Stephen Levine
Stephen Levine
opportunity alive accepting
How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)
act almost chance formidable frankly interest maybe nuisance party point rodney self view
What's in it for them ? who knows? Maybe they just feel it's a chance to weaken the ACT Party and Rodney who would be a nuisance, he's a formidable person... frankly from the point of view of self interest it's almost like nuisance litigation.
call soon
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?
appreciation cheating lying
Hell is not fire and brimstone, not a place where you are punished for lying or cheating or stealing. Hell is wanting to be something and somewhere different from where you are.
grief loss rope
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.
light meditation disappear
Meditation isn't to disappear into the light. Meditation is to see all of what we are.
eye trying
Always try to see yourself through God's eyes.
born dies
What is it like after you die? Just like it was before you were born.
fear-not relate
Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)
safe
Death is perfectly safe. (55)
god ifs
If you can find the God inside yourself, you can find the God inside everybody.
heart son matter
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)
strong fear desire
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 desire leans forward toward the next possibility of satisfaction. Each lacks presence. (29)
understanding mind seduction
Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind.