That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116) — Stephen Levine Compassion Copy Share Image
“[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)” — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. There is nothing to do but be. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
If sequestered pain made a sound, the atmosphere would be humming all the time. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind. — Stephen Levine Learning Copy Share Image
Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion. — Stephen Levine Compassion Copy Share Image
Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the… — Stephen Levine Awareness Copy Share Image
When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“The basis of the practice is to directly participate in each moment as it occurs with as much awareness and understanding as… — Stephen Levine Awareness Copy Share Image
Your distance from your partner is the distance from your heart. The things that make relationships difficult are some of the most… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is freedom, the thought of enlightenment is prison. The truth exists in the moment. If we´re anywhere else, seeking something outside… — Stephen Levine Buddhism Copy Share Image
Hell is not fire and brimstone, not a place where you are punished for lying or cheating or stealing. Hell is wanting… — Stephen Levine Appreciation Copy Share Image
Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74) — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Our addiction to always being right is a great block to the truth. It keeps us from the kind of openness that… — Stephen Levine Addiction Copy Share Image
We are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting… — Stephen Levine Alive Copy Share Image
Our life is composed of events and states of mind. How ewe appraise our life from our deathbed will be predicated not… — Stephen Levine Attitude Copy Share Image
The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which… — Stephen Levine Art Copy Share Image
Non-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is the spaciousness to allow any quality of mind, any thought or feeling, to… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Buddha nature, is like the sun which is always shining, always present, though often obscured. We are blocked from our natural light… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
I have seen many die, surrounded by loved ones, and their last words were ‘I love you.’ There were some who could… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
...healing comes not from being loving but from being itself. It is not a case of being clear but of clear being.… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear. — Stephen Levine Fear Copy Share Image
How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Meditation isn't to disappear into the light. Meditation is to see all of what we are. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“[T]hose who insist they've got their 'shit together' are usually standing in it at the time. (16)” — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
The mind creates the abyss. The heart crosses over it. Love is the bridge. — Stephen Levine Abyss Copy Share Image
Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear. — Stephen Levine Awareness Copy Share Image
What is it like after you die? Just like it was before you were born. — Stephen Levine Birth Copy Share Image
If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from… — Stephen Levine Awareness Copy Share Image
Safety is the most unsafe spiritual path you can take. Safety keeps you numb and dead. People are caught by surprise when… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
We are so numb we don't even know what a direct experience is. We have an experience, then we think about it… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind… — Stephen Levine Chinese Copy Share Image
You can call it wisdom, or sanity, or health, or enlightenment. I use the word God as a short-cut. I am comfortable… — Stephen Levine Buddhism Copy Share Image
Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do. It is also the most fruitful. To heal means… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
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