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Silence Between Breaths

Stephen Levine

There is a silence between breaths when the heart becomes a sacred flame and the belly uncoils which reminds me how remarkable it is...

Love Is The Highest Form Of Acceptance

Stephen Levine

Love is the highest form of acceptance. Judgment is the mechanics of non-acceptance. Some may say that without “good...

Beggarly, Friendly, And Kingly Giving

Stephen Levine

The greatest gift is the act of giving itself.  Traditionally, three kinds of giving are spoken of.  There is beggarly giving,...

Forgiveness & Your Life's Unfinished Business

Stephen Levine

 As awareness becomes yet subtler, able to discern even the muffled whispers of the mind, we are confronted with what a dying...

The Year-To-Live Experiment

Stephen Levine

I was fifty-eight years old when I began the year long experiment. When the Dalai Lama was fifty-eight years old, a reporter asked him...

Freedom

Stephen Levine

"What most people call freedom is just the ability to satisfy desire. Many say, "I want more freedom" and what they mean is they want to...