Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
TARA BRACHEmotions 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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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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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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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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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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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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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what’s happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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