Stephen Levine
Stephen Levine
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?
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.
jesus life-and-love maps
Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But you still have to travel the road yourself
letting-go mean suffering
Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do. It is also the most fruitful. To heal means to meet ourselves in a new way -- in the newness of each moment where all is possible and nothing is limited to the old.
positive-thinking roots mind
Much thought has at its root a dissatisfaction with what is. Wanting is the urge for the next moment to contain what this moment does not. When there is wanting in the mind, that moment feels incomplete. Wanting is seeing elsewhere. Completeness is being right here.
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.
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.
compassion
That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)
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.