CoreLight is a wonderful organization—a pioneer of Sacred Activism that I support with all my heart and mind.The Marriage of Spirit is a magnificent book that rivets an extremely original understanding of the sacred marriage and the complex role of the shadow. It should be in the backpack of every authentic spiritual seeker.
—Andrew Harvey, religious scholar, teacher of mystic traditions and author of over 30 books, including The Hope and Radical Passion.
The Marriage of Spirit book is a wonderful compilation of truths from various perspectives…. I am sure it will benefit a great many people, and lead us to living fuller and more loving lives.
—Dorothy Maclean, co-founder of The Findhorn Foundation
CoreLight has made a huge difference in my life in the past four years. Classes taught by Leslie and Brad and working specifically with Leslie’s The Marriage of Spirit book have been profoundly transformational. Unlike some spiritual groups, CoreLight is willing to look at the big picture of the global crisis rather than avoiding it, and not only look, but utilize what’s happening externally to help us heal the inner world, so that outer and inner are joined for personal and planetary transformation.
—Carolyn Baker, Ph.D., author of Dark Gold: The Human Shadow And The Global Crisis, and co-author with Andrew Harvey of Return To Joy and Savage Grace.
The Marriage of Spirit is the bible of non-duality! Ultra-clear explanations of how we hold polarities in our awareness fields. I recommend it to everyone I mentor as a “must read.”
—Lucia Rene, spiritual teacher and author of Unplugging the Patriarchy
Knowing Leslie and Brad has been, for me, a knowing of both the visible and Invisible. They are conveyors of soul love and knowing, and I am so grateful for their Mastery and teaching of the rare and seldom spoken of realms.
—Dr. Marj Britt, author, Your Soul’s Invisible Codes: Unveiling Your Sacred Love Story, Founder, Called By Love Institute, Senior Minister Emeritus, Unity of Tustin, CA
I have learnt such a huge amount through my time with CoreLight. Leslie’s immaculate teachings on the dualistic process we engage in upon incarnating, and how to unravel it, continue to be fundamental to my ongoing experience of developing freedom and Unity Consciousness.
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The time I spent on many, many processing calls enabled me to find a voice and to understand that my experience was valid and valued. Emerging from my cloak of invisibility really began for me in CoreLight.
There was enormous support for my personal process, and wonderful generosity extended to me through the network of CL. The pool of wisdom gathered in CL creates a powerful vehicle for change, and it really amplified my experience, helping me transmute and transform many difficult and challenging beliefs and patterns.
I have found the techniques I learned through Leslie’s teachings have been invaluable, and truly support the endless process of dissolution.
I am deeply grateful for all I have gained and experienced through my connection to the CL family.
—David Manning, energy worker
The teachings and wisdom I have gained from Leslie, Brad and CoreLight have helped me work through so many challenging periods of my life, with a strong witness. In 2015, I was facing almost certain death after being diagnosed with stage-four terminal bone cancer. Their support helped me not only to survive, but to heal and come out the other side still smiling—accepting death or life without egoic attachment.
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After having been on a spiritual path for some years and having great success applying the many positive teachings I had studied, in 2008, every area of my life started to collapse around me—finances crashed, business bombed, relationship ended, and my home got repossessed by the bank. When I met Leslie at that time, her first words to me were “Welcome to your shadow!”
Today, in 2018, after working through both the CoreLight Spiritual Warrior studies and the Enhanced Self-Discovery program, my life has transformed beyond measure. I went from a reasonably happy life that was based on egoic desires and need for “success” to a life now fully aligned in my heart, in the magical flow of Grace and Love, where I am divinely guided and my needs are exquisitely and effortlessly met. I am finally discovering and starting to live my true soul purpose. Wow!
The processing tools and meditations that Leslie and Brad share are easy to do, practical, and powerful. These simple techniques help clear the dualities of ego and enable us to come into balance in the heart and into Oneness. I understood the Squares process to be a practical “DIY to Enlightenment”—a fast track path to Ascension that I could do in my own home with nothing more than a pen and paper. I realised that I could make more of a difference in the world by clearing my shadow (unconscious egoic patterns) and thus raising my vibration. The From Money to Love audio teachings resonated as Truth in a way that I had not heard from any other spiritual teacher, and both Brad and Leslie model the way for a new paradigm in this field.
Facing your own shadow is not for the faint hearted…. Yet, like a rough diamond that has been through heat, pressure and polish to bring forth its unique perfection and beauty, I have gradually shifted from fear to love in so many facets of my life. Scarcity, lack, fear and “not good enough” used to be silent unconscious companions (amongst many others.) Now, there is a constant flow of Grace and divine support. My needs are magically met, as if I have my own divine fairy godmother taking care of me. My heart is so full of joy and gratitude—even and especially for the toughest challenges.
