Elizabeth Lesser

The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profound memoir of two sisters who, in the face of a bone marrow transplant—one the donor and one the recipient—begin a quest for acceptance, authenticity, and most of all, love. A mesmerizing and courageous the story of two sisters uncovering the depth of their love through the life-and-death experience of a bone marrow transplant. Throughout her life, Elizabeth Lesser has sought understanding about what it means to be true to oneself and, at the same time, truly connected to the ones we love. But when her sister Maggie needs a bone marrow transplant to save her life, and Lesser learns that she is the perfect match, she faces a far more immediate and complex question about what it really means to love—honestly, generously, and authentically. Hoping to give Maggie the best chance possible for a successful transplant, the sisters dig deep into the marrow of their relationship to clear a path to unconditional acceptance. They leave the bone marrow transplant up to the doctors, but take on what Lesser calls a "soul marrow transplant," examining their family history, having difficult conversations, examining old assumptions, and offering forgiveness until all that is left is love for each other’s true selves. Their process—before, during, and after the transplant—encourages them to take risks of authenticity in other aspects their lives. But life does not follow the storylines we plan for it. Maggie’s body is ultimately too weak to fight the relentless illness. As she and Lesser prepare for the inevitable, they grow ever closer as their shared blood cells become a symbol of the enduring bond they share. Told with suspense and humor, Marrow is joyous and heartbreaking, incandescent and profound. The story reveals how even our most difficult experiences can offer unexpected spiritual growth. Reflecting on the multifaceted nature of love—love of other, love of self, love of the world— Marrow is an unflinching and beautiful memoir about getting to the very center of ourselves.

In 1977, Elizabeth Lesser cofounded the Omega Institute, now America's largest adult-education center focusing on wellness and spirituality. Working with many of the eminent thinkers of our times, including Zen masters, rabbis, Christian monks, psychologists, scientists, and an array of noted American figures--from L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson to author Maya Angelou--Lesser found that by combining a variety of religious, psychological, and healing traditions, each of us has the unique ability to satisfy our spiritual hunger. In The Seeker's Guide, she synthesizes the lessons learned from an immersion into the world's wisdom traditions and intertwines them with illuminating stories from her daily life. Recounting her own trials and errors and offering meditative exercises, she shows the reader how to create a personal practice, gauge one's progress, and choose effective spiritual teachers and habits. Warm, accessible, and wise, this book provides directions through the four landscapes of the spiritual journey: THE MIND: learning meditation to ease stress and anxietyTHE HEART: dealing with grief, loss, and pain; opening the heart and becoming fully aliveTHE BODY: returning the body to the spiritual fold to heal and overcome the fear of aging and deathTHE SOUL: experiencing daily life as an adventure of meaning and mystery

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity —now updated with additional toolbox materials and a new preface by the authorIn the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which people weather change and transition. In a beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have risen from the ashes of illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one—stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. And she draws on the world’s great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.

What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers?Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories—stories that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence. Cassandra Speaks is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It’s about the stories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, the guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy tales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex and love, and the values we live by. Stories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity. We have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about what happens when women are the storytellers too—when we speak from our authentic voices, when we flex our values, when we become protagonists in the tales we tell about what it means to be human.Lesser has walked two main paths in her life—the spiritual path and the feminist one—paths that sometimes cross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. Cassandra Speaks is her extraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and Marrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist thinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative self and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate.Brilliantly structured into three distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through the stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the scales. Part Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers “A Toolbox for Inner Strength.” Lesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change, and that no one—woman or man—is immune to the corrupting influence of power. She provides inner tools to help us be both strong-willed and kind-hearted.Cassandra Speaks is a beautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of this book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together to create a better world for all people.better world for all.

Le livre qui permet de déployer vos ailes ! Vint un temps où le risque de rester à l'étroit dans un bourgeon était plus douloureux que le risque d'éclore. - Anaïs NinL'être humain peut naître plusieurs fois. La première, celle où l'on sort du ventre de notre mère, n'est pas choisie et ne dépend pas de notre propre personne : être humain, c'est être perdu dans les bois. Mais les autres naissances sont souvent une véritable libération. Elles sont celles où l'on s'affranchit du poids de l'autre, des autres, de l'éducation, de la tradition...Il y a aussi ceux qui restent dans un carcan et qui s'empêchent eux-mêmes d'avancer, de prendre des risques, de vivre enfin... la peur de soi-même est un facteur terrible qui emprisonne et empoisonne, mais qui vous empêche réellement de vous ouvrir à la vie, la vraie, celle que vous avez choisie. Votre coeur est une fleur qui ne demande qu'à éclore, alors arrosez-la et marchez avec courage vers la plénitude de la vie, avec tous ses dangers mais aussi toutes ses promesses.Oui, il est possible de relever le défi et cet ouvrage vous donne les clés de l'ouverture au monde. Grâce à la sagesse de diverses traditions, de la méditation bouddhiste à la prière chrétienne en passant par la psychothérapie moderne, l'auteur ouvre le chemin pour mettre au jour un coeur sans peur! Elle a rassemblé les histoires vraies de gens ordinaires qui ont décidé de vivre pleinement.Aborder avec optimisme la perspective du changement, tel est l'objectif de ce livre qui est un guide, comme un chien guide un aveugle pour retrouver la lumière et le chemin vers le centre de notre propre vie.Ce livre vous transforme en papillon alors que vous n'êtes que chenille, il vous aide à vous envoler, à déployer vos ailes et à vivre enfin libre!

It is life to stand up to be broken.b A real desire in despair. Elizabeth Lesser has been conducting workshops on the posture of coping with lifes challenges in the Omega Association for decades. It is a collection of stories about those who participated in the workshop "Life is Broken and Standing," which is influenced by the hardest changes in life, and the choice of growth rather than fear. The Omega Association is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1977 in New York State. It offers a variety of seminars and workshops aimed at promoting health and quality of life, spiritual growth and healing, social innovation, and creativity. More than 23,000 people are looking for it. There are also regular lectures by famous figures such as Nick Nicholas, Al Gore and Christopher Reeve. People pretend to be ok, when they ask someones good-bye, no problem. It is obvious that each person is suffering from anxiety. Lesser persuades her to confront and accept her anxieties and weaknesses in an open secret. The moment we realize that all are imperfect flawed beings, our minds can become more relaxed. After all, what is important is the attitude of life that is essentially approaching the trial. Lesser describes these trials as rather friendly aura. Even if it falls to hell, if you remain patiently in darkness and suffering with an open mind, you can come back to the surface of the joy of life again.

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1904. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 146 Just a little tag / Elizabeth Lesser ; drawings by the author 1904 Elizabeth Lesser

America has given birth to a wisdom tradition entirely its own, a spirituality that is as diverse as its people, and that respects the freedom and uniqueness of each individual. Judeo-Christian traditions and the meditation practices of Asia and India...modern science and Native American teachings...Sufism and transpersonal psychology - The New American Spirituality explores what happens when these and other traditions cohabitate our unique cultural landscape. With the gifts of such diversity come important questions. Is it wise to combine different schools of thought, practices, and therapies? How do we assess the authenticity of a teacher or therapist? Is our spiritual practice really working? How can we tell? On The New American Spirituality, Elizabeth Lesser speaks to these questions with clarity and passion, weaving stories of her own trials and errors, with detailed guidelines and meditations to help us find a path of our own.