Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
TARA BRACHRadical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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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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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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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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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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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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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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By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
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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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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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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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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