Leslie and Brad are two of the most authentic, enlightened, kind, compassionate, and loving people on this planet that I am blessed to know as teachers and friends. Despite the huge work that they both do tirelessly for the planet and humanity, they were always so approachable and readily available to offer help and support. They are truly enlightened teachers, with huge hearts, sharing the teachings with utmost impeccability, integrity, humility, Truth and Love (and much joy and playfulness too!)
—Ally Drummond, facilitator, therapist/coach, South Africa
Leslie’s tools and my learnings through Corelight have saved my life. I first met Leslie when I had just become a single mother of a one-year-old and hit what I called the Dark Night of the Soul.
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I was lost, confused, and depressed. A friend invited me to attend a darshan with Leslie. I felt a sense of comfort and peace during the event, coming back to a centered place within myself. That was 15 years ago. Since then, I have completed the Spiritual Warrior Training program, the four-year Enhanced Self-Discovery program, and attended numerous virtual and in-person classes. The teachings are timeless and ring true for me: We are all one and our true nature is love.
I have found the community support essential to help maintain my witness and stay in my core being of light. Most pivotal for me are the processing tools I learned in The Marriage of Spirit and Returning to Oneness books and various classes. I use these tools on a daily basis, despite the stress, chaos, and drama apparent all around me, to stay grounded, centered and in my higher self. I am so grateful for Leslie and the whole CoreLight team for being committed to helping others. CoreLight’s loving efforts have rippled out through me into the many ways I act in the world, as a scientist, clinician, author, mother, wife, farmer, and much more.
—Helané Wahbeh, Petaluma, California, Director of Research & Evaluation for the Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of Free to Be Me: A Journey of Transformation through Generational Healing
CoreLight has been foundational to the success of our efforts to save the legendary White Lions. Brad and Leslie will always be at the very heart of the White Lion Heartlands they helped us secure — to ensure a positive outcome not only for critically endangered lions but also the future of humanity.
—Linda Tucker, CEO and Founder of the Global White Lion Protection Trust and author of Mystery of the White Lions and Saving the White Lions
I remember sitting in a darshan with Leslie about a year after I started as a student with CoreLight. I had been going through a separation with my husband and had a five-year-old son who we were transporting back and forth due to separate living arrangements. I spoke to Leslie about an incident that happened with my husband that I didn’t understand. We were doing an exchange with our son in a parking lot, and my husband was very angry and yelling at me.
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I purposefully put myself into what I thought was a “spiritual” state and allowed his angry energy to pass right through me as I remained calm and peaceful. Out of nowhere, he came toward me and slapped me across the face. I was stunned! He had never hit me before. I didn’t understand how that could have happened when I was in such a place of inner peace and calm. Leslie explained to me that being “passive” is not the same as being “spiritual.” She said that I had not met my husband’s energy appropriately to balance it out; I had been passive instead. She explained that I needed to meet the intensity of the energy coming toward me with equal and opposite force, without getting caught up in the actual emotion of anger/aggression toward him, in order to balance and neutralize the energy. I must admit that I didn’t understand what she was talking about in the moment.
I went home and several weeks passed, and I had pretty much forgotten what she had spoken to me about. Then I had a dream. In the dream, some person was playing the antagonist role, and I was the victim. As the antagonist came toward me, I faced them and put my face right into theirs, eyeball to eyeball; then I woke up. I knew that was a profound dream, giving me a message. The next day, I went to meet my husband to hand off our son. We met in a semi-remote parking lot, and we were the only people around (not too smart, looking back). As we were doing the exchange, my husband got triggered, and when I tried to get back into my car, he grabbed the door and tried to open it again to get at me. Remembering my dream, I forcefully opened my door, stood up and stared him in the eye and said, “What are you going to do, hit me again!” He backed down, and from that time on, I never had an issue with aggression from my husband. I realized that I had actually done what Leslie had suggested to me to balance the energy and meet its intensity to neutralize it. The result was magical. Some kind of switch flipped in that instant, and we were able to start working together to co-parent our son instead of being at odds. It was a profound life lesson that I have not forgotten. I am grateful for many of Leslie’s teachings, especially this profound truth.
