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.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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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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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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Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
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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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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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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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We’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.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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