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.
TARA BRACHBut this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person’s vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that’s very fluid and graceful.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
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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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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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When we open to love, we become love.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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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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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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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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