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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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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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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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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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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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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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When we’re awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
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