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.
TARA BRACHSelf-judgment continues to arise – it’s a strong habit – but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
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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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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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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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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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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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