Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
TARA BRACHObserving desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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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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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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