No one has the answer; only you know the way home. Elizabeth Lesser More Quotes by Elizabeth Lesser More Quotes From Elizabeth Lesser One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living. Elizabeth Lesser meditation-practice doe art It isn't so much that God is the unified state of consciousness that each of us came from and will return to, but more so that God is the creative energy flowing between all states of consciousness. God is in the land beyond the mountains, but God is also in the mountains and in the valley of illusions cradled within the mountains. God is not one thing or another, rather God flows between and through all things. Elizabeth Lesser mountain land creative ...approach change with an understanding of the process and an openness to the pain. Elizabeth Lesser pain understanding process When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing. Elizabeth Lesser spiritual mind quiet 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. Elizabeth Lesser spirituality earth way Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind. Elizabeth Lesser graduates life school May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a door that opens your heart, expands your understanding and leads you to freedom. Elizabeth Lesser tired heart doors A broken heart is not the same as sadness. Sadness occurs when the heart is stone cold and lifeless. On the contrary, there is an unbelievable amount of vitality in a broken heart. Elizabeth Lesser sadness broken heart In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power. Elizabeth Lesser holiday new-year light My understanding of God is an experience. God is. That's all I know. In the Biblical tradition, it would be expressed as, "Be still and know that I am God." God is the "I am" energy. Something huge is at play here - cosmic creativity, consciousness, God, whatever you want to call it. I do believe that it's a guided ride. We're on a guided tour of the universe. Elizabeth Lesser biblical creativity believe How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change Elizabeth Lesser strange humans life-is Grief is good...it is a sign of how well we have loved. Elizabeth Lesser wells grief To be human is to be lost in the woods. Elizabeth Lesser lost-in-the-woods woods lost Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen. Elizabeth Lesser motivation inspiration real One of the reasons I love prayer is that it is an antidote to guilt and blame. If we are unhappy with the way we have acted or been treated, instead of stewing in self-recrimination on the one hand, or harboring ill will toward someone else on the other, prayer gives us a way out of the circle of guilt and blame. We bring our painful feelings into the open and say, "I have done wrong," or "I have been wronged." And then we ask for a vaster view--one that contains within it all the forgiveness we need in order to move forward. Elizabeth Lesser ill-will prayer moving I don't enjoy the diminishing agility of the body!I had knee surgery and I no longer can go do three yoga classes and run. It's not as much fun, physically. But emotionally, it's way more fun. I am so much happier and contented and less agitated - I'm just calmer. So it's like everything in this human existence, it's a trade off - it's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirit. That's a good line. I have to remember that! Elizabeth Lesser yoga running fun The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people. Elizabeth Lesser brave people firsts If we can stay awake when our lives are changing, secrets will be revealed to us-secrets about ourselves, about the nature of life, and about the eternal source of happiness and peace that is always available, always renewable, already within us. Elizabeth Lesser secret happiness peace Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living. Elizabeth Lesser basketball athlete art 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
