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We see not just that which is uninjured, but that within us which is uninjurable. — Stephen Levine

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell. — Stephen Levine

As Nisargadatta said, 'The mind creates the abyss and the heart crosses it." Often — Stephen Levine

remember that what will die in a year's time is not our essential being but our ability to interact physically with those we love and cherish. You — Stephen Levine

I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93) — Stephen Levine

Love is not what we become but who we already are — Stephen Levine

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95) — Stephen Levine

Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been. — Stephen Levine

As we begin to see where we have been absent from life, increasing possibilities audition for our approval. — Stephen Levine

It is trust in our vast 'don't know' that allows room for the truth, that allows the next intuition to float to the surface. — Stephen Levine

Once we can see the major shifts from liking to disliking, from opened to close, we will be able to acknowledge them before they gain momentum. — Stephen Levine

Death is perfectly safe. (55) — Stephen Levine

When your fear touches someone's pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone's pain, it become compassion. — Stephen Levine

We've all been should upon enough. — Stephen Levine

The basis of the practice is to directly participate in each moment as it occurs with as much awareness and understanding as possible. — Stephen Levine

Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind. — Stephen Levine

When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to beat in rhythm with the world. — Stephen Levine

It doesn't matter how long you forget, only how soon you remember! — Stephen Levine

Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear. — Stephen Levine

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116) — Stephen Levine

Death is just a change in lifestyles. — Stephen Levine

The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life. — Stephen Levine

When we see all women as the divine mother and all men as the divine father, everyone you meet is sacred. — Stephen Levine

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge. — Stephen Levine

If you can find the God inside yourself, you can find the God inside everybody. — Stephen Levine

Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. — Stephen Levine

Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion. — Stephen Levine

To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear. — Stephen Levine

Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74) — Stephen Levine

The mind is a useful tool but not a very good friend. — Stephen Levine

Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness. — Stephen Levine

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) — Stephen Levine

What is it like after you die? Just like it was before you were born. — Stephen Levine

If sequestered pain made a sound, the atmosphere would be humming all the time. — Stephen Levine

Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79) — Stephen Levine

When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child. — Stephen Levine

Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But you still have to travel the road yourself — Stephen Levine

[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124) — Stephen Levine

Acting from the appropriateness of the heart, we are freed from the neediness of the mind. — Stephen Levine

As Stephen Levine says, "When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. — Nina Angela McKissock

The only service you can do for anyone is to remind them of their true nature. — Stephen Levine

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. There is nothing to do but be. — Stephen Levine

Pity arises from meeting pain with fear. Compassion comes when you meet it with love. — Stephen Levine

Whatever prepares you for death enhances life. — Stephen Levine

[T]hose who insist they've got their 'shit together' are usually standing in it at the time. (16) — Stephen Levine

There is nothing to do but be. — Stephen Levine

Loss is the absence of something we were once attached to. Grief is the rope burns left behind, when that which is held is pulled beyond our grasp. — Stephen Levine

Aging teaches us to follow our life force inward. It is an object lesson in how awareness is gradually drawn towards the center ... — Stephen Levine

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting? — Stephen Levine

Always try to see yourself through God's eyes. — Stephen Levine

Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50) — Stephen Levine

God is not someone or something separate but is the suchness in each moment, the underlying reality. — Stephen Levine