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.
TARA BRACHImperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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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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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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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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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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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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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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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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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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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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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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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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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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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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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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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