Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
TARA BRACHWe can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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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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The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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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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