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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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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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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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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’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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