When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.
Stephen LevineForgiveness is mental floss! Build the capacity to forgive slowly - start with little unkind acts, otherwise you'll sabotage yourself. When we forgive, we forgive the actor, not the action.
Stephen LevineWhen your fear touches someoneโs pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someoneโs pain, it become compassion.
Stephen LevineClearly, all fear has an element of resistance and a leaning away from the moment. Its dynamic is not unlike that of strong desire except that fear leans backward into the last safe moment while desire leans forward toward the next possibility of satisfaction. Each lacks presence. (29)
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