We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
TARA BRACHWe’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.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to “the sweetness of belonging,” is acceptance – acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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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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