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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.

Tara Brach

People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Angry Conflict Feeling People
The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
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Healing Intention Life Love Possible Powerful Present Simplicity Soft
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
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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Believe Effort Initiate Moments Ourselves Pain Wrong
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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Alive Awake Body Discover Ourselves World
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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Different Fear Imperfection Life Moments Wrong
The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
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Biology Nervous Ourselves Response Safety Science Smile
We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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Heart Live Mindset Moments Ourselves True
By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
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Beginning Creation Heart Kindness Love
When we open to love, we become love.
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Inspirational Love Open Spiritual
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Beautiful End Offering Ourselves Pursuit Spirit
The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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Company Connection Fact Freedom Path Spiritual
On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Acceptance Discover Path Perfection Sacred Strive
Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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Heart Kindness Love Moments Purity Yourself
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Awake Challenge Compassionate Face Path People
In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what’s happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.
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Acceptance Basic Hold Judgement Kindness Mindset Way

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