—Tracy Jackson, Behavioral Therapeutic Specialist
More than any spiritual path I know of, this work is about self-empowerment. Combining a unique set of ego processing tools with profound mystical truths, Leslie’s teachings invite us to harness the inner fire of awakening in a path she calls “going God-direct.” Above all, this is heart work—a journey of love, to love and for love! It will inspire you, and with your inner commitment, your heart will open and take you into the absolute truth of your being. Your life will become increasingly beautiful, radiant, and blessed!
—Gary Battaglia, CoreLight Minister
Like a seed nourished by water from the heavens that sprouts in early Spring and opens to share its precious fragrance, my life and all I have become is thanks to Leslie. It is because of her guidance and profound view into the heart of the Divine that I have chosen to devote my life to teaching, chaplaincy, and spiritual counseling.
Attending to suffering and fostering hope and joy in others mired in samsara—this is my life. This is my very precious gift.
It has been 21 years since first receiving the Shakti from Leslie, my teacher, my mentor, my guide on the path, and now my wise spiritual friend. I dwell in deep gratitude.
—Chris Berlin, M.Div., Instructor in Ministry and Spiritual Counseling, Denominational Counselor to Buddhist Students, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
To me, the CoreLight teachings are worth more than all the money in the world! I consider them to be the most precious jewels, which free us of our suffering both personally and globally. They are the most sophisticated teachings I have found anywhere. They have helped me understand myself and others in an insightful way and are the foundation of my choices throughout the day. I feel I have received extraordinary, true wisdom, which is so rare in our world.
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As we move through these challenging times, CoreLight is providing us with ongoing support to use the times we are in to free ourselves even more deeply. We awaken through fostering the capacity to see ourselves clearly and through using the tools we are given to undo the knots in consciousness that keep us in limitation.
What a blessing it has been to meet Leslie Temple-Thurston, someone who has modeled selflessness and dedication to the welfare of all of humanity and all of life!
In addition, it has been so helpful to me to be held by Leslie, Brad and the CoreLight community in an embrace of unconditional love and support for my highest evolution. I am in deepest, eternal gratitude for the priceless gifts I have received.
—Cedona Holly, CoreLight graduate
When I graduated from seminary at 26 I was satisfied with the level of personal transformation my academic studies had instigated, but I knew that at some point I was going to need “Seminary II.” When I found CoreLight, I soon discovered this was the kind of advanced spiritual development I was looking for.
CoreLight teachings take me to deep levels of my being. They’ve given me the ability to cultivate a depth and quality of existence that is satisfying at a soul level. I’ve experienced my own unconditional love, tender self-acceptance, and alignment with the Divine—what, for me, are the heart of Jesus’ teachings.
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They have also given me tools to practice relating consciously and courageously with my spouse and daughter. I have been able to pull motherhood and partnership out of the heavily-conditioned forms I grew up with and create relationships that feel loving, respectful, honest, and safe.
CoreLight takes the seeker far beyond the status quo of pop psychology, New Age truisms, and institutional religion. For the lion-hearted individual, CoreLight offers tools for a lifetime of exploration, insight and practical discernment. It is a steady companion on my path of fearless examination for the purpose of growing up in maturity, integrity, self-respect, generosity, and a felt sense of connection to all things.
—Amy-Marie Babcock, minister
I began Spiritual Warrior Training two years ago; it happened just at the time I was struggling with health issues and living in a highly stressful state, while fighting with depression. I was in despair. At that time I had left my psychotherapy practice since I felt I couldn´t cope with it. So I prayed to Spirit for help. One day, I was casually browsing the Internet, and I was intuitively guided to the CoreLight website. I instantly felt it was Spirit’s response to me. In that precise moment, I decided to begin Spiritual Warrior Training.
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I knew deep in my heart it was a time to heal myself. I began processing consciously with the techniques from The Marriage of Spirit. These techniques helped me to let go of most of the fears and negative emotional baggage I was carrying. They helped me to cope with my daily life while strengthening my connection with Spirit. I committed to my meditation practice even though I was struggling most of the time. It was strenuous, but when I surrendered to Spirit, everything unfolded. I finally felt the connection with my heart, feeling open to gratitude and compassion, and knowing I was healing in deeper levels.
Throughout my spiritual journey, I´ve felt embraced by CoreLight, and practicing the processing techniques of The Marriage of Spirit have uplifted my spirit and healed me. Meditation is now a vital part of my life. I’ve returned to my psychotherapy practice feeling strengthened and supported. Now I feel my inner connection with the Divine all the time, and I know I am not alone. I am part of this great CoreLight community, and I feel blessed and grateful.
