Stephen Levine
Stephen Levine
Stephen Levine quotes about
healing compassion wounded
Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion.
heal touched
To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.
love-is mind-love bridges
We shall not cease from exploring,And the end of our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.
listening attention being-human
The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
should-have suffering might
Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.
attachment feelings mind
Non-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is the spaciousness to allow any quality of mind, any thought or feeling, to arise without closing around it, without eliminating the pure witness of being. It is an active receptivity to life.
heart essence chinese
In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.
distance heart partners
Your distance from your partner is the distance from your heart. The things that make relationships difficult are some of the most precious aspects to us.
heart mind acting
Acting from the appropriateness of the heart, we are freed from the neediness of the mind.
compassion
That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)
grief sadness healing
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.
gratitude pain compassion
Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there.
healing compassion names
It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity we falteringly label divine is unconditioned love. Absolute openness, unbounded mercy and compassion. We use this concept, not to name the unnameable vastness of being-- our greatest joy-- but to acknowledge and claim as our birthright the wonders and healings within.
atheist believe heart
I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying to bargain for a better seat at the table; indeed they may not even believe supper is being served. They are not storing up 'merit.'; They just smile because their heart is ripe. They are kind for no particular reason; they just love.