A guide to accessing your true self and living abundantly, based on the teachings of Jesus and Buddha, by the bestselling author of Writing Down Your Soul. TheLotus and the Lily offers a new thirty-day program for accessing your true creativity, breakthrough thinking, and divine guidance. Janet Conner continues her unique method of deep soul writing by showing readers how to exit their conscious minds, get in touch with their authentic selves, and activate the voice of wisdom within. For those seeking the riches that lie beyond the popular explanation of the Law of Attraction, Lotus and the Lily cracks the abundance code by linking the wisdom of the inner voice with the surprising parallel teachings of Jesus and Buddha. In a profound yet simple program, Conner sheds radical new light on how to: Awaken your inner shaman Discover the power of naming your past and your future Experience the generative power of your own voice Each day is reflective of you. Lotus and the Lily is a book with an array of prompts for reading, reflection, writing, exploring, and nourishing one’s soul. Each week Janet Conner takes you through a program of rich exploration and redirects you from asking for things, to creating the receptive conditions that nourish a bountiful life. If you enjoyed The Gifts of Imperfection, The Untethered Soul, or The Power of Now, then you’ll want to read Lotus and the Lily. “The principles that Janet Conner guides the reader to discover become the essential elements of a dynamic spiritual practice. These principles transcend denomination and dogma. They are practical, universal, and impacting.” —Mary Anne Radmacher, author of Live with Intention

Lily dreams of a beautiful world beyond her life in a pond, and awakens to find beauty and light shining from inside herself. Lily's journey explores the themes of friendship and self-discovery, having faith in oneself and being kind to others.

Human experience can be truly divine or a living hell and we are responsible for our own living Heaven or Hell. All life is systems, which today is a great awakening of the West of understanding everything within its systems, may it be Medical, Political, Economic or Commerce. Nature is one of the most organized systems and has inspired Literature, Art and Music for centuries. The Lotus, The Rose, The Lily looks at these three beautiful flowers which have inspired and are a big part of Religion, Spirituality and Cultures for the meaning of an enlightened life. Nature is one of the greatest teachers and here you see its significance with philosophy and psychology and the metaphors from these three beautiful flowers for an enlightened life. The primary realization through nature is best summarized by a Zen Master that there is really no one there to be enlightened! In light of this realization we come to realize what really is enlightened is really nature and life which we mistakenly take credit for ourselves. Individual self-valorization is amongst the lowest consciousness of man and we understand that when we do an inquiry on whom we really are. Here is a book for anybody who wants to get a deeper meaning from life, making it purposeful and divine, as it is in our hands how we choose to see reality. There are never the right circumstances or situations for a better life but how we choose to wire our consciousness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Life is a journey, not a destination" and this epigram is perfectly captured in The Lily and the Lotus. Philippa Groves takes a long and hard journey from the stringent inculcation of the Catholic faith, through many difficult and life-changing experiences to finally find her own version of immanence in the teachings of The Buddha. The Lily and the Lotus is a memoir about finding peace from adversity; channelling hope from pain, and sharing in the transcendence offered by the familial communities Philippa finds on retreat. Her story offers gripping revelations of past lives, great insights on dealing with life's inevitable struggles, and ultimately a fully realized sense of optimism in the now and hereafter. Daniel Gothard author of Bursting With Love