—Cira Garza, psychotherapist, psychological astrologer, Mexico
For decades, I’ve tried it all on the “seeker” scene: retreats, mantras, fasts, diets, prayers, sacrifice, gazing, body postures, service, books, visualization, positive thinking, altars, massages, breathing, novenas, gurus, religions, oils, herbs, crystals, chanting, etc. Some of it worked some of the time, but two years ago I hit bottom, and a friend mentioned CoreLight and Leslie and Brad. It was then with CoreLight and its processing techniques that something finally started to change. Corelight helped me to understand what projection meant and why outer events were transpiring. I also learned how I could use the unique tools that CoreLight offered to build my spiritual strength and clear the need for the universe to manifest certain situations.
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Another reason Corelight worked for me when other avenues did not, is that Leslie and Brad continuously emphasized that my guru was inside and not some authority “out there” (including themselves) that I should kowtow to. This was the first time I had heard a spiritual teacher say this. Inspired by how Leslie and Brad embodied and modeled this for me, I felt safe and empowered to explore who I truly was, and to discover how I too could embody the light that all of us are meant to be. With CoreLight, I found a family: A family of the light. A family of the heart. A family of love for the truth. A family of people with courage. A family that I feel blessed to be part of.
For anyone who is serious about breaking through and living in their heart, I can guarantee you that with CoreLight and its processes, you will have the support you need—all without breaking your bank account.
My life has not been the same since. Challenges have come. Challenges are here even as I write, even big ones at times, but the way I work with them, and the way they impact me is very different. It is all because of CoreLight, its processes, and the energetic imprint of its loving and graceful founder Leslie. If you are sincere in your quest, you will not regret being involved with CoreLight!
—Marie-Flore J. Esq., Attorney
Leslie, Brad, and the entire CoreLight community created an incredibly sacred space in which I felt safe to deepen my journey toward self-realization. During the five years I spent completing Enhanced Self Discovery program, I found that the curriculum always seemed to magically align with whatever was going on in my life– affording a wonderful integration between the spiritual and mundane worlds. The most profound gift however was learning to move from an egocentric spiritual path to one completely guided by humility. This has changed my life in innumerable ways. I would highly recommend this program to anyone on his or her spiritual path.
—Maria Clark, personal and spiritual development coach, author
I started working deeply with Marriage of Spirit techniques about 8 years ago. There is a plethora of information, spiritual teachers, and communities in the world from which to choose, and for me, I am eternally grateful for finding the practical applications of Leslie’s polarity and square techniques.
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Although I would love to be one of those souls who can ascend and change the world by slipping easily into meditative states, my gifts are more situated in the groundedness of the external world. I resonate deeply with being able to delve into human states to explore light and shadow through polarities and squares, exploring the richness of words and feelings that then give me a blessed release simply by bringing ideas and emotions into my awareness and offering them up to Spirit.
For me, Leslie’s unique gifts to humanity are the techniques she developed many years ago through her own trial and error. Because of her work, many, myself included, have been able to access deep processing so much more quickly than we would otherwise. I am transformed and deeply humbled by her offerings.
—Patricia Rogers, RN
I met Leslie in 2003 and a few months later did one of her weekend retreats. I immediately took to her teachings, which she presented in a clear and logical way. It all made so much sense to my scientific, rational mind, and I loved the simplicity yet potency of The Marriage of Spirit work. I have since been using her ego-clearing techniques for 14 years and have made significant progress in clearing much of my painful childhood conditioning. Has it been worth it? Oh, absolutely! Having worked through my issues has freed me in so many ways. I have had breakthrough experiences in many areas of my life — my relationships, my capacity to be a loving parent, my work in the world and my finances.
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Having had a miserable past, I now enjoy a very happy and fulfilling present. My capacity to experience joy is immensely heightened. I live in a peaceful, loving and generous state of consciousness and am blessed with infinite abundance in so many ways. All these beautiful things happened because I applied myself to processing away my personal blocks and limitations.
There are many clearing techniques out there, and we must find the ones that work for us, but what I can attest to is that Leslie’s techniques work really well. It is worth taking the time to learn to use them properly and deeply. Life is too short to be stuck with painful issues. So much joy awaits us once we tackle our limitations face on and make the decision to grow.
—Dominique Koubovec, PhD, mother, ordained minister
I met Leslie in 1995. This was the answer to many prayers over many years. Since I dedicated myself to work with Leslie and her teachings, my life has had a beautiful tone to it. Through Leslie’s teachings, processing, meditation, and the CoreLight community, I found my innermost self! I discovered a Love beyond what I could have ever imagined existed.
