Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
TARA BRACHThe boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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When we’re awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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