On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
TARA BRACHWhen we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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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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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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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 boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Self-judgment continues to arise – it’s a strong habit – but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.
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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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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