Leslie has a light-filled presence, purity, and impeccability, and she is dedicated to the well-being of humanity. I bow in profound gratitude and love.
—Charu Rachis, yoga instructor
Leslie offers beautifully organized teachings, guided meditations, personal and energetic support and extremely effective techniques for egoic clearing. She models and supports a loving community that one can access (or not) as one feels inclined. The clearing techniques that Leslie teaches are efficient and powerful for both beginners and advanced spiritual seekers. The results are immediate and profound. They’re useful in everyday life. I use them often to stay in balance, to get new insights, to live more effectively and to grow. I am so grateful to Leslie and CoreLight for these tools, for the caring, heart-centered community, for the deep support, wisdom and love of such adepts. It’s an enormous blessing!
—A.D.
If you have discovered this website, it is because you were guided to it by Spirit. There are no coincidences. When you join CoreLight, you will know that you have found your community, and you will be offered keys to open the door to “the peace beyond all understanding.”
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What makes CoreLight unique is that you will be provided with tools to change the everyday states of your life. These methods will help you solve problems you have been struggling with for years. It shows you how the ego influences the roles we play in our lives and how it becomes the cause of the emotional pain we experience. You get to ask yourself, “Why would I fear being wealthy?” “Why would I desire to be a victim?” And the answers will surprise you, as you reveal the truth from your subconscious.
The CoreLight processing methods changed how I think about problems that I encounter, and it greatly increased my desire to grow spiritually and to be active in healing my own wounds. It proved to me how I can change my circumstances if I am willing to apply myself to revealing the hidden causes. There is no difficulty that cannot be transformed by merely heeding the way your subconscious responds to triggers that have been embedded over many years.
When I first read The Marriage of Spirit, it felt as if a profound secret of life was revealed to me, and every time I reread it, my understanding grows. I started attending the web calls, and I immediately experienced the warmth, sincerity and love among the members of this unique tribe.
I shall be ever grateful that I discovered CoreLight and became a member of the most sincere community that I have ever met. Being a part of the CoreLight group has become my lifeline!
—A.S., South Africa
I began reading The Marriage of Spirit seven months ago. I have tried other methods, but soon after reading the material or completing the course, I would return to my old thinking patterns. While I am still a work in progress, I have had the most success with the Marriage of Spirit techniques, and they have become a part of my everyday life. I’m grateful for the insights and healing as well as awakening me to a much higher understanding of life. The team at CoreLight is kind and supportive, which makes the whole experience even greater. For me, CoreLight has truly been a gift.
—A.H.
Leslie Temple-Thurston’s book, The Marriage of Spirit, was life-changing for me at a time when I was lost on my soul journey. The examples she gives of using Squares helped me to perceive the painful events I was experiencing as loving messages from my soul to get realigned with my soul’s purpose. The Squares process gave me a way to get back on track. I am filled with gratitude from the bottom of my heart for the guidance this book offered to me and to those who are willing and courageous enough to make the effort to look deeply at their life.
—Christine Owen
My studies of Leslie’s teachings and her loving guidance have changed my life. Not only did I learn to witness my actions and thoughts, I also learned how to deal with them. Among other things, using the Polarities and Squares techniques have helped me to clear and release old issues and behaviors so that I could respond to people and events in my life from my heart, rather than react to them from old patterns and beliefs. Letting go of a lifetime of imprinting and misguided lessons frees me to be my authentic, worthy, and lovable self.
—Carol Von Kaenel, CoreLight minister and Reiki Master
At a soul level I chose a childhood that shattered me so that I could not take in nourishment in any way. The self-hatred program was off the scale. Even my physical body was starting to fail.
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By Grace and an angel named Patra, I met Leslie Temple-Thurston. The force field of Love and strength was so strong that it was a choice-less decision to take the journey. Leslie taught me to meditate, to process, to witness the emotional body and to choose Love—calling us back over and over again to the Truth of who we are.
Layer by layer, the more I apply the teachings to my life the more I am letting go of victim/tyrant patterns. Learning to stay in the witness as my deepest fears arise is a priceless gift.
Face your fears or create your fears. One example of experiencing this was when my son joined the Marines and went to war. This process triggered so many past-life memories of war, trauma, and death—fears that were stuck in my unconscious and conscious mind. Leslie dropped me in fire by telling me he would face his death. To me, it was the kindest most powerful thing she could do so that I did not create from my terror. I used every tool she taught me. In meditation I saw memories of past lives of battlefields, pain and death. I even saw some of what my son was experiencing. I allowed the visions to come, and then suddenly they turned into what looked liked gold stardust. When my son came home safe and sound, he said to me, “Mom, it was weird. If I went to the right they bombed to the left.”
