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.
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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The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
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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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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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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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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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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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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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.
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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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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person’s vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that’s very fluid and graceful.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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