a moment to visit the link below to
register or to find out more about this exciting event:

Living Evolutionary Enlightenment and an Integral Life

I hope you can make this. It is a historical opportunity, and I personally cannot wait!
Terri

Tags: Andrew Cohen, Ken Wilber, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Integral, live

Evolution, Enlightenment, and American Philosophy

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:14:39 GMT

A dear friend of mine has been passionately exploring the roots of American Philosophy. Reading his blog and talking with him about what he is discovering is helping me to understand, appreciate and value the spirit of enterprise which is so distinctly American. When you take the impulse of enterprise beyond just the material, something very interesting starts to emerge in your own consciousness. You start to wake up to the pragmatic implications of depth and directionality, as well as the desire to have proof that your deeper thinking actually translates in action.

In the spiritual work I am involved in with my teacher Andrew Cohen, the whole path and goal of Enlightenment is about the implications and profoundly practical translation of the highest spiritual experience on the way one lives one’s life.

Jeff is exploring the roots of this new understanding of Enlightenment, which have emerged through some of the unique contributions the American Philosophers have been exploring over the past 200 years. His blog is appropriately called Evolution, Enlightenment, and American Philosophy. It is a very fascinating perspective that helps explain and shed light on a deeper side of American culture. Please enjoy!

Tags: enlightenment, american philosophy, philosophy, Andrew Cohen, Evolution, Enterprise

The Next Women's Liberation

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:36:23 GMT

Women, Enlightenment & the Evolution of Culture

On Saturday, October 4, women from all over the world will come together in cyberspace with the bold aim of evolving new potentials in consciousness that can radically transform the very ground of our relationships and culture. You’re invited to be one of them.

I want to encourage any of you that might be able, to join me on October 4th for what promises to be an incredible day full of discovery, depth, and unity. My dear collegue and friend, Dr. Elizabeth Debold will open an exploration into deep time and culture so that we can become clear about exactly what it means to evolve beyond where we are now. Elizabeth is the senior editor of EnlightenNext magazine as well as a bestselling author, Harvard-trained developmental psychologist (and colleague of Carol Gilligan), and feminist activist. She is an internationally recognized gender theorist who, after twelve years studying Evolutionary Enlightenment, brings a rare integral and evolutionary perspective to understanding how women must next evolve. She has shared her expertise on women’s development on NPR’s 51% as well as on Oprah and Good Morning America.

I do hope that many of you will be able to attend this virtual retreat. Please email me with any questions. I can't think of a better way to spend the day.
Terri

Tags: women, liberation, Cohen, Debold, Transformation

The Ultimate Expression of Self Mastery

http://Terri.gaia.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:26:56 GMT

The Authentic Self

In my work with spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen, I continue to find that the ultimate form of Self Mastery has to do with doing whatever it takes to align oneself with the creative principle itself, at the level of the soul. Not just for a particular endeavor, but as an integrated expression in everything one is doing in life. And it is a 24/7 commitment, and in my understanding, is what spiritual life is all about. I was thrilled to see this video that my friend Ros, also a student, made recently. Andrew transmits the essence of the goal of spiritual life--which is to become a wholehearted expression of the Authentic Self, and in that, become one with the creative principle that started this whole outrageous process, which is who we all are at the deepest level of our being. Could there be anything more bold or audacious then this? Please enjoy.

Tags: authentic self, mastery, Andrew, Cohen, EnlightenNext, passion, freedom, creativity

My role on the Gaia Team

http://Terri.gaia.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:04:10 GMT

Terri Hinton

terri

Sponsorship Coordinator Catalyst

What's your role at Gaia Community? I get to sell our advertising… which I love to do. I talk with individuals in different companies who are interested in reaching out to the Gaia Community. I help them determine the most effective way to do this. We work out an advertising plan that can include creating their own profile, banner ads, stand alone emails to all of us about their great product or service, and anything else creative that might come up.

What do you most enjoy doing (or what are your greatest passions)? My greatest passion has been the pursuit of truth and wisdom. I also love the complexity of human relationships, the silence of meditation, the emptiness of freedom, and the commitment to change that demands more then I want to give. Simply put I love life, and take serious my own contribution to what matters.

What's your favorite thing about our community? This community is filled with individuals who recognize that it is important to live with purpose and commitment. This opens up all kinds of potentials.

