The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
TARA BRACHStopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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 two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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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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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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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 open to love, we become love.
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