Enlightenment as beginning

"In traditional mystical teachings, enlightenment means it's all over. You have reached the end of becoming. But in an evolutionary teaching, enlightenment is where it all begins. Everything begins when you become enlightened. That's when you become available--free from narcissism and self-concern and available for the noble endeavor of creating the future. That's when new life opens up before you. That's when the work of evolutionary becoming starts."

~Andrew Cohen