What do you love about working here? The freedom and shared commitment to living our ideal, changing ourselves, developing ourselves, in order to better serve the life we are living. It is an incredible opportunity to be involved with people who are interested in development and growth, and respect and honor that in each other.

[Meet the rest of the Gaia Team]

Tags: gaia community, team

Enlightened Communication

http://Terri.gaia.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:22:23 GMT

I am just heading into a "Revolution Retreat" with 92 other men and women. I look forward to sharing the results of this investigation in the coming weeks, months, and years. And check out this video , it is all about Enlightened Communication, and why this is important. We are living in a unique time. Let's figure out how to use this to change this world. I am convinced this is the next step in our evolutionary trajectory.

more soon!

Tags: enlightened communication, andrew cohen, evolution, enlightenment, change

A reason to believe that this platform is our future

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:58:15 GMT

I found it very serendipitous that a friend of mine sent me the link to an article by Kevin Kelly from Wired magazine. Why? Because in it he describes how convinced he was that Wikipedia would never work... and how much it has changed his thinking in the deepest sense that it actually does. Given that Zaadz is now Gaia, and there are all kinds of questions about whether or not this "will work" I found this article absolutely refreshing... a reminder of just how much is possible... After all, Zaadz and now Gaia are always proving that when enough individuals care enough... the result is always good. Check this particular quote out...

“Before we say, "Impossible!" I say, let's see. I know all the reasons why law can never be written by know-nothing amateurs. But having already changed my mind once on this, I am slow to jump to conclusions again. The Wikipedia is impossible, but here it is. It is one of those things impossible in theory, but possible in practice. Once you confront the fact that it works, you have to shift your expectation of what else that is impossible in theory might work in practice.”

read the rest… it’s fantastic.

Tags: Kevin Kelly, Wired, Wikipedia, Zaadz, Gaia

1 Second Film and 1 Great Idea

http://Terri.gaia.com — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:06:09 GMT

My job puts me in a unique position. I get the pleasure of being intorduced to all kinds of great people, living with passionate purpose in doing what they love most. I wish i could blog everyday about the different people and organizations that are conntacting me because they love Zaadz, and Zaadzters, and want to connect with the higher puropose and love for life that is very much the currency we all share. That said... i thought i would take a moment to highlight one i came accross today. check it out... you can help produce this ! second Film!

Enjoy!

1 Second Film

and it's

5 Phase Plan

Sundance 2005: 1 degree to Kevin Bacon and Stephen Colbert

Tags: 1 second film, charity, good cause, producer

Web 2.0

http://Terri.gaia.com — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:14:31 GMT

The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)

Tags: web 2.0

Steve Nash, Basketball, and Heart

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:01:07 GMT

Ok… so I am in…. for years now my husband has been watching Basketball and encouraging me, nudging me, patiently waiting for me to “get it”. It is a bit of a surprise that I am not into it, given I have a background in playing college sports myself…But, I wasn’t. Well, that changed as of last night thanks to my friend Ellen, who encouraged me through her own newly converted passion for the sport to come over and watch the game. I am totally in. After watching Steve Nash going for it with his team mates… how could I not be.
In all honesty, it is things like this that I find deeply inspiring… The way this guy is so FOR his team and for the sport. It calls out the best in you when you see this level of skill matched with what appears to be a real camaraderie and commitment to the team… it proves something important to all of us. We only become great when we are living for something more then ourselves.

Enjoy…

Steve Nash 2007 - Remember The Name

Tags: steve nash, basketball, heart, inspire

Webby awards and WIE.org

http://Terri.gaia.com — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:10:09 GMT

A simple and painless request from all of the lovers of WIE magazine out there...

We need your VOTE! EnlightenNext, producers of What Is Enlightenment? online (WIE.org), has been nominated a second year in a row for the prestigious Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award in the Best Religion and Spirituality Web site category. More than 8,000 sites from all over the world were up for consideration for what Time magazine calls “the online Oscars.” Only five were nominated. Only one will win.

Voting ends April 27, so vote TODAY! Spread the evolutionary spirit—make WIE.org the Webby People’s Voice for Best Spiritual site on the Web!

Instructions are below.

