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.
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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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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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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When we open to love, we become love.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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 two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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