I sat with Leslie in Santa Fe for a private session. She said, “Close your eyes and drop-in.” All the processing and meditation paid off. I entered into a state of Samadhi. For almost four days in this state, my system got rewired. I remember telling her that if I think of something, it appears. She said, “Don’t think. You are before time.”
My life—how I perceive and live this journey—is changed forever. I have no words for the Love Leslie mirrored backed to me through the years so that I could finally see myself. As I continue to unfold, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and Love.
—Dorie, minister
The CoreLight teachings have enriched my life on every level, and I am infinitely grateful for the blessings that flow in and through my world as a result. The spiritual training CoreLight offers points the way to a deep, abundant, grounded and eternal sense of connectedness to all things that abide within each of us. CoreLight taught me to find that place. And, perhaps most importantly, once I could find that place within myself, the whole world opened up in magical ways I could not have imagined.
—Cynthia Atcitty, web developer and mother of three
CoreLight shares the leading-edge issues of development in consciousness! Classes offer deep spiritual insight from current events, media coverage, and books by wise writers that are thoroughly researched and meditated upon. The webinars just keep getting deeper and more light-filled. Most inspiring is that Leslie and Brad share their guided meditations and tools for self-awareness with deep love. It has uplifted me through the many years I have a known them.
Also, in a dream I will always remember, I was taken up very high in a crystal elevator then stepped out into a “healed community” which welcomed me warmly. I feel that the community Corelight has cultivated is such a place.
—A.W.
Leslie and Brad have created an oasis with their loveliness and love, their deep and generous hearts, the teachings from the Beloveds shared through them both, and their commitment to all who arrive at the open door.
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I have worn out many hiking boots trying to get to a “Core-Lighted” place, taken many a detour, fallen off of many a cliff and stumbled into more than one abyss kindly outfitted with a back door, and although the future remains to be seen, the veils are slowly lifting and the way of light and love becoming more clear. I have deep gratitude for Leslie and Brad, the Beloveds, the teachings, the CoreLight team, and the CoreLight Community for all they have given, that we might all reach the oasis, be the Oasis, on a path strewn mightily with our own remarkable gifts. It is good to not travel alone.
—D.S.
CoreLight and Leslie’s teachings have been a part of my life and a foundational element in my spiritual growth for the past 22 years. The Marriage of Spirit work and the Squares technique have assisted me to navigate many points on my path where I had to make decisions or release egoic patterns that were getting in my way. Leslie’s teachings about unity consciousness are clear and offer profound pathways towards the emerging awakened consciousness needed at this pivotal time in history. I am so grateful and highly recommend these teachings to anyone on a spiritual path.
—Kathy Stanley, educator and energy medicine practitioner
Leslie’s teachings live inside me. When I recently heard her Diamond Meditation and how beautiful, scintillating wisdom is held in the forehead, I felt my depth of gratitude to her and her living presence. It is my duty and privilege to embody the teachings as an artist-healer.
—Diana Marto
I remember first being in Leslie’s presence in 1994. She and Brad had just recently arrived in Santa Fe, and Leslie was giving a teaching. Afterwards, Brad helped her walk down steps and out of the room, and as she passed me, she winked. I could feel an energy transmission go from the top of my head all the way through me. I later learned that this is called “God’s wink” and indicates someone who is a teacher for you.
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For many years I was blessed by the opportunities to be with Leslie and Brad and CoreLight in many deep and beautiful ways: monthly darshans in Portland and hosting Leslie to give darshans in Vancouver, BC in the 90s; teacher training and ordination; sacred site journeys to Greece and the US Southwest; intensive retreats in beautiful locations; and now internet-based communications.
Through each of the sacred teachings that Leslie has brought to us, an extraordinary body of work was woven that continues to inform me in my daily life and that I now integrate into my own work as a facilitator and coach. In gratitude, I offer a slow and deep bow to Leslie, Brad and CoreLight.
—Diana Claire Douglas, Systemic facilitator, coach and consultant, Knowing Field Designs, Ottawa, Canada
The first time I sat in darshan with Leslie Temple-Thurston was about 1996, near San Rafael, California. I was not looking for a meditation teacher, a path to awakening, or anything at all. I got roped into going! During the three hours we were together, I noticed two surprising things: First, even though I am very nearsighted and had taken off my glasses during the meditation, when I opened my eyes I could clearly read the small clock all the way on the opposite side of the large hall. My vision went back to normal (blurry) after a few minutes. The second thing I noticed was when we left, I felt a deep peace, like I’d been on a long vacation, not a short half-day class.
