Stephen Levine has worked creatively to help thousands of people approach their own deaths with equanimity, truth, and an open heart. I can think of no one better qualified to help us enrich our lives through embracing the mystery of death.--Ram Dass

A Year to Live is a poetic and deeply passionate exploration into what creates human suffering. It is also a lyrical and generous-spirited guide to life.--San Francisco Examiner

In A Year to Live, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial bestseller Who Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully--as if it were all that was left. On his deathbed, Socrates exhorted his followers to practice dying as the highest form of wisdom. Levine decided to live this way himself for a whole year, and now he shares with us how such immediacy radically changes our view of the world and forces us to examine our priorities.

Most of us go to extraordinary lengths to ignore, laugh off, or deny our grief over the fact that we are going to die, but preparing for death is one of the most rational and rewarding acts of a lifetime. It is an exercise that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life. Levine provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will not feel that it has come too soon.

The first book that explains how to open to the immensity of living with death--and how participating fully in life is the perfect preparation for whatever may come next.

In Who Dies?, the Levines provide calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death.

Wise, compassionate advice from one of the nation's most trusted grief counselors to help heal emotional wounds that prevent us from leading fulfilling lives.

In his long career as a poet, Buddhist teacher, spiritual advisor, and writer, Stephen Levine has changed our understanding of death and dying. In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine's first new book in many years, he turns to the legend of Kuan Yin, the Bbodhistitva venerated by East Asian Buddhists for her compassion.

In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine shares the tale of Miao Shan, born centuries ago to a cruel king who wanted her to marry a wealthy but uncaring man. This is the story of how Miao Shan refused to follow the path her father had in mind and, instead, became Kuan Yin, the first acknowledged female Buddha who watches over the dying and those who work with them.

Levine weaves together story and practice and helps readers discover their own infinite capacity for mercy and compassion under difficult circumstances.

This book will have resonance for Kuan Yin's millions of followers.

From a revered meditation teacher comes an invaluable volume of guided meditations for the deeper healing of spirit, mind, and body.

The culmination of decades of personal and professional explorations into the process of human consciousness, Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings is an indispensable source book, filled with resources for healing and the deepening of awareness. Essential reading for anyone facing pain, severe illness, addiction, or other forms of suffering, in these pages Levine presents practical processes for the deep exploration of the mind and body, which are used widely in meditation centers, hospices, and hospitals around the world. Now, in this remarkable work, they are offered for the benefit of all who are drawn to looking inward--and all who seek the healing power of a merciful awareness.

In this intelligent, accessible work, acclaimed poet and meditation teacher Stephen Levine introduces readers to meditation. Filled with practical guidance and advice--as well as extensive personal recollections--A Gradual Awakening explains the value of meditation as a means of attaining awareness, and provides readers with extensive advice on how establish a practice. Drawing on his own personal experiences with and insights into vipassana meditation, Levine has crafted an inspiring book for anyone interested in deep personal growth.

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.

Based on his extensive counseling work with the terminally ill, a bestselling author offers unique support to anyone facing the dying process.

This book integrates death into the context of life with compassion, skill, and hope. Capturing the range of emotions and challenges that accompany the dying process, Stephen Levine shares his wisdom to readers dealing with this difficult experience.

In this groundbreaking book, the authors of the perennial bestseller Who Dies? demonstrate how to use a relationship as a means for profound inner growth and healing.

Stephen and Ondrea's work is among the deepest, most healing and heartfelt contributions to modern spiritual life in America. --Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of a Path with Heart

Stephen and Ondrea Levine devoted more than eighteen years to investigating the mind/body relationship, particularly as it relates to the states healing, dying, and grieving. Their work has affected healing and medical practices worldwide. In Embracing the Beloved, the Levines turn their attention to what has been our most significant spiritual commitment--our own relationship. Their insights and anecdotes will benefit all who are drawn to looking inward, and all who seek a relationship as a path for spiritual renewal and merciful awareness of life.

THE RENOWNED TEACHER AND AUTHOR'S SPIRITUAL MEMOIR, AS TOLD THROUGH HIS LIFELONG ENCOUNTERS WITH ANIMALS AND NATURE

I love this book. It feels like a secret treasure bequeathed by Stephen Levine to be opened after his death--an overflowing vessel of insight, humor and literary genius. Animal Sutras may be the best book Stephen Levine ever wrote. --Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy

Stephen was a profound healer of the heart, writer and meditation teacher. In Animal Sutras, his other gifts shine, as a wise poet-naturalist and Dharma storyteller-philosopher, offered here in a lyrical, quirky, playful, and inviting collection. --Jack Kornfield, A Path With Heart

For Stephen Levine, animal-people were his greatest teachers. So, at age seventy, he began collecting animal spirit stories and transcendent moments in nature from throughout his life--from the green snake who taught him to meditate as a boy to the generous hen whom predators would not harm, and many more. Animals have a natural mindfulness, Levine writes. They know what they are doing. Humans, who are full of confusion and seldom wholly in touch with their mind/body, need encouragement and technique to live in the present.

Stephen Levine (1937-2016) was an American poet, author, and spiritual teacher best known for his work, with his wife Ondrea, on death and dying. He is one of a generation of pioneering teachers who made Theravada Buddhism more widely available to students in the West. Like the writings of his colleague and close friend Ram Dass (formerly Richard Alpert), Levine's work is also flavored by the devotional practices and teachings of the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba. Levine spent many years in the Southwest, including one tending a wildlife sanctuary in southern Arizona, and among the mountains of New Mexico, where Ondrea still lives. His many books include Who Dies?, A Year to Live, Unattended Sorrow, and Healing into Life and Death.

In his most intimate book, the world-renowned spiritual teacher shares his inner journey of transformation and wisdom.

