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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Sight Thinking Yourself
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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Act Expectation Kindness Oneself Return
Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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Encounter Path Yourself
Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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Existence Imperfection Natural Personal Problem
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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Accompany Drama Feeling Kind Mindset Presence Recognition Training
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Happiness Lying Missing Present
The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Acceptance Boundary Freedom Ourselves
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Beautiful End Offering Ourselves Pursuit Spirit
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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Big Freedom Live Old Pattern Tragedy
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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Healing Intention Life Love Possible Powerful Present Simplicity Soft
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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Beautiful Heart Mystery Ourselves Poetry Touch World
As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
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Expression Freedom Suffering Trust Wrong
When we open to love, we become love.
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Inspirational Love Open Spiritual
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
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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Believe Effort Initiate Moments Ourselves Pain Wrong
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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Acceptance Basic Hold Judgement Kindness Mindset Way

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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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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