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For the Greatest Good : A Talk on the Meaning of Spiritual Life in Human Life
For the Greatest Good A Talk on the Meaning of Spiritual Life in Human Life Author:Andrew Cohen What would it be like to care more for the greatest good of all than for our own happiness, our own peace, even our own freedom? In this teaching Andrew Cohen defines what the ultimate goal of the spiritual path actually is. Initially emphasizing enlightenment as the personal discovery of freedom from thought and feeling, he describes how ... more »he has now come to understand that while this is a fundamental part of any true teaching of Liberation, what is of far greater significance is coming to the end of a self-centered relationship to life. This shift can only occur, Andrew says, if we are willing to not rest anywhere along the spiritual path, but have the courage and passionate interest to keep going beyond the experience of joy, the experience of bliss, beyond the experience of personal happiness alone. A compelling and beautiful description of the choiceless caring for all of life that arises spontaneously when we are no longer governed by self-concern, this tape reveals the sacred potential of human evolution that is born when an individual finally discovers what is truly important -- a deep and abiding care for the greatest good.« less