Link to WIE.org Webby’s voting instructions page: http://www.wie.org/misc/webby-instructions.asp

Direct link to Webby’s: http://pv.webbyawards.com/

If you like What Is Enlightenment? magazine then do me a huge favor, and cast your vote for the online version wie.org. We really, really would love to win again!

Terri

Tags: wie, webby awards, peoples choice, What Is Enlightenment, vote

Can you measure Enlightenment?

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:08:12 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I just spent quite a weekend together with 50 or so other men and women (close spiritual comrades) as we explored with our teacher Andrew Cohen an insight of Andrew's that is beginning to redefine our work together. It has everything to do with a view on Enlightenment that should indeed be measurable for those interested in beginning to try to define with objectivity and serious scrutiny what Enlightenment might look like through the lens of AQAL....

Andrew writes about it here.. so please do check it out...

looking forward to comments... and more later...

Terri

Tags: AQAL, Andrew, Cohen, Enlightenment, evolution

The Ego Cannot See God

http://Terri.gaia.com — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:10:29 GMT

The ego cannot see God. Why? Because God, or whatever name we want to use for the absolute principle, has no beginning and no end. The very nature of ego is limited—it represents a false boundary around the self-sense. And that illusory sense of limitation can never perceive that which is beginningless and endless. So that is why, in order to know God, we have to transcend the ego. We have to remove all boundaries from the self-sense, through the conscious cultivation of an infinite, unlimited perspective or context for our own human experience. Then we will be able to perceive God, because our own perspective will become one with the limitless nature of that absolute principle itself.

Andrew Cohen

Tags: Ego, Andrew, Cohen, God

Global Mind Shift

http://Terri.gaia.com — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:25:14 GMT

If you haven't checked out Global Mind Shift yet, what are you waiting for.... it is a perfect way to expand the context in which you are viewing all of your experience. Love to hear peoples thoughts...
And check out Brian Swimmes videos excerpts there. Amazing stuff. :-)
Terri

Tags: Global mind shift, Brian Swimme, mind, expand

If you have a few minutes... read Andrew Cohen's new blog post

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:27:03 GMT

Hi Everyone,

if you are reading this blog and you have a few minutes.. then do take the time to check out Andrew Cohen's new blog post on the possiblity of Happy Endings Personal reflections on sex, romance, and evolutionary idealism . . . it is fantastic...

More soon... love to hear thoughts...

Terri

Tags: Andrew Cohen, Sex, Romance, Evolution, love

Love, Sex and Spiritual Evolution

http://Terri.gaia.com — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:38:57 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Now that I have your attention..... :-)

Seriously, there couldn't be a more heated and relevant topic to what it means to live a liberated and conscious life in the 21st century. When I was out in California with the Zaadz team in Oct. 2006, we had some incredible dialog about what exactly the role is, if any, of this particular aspect of the human experience when and if one is interested in the spiritual life, and especially evolution. One of the most compelling questions that came out was why get in a relationship? Yes, it seems, men and women are meant to be together – attraction, affection, convenience, physical bonding… and all the rest..it does seem completely natural and sweet, but it is also incredibly complex, so in light of trying to evolve.. why do it..

It was clear through a lot of our dialog that when one commits to a partner a lot of structures of selfishness etc. get revealed. All kinds of gender conditioning, power struggles... you name it. But as we spoke together I became very aware that what Andrew has been pointing to as a new possibility in this arena wasn't about doing it so that one could find out all of the egoic structures that seem to lay dormant, nor was it about finding meaning and purpose as a way to become whole.. So I kept asking myself.. so if it really isn't to find meaning and OR to help reveal the structures that need to be transcended so that the individuals can evolve, then what IS the point. (Mind you, I have been in an incredibly good relationship with my partner and husband Will for over three years now, and have, as a result, no doubt about the fact that there is something simple and sweet about having a partner who shares the same values and wants the same things in terms of life purpose.)

I was amazed at the level of confusion, interest and inquiry that we shared as we rolled through spontaneous discussions over those days. And in coming back home, where this has been a topic of interest by my teacher Andrew for many years, I realized myself that it is time to put more of my attention on this important inquiry.

And so, as is often the case, something was happening in consciousness, because over the past few months, this whole topic has opened up in a remarkable way here at EnlightenNext. As a result Andrew decided to give a talk on this on Dec. 31st. It was an incredible day, and a whole new level of inquiry has begun. check out the details on the days events as well as a video excerpt from the day. I can imagine that there will be much more discussion both on and offline as the investigation continues.

