Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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.
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Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.
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The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
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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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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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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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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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There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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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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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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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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We’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
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