Sympathetic Joy Quotes by Stephen Levine

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• Much thought has at its root a dissatisfaction with what is. Wanting is the urge for the next moment to contain what…
• Love is not what we become but who we already are
• Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.
• Death is just a change in lifestyles.
• Hell is not fire and brimstone, not a place where you are punished for lying or cheating or stealing. Hell is wanting…
• The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
• Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness…
• Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.
• Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a…
• Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die?…
• Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But…
• When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as…

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