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Lester
Levenson
(1909-1994, United States)
Biography Excerpt:
Lester Levenson is largely unknown to spiritual
seekers, unless they have come upon what is called the Sedona Method, his
own method of achieving enlightenment, systematized for his students. A
self-made man, Lester was not particularly spiritual in his early years.
A physicist and engineer, he was also achieved financial success in restaurant,
lumber, building, oil, and real estate businesses. Living in New York city,
Lester’s life revolved mainly around his relationships with women and his
business endeavors, although he was also an avid patron of the arts.
By 1952, however, at the age of 42, Lester
found himself on the brink of death after his second heart attack. Suffering
also from chronic jaundice, kidney stones, migraine headaches, and perforated
ulcers, Lester’s doctor gave up on him and sent him home to die.
Not eager to succumb to his physician’s
death sentence, Lester began to seriously question and reevaluate the very
purpose of his life.
Enlightenment Story Excerpt:
I was at the end of my rope. I was told
not to take a step unless I absolutely had to because there was a possibility
that I could drop dead at any moment. This was a terrible, shocking thing
to suddenly be told that I couldn’t be active anymore, having been so active
all my life. It was a horrible thing.
An intense fear of dying overwhelmed me,
the fear that I might drop dead any minute. This stayed with me for days.
I went through a real, horrible, low, spinning period there, in the grip
of intense fear of dying or of being a cripple for the rest of my life
in that I wouldn’t be able to be active. How could I take care of all that,
and me. I felt that life would not be worthwhile any more.
This caused me to conclude with determination,
“Either I get the answers, or I’ll take me off this earth. No heart attack
will do it!”