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.
TARA BRACHImperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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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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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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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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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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