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.
TARA BRACHHappiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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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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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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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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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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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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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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