The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again pick ourselves up, the lightness with which we dust ourselves off, the openness with which we continue and take the next unknown step, beyond our edge, beyond our holding, into the remarkable mystery of being.
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… - Stephen Levine
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…
- Stephen Levine
Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a world where everything is im… - Stephen Levine
Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a world where everything is im…
Wanting things to be otherwise is the very essence of suffering. We almost never directly experience what pain is because our reaction to it is so im… - Stephen Levine
Wanting things to be otherwise is the very essence of suffering. We almost never directly experience what pain is because our reaction to it is so im…
Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear. - Stephen Levine
Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear.
Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been. - Stephen Levine
Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.
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 - Stephen Levine
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
When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. To train in compassion, then, … - Stephen Levine
When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. To train in compassion, then, …
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 … - 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 …
The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life. - Stephen Levine
The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
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