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

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

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

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: 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

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 quotes: I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)

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

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

Love is not what we become but who we already are

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Death is perfectly safe. (55)

Death is perfectly safe. (55)

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: We've all been should upon enough.

We've all been should upon enough.

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

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 quotes: Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind.

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

Stephen Levine quotes: 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

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 quotes: It doesn't matter how long you forget, only how soon you remember!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.

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

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

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

Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion.

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

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

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

If you can find the God inside yourself, you can find the God inside everybody.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: 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.

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 quotes: How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

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

Stephen Levine quotes: Death is just a change in lifestyles.

Death is just a change in lifestyles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: There is nothing to do but be.

There is nothing to do but be.

Stephen Levine quotes: 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.

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

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 quotes: 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?

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 quotes: Always try to see yourself through God's eyes.

Always try to see yourself through God's eyes.

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

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

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

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

Stephen Levine quotes: Whatever prepares you for death enhances life.

Whatever prepares you for death enhances life.