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No Attachments, No Aversions: The Autobiography of a Master
This compelling, rivetting book will take you step by step into what Lester was discovering and feeling during his own personal quest towards realization. The book covers Lester's most intimate feelings about life before consciousness and then after his awakening. Lester shares with the reader the inner process he used to change a death sentence into a life of complete joy, fulfillment and peace. You will find yourself reading this book again and again. Each time, you will discover something profound that will help you in your own personal quest towards freedom. This book is truly a lifetime gift that will keep on giving to all who read it.
150 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2002
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April 24, 2012
Mind-blowing and utterly readable. The part that sticks with me is Lester's saying how he experienced anti-semitism every day of his life before his awakening. After his awakening, he never experienced it again. The implications of this, for me, shine a whole new light on the idea of personal responsibility.
August 3, 2025
Really fun read! It's interesting to hear from Lester how good he is at "reading" and "working" people, which could totally be a confounding factor in his success in life (beyond his spiritual development). Lester essentially lost his fear (and was impulsively ready to leap to action) prior to his deeper awakening, too.
Amusing quotes:
1. "We are unlimited beings, limited only by the concepts of limitation we hold in our minds."
2. "After my mother died, I missed her so much myself I couldn't sleep one night's sleep the first year. At the time, I thought grieving was the right thing to do. Now I know it was nothing but selfishness. I wanted the comfort of her being around me, to give me the love she used to give me. I missed the affection she had been giving me."
3. "Love is loving the othre one because the other one is the way the other one is."
4. "My mother, a great pacifist, taught me early that it's always better to run away from a fight than it is to fight. It was an awful thig to teach me, because in those days the kids were cruel and would gang up on me because I was a Jew and I was small. One day I was on the ground with five of them punching away at me. I couldn't take it any more and lost my temper. I began furiously punching back. They started to run, and I was chasing all five of them! I stopped suddenly and took a look. I said, "Oh my God! I used to die of fear of them and here they are, five of them running away from me!" I resolved, "Never again will I show any fear." I was nine years old and in the third grade at the time. That lesson never left me."
6. "Anyone is smart in any subject he is interested in; anyone is dumb in any subject he is not interested in."
7. "During those days, when people asked me if I believed in God, I would say, "Yes." And when they would ask, "What is your concept of God?" I would say, "Sex!" On thir surprise, I would explain that it brought out in me the noblest and finest of human feelings, and that nothing could bring out these feelings as wel las sex could."
8. "I was telling them, "Look, this is my job. I've been given the position of being the leader here. You fellows shouldn't, and can't take it away from me. If you do, I'll do whatever is necessary to re-establish my leadership here." You couldn't have ac lass with you unless you were with it, unless you had a feel for it, unless you had love for your pupils. A teacher who had hatred for a class couldn't control it."
9. "The vast majority of people's concept of love is actually hate, more or less. "I need you, I must have you, I can't live without you, you're mine," is all -non-love. Love is letting the othre one have what the other one wants. Not what I want. What we call love in this world is usually as ensual, selfish emotion--a deal-- if you do what I want I love you, and if you don't do it, I don't love you."
Amusing quotes:
1. "We are unlimited beings, limited only by the concepts of limitation we hold in our minds."
2. "After my mother died, I missed her so much myself I couldn't sleep one night's sleep the first year. At the time, I thought grieving was the right thing to do. Now I know it was nothing but selfishness. I wanted the comfort of her being around me, to give me the love she used to give me. I missed the affection she had been giving me."
3. "Love is loving the othre one because the other one is the way the other one is."
4. "My mother, a great pacifist, taught me early that it's always better to run away from a fight than it is to fight. It was an awful thig to teach me, because in those days the kids were cruel and would gang up on me because I was a Jew and I was small. One day I was on the ground with five of them punching away at me. I couldn't take it any more and lost my temper. I began furiously punching back. They started to run, and I was chasing all five of them! I stopped suddenly and took a look. I said, "Oh my God! I used to die of fear of them and here they are, five of them running away from me!" I resolved, "Never again will I show any fear." I was nine years old and in the third grade at the time. That lesson never left me."
6. "Anyone is smart in any subject he is interested in; anyone is dumb in any subject he is not interested in."
7. "During those days, when people asked me if I believed in God, I would say, "Yes." And when they would ask, "What is your concept of God?" I would say, "Sex!" On thir surprise, I would explain that it brought out in me the noblest and finest of human feelings, and that nothing could bring out these feelings as wel las sex could."
