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.
TARA BRACHFear 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.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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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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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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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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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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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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