I hope we have learned throughout centuries of revolution and reaction that it's really a shift in consciousness that we need. And I think there is a shift in consciousness among our human species. I think the human species is evolving, spiritually. Elizabeth Lesser More Quotes by Elizabeth Lesser More Quotes From Elizabeth Lesser We have little control over the outer weather patterns as we make our way through the landscape of a life. But we can become masters of the inner landscape. We can use what happens on the outside to change the way we function on the inside. Elizabeth Lesser landscape use weather I'm deeply disturbed by the ways in which all of our cultures are demonizing the other. This is why I'm launching a new initiative, and it's to help all of us, myself included, to counteract the tendency to otherize. Elizabeth Lesser helping culture way Learn respect for the feeling function: Become aware of and undo some of your (improper) cultural training so that you grant the moods and messages of the heart the same respect that you give the thoughts and ideas of the mind. Elizabeth Lesser heart giving ideas Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen. Elizabeth Lesser ground-rules curious real Look for a way to lift someone up. If that's all you do, it's enough. Elizabeth Lesser enough looks way First we love within, then we love the world. Elizabeth Lesser world firsts To me the purpose of life is to enjoy it! It's to enjoy the gift, and to make sure that other people have an opportunity to enjoy the gift. Elizabeth Lesser purpose opportunity people If we want liberation, we must rewrite the Sleeping Beauty myth. No one is coming and no one else is to blame. Elizabeth Lesser freedom want sleep I believe that educating people to awaken into full consciousness is the most important thing we can do. Elizabeth Lesser important believe people The conversation people need to have is no longer about women assuming positions of leadership within the existing power structure, it's about the power structures themselves, it's about how to go about assuming power, how to change the structures. Elizabeth Lesser assuming people needs Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine. Elizabeth Lesser errors color heart It's rare that you have a conflict and two people or two groups who are equally mature in their desire or capacity to get there. That doesn't mean it can't happen. What it means is that one person has to take the lead, has to be bigger. I call that kind of person the new first responder. Elizabeth Lesser two mean people First we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself. Elizabeth Lesser forgiving firsts Forgiveness doesn't mean being a wimp. It doesn't mean being weak. It doesn't mean having no principles and no values. Sometimes we have to stand firm for what we believe and make really hard decisions. Elizabeth Lesser decision mean believe Over and over, we are broken on the shore of life. Our stubborn egos are knocked around, and our frightened hearts are broken open—not once, and not in predictable patterns, but in surprising ways and for as long as we live. Elizabeth Lesser broken heart long What mothers do - they act with love, at least good mothers do! They have a spirit of strong, fierce, protective energy - the way a mother would put her life on the line for her children - we need to put our life on the line for each other. Elizabeth Lesser strong mother children As humans try to evolve out of greed, let's put aside some wild places, protected lands, protected farms, things like that, since we may not evolve fast enough to protect nature. Elizabeth Lesser wild-places greed land Every day we have the opportunity to make our relationships be on the outside what they really are on a spiritual level. Elizabeth Lesser levels spiritual opportunity We need to claim our power for something beautiful, something harmonious and something globally healthy. Elizabeth Lesser healthy beautiful needs Some people, who are deeply involved in an organized, traditional religion, find it very difficult to accept that their way isn't the only way. And that their sacred text isn't the only text and it must be taken literally. Elizabeth Lesser sacred taken people
