Become a witness to your thoughts.
TARA BRACHMeditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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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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