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.
TARA BRACHObserving desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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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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Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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