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Because of these two small experiences, I began to attend CoreLight’s events when Leslie was nearby. A few years later I signed up for the Spiritual Warrior Training course and then the Enhanced Self-Discovery course.
It would take a whole book to explain how grateful I am that somehow this amazing teacher and work found me, how my life has been blessed and healed because of The Marriage of Spirit work and Leslie’s teachings, and how over all this time my respect and trust in Leslie’s authenticity and congruence has only deepened. Maybe one day I will write that book, but I can tell you this: This path is real. It is not for the faint of heart. It will rock your world, rip you open, and take you to expanses of Love and Joy you never imagined possible. I am not the same person I would have been without this work. I would not trade this path that I have taken for any amount of treasure or experience in this world. It has been that valuable to me. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Just be patient. It does take time.
—Joan Weisman
I started reading Returning to Oneness prior to meeting Leslie and Brad and joining the Spiritual Warrior program. After having worked through only the second chapter of the book, I had a very powerful energetic experience one day after doing Taoist yoga in the park. One of the focal points of Returning to Oneness is dissolving the granthis—the energetic knots between the chakras within the human energetic body.
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After my yoga practice I felt as if I was having a panic attack, as my solar plexus became very contracted, and I felt like no breath was coming into my lungs. As I relaxed and surrendered into the experience, I realized that I had experienced an energetic integration. I had a release of prana, clearing my energetic body—all my chakras and nadis. The experience continued with a profound dissolution—the ego was no more—and I was one with everything and just being aware of all that is. My body felt like it was plugged into an electric socket, and all cells were alive and glowing with energy.
Later on, as I sought an explanation for what had happened, I realized that I had a release of the knot between the solar plexus and the heart chakra. I felt that was a clear sign for me that my next step was to work with Leslie and Brad. So, I joined the Spiritual Warrior Training course. I have found a very supportive environment, and I have a personal mentor on my individual journey.
Additionally, as I work through Spiritual Warrior, my energetic body continues to clear up, and psychic abilities (siddhis), such as clairaudience, clairvoyance, clairgnosis, and visions have become regular experience in my daily life. I highly recommend the Spiritual Warrior program to anyone committed to Self-realization.
—Milena, Bulgaria
Studying with CoreLight has infused my experience with a depth and meaning that has transformed my understanding of who I am and what my purpose is. Through CoreLight’s program and the loving support of its teachers, I became aware of the underlying unity of the universe that links my experience to my consciousness and to the divine consciousness of the universe.
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This has helped me to understand myself and my experiences at a deeper level, which allows me to choose love, find true fulfillment and purpose in my life and free myself gradually from the pain and limitation of past wounding and beliefs. My study and association with CoreLight have made both the path of Self-discovery and my daily experience an exciting and magical journey. It promises a lifetime of possibility and access to a level of peace with myself and others that I could never have imagined in the past.
—Eric Novikoff, COO/CCO, Enki
Leslie’s teachings, and the clarity with which she has presented them, are profound. We met Brad and Leslie over twenty years ago when they first came to Portland in the mid-90s, and it was love at first sight. A strong community of like-minded souls rapidly came together, creating opportunities for us to be creative and serve Spirit.
Many of our closest friends are those we met at CoreLight intensives, retreats, darshans and teacher-training events, while learning polarity processing techniques and further developing the witness (observer self.)
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We still have sticky notes around the house which read, “It’s a story.” “Choose love.” “Humility is complete detachment.”
We learned to tear down walls of separation and build bridges of cooperation and collaboration. We also learned how to surrender unconditionally as several of our group passed away. They will always be greatly missed, but through our love of Source, we know we are still connected.
Leslie and Brad continue to hold a field of potential for us, for which we will always be grateful. As the Beatles said, “All you need is love,” and a couple of great teachers with few good techniques to get you there.
—Gayle and Peter Green
Leslie and Brad offer profound insights into love, compassion, integrity and what it means to live as an empowered human being in this changing, beautiful and messy world.
—Jeanne Noble
Leslie gave to me a deep understanding of the role of the heart in the spiritual world. Watching her dance or cry or delight in the beauty of the natural world expanded my understanding and emboldened me to live more completely from my heart. I have deep gratitude for this teaching and much love for Leslie.
—Judy Miller, inspirational speaker, coach, and author of Home Spun Hope: Making a Difference in Rural South Africa
Listening attentively to all audios in both Spiritual Warrior Training courses, I felt my heart softening, opening, subtly surrendering wounded places, and naturally coming into deeper compassion and love for all. Just by listening! I am forever grateful.
