In this enlightened and heartfelt book, Stephen Levine offers original techniques for working with pain and grief, and discusses the development of a merciful awareness as a means of healing. While working with the terminally ill, Levine, director of the Hanuman Foundation's Dying Project, discovered an interesting phenomenon. In preparing for death, many were being healed. Levine also noticed that those who became physically well were often in better health than they had been before. Further study led him to conclude that the physical healing was a by-product of a new balance of mind and heart. Vivid case histories of patients are used to illustrate how individuals learn to let go, become open to life, and stop struggling against illness, pain, and death. Levine discusses meditation and how to use it to heal the mind, body and soul.