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

#healing #self-love #forgiveness

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? ↗

— Stephen Levine

#life

Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#grief #healing #healing-the-past #memory #tension

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definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay.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

#awareness #dismay #healing #judgment #mental-health

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

#heart #life #living #needs #perception

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#death #dying #life #living #opportunity

Death is perfectly safe. (55) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#dying #safety #death

I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#life #living #death

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge. ↗

— Stephen Levine

#bridge #go #love #love is #mind

What would you say? And why are you waiting? ↗

— Stephen Levine

#waiting #why #would #you