Levine's wit, wisdom, and untamed heart at their best. This delightful book celebrates the long-awaited return to poetry (after 40 years) of the beloved author/teacher, acclaimed worldwide for his work with the terminally ill. It teems with life and timelessness--ranging from hope to awe to gratefulness to wonder and pathos, with skillful evocations of Basho, Lorca, and Rilke.

The latest in the acclaimed series of election books from Victoria University of Wellington, Back on Track? is an engaging account of how we ended up with the government we have today. What a year! In 2023, Jacinda Ardern resigned after five years as Prime Minister, leaving Chris Hipkins in charge of Labour's waning fortunes and ultimate defeat. The Greens and Te Pati Maori ended up back on the opposition benches despite gaining more votes than ever before. ACT held its support, but couldn't find enough votes to keep New Zealand First from muscling its way back into government, as Winston Peters again went from has-been to kingmaker to Minister of Foreign Affairs. And Christopher Luxon, having repeatedly warned of a 'coalition of chaos' if people voted for Labour, the Greens and Te Pati Maori, found himself leading a chaotic coalition of his own when the election resulted in a National-ACT-New Zealand First government that promised to get New Zealand 'back on track'.

2020 was a year unlike any other. Still in her first term as prime minister, Jacinda Ardern found herself facing her biggest challenge yet - protecting New Zealanders against a worldwide pandemic. By year's end New Zealand had kept its nerve, protected its borders, and for the most part kept its residents alive and well. In the midst of all this an election was held. Politics in a Pandemic provides a deeper understanding of what happened during the election, which was held in the most difficult circumstances facing New Zealand since the Second World War. It includes contributions from the New Zealander of the Year, Jacinda Ardern, and the Wellingtonian of the Year, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker, as well as the National Party's Judith Collins, Greens' co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson, ACT's leader David Seymour, the Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins, and award-winning journalists Tova O'Brien and Henry Cooke, along with many other reporters, pollsters and academics, together providing 35 perspectives on the election. Personal reflections are complemented by UMR survey results, first-hand campaign accounts, the perspectives of overseas observers, and analysis of everything from political cartoons and billboards to leaders debates, political party funding, policy and populism. It covers the departure of New Zealand First, the return of the Māori Party, nationwide referendums on euthanasia and the legalisation of cannabis, and the Christchurch mosque attacks. But ultimately, the 2020 election was a referendum on Jacinda Ardern's leadership in a time of pandemic. This book explains why she won and what this might mean for the country's future. Politics in a Pandemic is the twelfth in a series of election books going back to 1987 - including The Baubles of Office (2007), Kicking the Tyres (2012), and Stardust and Substance (2018) - essential for anyone interested in New Zealand's government and politics.

Great Britain was at war with France after the breakdown of the Treaty of Amiens in 1803. Napoleon was ravishing Europe and there was great concern about an invasion across the English Channel. The authorities decided that they needed additional defences and a new department was set up by the War Office. They considered the south coast most vulnerable and began a large and expensive program of barrack building.

This is a story about one such infantry barrack built in a small town in Sussex. I tell this story of the Barrack Master's Office and the building of the barrack. There is information about the comings and goings of the many regiments that visited Hailsham while the barrack was maintained.

After the defeat of Napoleon many barracks along the southern counties were closed.

This is a record of all the regiments that visited along with church burial records that have survived. Soldiers were dying of disease, accidents, fights and the occasional suicide. Life was very difficult for the regular soldier.

Serious and playful, this work of creative conjecture by leading historians and political scientists reexamines key events and decisions in New Zealand's history--sensitive to possibilities that were plausible at the time--and speculates about circumstances that with only a modest degree of adjustment could easily have taken an entirely different turn.

If you've ever thought about starting your own business and love the game of basketball, look no further. This book will be your go to in becoming wildly successful. Using MBA knowledge and entrepreneurial experience, I eliminated much of the useless material in building a business. I have focused to write everything in black and white in order to maximize your ability to develop an idea into a business. The Basketball to Business Crossover has incredible chapters taking both basketball skills and the fundamentals to make starting a business more interesting then ever. You'll learn how common basketball ideologies like the 'pivot' and 'MVP' will be strategic business moves to quickly develop your idea. Complete challenges that encourage you to network, make your first sale, market effectively, and discover a business passion. View how business analytics coupled with basketball statistics go hand in hand and why that is. The B2B Crossover, on sale now for $9.99.

On a quiet Autumn evening in October 1968, the peace was broken by a large explosion at sea. Two more explosions followed it. The residents of the quiet seaside town of Eastbourne and other nearby towns rushed into the streets to see what had caused this disturbance.

An oil tanker travelling down the English Channel was the cause of all this excitement.

Fishing boats, tugs and a Royal Navy frigate all rushed to the aid of the vessel in distress.

Our story recounts the events day by day of the crew's rescue and the fight against the raging fire.

After the tragedy of the Torrey Canyon the previous year, and the disastrous pollution of the sea and beaches in Cornwall, this was of great concern in the town.

Local firefighters with no experience in fighting large fires at sea and two tugs with firefighting equipment managed to extinguish the blaze, but they could not save the tanker.

We tell the story of the battle of those brave men.

A mix of short stories and commentaries--some whimsical, some grim--this work of creative conjecture offers a perceptive and positive new slant on significant New Zealand events and personalities. With a modest degree of adjustment, this compilation examines what if scenarios ranging from the historical and literary to the athletic and offers alternative conclusions. Altering the lives of Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand's most famous writer, and national hero Sir Edmund Hillary as well as revisiting New Zealand's avoidable choice to fight alongside the Americans in Vietnam and the possible effects of a postwar visit by Winston Churchill, this second volume presents a variety of visions of a country that nearly was.