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Healing into Life and Death Paperback – February 1, 1989

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A guide to healing meditation, from revered teacher Stephen Levine.

Drawing on years of first-hand experience working with the chronically ill, here Levine presents original techniques for working with pain and grief. Addressing the choice and application of treatment, discussing the development of a merciful awareness as a means of healing, and providing practical meditation techniques as well as personal anecdotes from his career, Levine has crafted a valuable resource for anyone dealing with pain—physical or mental.

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"His work is  magic." —Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

"In recent  years, Stephen and Ondrea Levine have shown us new  possibilities in working with the seriously ill.  In this heartfelt new book he broadens the domain  of his inquiry and concern and fees us to heal by  inviting us courageously look at what is." —Ram Dass

"Stephen Levine's writings, work  and presence have been a shining light to me and  thousands of others as he has pioneered new ways of  looking at life and the power that the healing of  the mind and heart presents." —Gerald  Jampolsky, M.D., Founder and Consultant of the Center  for Attitudinal Healing, Tiburon, California

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In Healing Into Life And Death, Stephen Levine deals directly with the choice and application of treatment, offering original techniques for working with pain and grief, and discusses the development of a merciful awareness as a means of healing, as well as how to encourage others to do the same.

"His work is magic." -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.

"In recent years, Stephen and Ondrea Levine have shown us new possibilities in working with the seriously ill. In this heartfelt new book he broadens the domain of his inquiry and concern and fees us to heal by inviting us courageously look at what is." -- Ram Dass.

"Stephen Levine's writings, work and presence have been a shining light to me and thousands of others as he has pioneered new ways of looking at life and the power that the healing of the mind and heart presents." -- Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., Founder and Consultant of the Center for Attitudinal Healing, Tiburon, California.

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Anchor; Reissue edition (February 1, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780385262194
ISBN-13: 978-0385262194
ASIN: 0385262191
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 30 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #328 in Suicide
- #733 in Grief & Bereavement
- #1914 in Mental & Spiritual Healing

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January 12, 2015

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I'm almost finished with it, and while it's bit dense and a bit heavy because it's addressing in part terminal illness (as well as non-terminal illness), I think it's remarkably good, beautifully written both in spirit and language. It's a hard topic to traverse in a way that makes it seemingly both very useful for those struggling with serious illness as well as for people who are looking to see what can be learned and applied now, even if they aren't struggling with illness, while also making them better prepared for whenever they do have to face the difficulties of serious illness. I have to read it in smaller increments than other books I have, but I always am glad that I keep returning to it.

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The late Stephen Levine had a very special way that ...

February 14, 2017

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The late Stephen Levine had a very special way that along with Ondrea Levine they worked with people dealing with cancer or other catastrophic illnesses or maybe just life. The book is an exploration of dealing with catastrophic illness in opening your heart to your illness and to yourself. I met Stephen Levine n 1992 while dealing with cancer, he helped me understand to be open to my heart and to my illness. The book is not for everyone on their journey. I encourage anyone who has the courage to read it. Explore the 15 inches between the head and the heart.

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Real help for anyone dealing with the intolerable

November 19, 1997

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There's no self-help baloney or New Age airheadedness in this book. In it you'll find the deeply moving words of a man who really knows something about extreme pain and suffering and what you can do to cope with them.
Levine has the ability to put into words concepts that are very hard to get at. If you've been put off by people teaching meditation, or if other past experience has made you think you simply can't meditate, you may find, as I did, that this book opens up a new kind of meditation that really can help you find peace and inner healing.
It also helps you think about illness and suffering in new ways, very different from those you'll find in most self-help books. Levine moves you away from the idea of "beating illness" which can become intensely self-destructive if you are not experiencing the usual New Age Book miracle cure. He shows you how much anger you feel towards yourself when you are in pain, and how this self-directed anger can intensify your pain. Finally he shows you how to "make room" around your pain and let it float, with a series of directed meditations that I have found to be extremely helpful.
The techniques in this book are particularly good for people who are in physical pain or who are dealing with incurable illness, though they also work well for people dealing with emotional crises.
This is such a useful book, I'd say, don't wait until you are in the sort of crisis where you need the techniques it teaches. Every one of us will face pain and death at some point, and this book gives you practical, down-to-earth tools for living with them.

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September 23, 2016

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Healing into Life and Death is a great read for everyone in the family. Levine's concepts about living are so incredibly insightful, moving, and settling to a fearful heart and I recommend it to anyone who has a loved one battling a terminal illness BUT also for absolutely anyone, who wants to improve the quality of life.

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August 14, 2000

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I just mailed a copy of this book to a friend who is dealing with headaches caused by pressure on the brain - she isn't dying, but the pain is constant, surgery a long way away, and medication doesn't help.
Levine's book offers a refreshing way of dealing with pain caused by a variety of diseases - from cancer to the unknown. Often we turn against ourselves. We judge how well we do with 'fighting' pain or 'beating' death or even 'praying for someone to heal' by the outcome. If we fought hard enough, or bargained well enough, our prayers were answered. If we 'gave up,' that was failure. Levine's approach is different, freeing. Rather than fighting the pain, we recognize it as part of us and go with it, often learning surprising things.
Levine offers guided meditations, something I'm not particularly fond of, but for those who like to do these, these look like they would be good for people to do with an ailing family member.
He offers stories of the ways people have successfully dealt with their pain (physical and emotional). One that stands out is of a woman who had lead a fairly self-centered, bitter life (before the pain!). In the hospital, she was so hard to get along with that nurses were slow to answer her ring. She was sharp and mean-spirited to her own family, and eventually they stopped visiting her.
Her pain became so great that, quite uncharacteristically, she began envisioning other people who might have experienced the pain. The idea that her pain wasn't just hers - that it wasn't wasn't a punishment exclusively for her, but something that many others have had somehow opened her heart, and she did not die alone. This isn't written in a sappy manner - there are happy and sad endings in the book.
Levine himself suddenly came to a realization that praying for someone to get well wasn't working - what did work was praying that people be able to handle what was given to them. That takes a load of guilt and betrayal off of those whose prayers aren't answered, perhaps because they are trying to direct, not be open to, what is happening between body, mind and spirit.
Some of the people he writes about have healed into dying a more peaceful death. Some have healed back into life. This book has to be read to be appreciated, for it is really hard to explain how helpful this book is. If you or a loved one is in pain, and you are trying to find out how to alleviate it, and you are open to alternative ways (in addition to, in conjuction with traditional methods), please read this book.

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December 2, 2012

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I got my first copy of this book in the 80s and have read it so often that the pages have fallen out. I've read many, many other books on spirituality , meditation and self-help and haven't found any that are as wise. Stephen Levine and his wife Andrea have been in the trenches with the dying and gravely ill. They spent years there and also lived through Andrea's own severe cancer. This isn't some 'great idea' or feel good fluff. Rather, it speaks directly to the source of suffering, of both body and mind, and offers skillful meditations that, if practiced regularly, can open us to the heart of compassion and deep healing. The healing may affect the body, it may not. It does reach the core of what makes us human and humane. If I were stuck with only one book, this is the one I'd choose.

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