Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
TARA BRACHWith 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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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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When we open to love, we become love.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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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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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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives 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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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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