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Each one of us regardless of our situation, is in our search of our most authentic, vital, generous and wise self.

Elizabeth Lesser

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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.
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Every day we have the opportunity to make our relationships be on the outside what they really are on a spiritual level.
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It's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirirt.
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There is no one alive who has not wanted to go back to sleep.
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We need each other's ideas. Now, I'm not talking about racist ideas or misogynistic ideas or cruel or criminal ideas. I'm talking about most of us who have very varied experiences, needs and ideas. It's really about believing that it's an important part of healing America.
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I have built up so much stuff , I am afraid I would cry forever, or have to go to sleep for weeks, or I would want to make some changes, and it is all just so overwhelming that we just keep going and going and going. It's a problem. It creates all kinds of illnesses of the physical and mental kind.
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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 the eternal life force that is flowing within us-letting that force lead the way through all of the inevitable changes we will face across the span of our time here on Earth.
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I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.
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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.
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I think as women and men become more conscious, the terms woman/man begin to lose meaning.
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The soul is the river of energy that animates who we are.
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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.
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We think that maybe feminism isn't appropriate anymore, since Western women have really made enormous strides. But check out the rest of the world if you'd like to not be able to sleep tonight.
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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.
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I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.
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Even if your difficult time comes at you out of the blue - like cancer - even those times, opens your heart to the magic and power of life, and gives you this inner commitment to live every moment.
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I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.
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The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people.
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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.
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I'm not naive. I know how hard it is to get along.
Elizabeth Lesser