Course Instructors
Dave Gold
Senior Instructor
David Gold was the founding partner of Gold, Khourey, and Turak and a successful trial lawyer for over 15 years. During his legal career he lived and studied with West Virginia Zen teacher Richard Rose, and his experiences with Rose and the legal profession are chronicled in Gold’s first book, After the Absolute. In 1993 Gold sold his interest in the law firm and moved to North Carolina to work with the Self Knowledge Symposium (SKS), a cutting-edge spiritual group with chapters at Duke, North Carolina State, and the University of North Carolina. While in North Carolina he cofounded a software company, which was sold in 2000, enabling Gold to devote himself full-time to spiritual pursuits.
Gold has taught at major universities, lectured to student and professional groups around the country, hosted weekly radio and television shows, and produced the award-winning documentary film The Prison Sutras. He is actively involved with EnlightenNext’s marketing and membership programs and founded the EnlightenNext Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he currently resides.
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"This class provided an invaluable context for enlightenment that can be applied to everyday life. I now know that I can lead a full spiritual life and contribute to something greater without having to be superhuman, live in a cave or stand on my head for 14 hours a day."
-Jill Rushing, Raleigh IEE Class participant, Fall 2006
“This course gets at the heart of who we are and our purpose on the planet.”
-Frank Phoenix
“An invigorating dunk into the Authentic self discovery itself."
-Don Mullen
“Evolutionary Enlightenment will widen the way you perceive the world and deepen your relationship to every moment.”
-Laura Curley