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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 judgment” there would be no “discriminating wisdom” but dis...
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, which is when we give with only one hand, still holding onto wh...
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 musician friend called “the Unfinished Symphony” – ...
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 what he was going to do next with his life. He answered that he w...
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 be able to have more of what they want. But that is not free...