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.
TARA BRACHHappiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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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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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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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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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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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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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