—Kaylee Powell
I participated in a CoreLight virtual retreat, and it was a profound experience of peace and bliss. I discovered that I could create a space for myself without leaving my home in the suburbs. Here I felt connected to the Light in all of us and now know deep within that we one.
—Lea Philpott, Waldorf teacher for kindergarten, parent and tot, and for Joyful Beginnings
By the age of five I was the oldest of four children, and my life was dedicated to the care of others and watching my own feelings of worth be measured by the reactions of others. There were many variations on the theme of “getting by”, which did include health and happiness, but from a very early age I recall asking my mom about “the big picture.” I asked her, “Is this all there is?” around the age of seven, and I was deeply disappointed to hear her answer.
I dragged myself through life, finally succumbing to antidepressants and the belief that it was simply the way of life. Somehow I found my way back to a counselor I’d worked with years before, and she introduced me to The Marriage of Spirit.
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Frankly, I was initially scared; the first part of the book was a challenge. However, learning about victim, tyrant, saviour and rebel was a huge eye-opener and gave me the perceptual markers to begin to disentangle myself from the destructive patterns I had employed to cope with life and my lack of self-love. Sitting in a group of like-minded soul sisters weekly f or almost ten years has been the touchstone that has allowed my life to blossom. Learning and living with the projections and fears we all brought to that circle many years ago and watching the love for each other grow into an amazing net of love has been transformative. My squares processing has helped me walk through many, many things. I have not needed the anti-depressants or any other drugs to help me, even during the time of grief after the tragic loss of my husband at the age of 52. Finding the “Witness” over and over, offering up polarities out loud as I walk through the woods at home or the Arctic tundra has brought peace and balance often.
My gratitude for CoreLight and for the way the teachings have helped to open my heart is truly beyond words. You saved my life, you brought me to a place of being a service creature from an authentic heart space. Not to say I don’t have my moments, but I have the tools in the form of the polarity lists and squares and open communication with others who know this path. I’ve brought these tools to the indigenous peoples of the North, and their opening to it has been a gift. I feel more able to participate in this world, to be light, to have hope and to focus on the most precious thing for me, which is Love.
—Martha Fenwick, Educator
I have enjoyed this community for many years, being first introduced to Leslie at Unity of Bellevue in the early 1990s. I started with reading The Marriage of Spirit, learning the squares process and using it in many ways. Then I took Spiritual Warrior Training and have participated in some of the calls associated with that group. I have all of the books and meditation audios and treasure them. I also participate in the healing prayer group and hold light for many. This group is a place to participate in holding that Light with others of like, loving mind.
—PL
Leslie came into my life at a pivotal stage of my evolutionary cycle. My spiritual growth took giant steps towards wholeness, healing and integration. I still apply the spiritual principles she taught me in her training sessions and audios, which I have made my own. This work is revolutionary and life-changing, and I can personally recommend it to any soul that wants to live in Union and Oneness.
—Sue du Plessis
I could write a whole book on how my life is so full of joy and beauty, and I know deep in my heart, it is because of the teachings of CoreLight.
—Teresa Smith
24 years ago I had my first astrological reading, and I told the astrologer that I wanted to feel my Christ Consciousness within. At the time I didn’t know where that phrase came from (being raised southern Baptist), but the astrologer introduced me to Leslie’s work.
From the moment I heard her speaking on the audio recordings, I knew that what she emanated in the simple sound of her voice was what I’d been looking for all my life.
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The first time I sat in Leslie’s presence was in Portland away from the busy world in the middle of a bunch of huge evergreen trees. In our opening meditation, she told us that she was going to transmit shakti to each of us in the room (which happened to be a church sanctuary that was standing room only) and that she would transmit it to each of us individually. She went on to say that when she got to us, to please open our eyes and look into hers, as it made the transmission stronger. I wondered to myself, “How will I know when she gets to me with my eyes closed?”
Well, I’ll tell you, when Leslie’s transmission got to me, I knew it! It was like something or someone had touched me with a live electric wire—only without any pain. I immediately sat straight up, opened my eyes, and there she was, looking straight at me! The buzzing continued throughout my entire body. When the meditation ended, my friend and I looked at each other and silently said, “Wow!” At the break I went outside. I had to hug a tree. I put my face against it, wrapped my arms around it as far as I could, and I could hear it humming. I had no idea that trees could respond to anyone or anything in that manner. That was the beginning of my journey with CoreLight.
—Thelma Ternahan