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.
TARA BRACHRadical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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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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Self-judgment continues to arise – it’s a strong habit – but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to “the sweetness of belonging,” is acceptance – acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.
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We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we’ll always be left waiting for it.
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We’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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