I'M God Your Not

spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises,

challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor,

wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the

why and how of our spiritual lives. He encourages us

to find new perspectives on the "life-stuff" that shapes

them, and gently reminds us of the Source of it All.

These inspiring often startling insights will

warm you during the dark times of your own doubts

even as they brighten your quest for meaning, faith,

identity, community and holiness.

"The goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of

the way outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it;

kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing,

running, manipulating, possessing, and processing

that are the ineluctable redoubts of the ego. Not

because these activities are bad or wrong or even

narcissistic but because they preclude awareness

of the Divine. To paraphrase the Talmud,

God says, 'There ain't room enough in this here

world for your ego and Me. You pick.'"

from the Introduction