8. "I was telling them, "Look, this is my job. I've been given the position of being the leader here. You fellows shouldn't, and can't take it away from me. If you do, I'll do whatever is necessary to re-establish my leadership here." You couldn't have ac lass with you unless you were with it, unless you had a feel for it, unless you had love for your pupils. A teacher who had hatred for a class couldn't control it."
9. "The vast majority of people's concept of love is actually hate, more or less. "I need you, I must have you, I can't live without you, you're mine," is all -non-love. Love is letting the othre one have what the other one wants. Not what I want. What we call love in this world is usually as ensual, selfish emotion--a deal-- if you do what I want I love you, and if you don't do it, I don't love you."
October 2, 2019
A story well narrated, without the overlay of drama and using less words, to the point. If there is an autobiography it should be like this. How in the face of death, a man asks existential questions and finds answers that are convincing enough for him to rejuvenate and recover to live on for more years. Lester's account of his joy and peace and subsequent attempts to share with others is commendable. The Sedona ranch that became popular and spun off many businesses to take advantage of his experience, his methodology showcase the power behind the experience. The fact that the method doesn't work for all is simply because, there is not enough desire to do, to be, and to have.
"But the ones who really want what I can give are few." - Lester Levenson
"But the ones who really want what I can give are few." - Lester Levenson
February 23, 2021
Read this book as was told it was a great one. It was okay. The best and most interesting was the end of the book. Not sure why they use this book to help people with their business. I’m happy it worked for many other readers. Think positively of everyone/everything and avoid negative words/thoughts. Take the negative word out of your sentence.
March 23, 2019
Lester Levenson may well a Master of something, but it is not writing. Some of his ideas totally creeped me out and I found it difficult to get through his book. I would not accept him as a teacher though he may be great for other, he is not for me.
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August 21, 2011This is a guide to enlightenment, no more, no less. It is divided into two sections entitled “Life before consciousness” and “Life after consciousness”.
It is the autobiography of Lester Levenson, who describes his wretched life “before consciousness”, how he was unhappy, was told by his doctor that he could drop dead at any moment, and was tired of looking for love.
He decided to drop all his past knowledge and start from scratch in order to find the answers he needed to transform his life. He found out that he was happy not when he was loved but when he himself loved others. He understood that his “sum-total thinking” was responsible for everything that happened to him. And, finally, he discovered that we are infinite beings with no limitations.
By working on these three things, he became freer and happier, and his mind got quieter,
Finally, he began to get marvellous powers. He could “know anything anywhere”, saw that there were people just like us on innumerable planets, and became able to travel with his mind to other places and thus see what was going on everywhere at that moment. He saw that the world was perfect, and when he included his body as part of that perfection, all his ailments were corrected instantly. (I have particularly noted this point –it’s also the same teaching as that of Masaharu Taniguchi, former head of the Seicho-No- Ie movement, and author of many books.)
This book is a wonderful description of Lester’s journey in self-development, his process of becoming enlightened. It is a short book, simply written and a joy to read. You get to love Lester! (You can’t do anything but love such a man full of love.)
Lester is the originator of the Release method and Abundance Course popularized by Larry Crane.
A wonderful, healing book, which I have to recommend!
It is the autobiography of Lester Levenson, who describes his wretched life “before consciousness”, how he was unhappy, was told by his doctor that he could drop dead at any moment, and was tired of looking for love.
He decided to drop all his past knowledge and start from scratch in order to find the answers he needed to transform his life. He found out that he was happy not when he was loved but when he himself loved others. He understood that his “sum-total thinking” was responsible for everything that happened to him. And, finally, he discovered that we are infinite beings with no limitations.
By working on these three things, he became freer and happier, and his mind got quieter,
Finally, he began to get marvellous powers. He could “know anything anywhere”, saw that there were people just like us on innumerable planets, and became able to travel with his mind to other places and thus see what was going on everywhere at that moment. He saw that the world was perfect, and when he included his body as part of that perfection, all his ailments were corrected instantly. (I have particularly noted this point –it’s also the same teaching as that of Masaharu Taniguchi, former head of the Seicho-No- Ie movement, and author of many books.)
This book is a wonderful description of Lester’s journey in self-development, his process of becoming enlightened. It is a short book, simply written and a joy to read. You get to love Lester! (You can’t do anything but love such a man full of love.)
Lester is the originator of the Release method and Abundance Course popularized by Larry Crane.
A wonderful, healing book, which I have to recommend!
July 23, 2016
Loved it. Well done.
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