The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

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)

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

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

...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.

I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)

Oxygen plays a pivotal role in the proper functioning of the immune system. We can look at oxygen deficiency as the single greatest cause of all diseases.