When we open to love, we become love.
TARA BRACHExtend 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.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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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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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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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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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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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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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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