Carter Phipps

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Evolution Changes Everything: How the Discovery of Progress is Transforming the Spiritual Path

Once upon a time, there was only birth, life, and death. Then God created Darwin, whose theory of evolution transformed a static wheel of existence into a great arc of change, with man, beast, biosphere and even suns and solar systems caught up in the currents of an evolutionary universe. This still radical revelation poses a fundamental challenge to some of our most cherished spiritual beliefs, and is changing culture and consciousness in ways that we have only begun to understand. In this teleseminar, Carter Phipps will discuss the notion of progress and development, evolution and change, as they relate to the spiritual life. Challenging traditional concepts of enlightenment and the nature of the self, Carter will speak about how evolution suggests an entirely new context for human life, redefining the basic goals of spiritual practice and revealing our ultimate potential for transforming ourselves and our world.

About Carter Phipps

Carter Phipps is the Executive Editor of EnlightenNext magazine. His areas of expertise range from metaphysics to politics to science and technology. Carter was a featured speaker at Deepak Chopra’s Evolutionary Leaders Forum, the invitation-only Assembly of Leaders prior to the 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions, the 2008 Edinburgh Festival of Spirituality and Peace, and at educational institutions including Brown University, JFK University, and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology. He has appeared on BBC Radio’s Reporting Religion and on New Dimensions radio, and is a regular guest on Deepak Chopra’s Wellness Radio on Sirius. He will also appear in The Shift, a soon-to-be-released documentary featuring spiritual leaders and activists including the Dalai Lama, Al Gore, and Desmond Tutu. His first book, Evolutionaries: A Manifesto for the Emerging Evolutionary Spirituality, will be published by Harper Perennial in spring 2011. Carter has a degree in economics from the University of Oklahoma. He has been a student of Andrew Cohen and Evolutionary Enlightenment since 1991.

Join Us In Creating The Future...

Today's leading spiritual luminaries are converging online for an unprecedented exploration.

Their question: How does the spiritual path need to evolve to serve the evolutionary needs of humanity in the 21st century?

The great wisdom traditions emerged at a time when life was radically different than it is today. The world has changed immeasurably in the past two thousand years. And human beings have changed along with it.

We are a new humanity facing a new set of challenges—and a new set of opportunities.

How can we liberate the spiritual impulse from the outmoded structures of the past, so it can guide us in creating the future?

We’d like to invite you to join us in our quest for answers.

Each event will explore this question from a unique angle. We'll look at how the discovery of evolution is giving birth to an entirely new spiritual impulse-- as well as a new framework for engaging in spiritual practice. We'll ask how the great traditions of the past can be brought up to date and kept relevant to a rapidly changing, increasingly complex world. We'll explore some of the new, more integral forms that spirituality is taking, from the emergence of new paths of self-inquiry to the birth of collective enlightenment. And we'll think together about the vital role each of us can now play in creating a more enlightened future for humanity.

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