"If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or……" — Elizabeth Lesser
"If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or sentimentality or narcissism, then what is it?... we can confidently say... that spirituality is fearlessness. It is a way of looking boldly at this life we have been given, here, now, on earth, as this human being."
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Elizabeth Lesser
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33 Quotes by Elizabeth Lesser
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My years as a mystic have made me question almost all my assumptions. They've made me a proud I-don't-know-it-all.
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One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled…
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When women hear each other's stories, told from the heart, it gives us inspiration to keep on going.
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It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting…
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Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is…
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When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand,…
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Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.
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I pray that each one of us stays awake as we fall. I pray that we choose to go into…
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How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And…
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It is the acceptance of death that has finally allowed me to choose life.
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What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.
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Whatever is happening, whatever is changing, whatever is going or not going according to my plans—I release my hold on…
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