Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
TARA BRACHEven a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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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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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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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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