Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
TARA BRACHRadical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
TARA BRACHPeople don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACHImperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
TARA BRACHRelaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
TARA BRACHWhen we open to love, we become love.
TARA BRACHAwakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
TARA BRACHObserving desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
TARA BRACHTelling 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 BRACHThe 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.
TARA BRACHBut this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
TARA BRACHPerhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
TARA BRACHIn 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 BRACHThere is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
TARA BRACHBy 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.
TARA BRACHStopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
TARA BRACHLonging, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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