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

Categorized in : Jesus Life And Love Maps

[D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90)

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Loss is the absence of something we were once attached to. Grief is the rope burns left behind, when that which is held is pulled beyond our grasp.

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Buddha nature, is like the sun which is always shining, always present, though often obscured. We are blocked from our natural light by the clouds of thought and longing and fear; the overcast of the conditioned mind; the hurricane of I am.

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Always try to see yourself through God's eyes. by Stephen Levine

Always try to see yourself through God's eyes.

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In all serious disease states we find a concomitant low oxygen state... Low oxygen in the body tissues is a sure indicator for disease...Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the tissues, is the fundamental cause for all degenerative disease. Oxygen is the source of life to all cells.

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Safety is the most unsafe spiritual path you can take. Safety keeps you numb and dead. People are caught by surprise when it is time to die. They have allowed themselves to live so little.

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Acting from the appropriateness of the heart, we are freed from t... by Stephen Levine

Acting from the appropriateness of the heart, we are freed from the neediness of the mind.

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[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply lett... by Stephen Levine

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)

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When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to beat in rhythm with the world.

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Enlightenment is freedom, the thought of enlightenment is prison. by Stephen Levine

Enlightenment is freedom, the thought of enlightenment is prison.

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Death is perfectly safe. (55) by Stephen Levine

Death is perfectly safe. (55)

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...healing comes not from being loving but from being itself. It is not a case of being clear but of clear being. This healing is not about anything else but being itself. Nothing separate, no edges, nothing to limit healing. Entering, in moments, the realm of pure being, the gateless gate swings open- beyond life and death, our original face shines back at us.

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

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

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If you can find the God inside yourself, you can find the God ins... by Stephen Levine

If you can find the God inside yourself, you can find the God inside everybody.

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You can call it wisdom, or sanity, or health, or enlightenment. I use the word God as a short-cut. I am comfortable with the word God because I don't have the foggiest idea of what it means.

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How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before... by Stephen Levine

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

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Until we find out who was born this time around, it seems irrelevant to seek earlier identities. I have heard many people speak of who they believe they were in previous incarnations, but they seem to have very little idea of who they are in this one. . . . Let’s take one life at a time. Perhaps the best way to do that is to live as though there were no afterlife or reincarnation. To live as though this moment was all that was allotted. (132)

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There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who could keep their heart open to their suffering enough for that to be true. (124)

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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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