Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
TARA BRACHSometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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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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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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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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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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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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