When we open to love, we become love.
TARA BRACHPeople don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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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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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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Extend an act of kindness each day. No one has to know. It can be a smile, reassuring words, a small favor – without expecting something in return.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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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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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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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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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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