“ [D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of… 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
“ Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79) Stephen Levine
“ Meditation is for many a foreign concept, somehow distant and foreboding, seemingly impossible to participate in. But another word for meditation is simply awareness. Meditation is awareness. Stephen Levine
“ Often when we hear people speak about meditation, we hear about wisdom, we hear about knowledge. But what, actually, is the effect, what’s the use, of wisdom or knowledge? Understanding. When you unde… Stephen Levine
“ Until we find out who was born this time around, it seems irrelevant to seek earlier identities. I have heard many people speak of who they believe they were in previous incarnations, but they seem to… Stephen Levine
“ If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48) Stephen Levine
“ Clearly, all fear has an element of resistance and a leaning away from the moment. Its dynamic is not unlike that of strong desire except that fear leans backward into the last safe moment while desir… Stephen Levine
“ [C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124) Stephen Levine
“ Our life is composed of events and states of mind. How ewe appraise our life from our deathbed will be predicated not only on what came to us in life but how we lived with it. It will not be simply il… Stephen Levine
“ Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25) Stephen Levine
“ I have seen many die, surrounded by loved ones, and their last words were ‘I love you.’ There were some who could no longer speak yet with their eyes and soft smile left behind that same healing messa… Stephen Levine
