Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.
TARA BRACHRadical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.
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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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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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