The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
TARA BRACHIf our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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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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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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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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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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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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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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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.
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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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When we open to love, we become 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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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