2018-04-02
58 分钟It's helpful for people to know.
The point of it all is not to become perfected.
I don't think we can.
I don't think.
But we can become authentic and real and kind and aware enough of the wonder of the universe that we lighten up and enjoy.
But we're gonna trip and fall no matter what.
And I have let go of that search for perfection, which I certainly wanted as a younger person.
From as early back as she can remember.
My guest today, Elizabeth Lesser, was the rebel, the activist, the feminist in the family.
Growing up with three other sisters, she was in a household where there were five women and one very traditional father.
And she could never understand why the women didn't make more decisions and have more power.
And she voiced her opinion from the earliest age that led her into a path of seeking and a path of activism, a path of social justice.
She eventually became one of the founders of what has now become a legendary sort of holistic learning institute.
The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, which covers a sprawling campus of something like 140 acres, serves tens of thousands of people from all over the world on an annual basis.
And she has also, over the years, become an author and penned a few different memoirs.
Her latest is called Marrow, and in that, she takes us into her relatively recent experience donating her bone marrow in an attempt to save her sister.
We dive into her journey, her lens on life, her exploration of seeking the entire story that led to Omega and the interesting realizations she's had over the years, learning from so many of the greatest teachers who have lived for a few generations now and then.
How her and her sister took the opportunity for matching a transplant, to not just try and create a life saving medical intervention, but to use it as a window to rediscover each other, to reconnect, to lay bare who they really were to each other, and to a certain extent, to a large extent, actually forgive old wounds and be honest.
Really powerful conversation.
I'm Jonathan fields, and this is good life project.