black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Tara Brach

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
TARA BRACH

Bold Imperfection Liberty Life Mess Wonderful
There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
TARA BRACH

Choice Present Relate
People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACH

Angry Conflict Feeling People
But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
TARA BRACH

Act Life Message Revolution Tender Time Treat
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.
TARA BRACH

Arise Art Capacity Development Experience Natural Ourselves Sacred
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.
TARA BRACH

Company Connection Fact Freedom Path Spiritual
Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
TARA BRACH

Believe Effort Initiate Moments Ourselves Pain Wrong
The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
TARA BRACH

Healing Intention Life Love Possible Powerful Present Simplicity Soft
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.
TARA BRACH

Accompany Drama Feeling Kind Mindset Presence Recognition Training
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
TARA BRACH

Beautiful End Offering Ourselves Pursuit Spirit
The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
TARA BRACH

Connection Kindness Mindset Ourselves Wings World
As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
TARA BRACH

Expression Freedom Suffering Trust Wrong
Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
TARA BRACH

Body Emotion InterAction Thinking
Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
TARA BRACH

Attitude Challenge Determination Freedom Life Suffering
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.
TARA BRACH

Acceptance Achievement Authentic Difficult Present Self Love
Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.
TARA BRACH

Action Balance Clarity Compassionate Feeling Life Ourselves Responsibility

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tara Brach Quotes