Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
TARA BRACH
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.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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When we’re awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
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By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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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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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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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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