People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACHOur attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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