More later,

Terri

PS. I have started a private pod here on Zaadz where many of the students of Andrew are engaging in inquiry around the teachings of Evolutionary Enlightenment, and our experience of living them. If anyone is interested, please send me an email and I will invite you in.

Tags: love, Sex, evolution, Andrew Cohen, Will

One World on You Tube

http://Terri.gaia.com — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:54:40 GMT

Hi Everyone,

My Friend Calvin
just sent me this link...this is a beautiful idea and it would be really cool to think of a way that we could do something like this as Zaadzters... our message to the world...

check it out...the concept is incredibly simple, but as i watched it i realized how incredibly powerful the simplicity of it is. I had chills down my spine, because of the power of ithe action. It is refreshingly uncynical and innocent... much needed in our post modern mind set! There is a lot more in each of us then meets the eye. Very very cool.

enjoy,
Terri

Sorry, i tried inserting but could figure it out... so here is the link

One World

Tags: one world, intention, Positive

Five things people don't know about me

http://Terri.gaia.com — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:58:26 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I got tagged by my dear team member Jessica.... so here it goes...

1. I was on welfare when i was 22......
2. I wanted to have 13 kids when i was 18.....
3. I was a full time college student for 7 years and didn't end up with a degree.
4. I have only read about 20 books in my entire lifetime... (goals is to read 10 this year)
5. I didn't date or kiss Will before we commited to spending our lives together. (?????) this is an amazing fact... we never dated....

well, that is it for now...

here is who i am tagging to continue this..

Will
Hope
Laura
whitewave
Sam

have fun... :-)

Terri

Tags: five things, Will, Hope, laura, whitewave, sam

Simple Truth

http://Terri.gaia.com — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:41:16 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Just got this link from a friend.... take a minute to watch the clip...it is incredibly inspiring.

212 Degrees

enjoy!

Terri

Tags: 212, inspiring, life, simple truth

Zaadz team get’s interviewed by What Is Enlightenment? magazine

http://Terri.gaia.com — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:40:54 GMT

Zaadz team get’s interviewed by What Is Enlightenment? magazine

Ok… so this was a dream come true…. I had the privilege of being on a phone interview with my teacher Andrew Cohen, and senior editor for WIE Carter Phipps, as they interviewed 5 of the team members here at Zaadz for the next issue of What Is Enlightenment? magazine. … Since I am on board with both… I had a total melt down… as the questions that Andrew and Carter asked the team drew out the essence of each person’s passion, clarity, broad vision, and practical expressions of the mission of Zaadz…

After the interview, I spent some time with Andrew and Carter talking about how impressive and utterly inspiring it is to hear such brilliance and passion expressed so exquisitely—uninhibited by cynicism. Being that most of the team at Zaadz is Gen Y, the expression of this kind of unadulterated passion and commitment to change the world, unfettered by the usual cynicisms of our younger generation, is a precious and extremely important transmission that needs to find it’s way into this world

So keep your eyes on the newsstands (better yet Subscribe) this April 2007… the Issue is tentatively being called Toward a New Utopia: The Evolution of Community. (now you see why Zaadz was chosen!)

Here is to our commitment to changing the world… whenever things get rough, remember, we are actually the luckiest people around.

Warm heart,

Terri

Tags: Zaadz, What Is Enlightenment? magazine, Gen Y, Utopia, Andrew Cohen

Gaia Community: Terri's Blog

Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber- First ever virtual dialog

Evolution, Enlightenment, and American Philosophy

The Next Women's Liberation

The Next Women’s Liberation:

The Ultimate Expression of Self Mastery

My role on the Gaia Team

Enlightened Communication

A reason to believe that this platform is our future

1 Second Film and 1 Great Idea

Web 2.0

Steve Nash, Basketball, and Heart

Webby awards and WIE.org

Can you measure Enlightenment?

The Ego Cannot See God

Global Mind Shift

If you have a few minutes... read Andrew Cohen's new blog post

Love, Sex and Spiritual Evolution

One World on You Tube

Five things people don't know about me

Simple Truth

Zaadz team get’s interviewed by What Is Enlightenment? magazine