Leslie Temple-Thurston is a teacher of enlightenment, who since 1988 has wholeheartedly dedicated her life to inspiring and guiding people towards reaching their spiritual awakening at this most important and pivotal moment in humanity’s evolution. Her message is about love and awakening to a new paradigm of heart-centeredness.
Through her events, books and extensive audio recordings, Leslie has mentored thousands of spiritual seekers worldwide who are committed to the work of transformation and awakening to higher states, guiding them to become conscious of the luminous core of enlightenment within themselves.
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Vision holder and founder of the non-profit organization CoreLight, Leslie and her partner since 1992,
Brad Laughlin, developed CoreLight’s school of transformation, which offers
events as well as
ongoing/virtual courses.
To assist people in their awakening, Leslie pioneered a unique and powerful set of mental-emotional processing techniques that help release the patterned behavioral states of the ego that block the ability to fulfill one’s spiritual potential. This simple yet potent clearing work can be done alone in the privacy of home. It teaches us that the guru (teacher) is inside—not an outside authority. By examining and releasing the egoic patterning, we achieve higher states of consciousness.
Leslie was born and raised in South Africa. She graduated from the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg with a B.A. in Fine Arts and worked professionally as a painter and art teacher while in her twenties. Art had always been an inspired way for her to express and develop the natural mystical inclination she had had since childhood. In her late twenties and thirties she found the inner pull of the mystic life, and surrendered her beloved art to give herself completely to the fulltime study of mysticism and transformation. She came to the United States in 1977, where she deepened her studies of ancient wisdom through meditation, yogic teachings and spiritual psychology.
Leslie’s dedication to Spirit resulted in a two-year “cave experience,” which culminated in April of 1988, when she experienced the dissolution of her old egoic identity and a profound awakening. With this came the gift of being able to share with others a transmission of grace, unconditional love and healing energy, known in the East as shakti, which has uplifting, enduring, and transformational effects on those who receive it.
Leslie’s transmission of shakti comes through her audio recordings and books, at her events and now in a new way: After three decades of teaching, she is returning to her original passion—painting and creating art—which brings her enormous joy. Her sacred art is imbued with a transmission of shakti, each piece especially calibrated to support the Earth and humanity at this pivotal moment in our evolution.
Now in her new role, Leslie rarely speaks at events. Becoming more deeply absorbed in the inner world, she primarily meditates and transmits shakti to the group while her partner, Brad, offers the teachings.
Leslie is the author of two books: The Marriage of Spirit—Enlightened Living in Today’s World and Returning to Oneness—The Seven Keys of Ascension, which have been translated into several languages. Her extensive teachings are also available through her training courses and as audio recordings, which are available in English and Brazilian Portuguese. Her training courses include: Spiritual Warrior Training, a self-paced correspondence course, and Enhanced Self-Discovery, an advanced study course.
Leslie is the founder of the humanitarian aid organization, Seeds of Light, whose mission is to assist with the awakening of the Global Heart, which she perceives to be the interconnectedness of all life through tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion. Seeds of Light offers services to South Africa’s marginalized communities, including AIDS orphans.
Having lived in the United States for over 40 years, Leslie recently returned to her beloved homeland and now lives in Limpopo Province, South Africa.