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Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)

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Stephen Levine
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 17
Died: 2016
Died: January 17
Poet
Screenwriter
the United States of America
Stephan Levine
Relate
Fear

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That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)
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I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)
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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.
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Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind.
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The demons aren't the noise. They are our aversion to the noise...when you can accept discomfort, doing so allows a balance of mind. That surrender, that letting go of wanting anything to be other than it is right in the moment, is what frees us from hell.
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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 impermanent.
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Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. There is nothing to do but be.
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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.
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It doesn't matter how long you forget, only how soon you remember!
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