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A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last Paperback – April 14, 1998

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“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.
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“Stephen’s work restores the heart and clears the mind—it offers an opening which even death cannot close.”—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
 
“Stephen cradles your heart with tenderness and places the lamp of truth in your hand. A wise and beautiful gift to all who would live well.”—Jack Kornfield
 
“For each of us, Stephen Levine’s book, with its subtle beauty and honesty, offers wise and grounded lessons. For our society, obsessed with a wide-ranging struggle against mortality, this remarkable book steers us toward an earthiness and humility necessary for a full life. Few books are worthy to be lifelong companions—this is one of them.”—Thomas Moore
 
“Stephen Levine offers us a profound guide for savoring life.”—Daniel Goleman

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ook, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial best-seller 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 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 h

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bell Tower (April 14, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 175 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0609801945
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0609801949
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.4 x 8 inches
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Mulberrygrrl
5.0 out of 5 stars Why (and How) to Read this Book
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I see that some reviewers give this book a poor rating because (1) it lacks practical content like making a will and paying off debt, or (2)it does not realistically address the traumatizing emotions felt by a person who is left with only a year to live.

But the book is not for the physically dying. He and others have written books to help people facing that tragic fate. Instead, "A Year to Live" is for those of us who do not want to reach the end of our lives with regrets. The book helps you find joy, gratitude, peace, and forgiveness while we still have plenty of time to enjoy them. The best exercise for accomplishing these states is to imagine what you would do with your life if told you have a year to live. Like the old saying, "No one on their deathbed ever says, 'I should have spent more time at the office.'"

"A Year to Live" is the book to read if you don't want to reach the end of your life with feelings of regret, failure, shame, or loneliness.

I read this book many years ago, and have recommended it many times. Now my husband is going through a crisis of the soul so I just ordered it for him (having loaned my copy out at some point). He is as far from new-agey as they come, yet is finding enormous value in reading it. The key is a willingness to look for the unseen powers of love, forgiveness (etc) and the spirituality inherent in everything.
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Deep practice for our eminent exit.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A new way to look and life and death
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We're all going to die. Levine's book helps us to view life and death from a broader perspective. Levine has spent considerable time working with terminally ill clients. According to him, people on their death bed commonly mourn their unfinished business. Be it unfufilled dreams, broken promises, or unresolved conflicts, life regrets are one of the most troublesome aspects of dying.
Levine's book gave me motivation to begin living each day as if it's my last. It made me consciously aware of the importance of not putting life on hold.
This book also encouraged me to be more accepting and conscious in daily life. Many of us do all we can to avoid pain. Levine believes that accepting and moving through discomfort is actually less painful than tensing up with fear. I believe this applies not only to physical pain, but also mental and emotional discomfort. Many times the events I've resisted and resented the most are the ones that offered the greatest satisfation and personal growth once I got to the other side.
Levine's book made me feel more comfortable with the ideas such as acceptance and humilty. In general, life is simpler and more peaceful when I live in line with these virtues.
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bicyclepunk
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent purposeful and profound
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I came across this book from reading Dharma Punx by Stephen's son Noah. The book itself really touches base with all the things in life that people tend to ignore but really need to zoom in on to really understand what the heck is really going on outside of themselves and inside themselves.

Combined with easy to understand but in depth discussion on certain influences in life and discussions on the type of mind chatter that create the problems mentally in people's lives that keep them from change. Change is good, and necessary.

I don't recommend too many books but this is on my top three list next to Buddha in Blue Jeans, which is a simple short read but excellent in the progression of well being also.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great gifts
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There are a few things I completely disagree with after years of hospice care but the general public wouldn’t catch those points discussed with colleagues who also picked up the same. I continue to give copies as gifts bc most people do not even think about the processing of death experiences whether about others in their lives nor intentionally deconstructing their own beliefs and avoidances about what it’s like to walk those last miles to cross over. Definitely a read worth pursuing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Living each day like it was your last
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Although a few of the methods offered in this book weren't my style, I have to say it gives very good insights into helping individuals discover exactly what they are doing with their life, how they are wasting, it and why. If you REALLY thought you have a minimum of time left, what would you really do? Since none of us know how long we really have, (a month? 2 years?) what are they things that you would really want to make sure were settled before you were gone? For me, and I suspect for many, once you truly start to act like you are soon to be departed, the things you find are important to you really AREN'T what you thought( in passing) they would be.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Slow narration
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I felt the narration was slow in this audio book and my focus waned several times. I plan to listen again with the narration sped up to see if this helps. A good topic that is of interest to me personally and should be of interest to us all.
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This is one of the best books I have ever read. It is positive and provides all of the good reasons why a person should live life well and value every day. It is not for people who are dying, rather it is for people who really want to live and prioritize their lives for the most positive experiences. This is the second copy of the book, and will be providing to other friends as well. A group of friends and I used this book for a reading club; Levine and his wife provide group exercises at the end of the book. I would recommend that anyone trying to read this book be familiar with eastern philosophy. I carry this book with me on airplanes and in emotionally challenging times. I highly recommend it for people who are dealing with life's challenges and want to engage with deeper, meaningful thoughts.
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Un libro sincero, toccante e utile. ....pratica in azione. ....grazie a chi aiuta gli altri raccontando le proprie difficoltà che ha guardato con coraggio ed affrontato con pazienza ed amore. ...utile anche per ripassare la lingua inglese. .....bello. ...
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem of a Book
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This is not the first book of this author that I have read with relish, but it is the one I will keep going back to and working with for the rest of my life
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5.0 out of 5 stars Vorläufiger Eindruck
Reviewed in Germany on December 26, 2012
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Eine Freundin aus Schottland erzählte mir, dass sie gemeinsam mit drei Freundinnen dies Buch im kommenden Jahr durcharbeiten wird; sie treffen sich einmal im Monat und besprechen das gelesene Kapitel. Ich hätte das Buch gerne auf Deutsch gefunden, habe es aber halt jetzt auf Englisch bestellt. Es geht um eine meditative Betrachtung des eigenen Lebens, um Klärung und Aufräumen und Frieden schließen, von und mit dem, was war und was ist, in der inneren Haltung, es wäre das letzte Jahr des eigenen Lebens. Noch weiß ich nicht, ob ich es für mich allein durcharbeiten werde oder mit anderen gemeinsam.
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