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

Stephen Levine

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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
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When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.
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Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind.
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[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)
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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)
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