Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
TARA BRACHThere is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
More Tara Brach Quotes
-
-
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.
TARA BRACH -
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
TARA BRACH -
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
TARA BRACH -
Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
TARA BRACH -
We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
TARA BRACH -
Self-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.
TARA BRACH -
People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACH -
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.
TARA BRACH -
Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
TARA BRACH -
Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
TARA BRACH -
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.
TARA BRACH -
Become a witness to your thoughts.
TARA BRACH -
Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
TARA BRACH -
Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
TARA BRACH -
On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
TARA BRACH