Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
TARA BRACHIf our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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.
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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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